i have all kinds of computer problems for some reason. once i had so many viruses my computer would literally not turn on. once (as i have written about) i dropped my laptop on the ground, and the power charge outlet got warped, and the dude at the computer repair shop told me that the computer was therefore pretty much junk and i should just leave it with him. i did so. seems like a really bad idea in retrospect. i coulda sold those parts to nerds for top dollar! “whaddya got here?” they would say “a 2005 acer laptop with original hard drive and memory cards! ah, vintage! we’ll buy it at a high price!”. but instead i gave it to the repair shop guy who probably took it home and did all sorts of terrible things with it, like play online poker. that thing ruins lives (sidenote: i have become addicted to xbox poker, which is a good and a bad thing – a good thing because poker is loads of fun, a bad thing because after every winning hand an off screen character shouts “YEEHAW” and that becomes really stale really fast.)
but i am having lot of problems with computers. right at this moment i am dealing with another computer mishap – i came home from vacation a while ago and turned on my desktop, which had been sitting stagnant for two weeks. it booted up normally but then proceeded to show me the dreaded BLUE SCREEN O’ DEATH. for nerds this is like being told that you have a terminal disease. i proceeded to try my cure-all resusication technique (turn the power on and off a bunch of times) and that didn’t work. safe mode didn’t either. so i was cooked. windows was broken into shards of tiny digital glass (clever? nah). so right now i am running “linux” off of a CDR. and i gotta tell you, its pretty sweet. when you close windows they turn into little 3d boxes and then LIGHT ON FIRE. all this time i had been closing windows without them going ablaze. i certainly did not know what i was missing. of course, linux is the pinnacle of nerd engineering – a system built by volunteers released for free. no one BUT nerds have heard of linux. honestly, they could really make a lot of money off this thing – market it, specifically targeting the FLAMING WINDOW FEATURE (FWF). mac and microsoft have a lot of catching up to do at this point.
so i saw transformers 2 last week, and i gotta tell ya — brilliant. a perfect combination of storytelling, action, romance, civil war, diplomacy, parrots, and megan fox. i got misty eyed at the poignant moments of brotherhood and togetherness. i applauded the triumph of the autobots – they are truly a parable of the triumph of the human spirit.
MORE LIKE THE HUMAN PEE-RIT (thats honestly the best i could come up with.)
seriously what a garbage movie. too long. too garbled. “keys” are a terrible plot device. ok so maybe who cares, right? its a movie about robots fighting each other, so the plot is secondary.
wait, that’s true!
i think i changed my mind. it was pretty alright. its a movie about robots after all. its hard to hate that.
my old friend agent simmons made a few appearances in this movie. he’s actually pretty funny in this one. likeable. i had no qualms with him.
BUT HOLY COW IS SHIA LABOUEF’S COLLEGE ROOMMATE ANNOYING AND POINTLESS
(l-r) megan fox (surprisingly un-likeable all movie), agent simmons (i like ‘em!), shia (shia), roommate (I KILL YOU)
he literally whines and complains the whole movie. it is supposed to be funny, but it is not. oh well, in transformers 3 he will be likeable and a new character, probably played by steve allen, will think he is a robot or something after bumping his head. calling it…
here’s a transformers related PIB.
sweet dreams…
jkd