I’m sitting here next to Nicole and McKenzie, having finished my Cyberspace assignment in just under 60 seconds, wondering what to do now. I could watch Scrubs. I could play Tetris or Sudoku. I could watch Hellboy or The Incredibles or Demetri Martin’s comedy special. I could listen to music. I could draw. Am I doing any of that? No. Instead I’m typing this update.

What an incredible waste.

Anyway, I saw Children of Men recently. That was exceptionally good. It was kind of an under-the-radar movie, not very well-known or even heard of until after it came out, but my god was it worth it. The cinematography of all things impressed me the most. There was one scene where they literally did not cut for almost 20 minutes. It was very documentary-ish, but with lots of subtleties that kept things feeling very realistic. The mood also changes very quickly in that movie (it’s quite fast-paced).

Oh. Right. I’m 18 now. Almost slipped my mind. Had a great birthday, probably the best I’ve had in years. Got an 80gb iPod to replace my 30gb (which was full), which is where all those movies and all that music I mentioned up there are housed. It’s sitting in my pocket as I type this, just itching to be used.

I think I’m going to go use it.

More in a bit. Time to use this thing to its full capabilities again. I didn’t spend $23.70 renewing the domain and space and a few hours setting up Wordpress for nothing.

Later.

The guide to getting music online is now password protected. I will grant the password on a per-person basis.

I’ve added an RSS feed from LastFM showing the last 10 songs I’ve listened to. It’s stickied, so it’ll remain at the top, and you can swing by whenever and see what I’ve recently listened to if you just need ideas for new songs or are just curious.

If it doesn’t show the list and just has a link to “SamLing’s Profile Page,” just refresh the page once or twice; it’ll show.

Enjoy.