H.A.L. 9000

Hello.

I recently updated my computer to OS X Lion. I went to Payson High School, home of the mighty Payson Lions. So I figured we were meant to be and that combined we would become absolutely explosive. BOOM!

During the process, I was prompted to update my user profile and password. I thought, "Wouldn't it be funny to change my username and picture to HAL's red eye and name." I did, and now every time I open my computer I am greeted by that deadly supercomputer. It's not a huge deal, but I get a little kick out of it every time.

The downside: my computer is now trying to kill me.

2001: A Space Odyssey gets a new soundtrack

 

I love Michelle for lots of reasons. One is that she wanted to watch Jurassic Park for our five year anniversary. She likes Independence Day and Groundhog's Day and the other night she let us watch an installment of 2001: A Space Odyssey. We watched it on our computer on Netflix. The movie opens with a group of monkeys surviving in an area that looks a lot like rural Utah. For the first fifteen to twenty minutes there is no dialogue, just classical/choral music. Watching it this time, however, I noticed something different about the music. It was orchestral and choral, but I recognized it from somewhere else too. Enchanted. Michelle and I commented on it at the same time. We wondered if Patrick Demsey and his crew had ripped off their soundtrack. As we kept watching, I wondered how I had never noticed the 2001 soundtrack being so vivacious. As the monkey clan approached the monolith an acoustic guitar suddenly kicked in. I knew that that hadn't been there before. I checked the computer and realized that iTunes had been playing the Enchanted overture (12 minutes long) during the movie. We had a good laugh.

I think I actually preferred the opening with the Enchanted soundtrack. I guess that probably borders on blasphemy, but a lot of people said that 2001: A Space Odyssey was blasphemous too.