This morning, my laptop's harddrive apparently has died. I turned on my laptop when I woke up, and it appeared to be warming up, until a few applications froze, along with the clock. I got some message on my Norton Antivirus that some server connection couldn't be established, and also my cursor was a permanent hourglass. I couldn't bring up my task list to close the applications and couldn't even ctrl+alt+del, so I had to hold the power button on my laptop down for five seconds to turn the computer off that way. When I turned it back on, it woudn't boot. It said something about a "disc read error has occured". Everytime I restarted it, I got the same message. So... this is very indicative of a harddrive failure.

I have a USB harddrive that I'm thinking of taking apart to see if I can't swap it with the harddrive in my computer. I've never done anything like that before, and I have no idea if I'll be successful or not. I don't even know if the USB harddrive will even fit. So... I'm typing this blog up at the computer in my library, and after this entry, you will see very little, if any of me until I finally get my computer fix, or get a new one, or whatever.

I'm going to miss doing all my regular updates for you people.

Today's nationwide poll:

"Bowling or golf? Which is more of an athletic sport?"

Answers:

Bowling
Golf

Every heard of Jack Nichols or Tiger Woods? Then you know of a professional golfer. Try naming a professional bowler. ... Nope, I can't think of one. Can you? I'm going with Golf for the win.

Nationwide Poll results are in. The question:

"Are you ambidextrous?"

Answers:

Yes
No

I figured the majority of us aren't and I was right. No won with a whopping 75.5%

We have a new worldwide poll. The question:

"Do you like having your photo taken?"

Answers:

Yes
No

Not really. I don't really have that photo-charismatic quality about me, so I usually always end up taking bad pictures. I'm going to say that since this is a worldwide poll, the majority do like having their pictures taken.

We have worldwide poll results in. The question:

"At meal time, which are you more particular about?"

Answers:

Amount
Taste

I went with taste, and wow! What a landslide! Taste won with an outstanding 80.3%! It only makes sense. Why eat more of something that doesn't taste as good as something that's of a smaller portion?

Here is my voter data:

Vote Count: 146
Wins:104 Losses: 38
Prediction Accuracy 73.2%
How Tuned In Are You? : 423 points
Distance From Popular Opinion: 76cm

Be Kind Rewind

I'm actually watching this right now. It's pretty good, but the overall concept of the movie, two guys remaking all these movies without anyone being the wiser, is kinda hard to believe. Still, Mos Def and Jack Black are great together. It's such an oddball movie that I can't help but love so far, and I'd love to have this in my collection one day.

Mama's Boy

This movie I've never heard of until I saw it on list of DVDs on order. When I found out it stars Jon Heder of Napoleon Dynamite and Jeff Daniels, that piqued my interest. The movie's about some 29 year old that's still living at home. I hope it turns out to be enjoyable.

The Devil's Backbone

This movie was a recommendation by Andi, who finally got around to watching Pan's Labyrinth ( ) after enjoying The Orphanage. Like those two movies, Guillermo Del Toro is involved. Not sure when I'm going to get around to watching it but I am looking forward to it, and hope it's at least half as good as Pan's Labyrinth.

When a Stranger Calls

This was another recommendation by Andi. I was never really interested in this movie when I saw trailers for it, but Andi said it was good, so I'm going to give it a shot. If I don't like it though, I'm going to throttle you!

Went to Game Crazy again, this time with PSP and GC games. Here's the list:

PSP

Ape Escape: On the Loose
Death Jr.
Exit
Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core
Grand Theft Auto: Liberty city Stories
Hot Shots Golf: Open Tee
Lemmings
Mercury
Metal Gear Acid
NBA Street Showdown
Parappa the Rapper
Twisted Metal: Head-On
Wipeout Pure

GameCube

Animal Crossing
Def Jam Vendetta
Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem
Luigi's Mansion
Mario Golf Toadstool Tour
Metroid Prime
Pikmin
Resident Evil 4
Sonic Heroes
Spider-Man
Star Wars Rogue Leader: Rogue Squadron II
Starfox Adventures
Super Mario Strikers
Super Monkey Ball
Super Monkey Ball 2
Super Smash Bros. Melee
Ultimate Muscle
Viewtiful Joe

I got 89.99 for the bunch this time. It pushed my trade in credit to almost 180, so I decided to finally use some of it and get what I I've been wanting for a very long time. Rock Band with the drums! I settled for a used copy of Rock Band for 45, so I saved 15 bucks. I'm very happy.

Today's nationwide poll:

"In an elevator, do you stare at the floor numbers or at others?"

Answers:

Display of floor numbers
At others

I usually don't stare at people. Period. It makes me nervous. I always avert my eyes from people I don't know if I'm in a room with them. I'm going to say that most people are going to stare at the numbers.

Nationwide Poll results are in. The question:

"Which do you think there are more of in the world?"

Answers:

Dogs
Cats

I guessed that dogs would win, but with no certainty. Turns out, it was right, but the vote was really close. Dogs won with only 50.6% of the vote.

Here is my voter data:

Vote Count: 144
Wins:102 Losses: 38
Prediction Accuracy 72.8%
How Tuned In Are You? : 411 points
Distance From Popular Opinion: 82cm

Jumper

I actually checked this out a few days ago, but forgot to blog about it. I've been hearing a lot of mixed reactions regarding this movie, but I'm still interested in watching it, because I've always been fascinated about teleporting. I'm going to set my expectations low, and maybe I'll end up liking it. It seems like it has a lot of cool action in it.

10,000 B.C.

I remember when I first saw the preview for this movie, it looked really, really good... until the cavement started speaking English with English acccents. When the movie hit theatres, it was panned. But hey... I might as well give it a shot since it doesn't cost anything to check it out from a library, right? Again, I'm going to keep my expectations low.

Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins

Yeah, I know... looks like a stupid movie, but hey.... I like Martin Lawrence, and it's been a while since I've seen a Martin Lawrence movie. Who knows, I may end up liking, but just as with the other two, I'll be keeping my expectations low.