Right now, I am in the process of copying the contents of Argo's hard drive to Dagobah's former hard drive. The current plan is to use Illian as a temporary stopgap solution. Once I get X up, move my sound card over, and get the contents of my home directory accessible, I should have a relatively usable desktop.

As annoying as it is that Argo's motherboard may be partially fried, I have to admit that it's far better than the possibility of a failed hard drive with no backups (or only very old ones). As it is, all my data remains in tact. I may be out one or two hundred dollars for a new motherboard (when I find the money to replace it). But I'm also lucky that in the meantime, I've got enough spare hardware to scrape something together.

So really, it ain't so bad. More of a psychological hit than a practical one.

So it was that yesterday, I decided to just take the day off from the whole mess, and not even look at it. I slept in, spent the late morning and early afternoon listening to Peter Jackson, Phillipa Boyens, and Fran Walsh as they pontificated about the exciting process of creating The Two Towers on the first commentary track.

As if on cue, right as the end credits rolled, I got a call from Jaeger, inviting me to a screening of "The Greatest Film of the 20th Century" with him and Captain Logan. (I had to query just to be sure which film he was referring to. Though I know what the American Film Association would say, I wouldn't necessarily agree with them, but apparently Jaeger would.)

He said they would begin around 14:30. I looked at the clock, which said 13:50, and decided I could make it. Though I've seen it enough times to count on 2 hands (or more, if one counts commentary track listening), Citizen Kane happens to be one of those films that always merits another viewing, especially in the company of others who also appreciate great cinema.

I finished listening to Peter Jackson's final comments, got a quick shower, and headed to the Boulder Compound. When I arrived, the opening news reel was already in progress (they needed to start it right on time, since their dad was on an airport deadline afterwards).

We watched Citizen Kane, followed by some extremely silly stuff off one of the extras section of an animated film brought by one of Captain Logan's friends.

Jaeger's mom invited me to stick around for supper, and the group ate while discussing Citizen Kane.

When I was about to depart to get home in time for Alias, Jaeger suggested that we watch it together at the Louisville residence. This sounded like a good idea, so after getting gas on the way, I met up with Jaeger in Louisville. It was another riveting episode. (Alias SPOILER in the following paragraph.)

(ALIAS SPOILER: So now what? With Sydney broken out of NSC custody, aided and abetted by Jack, Sloan, Vaughn, and his wife, do the whole bunch of them become fugitives of the U.S. government? I wonder how long that will last.)

Well, anyway, back to the hardware migration. A new possibility has just surfaced. My dad has offered to donate parts from his old unused PC. This might be of some use. I shall have to investagate it. But one way or another, with a little time and tinkering, we're going to be fine here.