Well sick Friday is still sick. I went a little stircrazy this afternoon
and decided to go to the store. I needed Day/Nyquil and wanted more
water in the house. Lets just say I kind of wished I'd picked up the
phone and bugged one of the local gang to do me a favor. Oh well.
Decided to spoil myself with Chinese food delivery. Yay Chinese food.
Been watching movies as usual, did get some geeking done. I built a
VM a while back to do some experiments with ZFS, a filesystem that allows
live adjustments to the size of the filesystem, among many other things.
But I haven't bothered to do more than the basic OS install due to lack of
energy/brain cells. Tonight, I found a good 'Dummy's guide to ZFS' and
started playing. After a few minutes I had it doing all I wanted, just
needed my brain to kick in. That whole "I have half a clue and a
Wikipedia article..." spirit I've missed, it decided to show up tonight.
Yay me.
Currently watching 'The Sentinel' a horror movie from the 70's. Weird
flick, weird things after a model with issues moves into an old brownstone
apartment. Epic settings, an all-star cast, and some of the weirdest
acting I've ever seen in a movie. Oh yeah, and one pissed off cat made
to wear a birthday hat. I'm not sure if I like it or not, I know I
want to live in the brownstone. I'm sure Dagon would have a word with
the demons in the basement. *grin*
So that's my evening. Probably going to stay up a little later than I
have been, and hopefully will sleep though the night. No plans for
tomorrow, we'll see how I feel tomorrow. I really want to be back
to normal for next week. I have stuff to do, like get a job *wink*
So wish me luck on feeling human, and I'll catch you all later.
Still sick, had trouble sleeping thanks to being clogged up. Finally
gave up on trying to sleep. Got up, cooked some breakfast and started
day 2 of the Star Wars rewatch.
Not happy with being sick, but better now than say in a week or two in the
middle of job hunting. *sigh* Was wanting to be somewhat social this
weekend, but we'll see how I feel. Rather not give anyone my germs.
Not much else to speak of, weird dream about British apartments and
chips that were actually mashed, with something like jello as a topping.
I fear my brain...but I want steak fries now.
Not much else...well I do have things to say, but my brain is fuzzy and
the words aren't coming out. So I'll call this a post, and write more
later when I feel better. Ciao hominids.
Well, with the upcoming Episode VII I'd been watching to rewatch all 6
movies. So, today I watched I-III. And I had some thoughts. Note,
I'm not going into a rant about what was wrong with them, life is too
short to be negative, and there are good things about the prequel trilogy.
Lets start with, so many lightsabre fights. Probably my favorite single
thing growing up with the Original trilogy was the lightsabres, I blame
them for my life long facination with all things sword related. And we
get duels in spades. I've always said I'd one day make a fancut of all
the lightsaber duels and just watch that... Yes, they're not realistic.
I don't care, they're epic.
Next, the Sith. Yes, Vader was epicly scary and evil, especially when I was
5 and seeing A New Hope in the theater. I liked that they didn't try to
make the other Sith Vader clones. Maul was scarily intense, what if a
being spent pretty much it's entire life studying to be a weapon, that's
Maul. Count Dooku has Sir Christopher Lee showing charm, style and
panache...while still being the bad guy. And Emperor Palpatine when he shows
his true colors, he is terrifying. He's a monster in the way all the
others are not, and radiates evil in a way you rarely see in movies. He's
not cheesy, he's not insane, he's evil. Corrupting, dark and ruthless.
And to provide balance...there's Yoda. He's more than just the mentor
who talks funny. He teaches the youngsters and appears to be good with
kids (he is their size), which made perfect sense. He also is a bad-ass.
One of my running jokes has been 'The shorter and older the martial artist,
the better he is'. Well Yoda was 900 years old and less than 3 feet tall...
you do the math. *grin*
Also, I liked the banter between Obi-Wan and Anakin in II and II, especially
III. Dry wit, sarcasm, and the kind of snark that can only happen to people
who have been friends for years. Which made the final battle on Mustafar
actually seem to be more than just a fight.
So that's my thoughts about the prequel. It wasn't perfect, and in some
spots was quite painful, but I think they're still worth watching. I'll
give the Original Trilogy a watch later on, and I'll report my thoughts.
Until then, may the Force be with you.
Still sick, wheezy. Slept mostly through the night, with odd dreams
about my past. Woke up ahead of my alarm, mostly wide awake. Tried to
stay in bed, but gave up quick.
Took my meds, ate breakfast, and I've mostly decided to treat this week as
a wash. I feel like arse, and I have little focus. So I'm just going to
take it easy.
On the plus side, it's October finally. Best month of the year. Horror
movies and scary books and cool temperatures and my spawning day and
stuff. So yay for the month of Halloween.
That's about it, wish me luck on feeling better. *cough cough, wheeze*
