As last Wednesday was my birthday, I decided to purchase a digital camera at Radio Shack on Sunday and start taking some photos. I'm excited by some of these photos which I'll post today.
This weekend I finished reading Charles Stross's Halting State. I enjoyed this novel although at the end of the novel, it went the typical trans-national security/geek route that many cyper-punk novels go. I did enjoy Stross's second person narrative where the three main characters alternated in the second person perspective.
I also watched a number of films on Friday and Saturday. Friday I watched the "Simpsons Movie" and "Bourne Ultimatum". Saturday I watched the "Kingdom", "3:10 to Yuma", and "Shoot' Em Up". Of the five films, "3:10 to Yuma" was the best followed by "Bourne Ultimatum". I felt the "Kingdom" was relevant in that it presented a different perspective to modern Saudi Arabia but I felt the characters were shallow (watching Jamie Foxx and Jennifer Garner try to act provided made me laugh) and the plot was predictable. The biggest disappoint was the "Simpsons Movie", I was bored and didn't laugh that much. "Shoot 'Em Up" had Clive Owens and Paul Giamatti and was stupid as well but at least it did have a couple of good action scenes.
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