UPDATE! (14 days of interesting adventures all rolled into one post;)
The most exciting event in the past two weeks was the switch at work from Mac System 9 tot OS-X. I'm not too fond of change and didn't really like getting used to all the new programs :-( but at least Erhard made an effort to reduce the amount of stress (for me;) to a minimum. This time he didn't just upgrade my computer over the weekend to surprise me on a monday, but he actually asked me how I wanted to handle this operation! So instead of installing the new system on all computers at once, I get plenty of time to figure everything out on my computer first, before we modernize everyone else's. And it turns out I'm not doing too badly actually... sure, I'm still fighting a battle with the fonts-library and the major change in shortcut-keys, but when I get really frustrated at least I can move to an 'old' computer to do some actual work and relax;-)
Speaking of relaxing: at home I'm finally learning to make time to watch Buffy on the big screen upstairs. Last week I (re)watched the Season 1-final and I didn't think another episode could move me more, but I started Season 2 yesterday and -wow- that's the best so far:-D.
More DVD-fun: I'm also watching Seinfeld in order and with extra's. I'm getting near the end of Season 2 now and it's just getting better and better:) Have to mention here how much Jason Alexander (George) reminds me of Mike C.: the way he tells the behind-the-scenes stories and how he laughs while he's remembering certain situations is really bringing back memories. Must be the beard;-) [hi Mike;o)]
Besides Buffy and Seinfeld I got a brand new and exciting obsession. I mentioned it before, but for the sake of this update I have to write it down again *g*: it's CSI, the original series, not the spin-offs. I've been reading a lot of (slash) fanfictionstories online (oh boy) and found some good musicvids out there as well. Yesterday I sneaked a peek at the first episode of Season Five on my computer. (nothing but reruns of S2 and 3 on tv here, hope they catch up with where-ever they stopped S4 soon) and -like a lot of fans- was a bit shocked by Nick's new haircut;-) Too bad I want to watch the show in the proper order and still haven't figured out what episode I saw last:-( But I can be patient and in the mean time I have all this funstuff online to keep my mind off the lack of hair;-)
I'll stop babbling now and finish this update with some movie-rants (aren't you glad I don't post here regularly, imagine what it would be like to have to read about this every day;)
Yesterday I went to see the Aviator... and didn't really care about it that much. Sure as hell didn't understand why it received 11 Oscarnominations, especially since my favorite films, actors and directors are not even on the list (Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind, Bad Education, Jim Carrey, Gael Garcia Bernal, Gondry and Almodovar to mention but a few names that should've been at least nominated, grumble) Hopefully the Bafta's will put this injustice right!
I discovered I didn't watch as many movies in 2004 as I did in the year(s) before and it looks like 2005 might even be worse. Did start to invite people to my home-cinema and maybe that will make up for the lack of good movies released. So far only showed movies I'd allready seen, but hope to be able to watch some new stuff upstairs soon. Well, new for me anyway, 'cause apparently there are some films out there that I haven't seen before.... I'll keep you posted! (every once in a while at least;-)