So my monitor backlight problem came back last night, just as I was sitting down to watch Bruce Almighty (starring Jim Carrey as god). The timing is particularly crummy because I don’t have enough time to drop it off for service before my flight to Victoria early Wednesday morning.
By the way, if you’ve tried to contact me via email in the past two weeks or so and I haven’t written you back, I’m sorry! I’ve been really swamped, I’m going to be trying to write everyone back tonight (but if I don’t, please drop me a line to remind me!). Also tonight: wrapping presents 🙂
Finally, yesterday, I bought my car a Christmas present — a new pair of shoes! The car feels more responsive now…. quieter too.

The sad part was that the mechanic told me my left rear rim is warped, so I’m going to have to get that replaced at some point. Question for my mechanically-inclined readers: the mechanic said it could have been caused by an improperly tightened lugnut, does that make sense?

So a quick update before I hit the ‘ol futon: last night watched Punch-Drunk Love, starring Adam Sandler. What can I say? I really liked this film. An unusual role for Adam Sandler, definitely expanded my view of him as an actor. How’s the film itself? In a word: uplifting. The progression of the story is subtle, not unlike that of a minimal techno track… slow but satisfying.
Saw LOTR: Return of The King tonight. Not having read the books, I can’t offer you any insight on the adaptation (for that, I recommend checking out Neil’s post… Sarah’s is good for a laugh, too) — but I can tell you it’s my favourite movie of the year. The sheer level of detail put into this film blows my mind. The action sequences were uncompromising. There were several scenes — in particular the boulder catapults — where I found myself cringing in my seat. Incredible stuff.
But it’s so much more than that. LOTR: Return of The King seems to possess a high degree of fidelity: internally consistent and rarely self-conscious. There’s a story to be told, and it will be — length and sore bums be damned. I like that.

It’s been a while since I’ve been out with my camera, hence the lack of pics as late. But it’s been so nice out today, it would be greedy for me to keep it all to myself. 😀