Turbulence is just one more in a long line of hijacking videos, a routine prison transport turning into something rise. But there's a twist to this one, in that the guy you thought was good turns out to be the most sinister villain of them all. They do give you hints, when he starts singing the Buffalo song, when he's checking out the main character. It takes a while, but eventually he flips out completely and you realize: that detective really wasn't the bad guy. I didn't expect that twist!

It's pretty gritty, decently realistic, with mostly good actors and intense action considering it's all staged on a plane - realistic effects too. There's rain, storm, gunfights, fistfights, hostage drama, relationship drama and... plenty of flying. The movie starts on the ground and it ends on ground, and until it lands you're along for the right. Surprisingly good watch!

 rated 3/5: not bad

Versus is a Japanese movie about killers. They all gather up in a forest and start fighting, and the fight goes more and more overboard, partially turns into a chase, into a search, and from what seemed like an ordinary exchange to something completely different involving immortal beings or aliens from another planet or know what really. Well if you watch the movie maybe you will, I won't spoil it

In terms of location it's pretty basic. It's the forest and the actors, and a little bit of road by the side, and that's the all the scenery there is. There's not that much dialog, but it fills in the gaps between fights and chases quite well, and the fights have some pretty bloody; creative effects. At the end it surprises and entertains (and maybe grosses out a bit too), and considering there's not that much going on (though there's more going on than you think is going on), it stays captivating until the end. Good movie.

 rated 4/5: fo shizzle

I've been getting a job. Had an initial meeting this week and will have the official paper-signing event (unless someone suddenly objects... hope not) and interview on Tuesday. Spent Saturday with a buddy, bought an incredibly thick dart board, he bought a golf club (free mini-golf woo), I've watched a few movies, tried getting back into GTA SA a little and finished the week with some hardcore levels of study efficiency.

As for SA, I was pretty much at the end of it when I stopped playing last time, so on a whim I finished that final mission now (on the first try - not for the first time I play out the game - this game's like a profession) aaaand it crashed during the credits. Didn't save. Shit.

As it turns out, running Lod Mod, SRT3 and ENB Series (which all three combined do an awesome job at enhancing the game) bodes for crashes. It's not that my computer can't handle them, I could probably run dual instances of the game on highest settings with no lag, but the game engine has certain restrictions on resource usage that the mods have to circumvent to work properly. They use stuff like Sacky's Frame Limiter or SALA (San Andreas Limit Adjuster) and a couple of other CLEO mods. Problem is, these mods are not perfect, they seem to crash at random intervals, when entering a piza parlor or watching the credits... and I have no idea what to do about it.

I could run the game without mods but I already did that, ten years ago - I want teh modified version now! I want to take it to the next level!! I want more!!! Or maybe, maybe just wait out GTA 5. I hear it's coming out for PC in June but by now I don't trust Rockstar's release dates at all.

I wrote the second chapter of the novel I'm writing yesterday, and the day before that, and I've been polishing the manuscripts during late hours on long nights. I fell after with diary-writing and filled in five days yesterday, I have some game work I should be doing now but I thought I'd get this posted first. I've written some inspired poetry lately, I feel good, I think I'm a little allergic to alfalfa, I was going to title this post Ten Ting but was made aware that means something entirely different than what I thought it did, and that's all for this week.

Oh yeah, we had Fat Tuesday too, also on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Today and I'm going to post a few leftover reviews after this. have a great Monday!

Here's last week.

Today I'm so inspired
Probably because I stopped procrastinating
I don't even care for rhyme
My will is to do great things
I don't even care for time
It's relative - it's over-rated
I wrote this yesterday
But what's a day? It is only what we make it

Mistakes are for our learning
Struggle is for our strengthening
Candles are for our burning
And don't worry about the length of things
Mills are made for churning
Till the stones are flat and crack
And some stones last two lifetimes
Some not even half of that

Today I feel inspired
Cause I feel I solved a riddle
I figured out a truth in life
My ego's growing bigger
I feel I have a chance, like I can reach my dream
Like my dream is not a dream - it's a stepping stone
For me, a preview so to speak

Today I feel inspired
Cause I realized the world is bigger
And home is not my haven - there is no place that holds me safe
That is if I don't show my face
And pave my way to a better place - a better day
I used to fear the steps and wait but I don't even feel afraid
You see

You know when I'm glad I write gladness
I'm writing cause I feel inspired
Feeling like I have transpired
To someplace much grander and higher
Than I was when I went to sleep yesterday
Than I've been all week as of late
I don't know if it's a burst of verse
Or maybe I'm versed with fate
Or maybe I nursed my dream
And it grew till the morning, and I wake

And look at life with a little less scorning
And without a warning I make, today to not just a day but a date

Today

I shall shackle my insecurities
I shall over-win my will for perfection
I shall cast out my desire for scrutiny
I shall write as if there is no tomorrow

Today

I shall borrow time from my pass-times
I'll not wait till the wake of midnight
Till the deadline, till the last time
Till the finite - before I finish

Today

I shall work and go my way

I sip my tea in misery
My plans have all been foiled
I grew up from the Earth
And again I'll fall to soil

But nothing's how I like it
How I'd like it to be
The water boiled - too little
And foiled my tea for me