Technology rocks

I had one of those “Oh, so THAT’s how you do it!” moments tonight.

Found the Firefox extension Video Downloader, and immediately downloaded my current obsessions off YouTube. (Obsession number one is “Waiting for My Real Life to Begin” number from Scrubs episode 213, which, come to think of it, I shall embed below.)

There, that’s better. Anyway, that one, and the Ofra Haza version of “Jerusalem of Gold,” which I intend to teach to my new class come fall so they can present it at my bat mitzvah, if they wish to do so. Rahel has already kindly agreed to help teach them via GoogleTalk lessons.

Anyway. Obsessions. Yes, I get them from time to time, and right now, it’s a Scrubs obsession. I put all the seasons on my wishlist, if some of my “invisibles” are feeling particularly generous. You can send them to me without identifying yourself, you shy boys and girls.

Funny, Scrubs has always made music—and characters singing and dancing—a huge part of its presence, so when you think about the Scrubs musical episode from this year (that would be Obsession Number Two, but I have it on tape from its repeat and can watch it whenever I like until season six comes out on DVD, anyway), it’s a natural progression. Between Ted and his late-night barbershop quartet, Turk’s dances, and J.D.’s many imaginary musical numbers, the musical episode was to be expected.

I cannot explain why I am currently obsessing over them. I wouldn’t know. All I know is that it will wear off eventually. But I have been watching since sometime in the first season. It’s a good show. I’m glad they decided to re-up for another year.

And technology—well, it just rocks. YouTube clips come and go, particularly clips of NBC shows. But downloading is forever. At least until I buy the DVDs.