A year ago I posted about wanting to see Shinobi: Heart Under Blade. Well, I finally rented it from Netflix and watched it. At first, I didn’t like it very much. It was too slow and drawn-out. But I decided to watch the whole thing uninterrupted and I have come to like it quite a bit. The story is still slow-paced, but I think it really fits the movie. Even the action sequences were slow, but really well done. The fighting was pretty imaginative, and the ending is unexpected and satisfying. Very sad, actually, but overall it is a beautiful movie. The scenery is amazing, and the cinematography is top-notch. Artistic, yet polished and professional. I don’t usually watch action movies over again, but Shinobi might be one that I will rent again (or buy if the price is right) because it is such a beautifully filmed movie.

I rarely see the 4am hour. It’s just a weird time. Too early to wake up, and too late to be up. I guess I should sleep, huh.

Why the hell would someone spit their gum in the urinal when there is a trashcan just five feet away. I just don’t understand people sometimes. They suck!!!!!!!

UCI always gets overshadowed by UCLA, but finally the Anteaters are on top. The UCI Baseball team defeated the UT Longhorns to become NCAA Division I Champs! Next, the team travels to Wichita State for a weekend series against the Shockers for the Super Regional Championship. The Anteaters are now ranked #4 in the country, their highest ranking ever.

The other day I found some old 3D renderings I did about 10 years ago. That got me itching to do some more, and today I found Blender, which is a really cool open-source 3D program. I can’t wait to try it out some more. It looks like a really cool program.

I was in the office kitchen heating up my leftover yakisoba and gohan in the microwave when I started wondering what it would feel like to be microwaved. Like if you had a portable microwave “gun” and pointed it at your hand. Would it feel all tingly, or painful, or like nothing at all?

I have been borrowing a PlayStation 2 from my friend Chris for a while now, mainly to play FFX, but I popped in Gran Turismo 4 last night to check it out. I was blown away! I am way late to the ps2 party, but enjoyed the original GT on my ps1 a long time ago and I knew that GT4 was supposed to be amazing. But I didn’t realize just how awesome it is. The graphics are incredible! Totally blows away NFS:Carbon on my Wii.

For my first race, I chose a red VW GTI and hit the track at Nurburgring Nordschleife. It was tough to control, but the sound, graphics, and rumble made for such a nice experience. After I finished (in last place of course) I watched the entire race on the replay camera. Since I totally want a VW Rabbit, watching that car body race around the track was pretty fun.

This game looks so nice, it’s almost reason enough to buy a cheap ps2 just to play it. Of course a ps3 would be better, but that will have to wait! 🙂

My friend Tony just sent me a link to the website of the London 2012 Olympic games. More specifically, it’s a page where the logo is described. I honestly think the logo is terrible. Looks like a wadded up piece of paper headed towards the round file. I think Tony put it rather succinctly when he said via IM,

“you know, the logo is supposed to be cool and get you pumped for the games – all this does is make me MAD!!!!! CRAZY MAD!!!”

I gots so many cameras. Why isn’t there one in my bag right now? Must fix later.