I finally decided to go ahead and reinstall Windows. My hard drive was full of a lot of junk and unnecessary programs. And for some reason, XP was crashing every now and then for absolutely no good reason. I mean, I know Windows is meant to do that as a reminder that you are using a crappy OS, but beyond a certain point it gets annoying. It took 3 BSODs in 2 days for me to make up my mind. I’ve seen worse with my WiFi nightmares but then those were my own doing and had a reason behind them. Besides, WMP11 Beta and Gaim made it a habit of eating up large chunks of CPU time. System cleansing was in order.

Good thing I have my external drive to backup everything otherwise trying to burn CDs for 25GB of data would’ve been a nightmare. First boot after reinstall took about 25 seconds. A gazillion installations later, the boot time is around 40 seconds. Let’s see how long that lasts. I also found myself banging my head on the desk after unsuccessfully trying to enter my password at the Windows logon a few dozen times. I hadn’t set any password to begin with. Which reminds me, I still haven’t. Must do that right away.

So, I installed Windows and fired up Internet Explorer so that I could download the latest version of Firefox. And this is what XP told me:

I don’t think I need to elaborate on what’s going on here.

Apparently I need to move back into my regular room this weekend. Alas! I’ll give up the sweet air-con in my current room but then again, I get back my private bathroom and the suite. As I’ve mentioned before, moving is a pain. Especially when you need to carry all your stuff over to another building. You start from the fourth floor of one, and drag everything to the second floor of another. Oh, did I mention that the building I’m currently in has no elevator? Plus, my reluctance to give away textbooks manifests itself as painful suffering - I have to somehow transport two hampers weighing more than 50 pounds each. Yeah, my back’s already aching.

Man summer just whizzed past like my bitchin’ Lamborghini Gallardo in Need for Speed. Only 18 days until school starts again. While it’ll relieve me of the misery that is living on campus during summer, it also means no more sitting around doing nothing. I had intended to read ALL my textbooks before school started, my so far I’ve managed 2 out 6 for just ONE subject. Quantum Mechanics? Oh yes, I’ve read a grand total of 5 pages - and that’s just review for stuff that I learned in another class.

I really need a new theme for my blog. It’s beginning to hurt the eye now. Even the dashboard looks more pleasant than my home page. If anyone has any suggestions, I’ll be grateful. I’m looking (or rather SHOULD be looking) for a theme where I can easily place Ad-Sense banners and present a truckload of information without cluttering the interface. Damn that Kiwi Theme was good if it weren’t for small quirks.

Now let me go find something better to do with my time. Hey! YouTube sounds like a good way to while away time. WHORES!