Livin' the dream....kind of.

Damn shame there's only so many hours in a day...

Conchords, Big Scores, & Mac Pros

My new Macbook Pro arrived yesterday and I've spent pretty much all my free-time familiarizing myself with it and finding all sorts of free software I can use. A buddy of mine said that after using the Mac for a month I'll wonder why I ever had a PC in the first place, so I'm interested to see if it will really be THAT easy to use. Although, so far, it's a pretty nice beast of a machine. I bottomed out my savings to pick it up and have already started doing some freelance graphic design stuff on it and it really motors. So far, I'm happy with it....granted it's been all of a day.

I was SO excited to see that the new (& much anticipated) Futurama DVD movie is on it's way in just a few weeks. Entitled, Bender's BIg Score, the entire original voice cast is back - which is a feat in itself - and the storyline is definitely a sci-fi set-up to appease the masses (I won't spoil it here). It should be fun seeing how the talented writers justify the fact that they've been gone for so long (like Family Guy did on their return), and I'm sure the commentary track will offer insights into that as well. Needless to say, I can't wait to check it out once it streets on November 27th.

Plus, the first season of the smash HBO series Flight of the Conchords was released on DVD this week as well. I have been praising this comedy duo for quite awhile now as a folk answer to Tenacious D and am glad to see that they've found so much success over here (and making the term, "Ginger Balls," a household phrase). If you've not seen this yet on YouTube or wherever, this is definitely a solid holiday purchase for yourself or someone you knew that has a quirky sense of humor.

We're getting into CSz remote-time so I'll be doing a ton of shows, I'm sure, but I'm hoping that I can do blog updates while on those trips with the new laptop and that may make posting on here easier and, subsequently, more frequent. I wish all of you well and hope you have wonderful Thanksgiving's if I don't post again before then.