Xavid ([info]kihou) wrote,
@ 2008-02-21 21:28:00
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So bizzare. Condry was out of town this week, and his substitute was the move Perfect Blue. It's by Satoshi Kon, who would later do Paprika, and it's certainly the most freaky supernatural-free movie I've seen. Fight Club, once you figure out the gimmick it all make sense, but here there were so many false leads and layers of indirection, it's just like boingo. I was sorta hoping the dude would get redeemed, but this way was probably better. I can totally imagine having a conversation with Mom at an unZanish restaurant trying to figure out what "actually happened".

Speaking of movies, I also saw Mar adentro/The Sea Inside, a movie about euthanasia, for Spanish class recently. I thought it was well done. It was certainly very touching at times, but it wasn't nearly as sad as I had been lead to belive. It's no Todo sobre mi madre, but it's still good.

In jamakusai news, Gigo seems to be trying to die again, and this time it's not something I can fix myself. Mass Storage error 2STF/1/4. It's out of warrenty, but I guess I'll just have to see if I can get my junk off of it and then actually pay for repairs this time or something. You'd think I'd have learned not to keep any photos uniquely on Gigo HD after what happened last time... ah, well.

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[info]baka_na_haha
2008-02-22 02:50 am UTC (link)
Oh, no! Poor Gigo (and poor Xavid)! If repairs are going to cost a lot, you might want to consider getting a new computer - Gigo's had a hard life and it is getting old.

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(Anonymous)
2008-02-22 04:07 am UTC (link)
I really have no idea how much repairs might cost, so we'll have to see. I've never done repairs out of warranty before. Can you get free estimates, or do they charge you just to look at it and get an estimate?

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[info]kihou
2008-02-22 04:23 am UTC (link)
Totally me, btw.

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[info]baka_na_haha
2008-02-22 12:28 pm UTC (link)
I think the Apple Store here will give you an estimate for free. However, you'd better ask the people who would be doing it out there just to make sure. Good luck!

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[info]kihou
2008-02-28 09:22 pm UTC (link)
I'm starting to lean towards just getting a new computer. Based on my guess on what's wrong, repairs are likely to be around $300-350. That's not enough to totally convince me to get a new one, but I guess problems are more likely to happen the older Gigo gets. Anyways, I'm taking Gigo to the Apple Store tomorrow so they can take a look at it.

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[info]baka_na_haha
2008-02-28 09:44 pm UTC (link)
Let's face it - Gigo has had a long and productive life and it's time to move on. Go for it!

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[info]l33tminion
2008-02-22 10:20 pm UTC (link)
I really need to see Perfect Blue, considering how much I like Kon's other stuff.

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[info]kihou
2008-02-22 10:31 pm UTC (link)
Apparently I should have invited everyone and their great aunt to class. I hadn't realized it was Kon until I was watching it*, so I was much less excited about it than I would have been otherwise.

*: Techically, during the movie: "This feels a lot like Paprika." Later, looking at Wikipedia: "Ohhhhhh."

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[info]baniszew
2008-02-24 04:31 pm UTC (link)
If you haven't seen his series Paranoia Agent, watch that, too. It has a lot of the same themes as his other work (and great music like Paprika), but the length and pacing let you get into the heads of a much greater variety of characters.

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[info]kihou
2008-02-24 08:58 pm UTC (link)
I'll have to check that out sometime.

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