Update

Well, got my shiny new 250GB hard drive in the mail, stepdad installed everything perfectly at his house, all was well with the world. Bring the computer home today, plug everything in, and I am greeted with a message "Video Cable Connected?"

WHAT THE FUCK????

Marty comes straight over, lays his magic hands upon the computer, and the video starts. I get to the Windows XP screen where I choose my screenname thingy....I scroll the mouse over "Brian" and click....and click....and click.....and click. And nothing fucking happens. Then Marty pulls the computer out to check the mouse connection....and the whole thing blacks out. We re-start it....and repeatedly hear the message, "System Failed Memory Test" and see "Video Cable Connected?" on the monitor.

WHAT THE MOTHER FUCK!??!?!

Marty takes the computer home, turns out it seems my motherboard is also fried. So, I have to shell out another $91 plus $100 for a new uninterruptable power supply. If my CPU is fucked, I am trashing the whole fucking thing and buying a Dell.

I HATE COMPUTERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Technical Difficulties

Please bear with me all - upon arriving home from Minnestoa, I was confronted with a completely fried hard drive...and am thus currently using my 7 year old laptop until we can get a new hard drive for the desktop!!! ARGH!!!

Hopefully within the next few days, I will have some pictures of Minneapolis for you, and will be able to post some more stuff.

DAMN COMPUTERS!!!

...Bobby! 

...vs. Pudge. The winner is... 

Home Run Derby finals - Abreu... 

Great Quote

"Women are similar to sausages: you really don't want to see the preparation of either." - Scarlett Johannson in this month's Playboy 20 Questions interview

Stay strong London...wish I were there. Can't explain why, really, but I do. Probably the same reason I was wishing I were here in NY for 9/11/01 when I was over in the UK. Honestly, it feels like deja-vu...my home has been attacked again.

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My second home - I have never felt more comfortable than I did in my 5 years in London. I found myself there...found my wife too. 

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Flowers outside of Kings Cross station. I can't even count how many times I have been there. 

The covers of all of the London papers today, July 8th, 2005. 

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Blood splattered on the wall of the building next to where the bus exploded. I took my final exams right near this spot in vet school. 

The bus whose top was blown off in Tavistock Place, London. 

Big Ben - flag at half mast today, July 8th, 2005. 

The original player, my idol, one smooth ass pimp....Frankie baby! 

What the fuck is wrong with this world...? 

Movie Review #2

War of the Worlds - 1 out of 4 stars. BOOOOOO, this movie sucked ass and its not just because it stars an escapee from an insane asylum (i.e. Tom Cruise). I can't explain exactly why I didn't like it, it just reminded me of a totally horrible film, "Signs." I gave it 1 star because I was mildly entertained by the special effects, etc. But Tom Cruise's maniacal smile and that little girl's annoying screaming every 10 seconds really put me off. Bottom Line: Don't bother. Unless you have a thing for Scientologist lunatics and screeching little blond girls. In which case, you should probably be watching a very different movie....

Movie Review

Batman Begins - 3.5 out of 4 stars. Very enjoyable presentation of a darker side to the well-known comic book superhero. Great action sequences, great acting, great direction/production. I hope they continue to produce more Batman movies along this storyline rather than making this the prequel to the "Michael Keaton as Batman" films. Would have gotten 4 stars if it weren't for Katie Holmes. Jared and I both agree that she looks like she has had a stroke in this movie, her mouth was always at a funny angle, and she is not convincing as a D.A. Bottom Line: Highly recommended, looking forward to more!

My favourite UK soap, Eastenders. I miss it desperately!! As you can see, the ones they show here are 5 years behind what is currently on in the UK...so I have seen all of these already! I still enjoy watching them tho. :) 

YEAH! 

I can't friggin wait for July 31st at Randall's Island BABY!!! 

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