At the end of last week, I was able to see a sneak preview of Fantastic Four and I have to say it was great. Its not a serious movie and the plot isn’t deep or anything, but it builds the basic foundations for the characters and how the Fantastic Four comes about. It is up there with Batman Begins and War of the Worlds.
Also over the weekend, I finally got around to installing Windows XP Professional and moving away from Windows 2000. Yea, I know I’m late but I wanted to be sure all the bugs were worked out of XP before I moved on. Anyway, I installed Unreal Tournament 2004 again. Its great to be playing and I have missed so much. Evidenly, the members of the clan I was in (Last One Standing) thought I had died, because I did pretty much disappear with a trace. Never did I think that I would be missed like that and I have to say I made a mistake doing that. I suppose its because Unreal Tournament 2004 was the first game that I was involved in like that. Live and learn.
My fourth of July was a good one for the most part. We did fireworks with the family like we normally do each year at this time and it was fun, but with one exception. A neighbor complained and was being royally grumpy because he said he “needed to rest from a broken foot”. Regardless of the fact that others around him were doing fireworks, he decided to single us out. I’m sure it has something to do with the history between them and my parents, but that’s another story. So basically instead of being petty and making things worse, we ended up moving to a subdivsion that was just starting to be constructed. Here we were able to enjoy the fireworks in peace and didn’t have to worry about it.
School is in full swing now for me, too. The second class has started, but luckily both classes will end at the end of July. I have some catching up to do with my Linear Algebra, but all in good time. The first movie we had to watch for German History Through Film was Effi Briest and it has to be one of the worst movies I have seen. How movies like this are considered important to education and so forth is beyond me. Instead of admitting it was poor plot and storyline, educational institutions would rather defend it and say its not “Hollywood” and thats why you don’t like it. It’s a lame excuse either way. I just hope the movies get better as the class progresses.
Today, also marks the begining of having to work eleven days straight at 12 hours each. Its going to be a long one that’s for sure, but will pay off in the end. I just hope I get enough time to relax at night and get some decent hours of sleep in.
- CyberManX
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