Don't Panic... Don't Panic

Because it's finally completely official. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is in it's 5th week of production, and Should be coming out next year!

Woot!

As a fan of DNA (Douglas N. Adams), I've loved every incarnation of the book/radio show that I've seen, and the movie should be fantastic.

Beatles... Anthology

Well I gave my friend Heather "The Beatles Anthology" on DVD for Christmas- which is like 5 DVD's worth of video and interviews. And I decided to borrow it to watch. And it's cool. So far there is no narrator - It's John, Paul, George and Ringo in their own voices.

Pretty cool...

Figures

I should know by now.

After working on computers for as long as I have I should definitely know by now.

All the time I drink a soda and my Dad wondered, "Why do you always put the cap back on?" - he should have known by then.

So now my main keyboard is soaked with orange kool-aid.

Luckily, I always have a back-up keyboard.

But I should know by now - DON'T DRINK BY THE COMPUTER WITH A CUP!

Sigh...

Figures...

Cool Connections

Just finished watching the teaser trailer for "The Terminal" Spielberg's next movie. This.. looks... fantastic. Tom Hanks (again), is the lead in this true story about a man who - because of a bureaucratic glitch - couldn't leave JFK International Airport. It looks fantastic and looks like a lot of fun.

Another connection I found. The guy who played "Sapito" in Raiders of the Lost Ark - in the beginning of the movie - played none other than Doctor Octopus in the new Spider-Man Movie. Now THAT'S Cool. Can't wait to see that.

A few movies I want to see this summer/fall - I, Robot (Will Smith) - Van Helsing - Garfield - The Terminal - Spiderman 2 - Shrek 2 - Troy - The Day After Tomorrow - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - Around the World in 80 Days - King Arthue - The Bourne Supremacy - The Village (M. Night Shyamalan's New movie) - The Manchurian Candidate - Thunderbirds (Directed by Jonathan Frakes) - Aliens vs. Predator (awesome) - The Incredibles (PIXAR's new movie) and in December - Ocean's Twelve. Looks like a great year for movies.

Wow! I can actually see the screen!

Finally bought a decent monitor up at Wal-Mart yesterday. 17-inch Monitor (16 inch viewable), and it looks fantastic. no more bleeding blue colors! Also picked up Trival Pursit Genus 6 - so Chuck and I have a decent shot at a trivia baseball game.

What's Trivia Baseball you ask? Easy. Take a Trivial Pursuit game, and get three players. One is the Referee, and the other two players are the two teams. The Ref asks all the questions on the card to the first team up. If the person answers correctly, that's a point - BUT - if they answer incorrectly, the opposing player gets a shot to steal the point. After 18 cards (9 innings) the team with the most points wins. If it's a tie, then go into extra innings (more cards). Chuck and I are pretty evenly matched.

Sweet DVD Bliss :)

Well I finally bought a DVD Burner for my computer. It was either that or a new Monitor. But I couldn't pass a burner for $77 up at all. And It's cool watching movies on the PC.

MAME is awesome. I've got a ton of old-school videogames just BEGGING to be played.

Random Thoughts

Just saw a preview for ABC Family's "Brave New Girl" Produced by Brittany Spears. Now i personally don't acare about Birttany Spears. or any other Teeny-Bopper type sound out there. And to prove my point that most musicians aren't very original, listen to the music that's being sung during the preview. It's one of the world most beloved arias from the opera "Carmen"! And they set english words to it. Bizet is probably rolling in his grave. I hear so much sampling of older artists in "current" music, you'd think that singers and songwrtierrs can't come up with their own words, music and lyrics anymore.

Another Brittany Item... Anyone who is a South Park fan, HAS to watch the episode, "AWESOME-O". Butters catches Cartman on videotape - dressed up like Brittany Spears and making out with a Justin Timberlake cut out ;) Wicked funny.

And my boss found a nice AudioCassette set for me. "Dune: Butlerian Jihad" 22 Hours, unabridged. It takes place 10,000 years before the events of Dune, and it lays the foundations of the events in Dune. You see where House Harkkonen and House Artredis become mortal rivals, The founding of Bene Gesserit, and other events. Can't wait to start listening to it.