Things that have been going on

It didn't even break 30 today. Seriously, not once since yesterday has the temperature around here been above freezing. Unfortunately, it's a dry cold, so there hasn't been any real snow either. On days like this, life becomes a series of mad dashes in between buildings in order to escape the cold, followed by finding whatever excuse you can to stay in that building for as long as possible. This was especially apparent last night when I walked to the dining hall to get some hot chocolate and briefly considered just spending the night there rather than walking all the way back to my dorm room.

Tonight I'm going to brave the scary world of Brattleboro in order to see Quantum of Solace. From what I've been reading, it seems like exactly the sort of movie I'll enjoy. I'll go into it hoping for the best and write up a review later on. I'm not much of a Bond fan, but I really enjoyed Casino Royale and in my opinion Daniel Craig is the most human Bond yet. I couldn't really say the best because honestly I have no idea what criteria to use other than perhaps how close to the James Bond in the books the actor seems, but having not read the books, this is somewhat difficult. Most people just seem to go by how much like Sean Connery's Bond the current Bond is and thus will always say Sean Connery was the best Bond. This definition of a good Bond seems a bit skewed to me, but each to their own I suppose. Anyways, at the very least it will be interesting to see a James Bond movie directed by the same guy who directed Finding Neverland.

As an interesting side note, I think I've reintalled/replaced my computer's operating system at least five times since being here. Fortunately I know how to do that without permantently losing any valuable data, but it is still something of a nusance. I think most of the problems are related to the wireless network card not playing nice with the drivers which cause some annoying behaviors ranging from the computer freezing for a couple of seconds to the computer suddenly, and for no apparent reason, shutting down. I'm sure I'll eventually figure out some solution to the problem, but for right now the best thing I can do is learn to live with it.

Anyways, I'm off to dinner and then James Bond. I'll check in later. Maybe.