I went out and bought a UPS! Now I have a Happy Internet Experience in my 3G-challenged and power-continuity-challenged apartment. I went to Croma (the electronics retailer where I bought my rice cooker) and they directed me to the computer shop in the same shopping center called “Zed Computers.” I walked in. Some guy who I thought was a customer approached me and I told him I was looking for a mini UPS for my computer. He reached to the side, took a box off the top of a pile and said, “like this?” Weirdly convenient, but that works! He told me the price ($50) but there was this unnatural pause between the time I said “I’ll take it,” and the time he actually took my money and wrote up a receipt.

Maybe he was waiting for me to bargain?

He seemed confused that I was like, “yep, sounds good.” It was the price I was expecting and considering it saved me a hot journey down the road to try to find one (thank you Buddy for informing me that all computer shops will carry the little ones) it was well worth it.

Yay for UPS!
An Uninterruptible Power Supply (unless the power is out for more than 20-30 minutes, and it has only gotten close to that once)
Manufacturer? “American Power Conversion (India)” Okay, sure. Made in India. Like most things here.

It has already worked twice. Power goes out. Router stays on. Lovely. Now I need to somehow attach my cable to it so I don’t lose the channel I’m on during these brief outages. Two nights ago, I missed a key scene in a very silly movie called the Sorcerer’s Apprentice which was only really worth watching because Nicholas Cage was having such a good time. And had good hair. Last night, I missed a couple blips of The Lion King which is okay, because I have it memorized. Tonight, though, I managed to see most of “In Time”, a clever sci-fi concept where time really is money and the amount of time you have left to live counts down on your arm. Have you ever noticed that when you miss the beginning of a mediocre movie (concept was clever, execution was cliched), the movie often becomes much better because you fill in the gaps yourself?

Have you ever noticed that when I have a short post with nothing much to say, I start babbling about movies?

Now it’s time for…

A Toothpaste Update

A single tube of Tom’s? Lasted 143 days. Go Tom! In the competition between the individual timings of chapstick, floss, toothpaste, and deodorant, I never expected the deodorant to win! Should be any day now. I know the suspense must be killing you.

I was told tonight that the monsoons would start early this year, evidenced by the recent increase in humidity. Ugh. Ugh because it means mosquitoes. I hate mosquitoes a way I hate nothing else in the world. I could never been a Jain. The ultimate non-violent religion. Wiki excerpt: “[Jain’s] rarely go out at night, when it is more likely that they might trample insects.”

I have in arm’s reach the Tennis Electric Racquet of Insect Doom and I’m not only unafraid to wield it, I’m eager.

And now I can plug it into my UPS to recharge. Insects at night, beware.