The past couple of weeks have been pretty busy both at work and at home, so unfortunately I haven’t had time to post anything here. I’ve been considering turning my personal blog into a Tumblelog in order to make it easier to update, but most of the Tumblelogs I’ve seen look like ass. I also don’t want to use it as an excuse to get lazy. We’ll see.

Here are some short snippets of what is new and exciting at the moment:

Our new rec room/movie room is almost complete! I just need to get a new computer desk, and the two missing wheels from our ottoman that Sears doesn’t seem to want to help us replace. You’d think they’d actually take care of people who order big home theatre seating sets. I’m also looking at ordering a couple more classic movie posters to bring it all together. Of course, just when I was feeling pretty satisfied with our room, someone has to come along and make something like this. Jerk.

Who would have thought there’d be so much good TV on this summer? I’ve been especially enjoying the American version of Creature Comforts on CBS and Flight of the Conchords on HBO… both feature amazingly dry humour. The mockumentary-style Entourage season premiere was a nice change of pace too. I’m looking forward to the third season of Weeds in August.

I’ve been considering giving one of the Canadian versions of Netflix a trial run. After transferring all my DVD shelves downstairs, Alicia forced me to think about exactly what will happen once we run out of space… I didn’t have an answer. I like to think that by the time that’s an issue, DVDs will be obsolete and everything will be digital on demand or something. At any rate, maybe I don’t need to own every movie in the world, but I do like to watch DVDs on my own time, and I need access to more titles than what the local Blockbuster keeps on hand. Has anyone out there ever tried Zip.ca? Is there anything better for us Canucks north of the border?

This is probably old news for some people, but I recently started using Google Docs, and found it to be surprisingly functional and perfect for my needs. Basically it is a free word processor and spreadsheet program that you can use through your web browser. The great thing is that you can store documents online in a central location so that if you switch computers a lot, you don’t have to keep e-mailing them back and forth. I think web-based services like this may be the future, although whether or not they’ll always be free is another story.

Did you hear about that Six Flags accident last week? A girl had both feet severed due to a malfunction on a drop tower type ride. Sounds like a freak accident, but it still has a lot of people nervous. Drop Zone has always been one of my favourite rides at Canada’s Wonderland, so I just hope this doesn’t mean it will end up getting shut down permanently.

The release of Manhunt 2 has been temporarily suspended until Rockstar Games can figure out what to do about the Adults Only rating they received from the ESRB. I find it amusing that Rockstar and their publisher Take Two Interactive are taking a stand and trying to appeal the decision, as if this is a game that is deserves special treatment as a work of art. They obviously made it to be as controversial as possible, that’s just how they roll. And now they’re kind of screwed, because cutting out elements of a finished game is a lot more difficult than simply editing a scene in a movie. I do feel bad for some of the developers though, including the group at Rockstar’s Oakville branch, who worked on the Wii version of the game. There seems to be little hope of Nintendo releasing the game at this point, and it sucks to work hard on a game only to have it yanked out of the hands of the consumers at the last minute.

Looking to make a little extra cash? Got 17 months of your life to spare? The European Space Agency is looking for 12 volunteers for an experiment that will study the psychological effects of long term space travel in a confined area. Apparently they’re investigating the feasibility of a manned mission to Mars, and will monitor 12 people living in a facility that is approximately 19,250 cubic feet in size… for 17 months!!! I have serious doubts about whether or not anyone could handle that. These epic space voyages aren’t gonna happen until they figure out the whole cryogenic sleep thing.

Oh, and by the way, I’m going to start syndicating this blog on Facebook now too.

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