Brain Weight: 1771 grams
Brain of: An architect.
Yesterday I finally managed to get an “A” in this game, which is really amazing. The game is hard, but if you play it long enough, you can see improvement in your score. Whether or not that improvement comes from the fact you’re actually training your brain or if you’re just getting used to the various mini-games has yet to be determined.
Unlike Brain Age, this game calculates your brain’s weight and then assigns you an occupation based on how you performed in five categories: Calculate, Identify, Memorize, Think, and Analyze. There are a lot more minigames, but disappointingly, nothing to unlock. You can choose to Practice in the different areas or take the test, which chooses one minigame from each of the beforementioned categories. If you get really lucky, you won’t get a really annoying game. Like, the coin-parison game. That one is lame.
I recommend getting this game in conjunction with Brain Age, because they are both different and both fun. Don’t favor getting one over the other.
Sadly for me, multiplayer is very frustrating because I am too competitive. A nice touch is that they made the mutiplayer mode downloadable, so to play with others you do not need more than one game. Finally, Nintendo has moved away from the “everyone must own a game and link cable” mentality. Let us keep some of our money, please.
So, after reading a blog post of a friend of mine, I noticed that he finally decided to get a Mac after years of PC usage. In fact, an exact quote from that blog is “So screw it. I’m getting a Mac. You PC dinosaurs can eat my dust.”
I’ve already lamented about the dilution of Apple culture through the iPod, but what really irks me is people who jump on the whole “get a Mac” bandwagon then act like they were right all along. They also act like they haven’t been using Windows for the past bazillion years.
As far as I’m concerned, you’re only allowed to badmouth Windows with full force if you meet one of the following criteria:
- The first Apple product you owned wasn’t an iPod.
- You ran Linux or Unix on your personal computer before getting a Mac.
- You’ve owned an Apple computer since before OS X came out.
Otherwise, you’re just one of the bandwagon. :) And yeah, I know I sound like an Apple elitist. Sorry ’bout that.
Chris says: This term came from the Hawaiians. They give you leis when you get off of the plane. They are also given to you by beautiful women. After receiving a lei, something else usually comes afterwards. And that’s where the term comes from.
Sam says: You’ve got to be kidding me.
answer“>I’m going to have to agree with Jim but I think Chris mainly started this argument to be funny. Thoughts and opinions are always greatly appreciated.
Superman Returns! But alas, I was disappointed.
I write my thought as a rather uninformed viewer. I don’t read comics, and I don’t really remember the original Superman movies that well (the first came out in 1978 — almost 30 years ago). But I do know this one is supposed to take place after the events of Superman II.
Anyway, although there were apparantly a lot of homages paid to the previous version of Superman, I really felt like there was absolutely no real chemistry between any of the characters. Frankly, Lois was whiny and surly the entire movie. She barely pays any sort of attention to Clark, and they seem to have no relationship to speak of work or otherwise. I’m a bit disillusioned because I always thought she fell in love with Clark. After all, Clark always considers himself Clark first, and Superman second (see the Clark Kent subsection of the Wikipedia Superman article).
Lois also seems to be dumb as bricks. When investigating a strange yacht that could have potentially been the starting point of an unusual blackout, she decided to take her five year old kid along. Go figure that Lex Luther was hanging out on board.
Although Kevin Spacey did a good job as Lex Luther, what was the point of his minions? I agree Kitty was there for semi-comic relief, but the other three guys (one of which was Kumar from Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle) barely did anything and said even less. In fact, their only parts were just to exchange meaningful glances with each other, give menacing stares to Lois or Superman, or kick and punch Superman when he’s feeling low. Lame.
The special effects were fantastic, though. At least the shaky plot was coupled with some really neat scenes with lots of flying, explosions, and Superman looking cool in his outfit and perfectly placed lock of hair on his forehead.
The last thing that stood out to me was the retro-style opening credits. Very similar to how the new King Kong opened up. I guess the new-school way of opening a movie is the old-school way. Maybe it gives you more credibility? Or was it just another homage?
Well well, Kathy finally got to pick a movie. Just kidding. Usually Spiff and I are down for seeing the same movies, but once in a while I have to prod him to see something more on the “chick flick” side. Overall, I thought this movie was ok, very predictable, required no thinking, was cute, but will probably fall into the ‘The Book was Better’ category (once I read the book, of course).
Basic plot is as follows: Andy (Andrea), as recent Northwestern grad, takes a job at Runway magaznie as the second assistant to the editor-in-chief Miranda Priestly. Even though Andy knows nothing of fashion or of doing the catty-woman-thing, she takes the job hoping that it will cement her place in the journalism industry.
My first thought was Anne Hathaway has huge eyes. My second thought was, boy these poeple are skinny. Andy actually describes herself as fat because she’s a size 6 (rather than a 4 or 2). Well, that’s lame. I certainly hope she wasn’t being serious. Miranda even calls her fat but smart. Blech. The movie certain reminded me why I don’t work for or read fashion magazines.
Ok, so in the end she learns that being a size 4 isn’t everything and that performing her job has cost her her boyfriend, her free time, and most importantly, her morals. Yadda yadda yadda she ends up quitting her job and pursuing a more down to earth career with a New York newspaper. Well, I’m sure we could all see that coming a mile away.
Meryl Streep is the only reason Miranda really comes to life, otherwise this movie would not have packed a punch at all in the character development department. Well, at least it was fun to watch. You can’t ask for much more from a summer chick flick.
