i’m debating whether or not to get a laptop cooler. the one i have my eye on is the xpad slim. the laptop does tend to get hot and it is blowing a lot of hot air when i do CPU/GPU intensive tasks.

i get into these phases where i become a voracious movie watcher and then i won’t watch a movie for weeks. overall, i’ve probably barely broken even with my netflix subscription, but lately i’ve been on a big movie watching kick.

i love you, beth cooper – ugh, over the top and ridiculous to the point where the comedy is lost and lameness ensues.

the proposal – loved it. i have always liked sandra bullock, but i am pleasantly surprised at how much i like ryan reynolds.

definitely, maybe – another strong performance by ryan reynolds. i really liked this movie, too. this movie made me a fan of isla fisher.

g.i. joe: the rise of cobra – ok, maybe it’s the nostalgia factor kicking in here, but i actually enjoyed this movie. it was a fun brainless action move to watch.

yes man – i’m always a little weary of jim carrey movies because i think i need to be in a certain mood for them, but this was a movie that i felt i could have enjoyed any time.

the ugly truth – i don’t know if i ever really liked gerard butler, but he did an acceptable performance here. loved katherine heigl, though.

ghosts of girlfriends past – how many ways can you retell a christmas carol? the story is a little tired, but still i enjoyed it. i always think that i don’t like matthew mcconaughey, but he usually ends up pleasantly surprising me. this movie was no exception.

i hadn’t realized this, bu netflix has changed their streaming policies. it’s all you can stream now, so i will have to take another look to see what movies are available to watch streaming.

apparently netflix has an exclusivity deal with microsoft for streaming onto consoles, so you have to order a disc from netflix to enable streaming on the PS3. this deal runs through the end of 2010, so it looks like it is disc-based software loading for a while on the PS3. annoying.