"Hanuman To The Rescue"

Today was a really nice day. You know the kind. Where the weather is perfect and you are able to spend a good portion of it with good friends, plan-less. That, plus reading a great book and a few hours of late night work, makes the day a successful one. I don't think you necessarily have to accomplish much to make a day successful.

Anyway, I was able to go to Port Jefferson, after some lunch, with a couple good friends. Port Jefferson in case you are not aware, is a touristy town on the north shore of Long Island. Similar to that of a town in Cape Cod if you're from New England, and Sebastopol if you're from the west coast. The nice weather and good company would put any melancholy sad-sap in a chipper mood.

Besides the aforementioned statements, a couple other things stick out in my head, hence the main reason for writing in the first place. One being Indian cartoons.

News:

I read a really interesting article in the New York Times (http://bit.ly/4lQA3M) regarding Indian media and the recently reoccurring trend of popular comics being turned into cartoons. So what? Right? These are not your typical X-Men and Superman comics, but instead Hanuman and Sushena. These "heroes" demonstrate good morals and teach, while being depicted in an exciting and fun way to children. This weekend I was fortunate enough to hangout with a friend's 4-year-old twin daughters. Instead of "Blues Clues" or whatever else is shown to kids to "educate" them, they enjoy the Jonas Brothers, Hannah Montana, and Taylor Swift. I don't know about you, but this stuck out as being a little odd, and a little unfortunate. Maybe India is doing something right?

Internet (un-related):

While at work tonight, fixing and formating a highly infected and virus-ridden machine, I was accompanied by a new, and much needed, friend; Last.fm. If you are not used to this wonderful music and social-network hybrid, you need to. Tonight alone I was introduced to two new artists. So it is possible to listen to music that isn't yours, in a legal way.

Also, I've slowly been learning which tweeps (people on twitter) are detrimental to its purpose and which I should keep or look to follow. Over these past few weeks it has become very clear that Twitter, and people-spread media in general, is becoming a force to reckoned with. If you aren't getting on, get out of the way!

As always, thanks for reading!