It felt good being away from the Internet for a few days. The unwiring gave me the chance to finish the fourth book of A Song of Ice and Fire -- finally. It's been quite a long time since I spent almost all the waking hours of one day just reading a book, I almost forgot how mind-numbingly pleasurable it was -- especially if the book's such a compelling read. I was hoping to stretch A Feast For Crows a couple more weeks, but having the willpower of a ruinous, crumbling cracker, I devoured the last third in one sitting, to my utter shame. I'm still proud tho. Having read all four books of the series, it feels as if I have stepped into the tightly-guarded stronghold of that elite society of geeks patiently waiting for the fifth, A Dance With Dragons. Crossing fingers that the news regarding its September 2009 release holds true.
I have also just finished watching the first season of Battlestar Galactica. I'm not sure how I feel about it yet. I guess it held enough entertainment value for me to watch all thirteen episodes plus the miniseries in one day at least. After seeing the final scene of the thirteenth episode, it felt like the entire first season was merely building up to something greater. If the hype is to be trusted, I should start meditating in preparation before I finish downloading the subsequent seasons.
Sunday was the last Internet-free day, and it was spent with a friend -- first at Bookay Ukay (where my friend purchased two Norman Wilwayco books, Responde and Mondomanila), then at UP Diliman, then, the rest of the evening until midnight, at Jaime Velasquez Park in Makati. For close to eight hours, we did nothing but sing songs mostly from our high school soundtrack -- "vagina rock," as my friend called it. This one, however, managed to wind its way several times into our randomly-generated playlist (I miss Endo).
I got home by 1:00am with the Internet reactivated. I was a bit disappointed since I was hoping to read (and maybe even finish) House of M, but I shelved the idea for the meantime -- I have three days' worth of feeds to catch up on. My degenerate Internet non-life is back on the weave!
