Too Much Computer

Catching up on the last few lessons from ChinesePod: 菜鸟103 I’m here for an interview, 中级53 Teaching English in China, and 初级47 Skincare: Sunscreen. Learning a little bit, but I’m not paying as much attention as I should.

Mostly, today I wasted the day in front of the computer. I was preparing a bit for a conference call I have later this evening with some folks from St. Louis about a website. But also just fooling around — hence the changes to the blog here. Heh.

Last night I watched A Scanner Darkly, the new movie based on Philip K. Dick’s sci-fi novel. Unfortunately, the dvd I bought (5 kuai<$0.75) although it had the proper DVD menu, was totally a bootleg recorded by video camera in a movie theater. Kind of a bummer. The sound was bad, so I missed a lot of the dialogue (the English subtitles were gibberish). Still the animation was cool. I remember liking Waking Life — same director, same effect — except for the fact that it had NO plot. Anyway, this movie had a plot, but I think one of the twists was foreshadowed a bit too bluntly. I wonder if anyone else noticed (spoiler). Anyway, recommended.

A deathly glumness enveloped me again today. Of course, the computer doesn’t help, but I feel such a void. I excuse my hermit-like behavior as not wanting to bum out other people. But that’s so infantile!