out of sorts
2010-Aug-08, Sunday 11:39 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mellowtiggerI didn't do anything at all with the garden. Rainy skies and general malaise kept me indoors all weekend. I was lazy. I slept. I watched tv on the couch while huddled underneath a blanket. I wondered about might-have-beens that are usually best left unexamined.
I'm noticing numbness in my hands this weekend, similar to what's been in my feet for years. Left hand is more affected. I rub fingertips together and feel... pressure and tingling, I guess, but no texture at all except some in the pinky finger.
I downloaded the entire broadcast season for The Fantastic Journey (1977). It's never been released in any format (beta, vhs, cd, dvd), but some kind people have uploaded every single episode (in 10-minute parts) to YouTube. I downloaded them all from there and watched them at my pc. As with Ark II, I remember it mostly for the group's leader as another example of what I think is the ideal man.
The man named Varian showed up in the first episode in a way that was out of character for the rest of the series. The disguise immediately drew my interest, but the character still lived up to my standards later on.
Varian was supposed to appear as an Arawak Indian. Sure, it's a truly awful disguise (picture here, could the hair be any more fake?), but it showed the man sporting long hair and little clothing, which is how I'd prefer living my life too if I could stay in warm weather away from mosquitoes and people. Varian doesn't speak at all at this point in the show, and mute wins bonus points from me too.
Varian uses futuristic technology to heal the broken arm of a shipwrecked old man. Later, we learn that Varian is from the year 2230 (I think), a healer (in the mystic sense), and a pacifist (usually). Ideal man, someone trying to heal the world no matter what tough circumstances that life forces us all to confront. I think I could live in a world of people like that.
Might-have-beens again. Snap out of it.
I'm noticing numbness in my hands this weekend, similar to what's been in my feet for years. Left hand is more affected. I rub fingertips together and feel... pressure and tingling, I guess, but no texture at all except some in the pinky finger.
I downloaded the entire broadcast season for The Fantastic Journey (1977). It's never been released in any format (beta, vhs, cd, dvd), but some kind people have uploaded every single episode (in 10-minute parts) to YouTube. I downloaded them all from there and watched them at my pc. As with Ark II, I remember it mostly for the group's leader as another example of what I think is the ideal man.The man named Varian showed up in the first episode in a way that was out of character for the rest of the series. The disguise immediately drew my interest, but the character still lived up to my standards later on.
Varian was supposed to appear as an Arawak Indian. Sure, it's a truly awful disguise (picture here, could the hair be any more fake?), but it showed the man sporting long hair and little clothing, which is how I'd prefer living my life too if I could stay in warm weather away from mosquitoes and people. Varian doesn't speak at all at this point in the show, and mute wins bonus points from me too.
Varian uses futuristic technology to heal the broken arm of a shipwrecked old man. Later, we learn that Varian is from the year 2230 (I think), a healer (in the mystic sense), and a pacifist (usually). Ideal man, someone trying to heal the world no matter what tough circumstances that life forces us all to confront. I think I could live in a world of people like that.
Might-have-beens again. Snap out of it.
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Date: 2010-Aug-09, Monday 05:45 am (UTC)Ark II is, of course, out on DVD - and I literally wept with joy when I found out about it a few years back - I never thought any of my favorite '70s kidvid ever would be properly released.
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Date: 2010-Aug-11, Wednesday 02:12 am (UTC)What do you recommend as a good torrent search site?
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Date: 2010-Aug-12, Thursday 07:53 pm (UTC)As for torrent searching ... it depends on what you're looking for. My two favorite general purpose sites are isohunt.com and demonoid.com. I have other favorites for specific kinds of media, but most of those are membership based.
Usenet has a lot of current material but doesn't tend to have the persistence of some torrent sites - there might only be a couple of seeds for certain older material, but with patience it's still obtainable. On Usenet - after the server hits its retention limit, it's gone. I do use it for some things from "The Scene" where for some reason the don't hit bit torrent trackers in a timely fashion. I have a paid account from AstraWeb - I bought a block of download GB that doesn't expire and I just use it as I need it.
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Date: 2010-Aug-14, Saturday 04:21 am (UTC)I gave up on Usenet after spambots took over much of it. I suppose if I stuck with .moderated groups, it'd be a lot more worthwhile to return.
I've landed at demonoid.com a few times before, but I've never once seen them with open registration. Are registration codes something that they hand out to members periodically, or is it a reward-for-uploading kind of thing?