Sunday, June 29, 2003

Okay, back from my trip. I'll do a nice long post as soon as I get some sleep... that drive back isn't very long, but it sure is exhausting!

One quick anecdote, though...

I was sitting down with my parents, watching a movie in the den. It was a surfing film, actually - set in Cornwall of places! Anyway, so I'm watching the main character walk along an ocean-side cliff. It's a beautiful day in the movie; the sun is shining, the birds are chirping, and the waves break against the rocks. I thought, "Gee, I can almost swear that I'm at the beach. The water sound recordings are amazingly lifelike!" Then a couple of seconds later, I realized that the water sounds weren't coming from the speakers - they were coming from the laundry room! Water was gushing from the washing machine, flooding the whole room and part of the garage. An hour later, after attempting to repair the clogged drain and mopping the laundry room, my parents and I sat back down and watched the rest of the DVD. However, our ears were peeled for the tell-tale splashes of copious amounts of water flowing onto the linoleum. Not surprisingly, I think our paranoia took away from the film.

I suppose the moral of the story is as follows: Don't be fooled by a good home entertainment system; if you hear something that sounds authentic, it just might be.