Yeah, we know....

...we're total slackers here with the whole blogging thing. On a random note, Batman Begins was a kick ass, awesome movie. The plot was so character-driven and the movie took itself seriously. Some critics have said too seriously, but what did we expect? Critics always complain whenever a comic book based movie takes itself seriously. Of course, some comic book movies take themselves seriously and end up being hysterically funny. Others take themselves seriously and get minimal credit for it. That's the way it goes.

Regardless, Batman Begins was a fun movie, with some great visuals and predominantly interesting characters. Only one character wasn't terribly interesting or useful at all, but I'll forgive it.

Did I mention that Christian Bale is about as hot a Batman as you'll ever find?? Oh. Well, he is.

Update from the workshop

First things first... tomorrow, I must steal a mouse from a computer next to the one I've been using. The scroll wheel doesn't work on the computer I've been at, and it's been my own private hell. Time to fix that post haste.

Second... while learning Macromedia Flash MX 2004 is wonderful, and I don't doubt the instructor's proficiency, it would be nice if:

1. we could learn to use Flash to make something that isn't ass-ugly (I may put up a screen shot eventually... and I may forget... either way, just trust me--it's bad).


2. the instructor wouldn't spend excessive amounts of time on the basics only to gloss over the interesting if slightly more complicated aspects (we've been making movie clips and motion tweens ad nauseum, and inserting an mp3 into a Flash movie gets covered in all of 30 seconds).


3. we could have more than one measly hour in which to apply our new found knowledge (yes, I've learned a little that I didn't already know, some of it very interesting) to projects we brought from our respective institutions to work on while here.


4. the machines had the appropriate software installed and set up on them for us to use.

It's not all bad, though. I mean, sure, they asked on the initial application if I had a platform preference (Mac) even though the lab we're working in contains only PC's. I have gotten some valuable information out of everything so far, and the chance to pick the brains of those more knowledgable than myself. However, once we start Dreamweaver, if we spend more than 30 seconds on the properties panel, especially after becoming intimately familiar with the one in Flash, I will probably scream. However, the locale is quite nice and I've enjoyed where we're staying (except for the sheets that have suspicious looking stains and my sudden onset of allergies).