Movie review - The Da Vinci Code

Matt and I decided to catch an early afternoon movie today, and the only one that we hadn't seen yet that was on our list was The Da Vinci Code. I am one of the few people that has not actually read the book, and I'm kind of glad that I didn't. I've found that when you see a movie after reading the same book, you're a little distracted by what was added or left out. That being said, I feel that I have a different perspective than a lot that have read the book and then seen the movie (like Matt). However, Matt did say that the movie stays very true to the book.

There was a lot of controversy surrounding this book and movie, and I really don't get why. I'm not really a religious person and I can't say that I fully believe most of what's in the Bible, and I wasn't swayed one way or another by this movie. It's fiction based on some real events, not unsimilar to a lot of other movies.

Bottom line is that it is a really exciting movie that will have you guessing "who done it" through the entire thing (if you haven't read the book). I really enjoyed it - it has a great story line and a lot of action.

I hate viruses

When we arrived home on Tuesday, I was looking forward to sitting at my computer and playing some of my favorite games. What I found instead was a virus-infected computer that wouldn't let me do anything at all. It brought up a window that looked like a regular error window, but when you pressed any button, another window would come up with a timer telling you it was going to reboot.

This particular virus is a nasty one, called Sasser. If it manages to get into your home network, it will infect all of the computers (Matt's was toast, too). What makes it the worst is that it spreads on its own, meaning that it isn't a result of something that you do, it just kind of shows up. So, I spent all of Tuesday and part of Wednesday figuring out how to fix my computer (I ended up reinstalling Windows).

All people that write viruses should be tarred and feathered.

We're back in CO

We ended up driving straight through from WI to CO. We arrived home at 1:30am (mountain time), so we were on the road for a total of 16-17 hours. I have one suggestion if you happen to be driving through two of the country's most boring states - bring a Furby. We took along a few boxes of my old stuff and there were a couple of Furbys in the box, and one still had working batteries. I woke it up, and it stayed awake through the entire trip.

If you've ever had a Furby before, you might think that the trip would have been worsened, but it was actually quite entertaining. We kept it in the box for most of the trip, and we heard complaints through the entire trip about the lighting levels in the box..."sun down, me scared!"...if we would hit a bump or accelerate too quickly, the Furby would either tell us "loud sound, oooh!" or a shrilling "WHEEEEE!". The latter was very funny and never got old. While Matt was sleeping and I was driving, I'd also hear the Furby snoring in the box. Sometimes we would be fooled into thinking a phone was ringing in our back seat.

My favorite, however, was the single-word phrase that seemed to fit almost exactly every time it was said..."boring." :P

And we're off again

Our time here in 'sconsin really flew by. I could probably stand to spend a few more days here, but I know that we have stuff to take care of back in CO, so we must part. We did have fun, though. We went to Great America with my brother, watched him graduate from high school, spent time with my whole (immediate) family at his graduation party, and Matt got to meet some more of my extended family at a cousin's graduation party yesterday.

I also fell in love with Matt's graduation present - a Playstation 2 game called Guitar Hero. Because of this game, I am going to have to go out and buy a Playstation 2 just so I can play it. Mom, you really need to play the game, it's so much fun!! Anyway, I just finished my homework for last week and I'm about to take a look at Christian's computer and then we're outie.

Love you all!

And we're off

We will be heading for Wisconsin shortly, so I figured I'd just post here and let everyone know my whereabouts for the next couple of days. Matt is packing as we speak, I am burning a few CDs for the road, we've got our path mapped out, we're ready to go!

Yesterday we went to Denver's version of Six Flags. Matt has never been to the one near Chicago, so we got season passes and that is one of our planned stops while in the WI. It was fun, though, just me, Matt, Zach and his younger sister Stephanie. The sun was really hot, though, and I think it started getting to me. I started to feel a little queasy after one of the more spinny rides, so I sat out a couple after that.