long-overdue update

I feel like I should update once again; it's been a while, after all. Don't worry, the Invasion report will arrive soon, as will pictures, but in the meantime, what's been happening?
Or rather, what hasn't?

First of all, I finally got the new computer (with a new keyboard, which feels strange). It's fast, it's got a huge harddrive, and the only thing I cannot get back is my old emails. And my bookmarks. I'm now using Mozilla / Thunderbird, also finally, and it works a treat. I can even send mails again! Of course, everything is a little strange, I finally made the switch from Win98 to WinXP. Last night, I played Halflife for hours. Ok, it's a waste of time, but I haven't been able to play it for ages as the old computer died after ten minutes of game time. I do like the new computer, oh yes. It's got USB ports, too.

I've also started cleaning up my rooms. I feel the urge to throw a lot of things away all of a sudden, and should really get some system into this, or I'll live in cleaning chaos for months. I have too much stuff which I don't need any more. Maybe I'll even take a trip to a second-hand bookshop one of these days, or simply dump some into the box marked "free books - take one" that's standing in our university.

Speaking of university. I'm getting my act together on that front as well, after a helpful talk with the Prof. We've been going through the structure of my PhD, and things are a lot clearer now. She's also recommended a few books to me, which is good, since I have seen so many approaches to post-colonial literature that I don't know which one I should take (sometimes, they can't even decide whether it's "post-colonial" or "postcolonial").

I'm bursting with energy. I can't sit still - or rather, I can't just sit doing nothing, staring at the walls, like I did a few weeks ago. The cobwebs and fog and gloom have gone from my mind. I would say that I don't recognize myself, but it's quite different: I do recognize myself again.
Hooray for the happy pills.