Simple update:
I’m finally moving. Again. Just some student housing apartments by UVSC (ventanna), but they seem pretty nice. Private rooms only. No shared, so I only have to share the whole thing with 3 other people, of which David is one. They come with a washer and dryer in the unit itself and big closets(that seems to be a large selling point for them as they mention it every 2 lines in their brochure) and all the usual student housing amenities(internet, cable, furnishing, etc). Seeing as now there’s 2 of us(myself and David) we can easily take control of the apartment and make our own rules that must be followed; because we can gang up now!
I met a girl. Gone out with her… 3 times now. She kind of has the same opinion as me about everything. I’m not sure how well that goes over with me. I kind of like people that add to me as opposed to copy. This is just superficial speculation though, I’m sure she’ll become more comfortable (and therein able to express her quirks) sooner or later. I hope she has quirks :\ Anyway, dates continue. Not sure if I can afford a relationship though.
I’m playing Age of Conan now… I won’t do a full review on it until/unless I hit the level cap but so far it’s fun, relatively unbuggy for an MMO release and it’s not the same game I’ve been playing for the last 4 years. Good enough to tide me over till bigger and better things come along.
My cat is mean. I have to lock her out of my room the majority of the time now while I’m home because she likes to show off by climbing my window screen and biting me.
I really want to pack, but I use most of the stuff that I would be packing, so I can’t until at least a few days before I move. Just one and a half more weeks 
My TV has taken to flickering sometimes. It makes my eyes hurt. Stop it or I swear I will replace you with an LCD ><
Time magazine charged me 35 bucks for another year’s worth of subscriptions. I only read like 1 article per magazine now. Hooray for the internet.
I keep wondering how long it’ll be till my computer explodes. I don’t think I’ve ever actually had every piece of hardware in a computer last this long for me before! Just goes to show what a handyman I am. I build em better than motherfucking Dell. Not that that’s difficult, but it’s nice to know that I am in fact better than people who do this for a living.
Season 4 finale of Lost is on Thursday, I think. I’m excited. If they teleport the island, the gloves are off and anything goes. Most things up to this point could be explained through coincidence or misunderstanding(even the smoke monster could just be an optical illusion hiding somebody in a tractor. The time difference could be brushed off as some magnetic anomoly or somesuch(might not be reasonable, but they could pretend it was logical). But if they teleport the island… well they can’t explain that logically, now can they?
Bye.
What should I watch next?
So, having -in the last 6 months- made my way through Heroes S1-2, Lost S1-4, House S1-4(?), Bones, Dexter, Rome, Scrubs(what the fuck was up with that series finale?), The Office, the last few seasons of Southpark, and probably a few more series, what do I watch now?
Here’s my options right now, as I see them:
The Wire, 30 Rock, It’s Always Sunny in Phillidelphia, Star Trek: TNG/Voyager, Breaking Bad, Burn Notice, various Anime(?), Chuck, Stargate: Whathaveyou, Prison Break, 24, Battlestar Galactica and so forth. Many of these shows I have no idea about… simply word of mouth that reached my ear.
Vote. Now. If you have a suggestion not on the list, feel free. Nothing that has or will ever touch MTV or VH1 please, thanks.
Film review(s): Darjeeling Limited & Cloverfield
Starting with Darjeeling Limtied, I like this movie. It’s humor is more subtle than usual and often a little cynical or bitter but very amusing. It’s extremely abrupt which plays a major role in making the film fun. Other than that… I dunno what to say about this one. It had a way of making you feel smart that you “got it” and, while Juno did the same thing, Darjeeling Limited did it in an entirely different way. That’s what I can say about this movie; it’s unique. Not only in story and setting and manner, but it’s entire tone and even genre were undefined! With so many films out each year and with such hard-set rules most film makers abide by, it’s an almost impossible feat to make an entirely unique one. For that alone this film can be called nothing short of brilliant.
Hrm, turns out this is my first real film review… there’s way too many aspects of film to judge, so I’ll try to categorize the best I can. Also, in parenthesis, I’ll include examples of what that category includes.
Writing(IE: story, dialogue etc): 9
Performance(includes the actors and directors): 9
Technical(Editing, cinematography, producing etc): 9
Overall: 9
Cloverfield… Hmm. This movie was obviously an experiment. The most obvious aspect of the “experiment” is the camera view; that being the view of a homemade video tape from start to finish. I dunno, I liked this movie. Some parts were annoying (camera view and the character holding it) but it was so intentionally built to focus on this tiny side-story of the 4-5 main characters while this epic battle for New York City vs some gigantic mutant mystery monster was largely ignored beyond being the catalyst. Nothing concerning the larger story was ever explained and I believe that’s how the director (J.J. Abrams btw) wanted it. He wanted us to feel like the characters. Lost and confused. No audience insider secrets here; we only know what the cameraman knows. As far as that goes; very well done. I can’t honestly say that I’d look forward to seeing that type of camera work done again any time soon though.
This one is hard to grade… because even though some things about the movie might have sucked, I can’t help but believe that every single feeling and aspect about that movie was 100% intended by J.J. Abrams. Even the shitty parts like bad dialogue or an overly prolonged intro. So how do you judge flaws that were completely intended? Ugh. Whatever, I’ll do this by pure opinion.
Writing: 7
Performance: 9 (sometimes annoying but always very believable)
Technical: 6, I guess. Experimentation does not mean it was good.
Overall: 7
My heroes: Another list
-BitTorrent
-Dexter
-Gregory House
-The internet… what would I do without you?
-Tivo
-VLC media player, which easilly allowed me to watch Dexter
-Robert Jordan. Because I don’t think the death of a single man has ever pissed off so many people without grief entering the equation.
-Not George Lucas. Fucking whore.
-I think I locked my cat out… oops. Better correct that.
-FoH on Yahoo live
-FoH in general
-Actors who spend their time acting instead of being advocates of good causes. That’s not your job, assholes.
-Whoever pays me 400 bucks a month to live in the third room of my condo.
-Craigslist
-This new 8gb thumb drive I just bought.
-Whoever buys me a $1600 laptop. I promise you’ll be rewarded in the future by quality motion pictures edited by me, made possible by your laptop.
-At Chili’s the other day, this group of like 6 midgets came and ate. I had to go clean a table next to them and I had to walk away like 3 times so that I wouldn’t laugh in front of them. It wasn’t even funny, you know, one of those moments where you’re trying so hard not to laugh that you do. Sad, I know. I’m going to hell all over again.
-Bose
-Superman. Batman’s cooler, yes. But since I’m “Ben Steele”, -> “Man of Steel” -> Superman… I’ve gotta go with family.
-People who dance professionally. Congrats on being the single most worthless beings on the planet. Except for strippers. At least they hold some type of tangible meaning, right?
-I hate the “Apple” logo simply for it’s popularity. I’m starting to see them as bumper stickers… WTF does Apple have to do with your car? Or define your personality? Or do anything besides take up valuable windshield space? It’s a computer brand people. I’m going to start putting a Microsoft logo sticker on my car just to spite the pricks.
-Some Anime is cool. No, I won’t ever say that again.
-I want to move out so badly. I have been looking at this condo here in P.G. with my friend and assuming the land lady ok’s it, we should be free as of May 30th. Cross your fingers, it’s a nice place.
-Why would couples with kids hold precedence on an apartment over singles? I take it as a bit of an insult that I’m considered a larger risk than a batshit crazy 4-year old.
-Sleep. Goodnight. Not even going to proofread this, so fuck you.
