"OK, so ten out of ten for style, but minus several million for good thinking, yeah? "

(Subject title quote - Zaphod Beeblebrox, HGTTG)

Snooglehort Vranx - yep, that's me! According to the Hitchhiker's Guide movie site, that's my hitchhiker's name. :) That's what I've spent my day doing; important things like that. :)

I checked the original Hitchhiker's BBC TV series out from the library (I couldn't believe they had it) a week ago and now must locate it on DVD or summat. I love Hitchhiker's. I love it so very, very much. I adore the books, and I adore the TV series, and soon I'll be able to adore the movie. What a fantastic new fandom I've discovered! :D

It's rather... annoying... living in the US. First, it's the US. 'Nuff said, I should think! Second, we don't have new Doctor Who! It's so distressing to read about it online and not be able to watch it! Apparently it will be released on DVD, but even that's all a bit muddled up because there's a basic release and then a super-spangly release with extra bits and such. And of course they're not being released at the same time, so if you want the spangly bits, you have to wait to buy that. But if you want to see the episodes, you have to buy the basic release first. Then the spangly release will be available, so you'll have to cough up more money (which is fine and all, as it's for a good cause - Dr Who! - but golly! Those spangly releases tend to be a bit expensive!). Such is the life of a fan... :/

To any American networks reading this (bwa ha ha - cos it's so likely to happen) - puh-lease buy new Dr Who! Please?

On another note... anyone else notice how the right's getting even crazier? I've been keeping up with political things on Eschaton, and it's just... oh golly, how can this administration even exist? How can the people who support it be taken seriously? How? Why? It's... argh. (Thanks goodness for the Daily Show!)

I'm working on my Sarah Brightman site at the moment. PHP distresses me. I'm attempting to turn the site into a fully-functional directory-type thing, a sort of bare-bones search engine just for Sarah sites. The script is excellent (The Directory at dB Masters' Scripts) and customisable, but I'm having, shall we say, head-banging-on-keyboard difficulties with fiddling with the PHP. The HTML bit of it is a piece o' cake, and I've got that sorted. But I have no experience with PHP beyond extremely simple customisation and such (all of my fanlistings use PHP), so trying to edit a, to me, massively complex script, is just a wee bit tough. Ah well, just felt like venting about that. (Truth be told, I actually really like having a challenge. Takes my mind off... um... my mind.)

I'm also working on getting back to emails - I got back to a big chunk of emails that had been sitting in my inbox a few days ago, and I'll probably go about replying to more tomorrow. So if anyone's sent me an email recently, you will get a reply! (As I'm sure you're waiting with bated breath, right?)

Tum te tum... not much else to ramble on about. I've been having a rough week with the ol' OCD, but I just have to keep plugging away. (By the time I get over all this, I'll have used every corny cliche in the book!) I picked up an application for a job at my favorite used CD/DVD store, and can't wait to see how that turns out. I'm going to return the app this week, so that'll be neat. Ooh, a job (hopefully!)! I've also finally finished the process of confirming my enrollment at the University of MD, which is nice. ;) Turns out that I did, in fact, have to do something to confirm my enrollment, even though the deferment confirmation letter basically said to just sit tight until fall. Hello, bureacratic red tape! I've been assured by my mom and therapist (!) that this is par for the course in college, so, whee. :/ But hey, at least I'm finally in. *happy dance*

I also plan on taking a summer course, preferably in history. I just have to get official confirmation of my enrollment, like a letter or something, and then I can sign up for a course. I've narrowed down to two courses that I've got to choose between. There's Europe in the High Middle Ages, which is excellent. I love me some plague! :D Seriously though, I do have this fascination with the Medieval period, so that would be a great class to take. That course runs from May to July, while the other course I'm considering, Rise of the West 1500-1789, runs from June to July. It really just comes down to which time frame I'd rather have, and I'd actually like to be busy, so Europe's lookin' good to me. :) Of course, I do have to take into consideration that the professor for Rise of the West is one D. Sutherland, which makes me wonder about the nature of that course - is it just one big toga party? ;)

Cheery bye, Scarlett


Listening to: I'm Afraid of Americans (V1) [Radio Edit] - David Bowie (It's true, too! A lot of Americans are truly terrifying!)