No Job? Movie Time!

posted on august 6, 2002, tag: entertainment

So, then. Busy, busy, busy. Well, sort of. I resigned from my job a bit ago. Couldn't be there anymore. Things weren't going at all the way I had hoped they would. Oh, well. I've moved on, and have a few things going. Hopefully some of them will continue the way they are and be successful. Sorry, cyptic opening paragraph, I know.

We saw Signs opening night. I enjoyed it. I felt there were a few things that could have been done differently, and a there were numerous things that bothered me. But, in the end, I really did like it a lot. Besides, I'm a huge M. Night Shyamalan fan—definitely worth seeing, even if you're not.

On the subject of films: I watched Mission: Impossible the other night (partly because I was bored and partly because I haven't seen it in a long while), and was really surprised by how well the ending of that film has stood up to the test of time. I'm not talking about the story or acting, I'm talking about the special effects. The train sequence. The film was made 6 years ago, and those effects still look terrific. I remember the first time I saw the film in a theater—how blown away I was by that last sequence. I still am.

I had to get a new soundcard, but the problems I spoke of before have now been fixed. Apparently this is a known problem between Creative soundcards and motherboards with VIA chipsets. I wish I had known that before I bought the motherboard, but in the end I'd rather get a new soundcard (cheaper) than a new mobo.