sorry for my long absence, it is amazing how fast a few days can become a few months. it would seem that an update of sorts is in order.

in late september i was hired by the hospital in which i trained as an x-ray tech and, shortly after, i began interning there as well for my cat scan program. with the two combined i have been working more than fifty hours a week. while this certainly keeps the boredom at bay it leaves little time for anything else. come march i will have completed the program and will be more than ready to work a normal forty hour week in both x-ray and cat scan.

you play as war, as in the second of the four horsemen of the apocalypse. there is a battle waging between angels and demons and you must regain your lost strength as the battle rages on earth. oh, and you get to wield a giant sword!

really looking forward to this film! enjoy

kingdom under fire two is looking pretty sweet. scheduled for sometime in 2010 for the 360, its a one player action/strategy with online multiplayer. it takes place in the fantasy kingdom of bersia with men, vampires, dark elves, and a mutant race called the encablossians. battles involve hudge armies with a hundred different unit types.

on august 20, at eight pm pacific (twelve noon gmt) the internet music star jonathan coulton will join rifftrax live (think mystery science theater 3000) as they make mockery of "plan nine from outer space". veronica blemont will be hosting the panel consisting of joco and several cast members of mystery science theater 3000.

plan nine is a two-time winner of the golden turkey award for "worst film and worst director of all time," so, naturally, it is a much enjoyed comedy cult-classic (originally intended to be a horror movie...) not sure if i will be attending or not, but the closest theater for me would be in riverside at $13.00 a seat...

gotta love jonathan coulton, enjoy

droidworks is a book by michael rubin divulging the history and technology breakthroughs of george lucas and his various endeavors and companies. i have not read the book yet (just grabbed it today) but according to amazon, the book describes how george lucas created pixar, digital editing, and videogame avitars. that's right, you can thank star wars for world of warcraft and the guild. the best thing about this book is it has alot to do with star wars, just look at the title. the second best thing about this book is that you can get it from amazon or you can download it for free from the author's blog. seeing as how i am poor, i took the free option.

natalie portman has been cast as the nurse jane foster in marvel's upcoming movie thor! in the original comic storyline, jane foster is the love interest of thor's mortal alter-ego donald blake. also cast for the move are chris hemsworth as thor and tom hiddleston as the villain loki. the movie is schedule to be released on may 20, 2011 and i can not wait to go see it.

source article at marvel news
profile of thor by marvel comics

google's plans for world domination are moving steadily forward. they have recently announced that they will have their own operating system for netbooks which will be available in the second half of 2010. it will be designed for net-based use and will most likely be designed for cloud computing. i was not planning to ever get a netbook, but if i can find one of decent size with a google os i may just have to pick that up. today netbooks, tomorrow the world!

announcement on google's blog

www.xrayrisk.com is a great place to go if you are worried about getting cancer from your trip to the hospital. it tells you the average radiation dose for a given procedure and then calculates the chance that you will get cancer from whatever procedure or procedures you underwent while at the hospital. the site focuses exclusively on cancer and it is unclear how much emphasis it places on the time of the exposure. the calculator does ask for the age of the patient at the time of the exposure which does influence the risk percentage and rightly so. but do the exams lose percentage over time? should they lose percentage over time?