by Matt | Dec 3, 2001 | Imported Entry
Well, yesterday I was supposed to see “Behind Enemy Lines” with my folks… and I did… sorta. See, the movie was about a half hour in when the motor on the projector seized up and toasted the film. This was the 4th time this has happened to me in the past two years. Aggrivation. So, the manager comes in and informs the crowd that the film projector is broken and that the movie won’t continue, but if we’d like, we can have passes for next time and see whatever else we’d like at the moment. So, we grabbed some free passes and wondered over to Monsters Inc, which was just starting next door. I had already seen Monsters Inc. but didn’t mind seeing it again since the folks hadn’t seen it yet. It was good a second time and they seemed to like it, although they wanted to see Behind Enemy Lines a tad bit more. I would have liked to see it as well. Maybe I’ll go this week durring the day when there’s no one else there. It’s not like I’ll have to pay for it.
So, after that we headed back towards Nashua and stopped at Uno’s for dinner. Tasty. After that we dropped my Dad off at a hockey game and we headed home.
I hopped on the internet to see if my email was working again. Apparently Jason was upgrading security measures on the server again and it might have been the reason whay I couldn’t check it. I still couldn’t and I’m not sure how to fix it. I’ll ask Jason the next time I see him.
After trying to check mail I went over to AirTran and decided that now was as good a time as any to book my flight to TX. I got a decent price of $230 for the round trip so I went ahead and ordered the tickets. I’m flying into TX on the afternoon of the 19th and coming back on the 2nd. I haven’t talked to Lauren today, so I hope those flight plans are ok. It’s $50 if I need to change’em. Ouch.
So, thats about it. Nothing else exciting going on around here. I think I might play with the layout of the site a little bit, though I’m not sure how I’m going to upload it. Maybe I’ll just design a little and change it when I get back to Savannah, who knows. Anyway. I’m gonna go read a book or something. Later.
by Matt | Dec 1, 2001 | Imported Entry
Well, a few things going on today.
First, its my Dad’s birthday. Happy B’day old man. hehe. Just kidding.
Secondly, I’m still trying to get some sort of email working here at the house, I’ve run into two obvious problems. I don’t have a modem for my machine and I can’t check my mail from my parents machine. I tried installing Eudora on their machine but I can’t get a secure connection to the mail server. I turn on SSL and it still gives me the generic message “unable to establish connection with server.” Swell. So, since I can’t install Outlook on this machine (don’t ask) and Eudora isn’t working I decided to try and “borrow” their modem for a few minutes. Bad idea. Not only is it the most obsure modem in the world and Win2k doesn’t have drivers for it, the cd with the drivers on it is obviously no where to be found. So, no modem and no software equal no email. I’ll try and figure out something, but it’s looking grim.
You know, it’ll be funny when I check my email in January and I won a contest or something and only had a few days to claim it… I’ll be real happy then…
I’ve also figured out that this page only looks bad in about two browsers. Netscape 4.6 or lower looks like ass, and IE 4 or lower but only for Mac. Anything else looks fine. Odd. Oh well. Can’t make everyone happy. I thought it was a bigger problem with NS in general but Mozilla and NS 6.0 or higher looks fine. Just older Communicator versions and the ocasional Mac browser. Nagle and Lauren, how’s it look on yours?
So that’s about it. Today I’m just kinda sitting around. I think I might go to Manchester later, to the Mall of NH and start X-mas shopping, but I dunno. Maybe I’ll give Chip a call and see what he’s up to. Later.
by Matt | Nov 30, 2001 | Imported Entry
We’ll, I’m an idiot. I forgot that I didn’t bring the modem home. Crap. Now I have to wait till January to check my email. Crap. I’ll figure out something. I can’t believe I did that.
Oh well. I’m home at least. House-sitting is over and I’m back in Milford. I did some light cleaning today so that the owners wouldn’t come home to a dirty house and then left around 3.
Elsewhere in the news, congrads go out to my girlfriend for finding a job, although it wasn’t her first choice, it’s a job non-the-less. Huzah! She’ll be clocking in a lot of hours before I show up and I hope it doesn’t wear her out for the trip to CO.
Speaking of which, I’ve been looking up plane tickets and I think this weekend we’ll be purchasing some. It’s only a scant 20 days till I go. I couldn’t be happier.
Ok, I’ve got to set up my own system and stop using the ‘rents. Later kids.
by Matt | Nov 29, 2001 | Imported Entry
Well, last night I finally got a hold of Chip. Good’ol IRC helped with that one. It’s kinda tough when you don’t have AIM, email or phone numbers, but I gave IRC a shot and luckily Chip, Dave and Jason were on. So, I drove into Milford and hung out with Chip and Dave at Simpro, eventually deciding to go to a movie. I didn’t really care what we saw, so long as I got out of the house and did something. We ended up seeing Harry Potter, which, while being three hours long, wasn’t half bad. It was a good showcase for digital effect however. You simply can’t make magic without CG. The story wasn’t half bad either. It took a little while (at least an hour) to figure out what the story actually was, but it turned out ok in the end. The one thing that bothered me didn’t actually have anything to do with the movie, but the film itself. The actual, physic film that the movie is projected from. The copy at the theater we went to was very badly developed. Being a photography major and having worked with positive films before, I could spot the sections where the film wasn’t properly developed, or at the very least, under-fixed. Chrisp whites started being muddy and yellowish and everything was shifted towards a warmer color cast when the film was under developed. At least thats what I’m guessing happened. Anyway. The movie itself was pretty good, and if you go see it at 10pm on a Wednesday like I did, you can avoid all the little kids who wouldn’t be able to sit through it. Actually, there was a grand total of about 6 people in the theater we were in, including the three of us. Very enjoyable. Movies are always better when you don’t have to listen to the idiots behind you going “I don’t get it”. (That happens a lot in GA, trust me)
So, that leaves me here at the house, sitting on my butt, watching “Wonder Boys” for the third time and wishing that these people had cable. It’s almost over though. Tomorrow night the owners get home and I get to back to MY home and sleep in my own bed again. So, I’m spending most of today picking up what little I’ve disturbed or moved since I’ve been here so that everything is perfect for them when they get back. House sitting was fun, but I’ll be glad to be done with it. Also, the temptation of finally checking my own email again appeals to me above all. I’ll set the ‘puter up when I get home tomorrow and have at it. Ok, nearly dinner time. Later.
by Matt | Nov 27, 2001 | Imported Entry
I hate dial-ups. With a purple freakin’ passion, I hate them. Every since I knew a faster option was available I’ve hated them. And trying to check a hotmail account on a 56k in the middle of the woods is no exception. Arg. I just wanted to see if Chip had gotten my emails… is that to much to ask. Apparently so. Stupid modem couldn’t actually work could it? Nope. Well, it did last long enough for me to post this. So I guess I can’t complain that much. Anyway. No word from Chip. I called Jason too, but he wasn’t home yet. I’m still trying to figure out Chip’s friggin’ phone number. Arg. And I’m hungry. A hungry Matt is not a happy Matt.
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