Noooooo!

The server crashed and there goes my 7300 XP down the drain. It would have been a matter of few more days to complete this task.

Now there are two options: I start from scratch (please no!) or I continue from where I left it and just gather another 3000 points. Either way this is not good way to start your morning...

Scary

I am now getting close to gaining my 10000 XP points.. ok ok 6500 points is not that close. It's definately closer than 5000 points though, albeit not -that- close.

I'd rather finish this thing sooner rather than later as you never know what may happen! For example, yesterday the server went offline for a few hours and there was not any posting as to when it would come back! I would not like to -even- think about starting this from scratch!

So, I'd better get back to it.

Babel: random purposefulness

I watched Babel yesterday. I don't want to go into whether it was a good film or not, trying to explain every scene pretending I got the deeper message and have a clear insight into it (which is of course the case). However, I could not help thinking that the 'random purposefulness' I mentioned in a previous post happens more often that we (want to) think or even (want to) admit it does. We want to always feel in control of things, but then suddently something happens and changes everything.

So, the message of the day: go and find your 101 things to do before you are old and boring.

Thing #2: Done!

I was about to exit the local mall this afternoon when I passed by an escalator! A couple was just about to complete their journey of about 30 steps and no one else was in sight, hence no one else would interfere with my attempt (not to mention that I would not be humiliated if I was to fail). This was my moment of glory!

Full of confidence (this happens when you don't really think what you are about to do) I run down the escalator. It was rather confusing when I took the first two-three steps, but once I got the coordination right it was a piece of cake. It was actually much easier than walking down an escalator that was out of order a couple of weeks ago, which made me filly dizzy. You know.. it feels as if the stairs are moving, but they are not!

Now, for those who will say that running down the escalator is easy I have only this to reply: it took me 45 minutes to get my PC's Bluetooth to work so that I could transfer the photograph I took as evidence! And when I managed that, it failed to transfer it after all, so I had to use the memory card itself. So I don't want to hear or see escalators for some time OK?