Lots of things start with mon-- but most of them are bad

Insert cursing here.

I hate the media laptop. If I just leave it on, it borks itself including running SYSTEM processes that cause it to disK swap for memory. If I put it to sleep, it loses track of where it's supposed to be outputting. If I turn it off, it takes like 8 minutes to completely warm up again.

Interestingly I got the mute button to start working tonight. The bad part? It was only working because all sound was going through the laptop's mono-speaker instead of through the monitor speaker. I realize mon- starts both of those words but it's really not the same thing.

So.

It looks like the problems I have with the laptop are: 1) it doesn't get along with the monitor so all the media controls are worthless 2) it doesn't get along with the requisite shit one has to run so it doesn't get a dozen kinds of computer plagues and STDs. 3) it needs a wireless controller.

My computer, the one on my desk, has a borked headphone jack. I can hear things through it, but there's all this static. So I can only play things through the monitor speakers. Which means I can only do it when I'm home alone. Fucking hell. ... it's like watching Poirot is as bad as watching porn and drinking Jaeger.

movie: Watchmen

I just finished watching Watchmen.

Um.

First that was a damned long movie.

Second. WTF man.

( spoilers )

I did, however, really enjoy it. I would have enjoyed it more if it hadn't been ridiculously dark and hard to see anything because it was "atmospheric". But hello. Superhero movie where we get to actually see the struggle. This is what I wanted from The Incredibles which was so disappointing.

I also um. really liked the CGI nudity because it wasn't just fake boobs.