My Never Ending Battle

Updates have been scarce because I just recently purchased an Nvidia GTX 260 card and Windows Vista for my home PC, and I'm having trouble getting everything in my system to work. As of right now, it seems the only thing I still haven't been able to get up and running is the internet, so I've had my laptop set up on my desk next to my PC to download drivers and transfer them over to my PC using a thumb drive.

So far I'm actually really liking Windows Vista, but I can see why people complain about compatibility issues - it should not take this long to get simple things like sound and networking to work. All in all, it's been a real pain in the ass, but it'll be worth it as long as I can play Tomb Raider Underworld when it comes out next month.

Aside from working on my PC this last week, I filmed a short movie with some CSU peeps, entitled "Detour", which I've been hard at work editing. Earlier this week I briefly posted an early cut of the movie on this blog, but removed it shortly after since the finished version (complete with outtakes) should been ready sometime next week. Shooting happened almost entirely in one day, with our group driving all around San Marcos scouting different locations and what not. Highlights from this project included:
- Jumping out of a moving car.
- Cameos from Ryan and Jay, with Jay playing a schizophrenic hitchhiker named Pancho Villa.
- "Borrowing" the theater's entire supply of rubber bands and inexplicably spreading them all over the back seats of my car.
- Getting yelled at and almost gotten the cops called on us by a crazy lady in some neighborhood because she thought we were child rapists.


On Monday we celebrated Amy's birthday at Disneyland, which proved to be a pleasant day despite the fireworks being canceled due to winds. Note of interest - Monday was the first time in at least a decade where I rode the carousel. Six adults riding a carousel belting the lyrics to "Once Upon a Dream" must have been a sight, I'm sure.

I'm starting to feel the crunch of school right now, but my head's still above water at the moment. I have our annual Knott's Haunt trip on Thursday to look forward to (which literally my entire year builds up to,) and lets not forgot tonight's finale of Project Runway! So much excitement awaits for me, dear readers.

If I don't write again for a while, it will be because I'm too stubborn to take a break from trying to get internet to work on my PC.