A bad day at work
August 27th, 2008It’s Immortal!!
August 25th, 2008Where The Hell Is Matt?
August 25th, 2008Apparently there are quite a few of Matt’s adventures on Youtube
Three Movies – Chronicles of Riddick 1 & 3, and War Games Dead Code
August 24th, 2008Watched three movies last nite. First Chronicles of Riddick – Pitch Black. Plot – ship crashes on a p
lanet where there are creatures that like the darkness and eat people. A lot of red shirts in the crew, of course. VinDiesel is badass as usual. Acting is good by all. Plot is predictable, but the action is continous and well shot. And I never felt like I was watching a movie being shot. I hate it when suddenly you realize they are just actors on a set with cameramen and crew standing around. I’m glad I didn’t pay to see this in a theater but it will be an entertaining rental.
I followed this one up with Chronicles of Riddick – Dark Fury . It sorta surprised me that this was an animated feature. But once I got used to that, it was pretty good. I reminded me of the artwork from Heavy Metal . It takes off where Pitch Black ended. Again a predictable plot, but action was good and it was well drawn. So for both the Riddicks, I give them a 6 out of 10 – good entertainment from a rental.
The last movie I watched yesterday was – War Games – The Dead Code. This was a waste of an hour and half. Plot was very predictable. But the action was convoluted. Several action scenes had actors running down the road in front of cars chasing them but the cars couldn’t seem to catch them, huh? And it was very uneven. Slow character development scenes and silly characters followed by meaningless unorganized chase scenes. The bad computer had female persona and they kept ‘trying to shut the bitch down’. Acting was just mediocre, so hopefully this was just a training film for them. So rating is 3 out 10. So I’m sure Matthew Brodrick is rolling over in his grave…er wait..he isn’t dead yet.
Hurricane acomin’
August 17th, 2008
It looks like Hurricane Fay is coming. Current projections are it will be here in Lakeland Tuesday night with winds of 60 mph. I wonder if I need to get my kite out? Although living here for two years, this will be our first encounter with a hurricane. This one is not too scary right now as it will go over considerable land before it gets here which should slow it down considerably. Still, I’m gonna go fill up my gas cans and get some groceries just in case. I’ll also run my gas generator some too just to make sure it is in good shape. I’m not gonna put anything over the windows this time as this house was built in 1974 so I figure it has seen a few of these and the previous owner didnt leave any coverings behind.
Tree Damaged by Lightning
August 10th, 2008
Can you see the dead live oak to the right of the Pine tree? Of the thousands of trees in the area, how come it has to whack mine. This is probably the cornerstone of my landscaping in the front yard. It certainly was one of the things that attracted me to this house. With all the Spanish Moss hanging, it just said ‘FLORIDA’.
So now I have this eyesore I’m going to have to deal with. I certainly didn’t budget the $1000+ it would take to remove this tree.
Oh well, it’ll be spooky this Halloween.
Latest GH III Achievements
January 29th, 2008I made it thru my first ‘hard’ song – ‘Sunshine of Your Love – Cream’. Since I haven’t gotten that far in career, I had to do it thru quickplay. But I made it! Stats sux, but I made it! The transition to hard is going to be , well… hard. The tips on the forums highly recommend moving your whole hand down one set of keys. That is your index finger should rest on red and your little finger on the new orange key. The index finger will then control red and green in most cases. Also you have to start double strumming, that is down and up because the notes are going to come too fast to simply downstroke very fast.
Also today, I on ‘medium’ I got thru One by Nirvana. It’s so amazing when you get ‘in the grove’, that is you dont even think about your fingers. You just watch the notes on the screen and the fingers do the notes by themselves almost.
Yesterday, I got my first FC – Finish Complete – 100% – didn’t miss a note. It was on easy, of course, on Mississippi Queen. You not only get 5 stars but they are highlighed.
I know most kids who play GH III can kick my butt. But at 58, I’m amazed at what I can accomplish in this game. I honestly dont think I’ll ever master ‘hard’. But I only 60% believe that, because that’s what I said about medium. Of course, I was trying ‘Slow Ride’ on medium when I first tried it. Hell, I didn’t 4 star it until tonight, so it ought to be near the middle of ‘medium’.
I also got thru Knights of Cydonia tonight also. I’m gonna go back and do that one multiple times till I get better. I like the song. Its fun to play. It’s very difficult, but when you hit it, its like ‘Fire and Flames’. You get such a rush when you’re through. It also is teaching me good skills for hard.