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Feb. 25th, 2007 11:06 pmTwo things I'll never understand:
1) How Tommy plays pinball using his sense of smell. Seriously, it makes no sense.
2) Nihilism. How do you believe in nothing?!
Anyways, so I've been watching the Dresden Files. I had heard they were based on a series of books, so I wiki-ed it. The world sounds pretty cool, seems kinda WoD-ish. Actually, I'm curious if there is some influence of one on the other. The wiki article shows the first book in 2000, so WoD would have come first. One has to admit they're very similar- a powerful magical council keeping the supernatural out of mortal eyes and governing the behavior of the magical community, vampire and faerie courts (one thing I never got about WoD, was who wants to be a changeling? Lame!), different werewolves, angels/demons, etc. Well, obviously those are all common themes, though its the existence of all (particularly faeires/changelings, I mean, that's not as common as vamps, werewolves, mages and demons) in that world that highlight the similarities. Anyways, the universe is nicely setup, and the seven magical laws are pretty interesting. I would venture to say that it and Supernatural are the two WoD-est shows out there right now, with Dresden covering it from the side of supernatural beings like mages/wolves/vamps, and Supernatural the normal mortal/hunter side. I mean, you've had popular shows covering that genre before- buffy/angel and charmed to name a few, but I think Dresden and Supernatural very closely match up with WoD.
Ah, I just checked out the Oscar Winners. I wasn't really following it, so I didn't really have an opinion one way or the other. I usually only catch 2-3 of the 5 nominees for best picture every year. This year, it was Departed and Little Miss Sunshine, which were indeed two pretty good movies. So, the Departed won? That's a good choice.
( BSG )
Okay, that new Sandra Bullock movie, premonition, are they purposely trying to be all Dallas like with her getting out of bed and walking into the shower and seeing Dr. Doom in the shower? (Or is that Cole? Or Doc Troy? I suppose I could say Julian McMahon, but many people reading this would be all, who?) I mean, I was cracking up when they had that in the trailer.
I forgot to mention, I've been working on computers all weekend (big surprise). Set up a couple of new servers. Actually, I've mentioned this before, but I like how they've made computers more "installation" friendly. I had to install several cards. Before you had to like unscrew a bunch of things just to get the case open. Nowadays you just press down on a button or two and it pops open. No fuss, no muss. Even the rails just snap on instead of having to be screwed in. And thank god for flat panel monitors! Nice, light, and easy to cart around. So setting up the computers was not a hassle. Too bad finding shelf space for them wasn't as easy, so I was slowed down doing a little remodeling. They want me to put a new server in this one cabinet, and to free space, I can remove two servers already there. Which are 75lbs each! What motherfrakkin wise-ass made seventy-five pound effin' computers?! (Well, that would be Sun in this particular case, but I still find it ridiculous)
1) How Tommy plays pinball using his sense of smell. Seriously, it makes no sense.
2) Nihilism. How do you believe in nothing?!
Anyways, so I've been watching the Dresden Files. I had heard they were based on a series of books, so I wiki-ed it. The world sounds pretty cool, seems kinda WoD-ish. Actually, I'm curious if there is some influence of one on the other. The wiki article shows the first book in 2000, so WoD would have come first. One has to admit they're very similar- a powerful magical council keeping the supernatural out of mortal eyes and governing the behavior of the magical community, vampire and faerie courts (one thing I never got about WoD, was who wants to be a changeling? Lame!), different werewolves, angels/demons, etc. Well, obviously those are all common themes, though its the existence of all (particularly faeires/changelings, I mean, that's not as common as vamps, werewolves, mages and demons) in that world that highlight the similarities. Anyways, the universe is nicely setup, and the seven magical laws are pretty interesting. I would venture to say that it and Supernatural are the two WoD-est shows out there right now, with Dresden covering it from the side of supernatural beings like mages/wolves/vamps, and Supernatural the normal mortal/hunter side. I mean, you've had popular shows covering that genre before- buffy/angel and charmed to name a few, but I think Dresden and Supernatural very closely match up with WoD.
Ah, I just checked out the Oscar Winners. I wasn't really following it, so I didn't really have an opinion one way or the other. I usually only catch 2-3 of the 5 nominees for best picture every year. This year, it was Departed and Little Miss Sunshine, which were indeed two pretty good movies. So, the Departed won? That's a good choice.
( BSG )
Okay, that new Sandra Bullock movie, premonition, are they purposely trying to be all Dallas like with her getting out of bed and walking into the shower and seeing Dr. Doom in the shower? (Or is that Cole? Or Doc Troy? I suppose I could say Julian McMahon, but many people reading this would be all, who?) I mean, I was cracking up when they had that in the trailer.
I forgot to mention, I've been working on computers all weekend (big surprise). Set up a couple of new servers. Actually, I've mentioned this before, but I like how they've made computers more "installation" friendly. I had to install several cards. Before you had to like unscrew a bunch of things just to get the case open. Nowadays you just press down on a button or two and it pops open. No fuss, no muss. Even the rails just snap on instead of having to be screwed in. And thank god for flat panel monitors! Nice, light, and easy to cart around. So setting up the computers was not a hassle. Too bad finding shelf space for them wasn't as easy, so I was slowed down doing a little remodeling. They want me to put a new server in this one cabinet, and to free space, I can remove two servers already there. Which are 75lbs each! What motherfrakkin wise-ass made seventy-five pound effin' computers?! (Well, that would be Sun in this particular case, but I still find it ridiculous)
