You know what I love best about Microsoft? Their products don't even work properly with other products of theirs.
In the past month or two I have now twice had weird problems with Microsoft optical mice on my XP computer. First there was the intermittent "disconnect-connect" of a piece of hardware, which turns out to have been the mouse, after which the mouse mysteriously stopped...
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In the past month or two I have now twice had weird problems with Microsoft optical mice on my XP computer. First there was the intermittent "disconnect-connect" of a piece of hardware, which turns out to have been the mouse, after which the mouse mysteriously stopped...
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Just got back from "Jet Li's Fearless", another lavishly produced, gorgeous martial arts epic. Jet Li is easily my favorite of the major martial arts stars and his movies are usually pretty spectacular, Fearless being no exception. There's two set-piece battles that were especially amazing, one set atop a platform many feet in the air, another in a ritzy multi-level restaurant. What was unusual about...
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mistergone:
Also notable is the mildly xenophobic subtext. Jet Li's first big movie (as far as I know) was "Once Upon a Time in China" with his martial arts schoolmaster up against the evil foreigners, and while "Fearless" tones that down somewhat (and it's not the focus of the movie), the opening and closing battles are against the champions of an evil, scheming group of foreigners (the Foreign Chamber of Commerce). It's mildly disconcerting, as a foreign viewer.
Imagine how the rest of the world feels with 99% of the american film with a villian, and to be honest, even though I have enjoyed other wire-fu films, after seeing District B13 I just can't get into the style anymore.
PS as with most foreign films, watch District B13 with the original audio track, its a million times better.
pepelepew:
Personally I thought the protector which I saw looked alot beter than this, but I am still gonna see fearless to see if it is better or worse.Tony Jaa will be tough to top tho.
Holy shit. The iTunes Music Store has German rock. When did this happen?
emotedcreations:
Thanks for the 'ignore' help...
pepelepew:
I don't know never been there.
I need more time in the day. Another 72 hours a day ought to do.
I have 47 library books waiting for me to read them. ~39 of my own books (with multi-book single-volume collections counted as one book) also in need of reading, though I've read parts of some of the multibook collections. Not to mention the dozens of other books at the library...
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I have 47 library books waiting for me to read them. ~39 of my own books (with multi-book single-volume collections counted as one book) also in need of reading, though I've read parts of some of the multibook collections. Not to mention the dozens of other books at the library...
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Yesterday I went and saw "Crank", which if you don't know is the movie where Jason Statham plays Chev Chelios, a hitman who's been poisoned in his sleep with a mysterious drug that kills him by "blocking the adrenalin receptors". Which is gobbledygook, of course, but it sets up the central premise of the movie, which is that he's constantly got to keep the adrenalin...
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otoki:
Well, random emails are all well and good, but will random names work, too? And I can't have them ship to the same address, I don't think.
Ah, how sad, that i can only make so much money off of them to give to planned parenthood.
Ah, how sad, that i can only make so much money off of them to give to planned parenthood.
sauda:
You are superbly entertaining. 
Lessee:
Picked up the fourth and seventh seasons of Buffy on DVD for a combined total of 45 bucks, new, including free shipping. A great deal, although I shouldn't have done it quite so early in the paycheck. Between that and a few other things, including school, money's going to be tight until my next payday. Bleh.
Beat Titan Quest. (On normal difficulty, anyway). Towards...
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Picked up the fourth and seventh seasons of Buffy on DVD for a combined total of 45 bucks, new, including free shipping. A great deal, although I shouldn't have done it quite so early in the paycheck. Between that and a few other things, including school, money's going to be tight until my next payday. Bleh.
Beat Titan Quest. (On normal difficulty, anyway). Towards...
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pepelepew:
That MMO sound really cool.I might have to try it.
It's that time again. Yes, time for that plague upon the Twin Cities, the Minnesota State Fair. I really cannot think of an event on the local social calendar that I hate more. Part of it is that it's so completely uninteresting to me. You have basically three main sorts of things going on: incredibly dull exhibits, mostly to do with farming and animal husbandry,...
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mistergone:
What are you talking about!?! the MN State Fair is one of the last places you can see and admire the mullet in all its natural glory 
Ahhh, so majestic, no?
Well at least the funnel cakes are decent.
I've avoided watching Deadwood b/c after they canceled Carnivale mid story
I've become a bit gunshy of their shows (plus I shelled out like 70 bucks for that damn season 1 set 
).
Ahhh, so majestic, no?
Well at least the funnel cakes are decent.
I've avoided watching Deadwood b/c after they canceled Carnivale mid story
I've become a bit gunshy of their shows (plus I shelled out like 70 bucks for that damn season 1 set ). It's scary how many blank discs I go through. I've got at least 350 burnt as something or other, heavily skewing towards CDs (I just ordered my third 100-pack of CD-Rs and I had a couple of 50 packs as well, vs. nearing the end of my second 50-pack of DVD-Rs). I'd use CD-RWs, but these are archival, not things I'd want to write over....
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So I had a birthday. It contained stuff. Not very much stuff, but then I gather that's part of this "being technically an adult" business, that presents drop off in quantity. Main thing is I wound up with Season 1 of Carnivale, so I am shiny.
Also finally got my hands on a legit copy of Titan Quest, and Dragon Warrior VIII, as well as...
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Also finally got my hands on a legit copy of Titan Quest, and Dragon Warrior VIII, as well as...
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necia:
Ooooh! Happy late birthday!
(And thank you for the compliment.
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Really? It says 1969? SG's been on some kind of crack lately.
(And thank you for the compliment.
)
Really? It says 1969? SG's been on some kind of crack lately.
pepelepew:
Ya my summer be going fine too. Except foe X-box 360 crapping out on me.Which sucks.It cost 130 bucks to fix it.
Watched the entirety of the second edition of "Loose Change" yesterday, as I am doing an 8+ page research paper on 9/11 conspiracy theories (I am finding that I really wish I had picked a different topic, but, well, it was due nearly two weeks ago now, so it's not the best time to change that. For those of you who may be worried: I...
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wildswan:
Happy happy birthday!! 
nickfaust:
Happy Birthday.
*sigh*
'Puters, man. They're out to get us.