I don't suppose anyone out there knows how over 6 gigabytes of music can spontaneously dissappear off my computer because I'm still trying to figure that out. Almost all the music Brad gave me this past weekend is gone, and I don't know how to explain it. Yesterday morning Joe was listening to some of my music through shared itunes, and after practice that evening, he couldn't find the song he found. So I investigated and found out that out of the 6.3 gigs Brad gave me, I have less than 100 MB.
Well, no one was even in my room all day besides Joe and Lindsay, and they weren't on my computer. Our door was locked whenever none of us were in the room, so no one maliciously came in and deleted it all.
We thought it might be a virus, but after a scan, a virus definition update, and another scan, I came up with nothing.
Could I have deleted it myself? I really don't think so. I haven't emptied my recycle bin in a few weeks, and I don't delete stuff often anyway. So that looks doubtful as well . . .
Brad said that there's no way for people to remotely access my computer and take the files, so that's out too.
I really wish there was a way for me to check a history of all the files deleted from my computer. In fact, I've heard that you never TRULY delete things off my computer, and that there are ways of recovering that info. I wonder what they are . . .
It's just really really weird . . . I mean, I can always get the music from him the next time he's over, but it's a slight inconvenience, and so damn mysterious! If I knew what happened, I'd feel much better about it. Oh well, I guess . . .
But yeah, Scott come over to hang out last night. It was the first time in a looooong while. It was nice. He told me about his ripping off of napster, and he gave me a bunch of new music. So yeah, I have some music to make up what I just lost. Scott and I have really similar musical tastes, so I know that I'll most likely like what he does. And, yeah, the songs he gave me are really awesome. I'm definitely going to look into buying those albums.
Aaaaaaand, in a little more than 24 hours, I get to pick up Bethany at the airport! I'm so excited! I haven't seen her in more than a year! I mean, she's only here for the weekend, but I'm still really excited! I can't wait! There's just so much I want to do, and show her, and tell her! She said she's going to try and come down this summer too, and for a week instead of just a weekend, so we'll have lots of time then. Yay!
And, with regards to my project, my peer reviews basically just told me what I've already fixed for the proposal. So things are looking good over there too. I really need to start lining up participants, though . . .
And, totally jumping topic, but we've been discussing Hamlet in Shakespeare class, and, wow. The things we're talking about are REALLY hitting home. The more plays we look at in that class, the more I realize just how phenomenal Shakespeare's writing was. I mean, there is SO MUCH information PACKED into the lines! I've never seen anything so deep and so poetic, and so GOOD! I can't believe I didn't see this earlier, but I'm sure glad I'm seeing it now. Hamlet is especially interesting because he's such a deep, contemplative character. A good chunk of his lines are double entendras (they mean two different things at the same time). They're sort of like puns. Anyway, one of the main issues we're discussing in Hamlet is the difficulty in knowing how to act and what to do. Hamlet is a deeply philosphical character; that's what he was studying in school. So when he returns home to an extremely complex, problematic issue, he's at a loss of what he should do.
Hamlet is so intelligent that he can see both sides of the issue, and because of this, he's confused as to what the correct course of action should be.
Does that sound familiar to anyone? Because it sure sounds familiar to me.
The more I look at this play, and the character of Hamlet, the more I identify with him. It's astounding how much I feel like I identify with him. I don't know if this is true for everyone or just myself, but, wow. Talk about a dream role. I may have mentioned before that Bridgit St. Bridgit is producing Hamlet in the fall, and Doc says they need guys . . . Unfortunately, the roles of Hamlet and Ophelia are already cast and given to the two individuals who produce the plays, but I'm still excited to be a part of the production of such an amazing play. Well, I shouldn't be presumptuous, I guess. But I really want to be part of it.
