What's in?

As I continue to explore what this blog means to me, my community and, hell, the world in general (give me a break, this is my first day!), I'll be adding new recurring features. This one I call What's In? It is simply a list of what is in my DVD player, playstation, what I am reading etc. It seems to be a popular thing to do in blogs, and who am I to go against what is popular? Huh? Well? Who Am I? I am aware than no-one cares what I am reading, watching, playing, but this blog isn't for you, it's for me. In 10 years, I'll look back on this and go "OOOOh, I was reading that book. And wasting my time writing a blog. Just think if I had actually done something constructive with my time, like solving world hunger, I wouldn't be where I am today".

What's in my:

• DVD Player - X-Men 2: I have yet to listen to the two commentary tracks, and I think I still have some documentaries to watch.
  
• Playstation 2 - FIFA 2004: Yet to get the bloody thing to let me play a game online (finding players seems to be the issue, the getting online thing is fine and pretty and all, but pretty fucking useless if no-one else is logged on)
  
• Hands to Read - The Art Of Happiness: A Handbook for Living by Dalai Lama and Howard Cutler: Interesting and fast read, but really an introduction to Buddhism 101 catchup course. i.e the book is about the insights a psychiatrist (Butler) has concerning practical ways to meld Eastern Buddhist philosophy with Western psychiatry/psychology following numerous conversations with the Dalai Lama. Very useful as a primer for Buddhism targeted at scientific types (such as myself, I am a recent disciple of Buddhism coming from a scientific background that thought nothing of spiritual philosophies. )The author, like I did, comes to the realisation that Buddhism is more a way of life than a spiritual pursuit with emphasis on being happy and making the world a better place. He then throws a bit of psychiatry in there to ground it all. Good read.
  
• iPod - 3000 songs grabbed from every CD my family and I own. According to Australian law, this is illegal!!! So technically, I have no songs on my iPod. I paid $800 to play the breakout game. Currently rating all songs, or listening to the 4 star+ songs already rated, or listening to the Matrix Revolutions soundtrack. NAVRAS!
  
• Web browser - Matrix Essays (and the blog editor, of course) - facinating essays on Matrix 2 and 3 that "explain" the religious and philosophical themes the Wacky Brothers employ in the Matrix Trilogy (plus animatrix, plus Enter the matrix). Look out for Chas Rover in the comments section!!!