My iMac decided to up and die over the weekend; unfortunately, it won’t be until next week before I know the extent of the damage. However, things don’t look so good right now.
While this obviously won’t affect the website itself, there’s a possibility that I’ll lose everything I was working on (new reviews, photos, MP3s, etc.), as well as all of my e-mail. Obviously, the site will be on hiatus until I can figure out what to do. Maybe it’s time to look at getting on them shiny new G4s!
I’ll still be able to add occasional blog postings, news articles, and other bits of content, but that’s about it. In other words, no new reviews for awhile. Needless to say, my e-mailin’ will also be hampered for the immediate future; I’ll be checking, but I won’t be able to respond.
In spite of everything, I’m actually kind of looking forward to this break. Lately, I’ve been running myself ragged trying to update the site as much as possible. As a result, I’ve sort of lost sight (again!) that the whole reason I should do Opus is because I enjoy music and movies, and not because I’m in a contest to see how much new content I can add each week. It’ll be nice to listen to CDs and watch movies simply for personal enjoyment and edification, and not because a self-imposed deadline is looming over my shoulder (which is how it should be anyways).
On another note, I went and saw X2 for the 4th time tonight, and I still enjoyed it considerably. Actually, as far as big budget summer blockbuster sequels go, I find X2 to be far more satisfying — thematically, emotionally, and spiritually — than The Matrix Reloaded. I realize that The Matrix Reloaded is only the first half of a much larger movie that concludes with The Matrix Revolutions in November, so it’s a bit unfair to just write it off. And it certainly does make for a bigger mindtrip than X2, but when I walk out of X2, I feel, well, enriched, which isn’t something you’d probably expect from an effects-laden action movie.
I’ve probably linked to them before, but Jeffrey Overstreet’s and Harry Knowles’ reviews probably sum up my opinions better than I can, and then some.