Yup my 360 arrived today and I must say what an awesome bit of kit it is to 🙂
Doctors Letter
I’ve been told by my doctor that they should be sending my letter off today.
Stage 2
Got my Stage 2 tests today, feeling nervous but will try my best.
Interview Passed!
Received confirmation yesterday that i’d passed the interview part of the process. I now have another part to complete next week so again fingers crossed for that.
The Number 23
Plot
Walter Sparrow becomes obsessed with a novel about the number 23 that he believes was written about him. As his obsession increases, more and more similarities seem to arise.
Evaluation
At first I found it a bit a bit slow but that maybe be just down to the fact that I was tired. Overall it was very good with some nifty twists and turns. The ‘film noir’ style shots were noteably impressive.
Sorry for the shortness of this review but i’m yawning my head of at the moment.
Deep Thought
Woke up before my alarm this morning, why? because I was thinking about my application, I know I flunked it but it’s the waiting for the letter that’s such a nightmare.
World Of Warcraft = Bloody Nightmare
Had a couple of days off work so yesterday I thought i’d make use of a 14 Day Trial for World Of Warcraft i’ve had sitting in a draw for months.
Boshed in the the dvd and it said i’d need 5 gig free HD space so I jigged some bits around and managed to scrape it together. Install from disk took aaaaages over an hour in fact. After was done had to reboot PC. I then setup an account on WOW. After logging in it said I needed to download an update patch all bloody 456 meg of it!. After doing that it said I needed another 1.7 gig free space so again I had to delete unwanted stuff. Thats it I thought now I can play but NO after doing that it said I needed to download another one at 697 meg!. After that was done it said I needed another 4 gig free. Well at this point I nearly lost it so knowing I couldn’t free up that much space I uninstalled the whole lot.
Today I re-installed it on a spare drive, I’ve downloaded both patches sat at my desk with lunch and a hot cup of tea expecting to kill something only to find I need to download ANOTHER FOOKIN PATCH this time at 529 meg. They’ve got to be having a giraffe, it’s times like these when I think I shouldn’t venture into the new era of gaming and instead stick with solitaire. RAH!
Virgin
2 guys turned up about half 12 and although the barely spoke any english they managed to install my service and get it working, I couldn’t get them out the door fast enough so I could pull it all apart. They installed the box behind the TV so i’ve had to run some CAT5 into the spare room where the router is. Everythings configured and seems to be working ok.
Much happier with that, means i’m paying £15 less p/m but getting 1 meg more lol
The wait begins
Yup virgin are due to install my broadband today between 8 and 1 so no doubt they’ll turn up around 4ish ha.
Transformers Movie
Went and saw this last night
Plot
A long time ago, far away on the planet of Cybertron, a war was being waged between the noble Autobots (led by the wise Optimus Prime) and the devious Decepticons (commanded by the dreaded Megatron) for control over the Allspark, a mystical talisman that would grant unlimited power to whoever possessed it. The Autobots managed to smuggle the Allspark off the planet, but Megatron blasted off in search of it. He eventually tracked it to the planet of Earth (circa 1850), but his reckless desire for power sent him right into the Arctic Ocean, and the sheer cold forced him into a paralyzed state. His body was later found by Captain Archibald Witwicky, and before going into a comatose state Megatron used the last of his energy to engrave a map, showing the location of the Allspark, into the Captain’s glasses, and send a transmission to Cybertron. He is then carted away by the Captain’s ship. A century later, Sam Witwicky, nicknamed Spike by his friends, buys his first car. To his shock, he discovers it to be Bumblebee, an Autobot in disguise who is to protect Spike, as he bears the Captain’s glasses and the map carved on them.
Evaluatuion
In word BRILLIANT!, SFX were awesome and you could almost have believed the robots were real. There’s a few scenes that get your pulses racing aided by a healthy soundtrack, as with any film there’s a splash of comedy tied in as well.
DON’T WAIT FOR THE DVD, GO TO THE CINEMA AND WATCH IT NOW!!!!