It has come to my attention that I have not updated my site for a while. I’m terribly sorry about that. I have had a few people mention that (for who knows what reason) they actually like catching the occasional updates I put on this site. I’d be horribly sorry to disappoint, so here comes a fun-filled update for all the masochists who like to view my site regularly.
In case you’re wondering why I’ve been so lax in my postings, it has little to do with college taking up all of my free time and late nights studying. No, that doesn’t come until finals. I’ve been wasting my time on stuff far less exciting than homework and studying.
First off, I’ve decided to start a software project with some friends. It may not turn out to be anything fancy, but I’ve been needing some sort of creative outlet with which to develop my programming skills for a long time. Our project is actually something I’ve been thinking I need to do for a long time. I stumbled upon programming at a fairly early age, you see.
Ever since I was 10 I’ve wanted to make a program that lets the user make fun games without any programming knowledge. I didn’t have a clue what I was doing back then, but I tried to think of all the lines of BASIC I’d have to write. I tried to take in the complexity of it all — every ASCII character I’d need to paint to the screen, every menu I’d have to code. Needless to say, I was blown away at the time. BASIC could never have handled the complexity I wanted to achieve.
But now I’m older, and my tools are better. So I’ve decided it’s time to make a program that people actually care about. These pansy hundred-liners for CS 1321 are starting to bore me. I want a project where I actually have to think and develop. And that’s one major reason I’ve been neglecting this website. I’ve been trying to pull together the project and the tools necessary for it.
However, programming is not the only thing that has got me away from the computer. Unfortunately, as much as some would like to hear it, it’s not a girl either. I’ve just been watching a load of movies lately. I’d review them all if I cared enough, but quite frankly, I don’t. I will however try to summarize how I feel about a few.
Constantine: Great movie. The premise of a man who casts out demons to try to buy his way into heaven may turn you off, perhaps not. It’s pretty cool either way though. I even read a comic book or two to see how they were. It would seem the liberties taken on the story line were broad, but that’s okay. I like the movie more than I cared for the comic books I read.
Donnie Darko: You have not lived a complete life until you have seen this movie. It’s a complete mind job. You’ll probably have to watch it over or ask for help, because the story truly is more complex than most people can get in the first viewing. Heck, I’ll admit it… I didn’t quite get all of the details without some help. It’s just not anything you expect it to be from watching it through the first time.
Butterfly Effect: Another excellent, excellent movie. This one deals with the complexities of time travel paradoxes. Specifically a man who finds out he can change his own past and then experience changes to his present world. The movie was very well done, and the lead actor played his role marvelously.
The Transporter: Pretty good movie. Tons of cool fight scenes and even a decent, though rather loose, plot to hold them together.
Well, I think that about wraps it up. Time to stick my head back down into my Java programming. If nobody hears from me in a week, I’ve probably made a marvelous breakthrough for game designers world-wide.
