Elvesbane

I wonder at times, about the extent to which I have been influenced by books. Quite a lot, I should imagine. I remember something the sorcerer Belgarath says in ‘Belgarath the Sorcerer’ ( ) about how books are the most wonderful things ever, how they were a shortcut to knowledge of the ages or something to that effect.

Every book holds a different world - bits and pieces of them, but substantial none-the-less. A good one will pull me right in and make me feel as though I’m standing next to the characters, and unconsciously I fill in those other bits and pieces that the author is forced to leave out.

But more important than that, I think, is the fact that a book allows us to participate in innumerable events, all the way from ordinary day-to-day tasks to the saving-the-world kind, and beyond. We may never in our whole lives, be a part of anything that resembles most of the things we find in books, never really experience what all those things are like.

But the book can at the very least, give us clues to what it’d feel, look, taste, smell like in a myriad of situations we will most likely never encounter… which, for people who do not read books, might raise the question - Why bother? The answer to that one is quite simple.

Why not?

Intriguing… ^_^ See ya!

I had an idea. A good one. I like!

Enough about that (^_^). Let’s get down to the nitty-gritty of everyday life.

Or not, since I wouldn’t know how to make it sound interesting. I say that because I do not believe that my everyday activities are not interesting. Saying so, would not only be stupid, it would most likely be false. Of course, my everyday activities refers to waking up, going to college, falling asleep, and everything in-between.

Let’s see… what interesting stuff have I done (thought about, realized, whatever) lately?

• I’ve installed Windows Vista on my system (64bit Ultimate)! I have to admit that I’m mightily impressed by the work Microsoft has put in. The installation was deceptively easy… I kept wondering when the endless pop-ups full of ‘Allow this to happen’ and ‘Allow that to happen’ would begin their assault. As it turned out my fears were unfounded. Those popups do pop up once in a while, but not too often. It’s difficult to find 64-bit software by the way, but that’s okay since 32bit works fine. The only failed app I’ve encountered till now is Alcohol, which is kinda sad. Vista is extremely zippy by the way. Windows Explorer has had an overhaul and is nigh unrecognizable from its predecessor. If you have a system with >= 2gB RAM and a decent CPU (read C2Ds or X2s), you should be thinking about upgrading. 64-bit is not a must, but it’s nice if you like to stay on top of things.

• I’ve noticed (over a large period of time) that girls like to mention that I talk very little when I’m in their company. Its interesting to note that they offer this piece of insight only when they outnumber the number of guys that are in the chat at that time, and almost invariably never let me answer the question. Perhaps they feel intimidated. By my looks? No one in their right mind would call me cute, but I guess I could be called handsome under certain lighting conditions. That’s me being silly, but then telling me that I’m quiet and I need to talk more is kind of silly too. What makes them think I don’t know that I’m quiet? As for the question… its involuted nature lends me to believe that it can be safely disregarded.

• I saw the teaser trailer of Need for Speed: Pro Street in High Definition, and I’ve grudgingly accepted the possibility of the eventual death of gaming on the PC. The sort of graphics displayed on that Trailer (run on an XBOX360) cannot be run on my PC (C2D E6300 + 2gig RAM + 7900GS) at either that level of detail or at those frame-rates.

• Oh, and lest you forget, I had a good idea. A very good one. I like, like, like!