I paid my dues



So my computer has reached the 5 year life-span and is starting to act up on me (blue screens of death, eating up virtual memory, programs crashing all the time). Yeah I could re-install windows and all my other programs and my computer will be almost like new...for a while...but I think I'm going to make the switch to Mac. I was originally thinking of getting a laptop, but then me and Niki would fight over it all the time, so I'm eyeing the iMac. I'm lobbying for the 24" version.

I have one question though. Are they really worth the price compared to a Windows desktop (that will only cost a fraction of the iMac's price)? Any advice? Also, what sorts of problems to Macs encounter? Back in junior college we had a bunch of macs in the computer lab that were pure shit, but that was the olden days (back when they were called "Macintosh") and I know a lot has changed since then.

Idiocracy



So this entry on boingboing.net definitely caught my attention. Apparently a new movie by Mike Judge came out this month with little or no publicity, and surprise, no one knows about it (and I can't find a theater playing it). Is it an "indie" flick? Does anyone know anything about it? It sounds like a great storyline.

An average guy volunteers to be the subject of a hibernation experiment that goes awry. He wakes up 500 years in the future, discovering that he's the smartest guy on the planet.

too busy to read your blog

dude. look at me...I'm in the brodys!


In honor of Chris getting fired for reading blogs, I decided I should actually work and not read your blogs while at work for a bit (bit == a few hours).

Weekend update:

• Finally finished the floors in baby Levite's room (before/after pics coming soon)


• played a BG show Friday while nauseous from rum-and-cokes


• took heylove to the river


• had a mini bbq to celebrate finishing the floor


• hung out with Alisha and her J.Crew last night at brew it up


• took funny pics at f n'g


• look...Niki is on Spin.com!


• got new glasses (as pictured above)

OK later

Another binge



So I kind of got bored with the Junior Boys album. Much like their last, it's better in small doses. The J Dilla album is a strong candidate for one of my top albums this year (too early to say for sure). It's not perfect, but it is good.

Right now I'm "spinnin" the new JT album. It's got about 4 songs on it that I can safely say are really good. Timberland's beats can get a bit clichè here and there. Lots of dance hits. If I knew I would become a semi-Justin Timberlake fan 5 years ago, I would have jumped off a bridge, but you can't deny his shit is tight.

I just got done listening to the new Roots album. I've actually liked the idea of the Roots much better than getting enjoyment from their recordings. I always thought the idea of a hip-hop group was great, yet they never seemed to push the boundaries all that much and I could never get through any of their albums from start to finish without getting bored. This is definitely different with "Game Theory", which is definitely one of my favorites by them so far. My co-worker who's a die-hard Roots fan, who gets mad at me for dissing them all the time doesn't like it that much. So it's confirmed, it's a great album!