It's been so long...

Yeah, I've put together exactly how long it has been before I have actually posted anything to me blog, but the buzzwords of the summer has been productive and physical fitness. Which translates into get Ryan off the computer and doing something. Not that that's bad, or anything. If anything its very helpful, since I have a rather poor family history with diabetes, any kind of exercise would be beneficial.

But on to more important things. For instance, in the playing of "Spot the Prius" over vacation, I counted 75. In 4 days. And half of them were from California. Which, to me, seems almost stereotypical with the whole California-environmental-hippie image that tends to plague my mind. Of course I know it's completely false (heck, one of my best friends is from Cali. Where, exactly, escapes me at the moment...). Also, during the white water rafting excursion we decided to do, the river was around 8 feet higher than normal, and I'm pretty sure I almost died 3 times. One of the boats following us tipped over, but thankfully everyone managed to get back alive and on the boat.

Also, after we came back, Rachel and I went to go see WALL-E. I kinda liked; it was much better than the Ratta..Ratte...the French cooking one with the rat (you know, that last one). I was glad to see that Apple does take over the world of computing (Mac references abounded), but I disagree with the Buy 'N' Large/Wal-Mart take over taking 100 years. I see it more like 50. Also, I do have one other question: if the auto-pilot (which pulled a HAL-esque takeover of the spaceship) is, in fact, in complete control of the vessel, why does it still have to push buttons on the console? 

In the car, Rachel and I started talking about the moral of the movie (computers should never be placed in control). One part, I brought up how a company could have lost an artificially intelligent computer, and how embarrassing it would be to find it again. I thought (inside) that that could have the potential of being a very entertaining short story. I plan on pursuing it.

I went to some grad parties, and found that I managed to spread the Mac gospel even further. Austin, my Windows-centric friend, had decided to go the Mac. Also, my other friend Mickey stated that he ordered his Mac. His case, however, I'm not sure I influenced. Nevertheless, Austin joins the growing list of converts I have founded, including two cousins, my grandparents, my parents, my sister, and Rachel (the French speaking one).

Speaking of Macs, I finally got mine. A nice, slightly toasty MacBook Pro. I currently love the thing, and have already installed Windows on it (hey now, don't look at me like that. It was for Portal/engineering. It was necessary.). I'll have to show Rachel what lag-free Portal is like (assuming I don't need the internet to launch Steam games.).

Well, I guess that's it for now. I'll try to keep more posts coming in. Bye.