Gouranga?

I received a spam email yesterday and was surprised to see that it didn't contain an ad, pictures of naughty bits, or links urging me to either buy medicine or knock-off software. A rare piece of spam indeed!

This is the entirety of the message:

Call out Gouranga be happy!!!
Gouranga Gouranga Gouranga ....
That which brings the highest happiness!!

When I read the "highest happiness" bit my first thought was "Paradise Towers"? It's a Seventh Doctor story where the line "Build high for happiness" (towers, geddit?) is repeated frequently, which is why I have it etched into my mind for eternity. Not much to do with anything, but I was amused by myself and my Who-ness.

Terribly intrigued by this "Gouranga" thing, I checked it out on Google and came across other bloggers who were puzzled and then amused by the same spam. It turns out that, to cut a long story short (too late!), it's basically Hare Krishna spam. Ohm, hmm?

So that was neat. Hmm, let's see... Ah, I've updated my Withnail and I fanlisting (love love love) with a lovely (if I do say so myself!) new layout. In the layout, I use a passage of text from Hamlet, which is quoted by Withnail at the end of the movie *wipes away tear*. I wanted to make sure I had the text formatted correctly so I found a site that has the play in its entirety, and after failing to locate the bit of text I needed by using the Find feature thingy (I still can't figure out why it didn't pick up the text I was looking for), I skimmed it and found it. Boring, I know. But what was odd was that I read Hamlet two summers ago for a summer reading assignment thing, and literally fell asleep every few pages. Serves me right for reading it in bed, but still - 'twas terribly sleep inducing. I was listening to an Ofra Haza album, which had the unfortunate effect of calming me, so it was extra hard to stay awake. I didn't really have any feelings one way or the other on the book - the only Shakespeare work I had actually rather enjoyed reading was The Tempest, which I think I read in 10th grade.

The odd thing (I knew I'd find my way back to my point eventually) was that I enjoyed skimming the play, and could actually remember bits of the story and stuff as I read through, so I was able to follow the story. I guarantee you that this would not have happened while I was in school - I figure that high school English class is not the ideal setting for appreciating classic literature.

I also remembered Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead as I skimmed (Ros and Guil were in Hamlet, and their "story" is told in ...Dead), and was reminded of how much I enjoyed reading it last year. It was probably the only assigned book I really, truly enjoyed in all of my school years, so I think I may try and find it somewhere. Can't be too hard to find, I should think. Ah, here I go again - rambling.

Larry King told Jon Stewart he (Jon) was "hot". Tee hee hee. Too true. ;)

Cheery bye, Scarlett

//Listening to:
Ray of Light [William Orbit Liquid Mix] [Mix]