View From the Bushes

I guess yesterday was just a movie watching day. In addition to "Ladykillers," I also finished watching "Mystic River." In the comments, someone pointed out that I had neglected to mention "O Brother Where Art Thou" in my brief discussion of the best Coen Brothers movies. That was unforgivable, but you'll have to check my own comment in response for a complete discussion of that. Returning to "Mystic River," I quite enjoyed it. There were plot holes and annoying coincidences, but overall it was a great movie with terrific acting and as a complex morality play it succeeded admirably. I probably should make an effort to see more of Eastwood's stuff. I think all the stuff I've seen with him as a director has been pretty good.

Well, it looks like I won't be able to say "playing video games never killed anyone" any longer. A Korean man died after 50 hours of computer games. I guess the only thing I come away with from reading that article is that I wish I had 50 hours to spend just playing computer games. I'm reasonably certain that it wouldn't kill me.

Speaking of games, after letting one of my co-workers talk me into getting back into Magic the Gathering, my re-addiction is finally complete. The 9th edition set was just recently released and I'm anxiously awaiting a entire box of boosters I bought (through a friend) on e-bay. I was under the impression that it would be here on Monday, and each additional day of waiting has been...taxing. The reason I bought a whole box is that we're going to have a 9th Edition Unlimited tournament here at work. It should be pretty fun, but it ain't going anywhere until I get those cards.

Jonesing for a fix
Ross