The color of infinity inside an empty glass

Firstly, I don't think there's anyone who reads this who doesn't have a DW code if they want one, but if you do, I have, like, a metric butt-ton of them.
OK, it's really 13, but it feels like a metric butt-ton.

So...

The Sims 3: Ambitions is scheduled for "Summer 2010". It looks like a career-based expansion pack. Needless to say, I'm very interested.
However, there's been a small problem. As I think I mentioned, a couple months ago, my motherboard died. We got it replaced with something similar to the one I WAS using, so most of my hardware would work with it, but.. for reasons I couldn't understand, after installing The Sims 3, it would not run.
It would get to the starting screen, the screen would go black and then.. back to my desktop, with no error messages, nothing.
With the next expansion coming, I realized I REALLY wanted to play Sims again.
So I tried calling EA support to help me figure it out.
After being on the phone for an hour and a half and being kicked off their chat thrice (the chat would claim to be looking for people to help me, but when I was finally in queue, I got booted with no explanation but that no one was available to answer the Chat.), I finally gave up, frustrated. K suggested I try again yesterday morning.

So, I did. I called.. well, 10 minutes before their phone lines opened and then again 11 minutes later and after waiting over 30 minutes (and being kicked out of Chat once again), and just as I was bitching at Kristen how PISSED I was at EA Support, I got a nice lady from Texas who helped me figure it out (I needed to update my video card driver. Duh.) and, in short, I finally have Sims 3 up and running again. Woo!

So... I poked around with Sims 3 as I could during the day.

Meanwhile, little boy had given us a long night of not sleeping much and a longer day of.. still not sleeping much and K and I were getting cranky at each other. Luckily, I'd had an idea the day before, which was.. since K's parents were here and coming over, maybe we could ask them to babysit for a couple of hours and we could both go see "Alice in Wonderland."

They agreed, and we both made it to the 3:30 showing. We were out and free and it was great! We both really enjoyed the movie (but then.. it was Tim Burton. Tim Burton seems to have this thing for Johnny Depp, but past that, I love his stuff ;) )

It was date time, something we hadn't had in a month.

Came home, dealt with cranky baby, but both still a little happier for getting out.

Then I played a little more Sims 3 til we went to bed and LAST night, the boy slept. So thank goodness for that.

And that was my weekend so far. Not bad at all, all told. And I have my Sims running again! :D Woo! :D

The wife and I saw this yesterday. A sign of how good the movie was was that my wife, who never could get into TOS, loved it.

Graphically, it was gorgeous.

Writing-wise.. the lines were great, the back and forth and the little homages to TOS (I'm a DOCTOR, not a Physicist!), the script itself... well... ( SPOILER! DO NOT READ ID YOU DON'T WANT TO BE SPOILEd!! )

Coming out of the movie, I look to my wife and FIRST I say "I NEED TO SEE THAT AGAIN!"

In short, I loved it. It was fun, it was a bit campy, it was gorgeous. And I need to see that again!

First off, I went to go see "The Mothman Prophecies" last night. CREEPY CREEPY movie. Not bad, just creepy! All in all, it was an alright movie. Certainly not a new favorite, but it was okee. Just be ready to be scared a bit, especially if ghosts scare you.

In just under a week, I'll be with kareila, alierak, trillain, dawnstar, kolys, phinnia and tallin (assuming all goes well.) at the Galleria Mall, having lunch and having a good time. I'm really quite excited about it. All these people I haven't seen (and some favorite I have). More excited about the prospects of lunch with all these peoples then the actual concert (which I am looking forward to, but Indigo Girls isn't one of my favoite bands (not like the excitement I'd feel of going to see BnL or TMBG or Cake or something)
Still, I'm excited. It'll be cool to meet peoples.

Had a big fight with my littlest brother last night. Still a little bothered about it. It started out over typical things.. accusations that I'm not holding up my end of the household chores, but he's not holding up his end of the household chores (of course, they're getting done anwyays, so chances are.. we both are, even if it's late at times.), but it evolved into how I don't treat him like a grown up (which I can't say I fully understand his arguments about.)
As I understand it, here is one of the underlying problems. I am 8 years older than Josh.. I have a, in general, better relationship with my mom. We bicker alot, but we get on pretty well. On the other hand, Josh doesn't really relate to my mom in the same ways and ends up getting yelled at alot for stupid teenage stuff. We've tried to include him in our conversations, but he rarely has anything to say on the subjects we speak about. I think he's really jealous of our relationship, buit I can't say I think there's any sort of real answer here. We've tried to include him, but while we're downstairs watching TV together and arguing over politics or Boston Public, he's up in his room.
And then he thinks I'm a lousy brother because by the time night finally gets here, I'm edgy and grumpy and have found something else to be annoyed/angry about (a common occurance, I must admit.) Night is, if I can manage it, my cooldown period. I chill out, relax, play games or hang on Chaotic or whatever. Meanwhile, Josh gets home from work/practice/school and wants attention.
So let me reiterate... here I am, more often than not, grumpy over a hard day or something I felt someone's done to me, and here he is, looking for me to ask him how his day is, to be attentive etc.
I can SEE his point, but at the same time, he needs to see mine. I'm willing to work out some sort of compromise, but there are just going to be days I'm too busy or grumpy and he has to accept that. Period.
I'm not certain where this came from, but he needs to realize that, while not perfect, the family he's got now is certainly better than some of the alternative. We're not perfect, but we act pretty well as a family unit. Certainly better than we did with Marc around.
*sigh*
I dunno where he's getting his ideas from, but this is who we are and this is how we act as a family unit. It's not bad at all.

Actually, I'm frustrated over other matters. Talking to someone today who just...
I'm a cynic, but I feel like I understand people. People in general and people I know fairly well in specific. Hence, it amazes me sometimes when people are bloody STUPID. Example of bloody stupidity..
Sue is having a bad day, she's depressed and upset. So Mary takes that moment to pester her about something inconsequential right then and there instead of waiting a day.
Bloody stupid!
Listen, folks... you need to be aware of the people around you... yeah, yeah, I know.. Pot. Kettle. Black.. but, regardless, you need to look around you at the people you interact with. Before saying something ask yourself "How will this person ask if I say this? How would *I* feel if this was asked of me."
You would solve half the world's problems if you just THOUGHT a second.
Person A is sick, and hence, miserable. Person B is mad at something Person A did. If PErson B would WAIT until Person A was less miserable to confront him/her with whatever Person B is mad at, it would stop alot of arguing before it happened.
Just think a second, will ya?
Otherwise, you get called selfish, callous and unfeeling.

That's all I gotta say for now.
So I'll post this.
Hasta!

So my bud Dave calls yesterday and was like "We're going to see Fellowship of the Ring tonite, you in?"
Duh! of course I'm in!
So, I spent the majority of yesterday afternoon bouncing around, barely able to contain myself because I REALLY wanted to see this movie.
It was worth it.
The pixie gives it 5 out of 5 stars. I can't begin to rave enough about it. The plot (as no doubt, most to all of you know) is great, the special effects were great, the fight scenes (GO LEGOLAS!) were great.Th e soundtrack really worked well with the visuals. The movie was great!
GO SEE THIS MOVIE!
I'll probably see it again shortly, with the family this time.

As all you TMBG fans know, TMBG unlimited is now over. That is to say.. there will be no more new stuff. I'm actually quite sad about this. Not everything recieved from TMBG Unlimited was GOOD, but at least a third of it was. Lots of cool stuff.
On the plus side, they're going to release No! (YAY!) in Spring, 2002 :D

My old friend Todd Freyburger (we've been friends since, like, freshmen year of high school) is back in town for Christmas. We'll probably get together soon'ish.

Got plans now for New Years Eve. As per usual (except for last year when I spent it in Boston), I'll spend it with Dave, Carl and their friends (not all of which are my friends, but some of them are tres cool.) It's kind of expected. Besides, so long as I can ignore Jeremy sucking faces with his boy friend, Hugh, it should be a good time. Trying to get Dave to bring Super Smash Brothers Melee too.

I think I'll start to write another post. Keep yer eyes out for it. I hope to post it tonite :)

Ciao, babes!

Ugh! God damned sadistic bastard of a Math Teacher.
It shouldn't TAKE 8 or 9 hours to do any god damned homework... whether I'm a Grad Student or not. =P
Oh well.. at least THAT one's done. =P

OK... so y'all have been pestering and pleeping. How was Harry Potter, you ask? Well, I'll tell ya!
To be perfectly frank, I was a little disappointed with it. Don't take that the wrong way... I love the book! I've read it many times... the problem is.. Hollywood has yet to make a good movie out of a good book. And this is no exception. For someone like me who had read the book and loves it so much, it can't compare.
As a movie, it IS good.. the special effects are cool and the quidditch scene ROCKS! but... I can sit there and tell when the movie moves away from the book script or smoothes over important bits. I mean... it IS an over 2 hour movie.. but I'd rather see a 4 hr made for TV movie that's dead on then a big screen ADAPTION.

That's just me, tho

Can't say there's alot to mention today... I've spent most of the day bottled in the basement doing math homework and getting crankier and crankier about it. It is now finished but it took me like.. 8 or 9 hours!

I, do, however, leave you with a quote of the day (Thanks to CrackBOT.. the new ChaoticMUX toy) and a pointless poll...

Take the Affliction Test Today!

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Quote of the Day
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You paged CrackBOT with 'how many ways ARE there to do Ordinary Differential Equations.. and why should I CARE?'.
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GUESS WHAT EVERYBODY?
Well, as some of you may.. or may NOT know.. Monty Python and the Holy Grail has been rereleased onto big screen. And, despite the fact I didn't think it would, IT'S COMING TO BUFFALO *sproing*
*leaps about happily n stuff*

In other news, I've been having a great old time with Audio Galaxy Satellite downloading Dance Dance Revolution and Royal Canadian Air Farce mp3s. I LOVE THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FARCE! They are toooo funny! (So much funnier than certain *OTHER* Canadian Comedians *cough* Kids in the Hall *cough*) So I've downloaded alot of their stuff and I'm DEFINATELY enjoying it :) Wish we got their show down here...

In other news, I've decided what to do about Neogenesis. What, you ask? Begging to know? Fine fine fine. I'll tell you. I'm going to GM for as long as people choose to play. And I am going to have fun. And, excuse my french, fuck the players. Then the WRONG players will leave the game and the RIGHT players (if enough to keep the game going) will be able to play in a way that mutually works.
I have no beef with characters who would call demons down and who would turn into anime characters or who would try to bend space and time to their own selfish demand. I will not abide any players though who whine and cry and gnash their teeth. And so that is the course I shall sail.
Whether or not Neogenesis keeps going.. well... I'll keep y'all informed.

I think I'll end this.
TTFN! Ta Ta For now!

OK, I JUST saw Jurassic Park III. It was a really good movie. I'd say it was at least as good as the second, though I'm not sure it was quite as good as the first. This time around there are even more new dinosaurs.. you'll see the ankylosaurus, pterodactyl (or pteranodan.. I also mix those two up) and a new predator which I'm not saying much about because I dun wanna ruin it. Any rumours about the dinosaurs on the island being mutants is false.
All in all, it was a good fun movie... less people die in this movie (though it's true less people are on the island than before), though the dinosaurs are STILL scary. I believe that NOT taking your children to see this (especially if they've seen the original two) would be pure Child Abuse.
The only negative things I have to say about this movie is that there weren't quite as many of the fun one liners that made the original Jurassic Park as fun as it was. And I STILL WANT TO SEE MORE DINOSAURS! A good part of the movie is spent in the water.. how about Icthyosaurus? :)

My overall rating is 3.5 our of 5 stars. I thoroughly enjoyed the movie and suggest you see it. :)