I never thought of myself as someone who is fascinated with the possibility of extraterrestrial life. Sure, it interests me. I studied Biology, after all, and I love science fiction. But as I was making a list in my head of all my favorite - the ones that I own in DVD and kept on watching and quoting over and over again - TV shows, series, and movies, I realized that the best of them all has a theme of aliens. Contact (Jodie Foster, Matthew McConahuey) is my best movie; The X-Files is still my favorite TV show; and Steven Spielberg’s Taken will always be on the top of my DVD list. It will probably remain that way until I become an old lady sitting on my couch at night, watching TV in plus size lingerie. There’s just something about these stories that gets to me every time. I know it’s not the aliens. But it’s quite a remarkable coincidence that they are in all of them.
I never really thought about wanting to buy an LCD TV, but I do change my mind all the time so this won’t be a first by any means.
First, I bought an original DVD set of my ultimate favorite TV series, TAKEN, from Ebay. Right now I have that and FRINGE season 1. Might be a while before I truly decide to go for the complete X-Files collection. That one’s too bulky (read: expensive). So as I was enjoying my rewatching, the picture quality is really great, I thought how much more cooler and enjoyable it would be if I have a larger TV with higher definition. Well, I don’t think anybody can say it’ll be the same. Too bad one won’t look right “at home” in my current apartment. Maybe someday (which is still my favorite word).
I guess as long as Roger Federer is still in the game, there is no way I can root for another men’s tennis player to win those Grand Slam titles. Despite being his nemesis and ultimately the one placing question marks on Federer’s greatness, I have grown to appreciate Rafa Nadal. He’s such a great champion as well, and seems to be a more than fine young man. But I continue to find myself not being affected by his losses; in fact, I always sigh in relief at those. Which, in the grand scheme of things, will not help Federer improve his record against the Spaniard. But at this point, I guess even Roger himself don’t obbsess about that anymore. I have this feeling that despite Rafa being as popular as he is, especially among the younger crowds, if they face at the Open finals come the next Sunday, Roger is going to be the crowd favorite. I’ll be willing to bet the money I’m saving for our house’s discount laminate flooring for that.
It may not seem like it outwardly (unless you look hard at me, which I hope no one does, even if people who actually see me will get to read this post), but I’ve been living a pretty toxic life for the past 9 months. It’s not like I was breezing through before that, but I’ve always had some “off” time before to just sleep the whole day or read a book or finish an entire season of a TV series in 2 days. I don’t have that now. For some reason. Or another.
I need to detox. I guess you can say that I have some kind of addiction. The rewarding kind, though, and not like something that would require rapid opiate detox. Well, if you click on that link, you’ll see how some people need the help of professionals to get over their addiction. You’ve heard about Hollywood stars that check themselves (or were forced to) into rehab centers. Such waste of life in young people is quite lamentable (*cough* Lindsay Lohan), and if such centers can help these people straighten out their path, then good for them.
Anyway, back to me. What I need is a mind rehabilitation, if there is such a thing. I need to rest from using up much of my daily energy on things that require me to process stuff in my brain. Not really a possibility right now, but someday - which is, by the way, my new favorite word.
