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My new camera came in the mail. It is extremely cool. It has all of the bells and whistles you would imagine wanting, and then some more in case you were not satisfied. One problem I found with it - when I attempt to take pictures of myself the images that are produced look like someone who just took their bandages off after botched plastic surgery. Surely, that is the camera's fault. I don't look in the mirror that often, but I don't remember looking that horrific. I will be speaking to some customer service representatives and demanding satisfaction. (Operator, Am I really that ugly?! POSH!)

I will say this for the camera. It takes excellent pictures of Pez. They look huge! But, they are actually quite small. And, fantastic pictures of spiderwebs. I am going to take a walk later and see what other interesting things i can take digital photographs of.

I liked the latest Harry Potter book. Although, it's the first one I finished and really really wanted to read the next one. And, I hate JK Rowling for making me wait. I am not reading Are You Experienced? and The Big Sleep.

Speaking of customer service. i have started filling out customer service forms by saying "RIPOFF!!!!!!!!" and seeing what I get in return. So, far I have gotten a pink iPod, a plasma tv set, a tivo, and a year's subscription to Grit.

If I had a pig for a pet I would name him Sidney and listen to all of his problems. And, I would never ever think of making bacon out of him. But, I would totally mess with his head and let him know how tasty bacon is. "It's like God's own meat. Be happy Sidney, your body makes God's own meat. I can't say that."

I think the lady from work who is moving away is going to give us her cat. Well, give my roommate her cat. But, I will try to make it walk like a human. I think I had a dream of trying to force some animal to walk like a human. And, he took the suggestion but I don't remember any more of the dream. Or maybe it was real life.

Ok. I am not bored any more. I have to get back to work. Yay for jpeg code!
pricciar: (you see It's not a hotdog It's a hotdog!)
I watched a few movies this weekend. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Bruce Almighty, and The Fog of War.

Harry Potter was better than I remembered it. Lots of fun little jokes and great special effects. The quidditch match was especially well done. A great movie to eat pizza and watch.

Bruce Almighty is perhaps the worst movie that has ever starred Morgan Freeman. The music was terrible, the acting was terrible, the writing was terrible, Jim Carrey was terrible. I tried to watch the whole thing. I really did. But, 45 minutes of wanting my eyeballs to stop working to save myself from the pain was enough and I yanked it out of the DVD player and tried to force a bobcat to eat the DVD. This was a popular multimillion dollar movie. There is no excuse for music that didn't change from scene to scene (Until old pop songs started to get used in the most cliched ways possible.) There were scenes in the movie that started off mildly funny and went on so long that noone could have possibly still been laughing. At one point Jennifer Aniston is watching It's a Wonderful Life. "YES! A movie that effectively shows someone who has lost faith and heaven's dealing with. A movie that is full of sap, but still well made. A movie that doesn't force me to get violent! Thanks for reminding me, and for showing how awful this crap is." It was soon after that I took it out.

Fog of War was excellent. Errol Morris makes fantastic documentaries. This was no exception. My sole complaint about his film is that he had only one person to interview. This was Robert McNamara speaking for a couple of hours. Morris kept it engaging, and McNamara was an interesting person. I prefer Morris' previous documentaries that flit from person to person creating a full story from little pieces of story. If you are looking for a documentary Fog of War is worth watching. But, The Thin Blue Line and Fast Cheap and Out of Control are far far more enjoyable.

Aside from the movies I had a pretty fun weekend. Found an authentic french crepe place in Santa Barbara on Saturday. It was tres delicious. (See! French!) We also went to the Farmer's Market and I have peaches now. Got my bike totally fixed and I took a 20 mile bike ride. And I found out for sure that my camera is shipping. I cannot wait! It should get here on Tuesday.

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