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vovatHoly Thoth, school is kicking my ass. For my Digital Preservation class, I had two assignments that took me much longer than I thought they would. One was just a short answer thing, but it took me a long time to find the answer, and I don't even know that it's correct. The other one is an XML project that, once again, was really brief, but I kept making small mistakes. That's probably the main reason I couldn't stick with computer programming when I studied it in college. It's just too easy for one error to screw everything up, which gets so frustrating. Also, I wasn't able to get into Drexel's file transfer application, and the help desk wasn't open on Sunday. According to the regular hours, it was supposed to be, but I guess they either closed early or didn't open because of the upcoming holiday. I managed to get through today, but really, don't you think a college help desk should be open all the time? I've been through a considerable amount of college, and I know for a fact that students do their work at all hours of the day. That class hasn't been all that bad so far, but it has the liability for me of using technical jargon, which tends to make my eyes glaze over. It's also my first totally online class, so there's that adjustment to make as well.
Sunday night's Simpsons episode was pretty good. The premise was that Lisa volunteered to coach Bart's Little League team, and was actually good at it, using statistics and calculations to figure out the best moves. Bart decided this wasn't fun, and this set up the conflict. Some of my favorite parts were the nerds trying to determine how many beers they needed to order, and Homer and Marge's dueling bedtime stories. I was also glad that they referenced Mike Scioscia's earlier appearance on the show. It is odd that Lisa would be concerned about extracurricular activities when every other episode shows her involved in some new project, but I guess that's Lisa for you.
I watched Family Guy, American Dad, and part of Cleveland as well, but don't have a lot to say about them. It does seem like FG is getting away from the constant cutaway gags and focusing more on story. Unfortunately, story is rarely the strong point on the show. The particular episode, involving Peter catching Carter cheating on Babs, was all right, but not great. I guess Peter has changed his mind on Babs's attractiveness. American Dad's clone plot was a clever twist on the clichéd premise of parents disagreeing how to raise a kid, and while the resolution was predictable, the journey there certainly wasn't. I wonder what they're going to do with Hayley and Jeff in future episodes, although I have to suspect they'll go back to Langley Falls now that they've spent most of the money they conned from Stan in trying to escape from Roger.
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bethje made me watch Human Centipede: The First Sequence, which was surprisingly less gross than I thought it would be. The premise is that a crazy German scientist connects three people by means of their gastrointestinal systems, which means that all but the front would eat poop. As it turned out, though, there was only one brief scene that addressed this point, the focus instead being more on the human centipede's attempts to escape the doctor. There were a lot of plot holes, as the assembled centipede would just show up in a room with no explanation as to how it got there, especially since climbing stairs is later shown to be particularly difficult for the creature. Does the doctor carry the three of them? Do they teleport in like Mega Man? It's never explained, nor is how the villain expects the back segments to last for more than a week or so when given nothing to eat other than feces. So, yeah, it didn't make any sense, but it was still interesting to watch, and not as disturbing as I would have guessed.
Sunday night's Simpsons episode was pretty good. The premise was that Lisa volunteered to coach Bart's Little League team, and was actually good at it, using statistics and calculations to figure out the best moves. Bart decided this wasn't fun, and this set up the conflict. Some of my favorite parts were the nerds trying to determine how many beers they needed to order, and Homer and Marge's dueling bedtime stories. I was also glad that they referenced Mike Scioscia's earlier appearance on the show. It is odd that Lisa would be concerned about extracurricular activities when every other episode shows her involved in some new project, but I guess that's Lisa for you.
I watched Family Guy, American Dad, and part of Cleveland as well, but don't have a lot to say about them. It does seem like FG is getting away from the constant cutaway gags and focusing more on story. Unfortunately, story is rarely the strong point on the show. The particular episode, involving Peter catching Carter cheating on Babs, was all right, but not great. I guess Peter has changed his mind on Babs's attractiveness. American Dad's clone plot was a clever twist on the clichéd premise of parents disagreeing how to raise a kid, and while the resolution was predictable, the journey there certainly wasn't. I wonder what they're going to do with Hayley and Jeff in future episodes, although I have to suspect they'll go back to Langley Falls now that they've spent most of the money they conned from Stan in trying to escape from Roger.
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bethje made me watch Human Centipede: The First Sequence, which was surprisingly less gross than I thought it would be. The premise is that a crazy German scientist connects three people by means of their gastrointestinal systems, which means that all but the front would eat poop. As it turned out, though, there was only one brief scene that addressed this point, the focus instead being more on the human centipede's attempts to escape the doctor. There were a lot of plot holes, as the assembled centipede would just show up in a room with no explanation as to how it got there, especially since climbing stairs is later shown to be particularly difficult for the creature. Does the doctor carry the three of them? Do they teleport in like Mega Man? It's never explained, nor is how the villain expects the back segments to last for more than a week or so when given nothing to eat other than feces. So, yeah, it didn't make any sense, but it was still interesting to watch, and not as disturbing as I would have guessed.
