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Star Trek XI, Star Trek 2009, whatever you want to call it

by Jeff Dickens on May.22, 2009, under Movie Review

Well, now that I have the ability to start posting again the big news lately is the new Star Trek movie. There were a large number of folks that were of the impression that this movie is a reboot of the Star Trek franchise. After seeing the movie for the first time I spent a little while trying to think through the new time line and it didn’t work.

This is going to be one of the movies where the time line does not fit into the full story, it has been a while since I have watched the 10 Star Trek movies but if I remember correctly they do not take place in an alternate time line. With the exception of going back in time everything fits somewhat nicely into the time line.

This is the first time that I have gone to the theatre in a long time to watch a movie. In fact over the past two weeks I have seen the movie 3 times. Something I have never done before. There will be no spoilers here simply because I am not a huge fan of spoilers and appreciate it when people take care not to spoil movies. Maybe at some point I will go into the statute of limitations on spoilers.

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Thoughts on going back to World of Warcraft

by Jeff Dickens on Mar.01, 2009, under Ramble, WoW

About a month ago I decided to take a break from WoW. After doing some thinking I came to realize why the game became boring. I found it was becoming too much like my real life. Without going into too much detail there are certain aspects of my life that I do not enjoy and my WoW experience was becoming too close to those parts of my life. I also had a little project on the side that would not have worked if I was playing a game.
I can only do my part and the people I am in a guild with will need to provide the second half of what is needed and I can’t really talk with them about what I need since it can be a touchy subject.
Unfortunatly I have made some choices in the game that have affected what I can do an what guilds I can be in. I guess I have memories about how the game used to be and the people I used to play with. I would have to say that there are a couple of events that i think were bad but unfortunatly I had no control over. The first being the breakup of the first guild I was in and the second was the population explosion of the guild I am currently in.
Just something I have to think about.

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Changes

by Jeff Dickens on Feb.12, 2009, under Ramble, Uncategorized

I have been presented with different ideas and thoughts over the past couple of days. This has been linked with the uneasy feelings that I have been having lately.

The first thing that I noticed was an update on Facebook from an acquaintance that made reference to make a change no matter what the consequences are. The second place that I saw change mentioned was a student blog from a college that I recently stumbled upon. Cha-cha-cha-change? the blog mentions friends leaving and making new friends. It also refers to changes in school and in work.

I have been looking at change for a while but there are somethings that I need to take care of before I can think about making the change. Change is something that I have never been fond of but it is necessary at some points and I now have a feeling of when and not what?

It will just take some time and some discipline to get me closer to that end goal.

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An Uneasy Feeling

by Jeff Dickens on Feb.08, 2009, under Ramble, Uncategorized

Well, over the past couple of weekends I have had an uneasy feeling, I don’t know if this is caused by the uncertainty I am feeling about the future or something else. It got to the point where I was about to walk out the door ready to do some weekend chores(shopping and such) and I couldn’t leave the house for a few minutes. I was almost tempted to slump back into a chair and just stay there for the rest of the day. I was able to leave the house after a few minutes of thought and will power.

I have been trying to make some changes in my life recently and they are not going as well as they could be. Something that I need to work on and no one can help, it is just going to take some time to change my thoughts and my actions to align with what I want to do in the future.

The biggest challenge right now is to find what I want to do at work. There is rumored to be some changes on the way that I am not looking forward to. It comes down to facing the nerves that I am feeling about change or potentially move into a position that I will not enjoy.

I guess I just need to remember the contents of this song.

Indescribable (Arriving Album Version) – Chris Tomlin

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A Simple Melody

by Jeff Dickens on Jan.24, 2009, under Music, Ramble

Every once and a while I look forward to a simple melody. I was recently watching an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation where the first officer was playing the trombone on the holodeck and the melody reminded me of a song that I have not heard in a while and I went looking for the particular song played by the trombone.

Unfortunately I was not able to find the exact track that I wanted, but I was able to find one that is close (piano and trumpet). I get into a mood to listen to brass music every once and a while. I was looking forward to a simple melody and was greeted by the track that I am embeding into the post and I feel that it is too over the top for my liking. I guess I have to wonder what is wrong with some old simple melodies.


Because He Lives – Phil Driscoll

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