Letters and Numbers

I have just returned from the Great Southern Land. More specifically, I visited that isle where devils roam. Over the course of my next updates, I shall doubtless be writing about my experiences there.

Yet.....

While the diversions were plentiful and diverse, and I enjoyed the Great (oh, yes, truly!) Outdoors immensely, there was one particular programme on television that I wish to highlight first:

Yes. Television. Now, this is the point at which my friends and acquaintances will go, "What! You went all the way there and you're telling me about TV?! Are you out of your mind?!"

Well, of course I am. But that is besides the point.

Actually, the programme that I wish to mention is also a gameshow (gasp! collective clutching at chests expected here ; P) which goes against everything that I have said about such in the past. But I will plead this: this is the sort of gameshow that I loved as a child, the sort that was replaced by inane prancing about and back-stabbing politics, not to mention physical exertion. If I don't like running and jumping about, what makes the TV people think that I want to watch other people doing that? Duuh!

Anyway, the program is ABC's Letters and Numbers, in which two contestants are pitted against each other to form words, solve mathematics puzzles and conundrums. On top of that, more words and their curious histories are introduced. Most excellent! It was smashing! And very educational! I loved it! Go look for it!

Of course, the daughter was bored by it all, and didn't understand how her father was so bloody hyper when someone formed the word Scrounged, which used up all the available letters (incidentally known as a full monty!). Such fun!

Digging through the Old Stuff

Looking through the junk that I had accumulated over the years, I was pleasantly surprised to find my old PSP console. Ancient 1.5 version. And still with Final Fantasy Tactics loaded!

That, to me, was one of the best games that I've ever played. And now that I have dug it out of plastic box limbo, I'm going to take it on one more time. Ha!

I've also found a number of old CDs, mostly from my Celtic period. Of course, there's the Tori Amos and the Kate Bush collections too. I missed these dreadfully when I was setting up my iTunes library. Well, better late than never - they'll be joining my Symphonic/Gothic Metal soon enough. I'll have to make some time one of these evenings, I think.

Then, I found some of my old ramblings, when I was trying to convince myself that I could be a writer. Looking over some of the scribblings I made, it was hard to keep myself from wincing in embarassment. Yet, I suppose they were my ideas, and I would not be doing them justice if I abandoned them now. So... I shall rework some of them. Perhaps putting them onto some closed blog may ensure that they survive. We'll see.

Strange how old things are beginning to take over my life again. Even though I have new books and new music to fill my days. Maybe I should list down some of my more recent acquisitions as well, just so that I may remember when this blog becomes old too.