notes from underground

I may have survived Line-Con, but I didn’t quite manage a graceful re-entry into the routine of school following break. I appear to have contracted some sort of stomach flu, which struck Monday night while I was at work and continued to antagonize me on and off throughout the week. The major overhaul I was going to give kadamwhite.com is now on hold until I can get caught up in my coursework—teachers have been very understanding and accommodating thus far, but I don’t want to push my luck any further than I have to.

Despite illness, I did manage to make it to the screening of Aliens for my science fiction lit course. It was a helluva movie, I’m amazed I’d managed to get this far in life without ever seeing it before. It is a lot of fun for me to watch a film like that and suddenly recognize the influence it has had on other works I’ve enjoyed, everything from Starcraft and Halo to Cowboy Bebop… good times. If you are like I was and haven’t seen that film yet, please do yourself a favor and watch Aliens… the original Alien is fantastic too, but I feel Aliens is even more of a classic.