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Playing catch-up

01/09/2008 / Matt / 0 Comments

I am back to blogging today after a break, so consider me online.
Here’s some randomness about what’s been going on with us…

We upgraded our bed and got a queen. That makes 6 more inches for C and the dog to hog. Swell.

Seriously now, I have been waiting for Lost to start back up again for the past 9 months. The writers better get back to work soon because I refuse to suffer any longer without this damn show. Our new show of interest, Dirty Sexy Money has already been effected, so something better give soon or I will lose my sanity.

After 2 years of talking about it, we finally did something about it. We hired Alvin to add some power receptacles in the basement. I now have a plug right by my desk for my music & geek-out equipment. We also have plugs at the workbench, one outside, and one for the humidifier & pump at the furnace. Next up, cleaning up the old wiring to start finishing the basement. Thanks Alvin!

Still working on a new design for the site between marathon studying (finally finishing my MCSE after 3 years of being a few tests away) and entertaining ~~the monster~~ Monty after work. Stay tuned.

Random quote from New Years spent in Detroit:

Detroit is like a 3-legged dog: you want to shoot it and put it out of its misery but it’s just too damn cute.

Tinkering

01/07/2008 / Matt / 0 Comments

I’ve been tinkering with a new site design the past few days, so if you notice any bugs or oddities just be patient and don’t mind my swearing…

Happy New Year (better late than never)

01/04/2008 / Matt / 0 Comments

Happy New Year to everyone out there in our lives!

Another year over and we’re sure glad you’ve crossed our paths, except for that jerk that broke into C’s car, we could have done without dealing with you at all thanks.

2007 was a great year for us, and we hope to do it all over again with you all in 2008!

Happy New Year 2008

How Michael Bay ruined my childhood

12/28/2007 / Matt / 4 Comments

As a kid, I loved watching the old Transformers cartoon, I had Transformers toys, and thought Transformers were better than GI Joe (blasphemy, I know).

I got C an up-converting DVD player for Christmas, and we thought what better movie to test out 1080i on our TV than with the Michael Bay directed 2007 live action/CG remake of Transformers.

Transformers

Now up until last night, I thought the worst movie I’ve watched in a while was Live Free or Die Hard. Seriously, someone needs to let Bruce Willis know he shouldn’t reprise the role unless they get some real writers to somehow make the explosions and car chases make sense and have some flow.

My observations about Transformers:

I had heard a lot about seeing Detroit streets filmed in some of the climactic scenes, and I must say it was very distracting to have the cameras pan down the street and see places I knew. I spent more time trying to recognize Detroit buildings than watch the climactic fight between Optimus Prime & Megatron.
Sorry GM, but I saw right through your giant car commercial. Why was I not surprised to see H2/H3’s everywhere, including one of the Transformer characters.
This movie had some of the worst dialog I’ve ever been forced to sit through. Maybe I spoiled myself by watching Pulp Fiction earlier this week and was again dazzled at Tarantino’s ability to write dialog, or maybe it was the cheesy one liners and bad delivery on the part of the Transformers actors themselves. Regardless, it stunk.
What the hell was going on with the cheese factor?! I couldn’t figure out if I was being forced to watch a tedious teen after-school-special-eqsue drama or some unrealistic military shoot-em-up. It was like there were 2 movies edited together that didn’t have much else to do with each other than some giant GC fucking robots.

I can say one GOOD thing about this movie, and thats the computer generated Transformers took on a truly real look and feel. I was amazed at how fluidly they integrated with the live action, and just how good they looked in general.

Some people (C) might say I’m too hard on the movie for what it is: an action film with explosions. Fine, maybe I’m a bit harsh, but I really had some high expectations going in that weren’t met. The good (or bad) news is that there is going to be a sequel in 2009, so they have another chance to woo me over…

Holidaze

12/24/2007 / Matt / 1 Comment

I was going to write about the intricacies of dealing with the holidays now that our first official married Christmas is here, but, alas I don’t think it’s all that different from the 8 other years we dated… 😉

Regardless, Christa and I (and Monty & Bailey too!) wish everyone a Merry Christmas! Now go celebrate however you see fit, I’ll see you at the bar.

Christmas

Should obviously be removed from someone’s Christmas list

12/20/2007 / Matt / 1 Comment

Snail Mail Hi. We own our home. We’ve lived here 2 1/2 years, and love it, SO STOP SENDING YOUR CHRISTMAS CARDS TO MR & MRS BRADLEY.

I’m sure they were nice people and all, but they haven’t lived here for several years, and you obviously aren’t close enough with them to have gotten their new address.

Reason #87376 why I need a camera phone

12/18/2007 / Matt / 3 Comments

If I had a camera phone, I would have definitive photographic proof for the internets of a dude driving an SUV around metro-Detroit with an almost-life-sized MANGER SCENE strapped to the roof rack. As I drove by with my mouth open, silently mouthing a giant WHATTHEFUCK, my only question was not WHY? but CAN HE PUT THAT THING THROUGH A DRIVE-THRU?

I can’t make this shit up.

Because nothing clears a hangover better than sweating it out

12/17/2007 / Matt / 0 Comments

I know I’ve been complaining the past few weeks about how we have gotten screwed out of a good winter storm at least 3 times already this year, so let me just say “you were right” to all those people telling me to STFU. After getting up at 10am and spending a good couple hours outside in the snow clearing 9″ from the drive & sidewalks as well as helping the neighbors, I was officially cured of the gin hangover I woke up with care of Justin and his Feliz Navidad party (which we left from at 4:30am).

When I finally came inside, C was watching the beginning of The Fellowship Of The Ring on tv. Not being one for edits, commercials, and crappy formatting-for-tv when I have the complete set of super special widescreen extended edition (uber geeky abbreviation alert) LotR movies, I threw the first DVD in. Ten hours later we completed the entire trilogy.

It was worth every minute.

Upgrading Windows Vista to XP

12/14/2007 / Matt / 5 Comments

Holy Crap! If you’re like me, you’re never going to deploy Windows CRAP Extreme Edition (Vista) on anything, ever. I tried to blog about having to deploy Vista to a user here on a new notebook but couldn’t (I have received complaints that when I swear on the blog it blocks some people out from viewing the site, suckers).

Anyway, the bottom line: don’t.

If you ARE stuck with Vista, consider upgrading to XP. You’ll thank yourself, and I’ll thank you because you won’t be calling me for help.

It’s beginning to look a lot like TACKY

12/14/2007 / Matt / 2 Comments

Will the people that think inflatable lawn ornaments are not tacky please move to the front of the bus? You’re getting off at the next stop – someplace other than a city near me.

I’m going to have to start carrying my pocket knife around.

PROBLEM. SOLVED.

Tacky Inflatable Lawn Ornament