While it’s not really dying, the battery is just about shot. I only have xchat, a single terminal open, and Flock with a few tabs open and squeeze out a little over an hour of life now, great for school since classes last over 2 hours. Sure I could pony up and pay [...]
Entries from January 2008
I don’t want to prolong the death of this laptop
January 9th, 2008 No Comments
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First day of classes
January 7th, 2008 No Comments
I get to go back to school for the first time since late 2005 in a few hours and I’m not really looking forward to it. I’m more worried about where the hell I’m going to park without getting a ticket since I don’t have my parking decal yet or when I can get [...]
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Some retired TV shows need to stay retired
January 6th, 2008 No Comments
I was flipping through tonight and saw that the new American Gladiators was on NBCHD so I decided to watch. Either the show I watched as a kid was really boring or this new incarnation is just terrible. It looks great in HD however, it felt too…fake. There wasn’t a “real” feeling [...]
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The latest into the fray
January 6th, 2008 No Comments
Since my mother came down to visit this weekend, it’s cut my movie viewing by, well, almost an entirety. I’ve only managed to squeeze in half of The Royal Tenenbaums and watched About A Boy last night. Both great movies. Tonight we watched The Producers (2006) and For Your Consideration neither [...]
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The choice of the night
January 3rd, 2008 No Comments
Was Blood Diamond and only took 10 minutes to choose this time! Jess bought me the movie probably 2 months ago and it’s sat on the shelf until tonight, day 2 of the Never Ending Movie Stream. I’m really starting to regret wanting to do this as I realize picking a movie everyday [...]
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Welcome to the never-ending stream of movies
January 1st, 2008 No Comments
Almost two weeks ago I was staring at my overfilled DVD rack and began to realize I have way too many movies. I’ve got too many movies that are still in their original plastic. The capacity was definitely strained by the 28 or so movies that my girlfriend got me for Yule, I [...]
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A supreme exercise in futility
January 1st, 2008 No Comments
So the new year is here and many heads hung low today, no doubt due to capacious celebrating the flip of the calendar. My celebration included much of the same but in less copious amounts and with my dearest of friends. I was interviewed by a friend on what my jobs in the [...]
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