So with my newfound wealth I rushed out after my database midterm (which I eked out an 83 on) and bought a sound card and some speakers from Future Shop.  The speakers were like $83 off so I had to buy them.  Who could pass up that deal?

I’m ballin, hooooooo.  No more more buzzing on the mic or in the speakers.  I’m very satisfied.

I watched Things We Lost in the Fire with my new audio system.  It was pretty good.  A bit sappy but Benicio Del Toro is definitely one of the coolest actors out there.  Overall, 8/10. 

Some crazy shit just went down with my fonts.  I Googled for something and all of a sudden everything was in italics.  I checked Firefox and it was italicized too!  Same with IE.  Wtf.  Aurika sent me her copy of Arial.ttf but to no avail.  I searched around for an answer and found that you had to right click on the c:\windows\fonts folder, Install New Font and re-install the Arial font.  Very weird crap.  I don’t know how it got erased. 

So I just had some coffee and a cigarette and I’m chillin for ze night.

Easy.

Also, I don’t think that I ever showed you my new computer.  If I did then I apologise.  Here’s the finished product:

It’s crazy.  It’ll run anything.  I tried installing Kubuntu yesterday.  It was successful except it wouldn’t recognise my PCI wireless card so I couldn’t get an internet connection.  I think that if I had an internet connection I could’ve gotten it working but I wasn’t about to lug the fifty pound case all the way downstairs for that.  I’ll stick with Vista for the time being.

So today…  Nothing.  I have to finish my C++ project but I’m just about done now.  I have to figure out how to use iterators though.  Google will help with that.

PEACE.

OH YEAH.  I’m quite the handyman.  For the first few days I’d been putting my keyboard on my lap.  I got mad sick of that though so I took my drawer:

Pried the front off:

And now I have a keyboard tray!

Except it’s REALLY flimsy and there are staples sticking out.  It’s pretty hazardous but it gets the job done.  I really need to just buy a computer desk.  They’re only aboot a hundred dollars.  Maybe I’ll get one later.

Bye again.

More people need to sign up for Flickr!  It’s cool because you can specify your contacts as either friends or family.  So if you want pictures that you want your family to see then you modify the picture like that.  Same goes with your friends.

Also, I’ve been using PicLens a lot lately (thanks Laurie).  It’s a blast:

I suggest that you check it out.

And if you DO sign up for Flickr just go to my profile, http://flickr.com/photos/thedalailama and click Add Contact or whatever it is.  I’m sure that you can figure it out.

K bye!

I’m having way too much fun with that Comic Life program.  I have another sweet Ghost Dog one to make except I need to do some homework first.  SHIT.  Also, I applied to some co-op positions today.  I certainly hope that they’ll take me cause I need money!  Imma pay off that Visa using my first paycheque if they give me a job.

Okay, I’m outtie for now.  Btw I’m listening to this indie folk radio station.  It’s pretty ill, I suggest that you peep it.

Now I’m outta here.  Vaia con dios!

P.S. Sup Rey.

Yeah, I have too much time on my hands.  Fux you.

Comic Life and GOM Player ftw.

This afternoon after school:

Yeah, it was worse in the morning.

Man, 5:42 and it isn’t completely dark out. Spring is coming, dawgs.

Speaking of dawgs.

Damn blurriness. She certainly is an adorable dog isn’t she?

Who knows what’s up for tonight. Right now I’m watching Mean Streets and it’s alright. Maybe I’ll go to the casino. I haven’t lost money there in a while.

PEACE

P.S.  I have a cold and it sucks, yo.

Yeah, I’m hatt, obviously.  I just slept for two hours for no reason.  Just because I didn’t feel like facing anything, I wasn’t even tired.  I sure as shit hope that I feel better in the next couple of days cause it sucks being like this.  I don’t think that the ultra cold weather is helping either.  I guess that I’ll just finish watching Dark City and chill out for the rest of the night.  It’s a good movie.

I also watched High Plains Drifter.  It was pretty cool, I guess.  Clint Eastwood is a bit of a bastard in it, a lot less principled than in Unforgiven.  But I guess when you get to the end it makes sense.

You know what sucks about college?  The lack of positive reinforcement.  Most of the time you only get feedback when the teacher is telling you what you did wrong.  How whack is that?  There are a couple of exceptions, of course.  For instance, my teacher Mrs. Blay.

Is that so hard?  My other teacher, Deb, also writes comments on our written work that I really appreciate.  I remember gold stars, dancing elephants, and smiley faces as big as your thumb stuck on most of my work when I was a kid.  I loved those times.  It’s never too late for a pat on the back, even if you’re in post-secondary education.

So teachers, if you’re reading this (which I’m sure you aren’t), give a “Good job!” or a “Well done!” when they’re so deserved.  It’ll make the student happy and only take a few seconds of your time.

Or maybe I’m just an attention-craving, insecure pussy.  I’m not sure.

Peace.

My father told me this story about when the Deer Hunter was first released.  He and his friends used to play the beer hunter.  You’d get someone to shake up a beer in a six pack then take turns putting beers to your head and opening them up.  Apparently it resulted in a lot of beer-soaked skulls.

Unforgiven’s final scene is among the top too.  Clint Eastwood’s friend gets killed so he walks into the bar where they had strung him up as an example.  He then shoots the bar owner.

Gene Hackman - Well, sir, you are a cowardly son of a bitch!  You just shot an unarmed man!

Clint Eastwood - Well, he should’ve armed himself if he’s gonna decorate his saloon with my friend.

It was super sweet.  I also downloaded High Plains Drifter, another Eastwood film.  My dad recommended it to me.

People need to pay more attention to me.  I certainly deserve it.  Like when I e-mail someone, they should e-mail back.  When I call someone, they should call back.  You know who you are.

I guess I’m outtie.  Peaceeee.

I just hads me a good workout.  Some curls, leg curls, calf lifts, and deadlifts (I’m making up a few of those names because I don’t know the technical terms).  Class starts again in an hour and a half.  Some object-oriented Java.  I’m so excited!  Nah, not really.

Hey, you want to see a good movie?  Check out Once.  I’m not sure if I wrote that in my last entry but even if I did, it deserves a second mention.  Very good movie.  I think that Roeper said that it only cost about 25K to produce.  That’s insane when you think about all of the absolute rubbish that gets pumped out with budgets of millions of dollars.  I also got this movie Sunshine from Josh so I’ll probably peep that tonight.

Gone Baby Gone also turned out really good.  Slaine is in it!  He’s this rapper from the group, La Coka Nostra, headed by my main man, Ill Bill.  It’s funny because in the movie they’re driving around in a SUV listening to this song and I thought, “Hey, that sounds like Slaine!” and it turns out the guy driving is the guy who sang the song.  Talk about egotistical.

I also watched Wrong Turn and it was mediocre.  Better than a lot of the horror movies I’ve seen.  It looks like the production values amounted to more than the change that I could find in my couch, unlike some movies, *cough* Bikini Bloodbath *cough*.

I guess that’s it.  Peaceeeeeeeee.

This city can be hard. When I was young I asked my priest how you could get to heaven and still protect yourself from all of the evil in the world. He told me what God said to his children, “You are sheep among wolves. Be wise as serpents yet innocent as doves.”

Friggin’ brilliant. Nothing gets my attention better than a good opening monologue. It’s about some kid who gets kidnapped and this couple gets hired to find her. I just started it but it’s looking promising.

And tonight I be chillin’ and drinkin’.

Good shit, yo.

I also watched Atonement. Aura gave me the idea. It was alright, a bit boring and the dialogue wasn’t all that impressive. Plus I think that I’m usually geared more towards movies that are set in my time. I’m not much for history.

I is outtie. Peace.