How can it still be dark?

It's nearly 07:00 and it's still dark out. I thought the longest night had already passed!

Anyway, I am up, and have been for about an hour. I've been getting up ridiculously early these past few days, mostly as a result of getting tired early and crashing out accordingly. I suppose it's not a bad system, except for the fact that I'm probably missing a lot of friends who come online late at night.

I watched a couple of episodes of the first season of the X-Files last night, which tcaptain lent to me a couple of weeks ago. Now that I've finished Season 2 of Stargate: Atlantis, I figured I can concentrate on this.

You know what? X-Files stands the test of time pretty well so far. It doesn't feel dated, probably because it doesn't try to be timeless: it's very much set in the early nineties and makes no apologies for it. I am really impressed with how scary it is. Now, I'll admit I am a wuss about these things, but watching it all alone, I was absolutely anxious when things started to go wrong. The absence of cell phones or any sophisticated technology other than the occasional computer adds to the drama rather than detracts from it. This was when cell phones were just starting out, so they weren't an automatic accessory for our favourite FBI agents.

It's also been refreshing to revisit Baby!Scully, who is really cute and not horrifically thin, and also to see how cute and unjaded Mulder is. He's even snarky with the people who call him Spooky, and is a LOT more antagonistic with people than I remember from later seasons. He's passionate about what he believes in, and he alienates colleagues and witnesses alike in his crusade for truth. Together he and Scully make for a really interesting and novel team dynamic, which is obviously what made this show successful to begin with.

I'm looking forward to watching the rest of the season.

Well, that's just awesome

I think my computer power cord just bit the dust. It is throwing the same hissy fit as when I went to owldaughter's for a writing jam last November and is pretending it's not plugged in.

Thus, I am running on battery power only. In a moment I will shut down the computer, and I will be incommunicado from home mostly until Monday at the earliest, since the damn store from which I got the computer is closed all of this week (well, it's open for another hour, but I'm not beating my way out there now), and I'm working this weekend, which means Monday. Of course on Monday I'm working all day AND have a class in the evening, so it'll probably have to go to Tuesday.

*headdesk*

I hate this. Why do I only ever have computer problems around statutory holidays?