this never ceases to amuse me

[amalthia]

I'm borrowing the DVD Armageddon because it's one of my favorite movies ever and so tonight I go to put the legally bought version (that I had to beg and plead with my brother to part with for a month or two or until I go to San Antonio to visit my mom and him again) into my desktop DVD player...nothing happens.

At this point I have one of two choices, either rip the dvd with my laptop dvd player (which for some reason will recognize the dvd) or download the damn movie via torrents. I'm still debating on which one will be quicker to accomplish...keeping in mind I'd have to transfer the ripped dvd to my desktop (all 6 gigs) I'm not a happy camper tonight.

However, the rest of my weekend went rather well. I got the chance to visit my dad one last time before he heads for Iraq (for the third time), my parent's got Wookie their pet Shih-tzu to the vet in time to get an Benadryl (not sure what he got into but his face started to swell up and my parents rushed him to the vet, he's OK now) Got to see Spiderman 3 (Harry made the movie for me) hung out with my brother, saw Romancing the Stone again for the first time in about 10 years, my husband had never seen it and my brother and I were game to watch it again. I'd forgotten how funny the movie is, I loved it.

On the downside, allergies are kicking my ass, my nose is starting to hurt and I have no non-drowsy allergy medicine so tomorrow I'll have to pick some up at the pharmacy.

I didn't get a chance to read a lot this weekend and actually I'm trying to take a small break away from fan fiction for awhile because I don't want to overdo it to the point where I can't read Supernatural fan fiction.

My goal for this upcoming week is to also find some online writing exercises that I can try and accomplish so that I can become more comfortable with writing again. I realized that after I graduated college I haven't really done much in the way of formal writing or informal writing beyond what's written in my LJ and through emails. I feel out of practice and uncomfortable writing fiction.

Comments

[delibby.livejournal.com]

now that's just annoying

[amalthia]

If I were 15 years younger I probably would have thrown a fit. :) I was so annoyed with this last night and now I really need to figure out what's going on because while I rarely try to watch dvds on my desktop the times I do want to watch I'm finding out that I can't more often than not.

[pegasus-01.livejournal.com]

*looks around* Or you can just rip it with DVD Shrink that will compress it to around 4GB and then burn it on a blank DVD... *goes back into illegal hiding and be disturbed by knowing I could technically be sued just for telling you that*

[amalthia]

it's okay, I ended up downloading the movie in less time than it would have taken me to go through the steps. My laptop really isn't great for ripping or encoding dvds. I just don't get why my current dvd burner/player won't play half the dvds I own. I got Supernatural on DVD and it'll only recognize half the dvds that are in the package. It's very weird and frustrating.

[pegasus-01.livejournal.com]

entirely possible that's because the entertainment industry sucks and is making it so that DVDs only play in players that have the decryption key. Because they hate their consumers. (I'm a very pissed off girl at them right now since I just wrote a paper on music piracy)

[amalthia]

I'd love to read this paper at some point. :)

[wyrdfae.livejournal.com]

ha ha, and again, it turns out its easier to go the illegal route. fun

I was reading this book on how to unlock your creativity and it said to get up every morning and write 3 pages before you do anything else. that was the main thing. I decided that it wasn't a book for me at all because i hate stuff i write and find that being inspired to write is a horrible experience... but it may help people who do like writing, so i offer it as a suggestion

[amalthia]

hehe, not sure I can write 3 pages in the morning..but maybe in the evening. :)

[wyrdfae.livejournal.com]

i think the point is to do it while you're still half asleep. also, I'm not a morning person