I tried to show my frustration at Windows for constantly crashing or
forcing itself upon me. I created this  after a major computer malfunction
forced me to format my computer.

I took two shorts clips that came with Microsoft Movie Maker and edited
them in with a clip of my hand  caressing the keyboard in the dark and a
clip of myself shot with red light (simulating anger).

The plot is rather simple though not necessarily self-explanatory:

As I fumble through the darkness (of life, of my room, of my computer) I am
suddenly bombarded with the  happy procrastinating clips that I have been
force fed by Microsoft. As I watch these clips my anger grows  to a
crescendo, at which point I lung at the computer screen.

One might also read into this plot a sub-plot where the Microsoft clips are
analogies to the annoying cookies  and bots implanted in my OS in order to
spy and dictate my viewing and installing tastes.

The soundtrack was mixed by me and contains a sound byte from Apollo 13
played in reverse. It also features  a sound byte taken from Ren & Stimpy
("Space Madness"; Ren's Speech). Based on that sound byte I created my  own
sound byte emulating the voice of Grandpa Abe Simpson (The Simpsons), I
then played with the  frequency length and pitch of the sound bytes till I
found the desired level of MADNESS. Keen ears might  notice that the tune
that plays throughout the clip is a slowed chunk of the opening theme to
Doug.

The soundtrack also carries meaning: First the sentence: "Gentlemen it's
been a privilege flying with you"  as spoken by Tom Hanks in the film
Apollo 13 is played backwards. This is supposed to symbolize the
termination of the computer (It HAS been...) and also to remind of the well
known quote "Houston, we have a  problem" which is a reference to the
Microsoft style error messages. Doug's Theme's slowed pace is an inversion
of the fast paced hectic opening credits to the show. Here I tried to
symbolize the winding down of  my PC. The Ren & Stimpy sound byte was taken
both for it's literal meaning ("Why Won't They Leave Us  Alone?!") in
reference once again to the error messages and to reflect on Ren's attitude
and temper. I've  noticed that people fighting their computers tend to
exhibit Ren-like characteristics. The Abe Simpson  impression and the
slowed down version serve as a reference to an entirely different emotion I
associate  with computer malfunction: Helplessness. The Character Abe
Simpson often appears senile and helpless in the  show. Likewise the slowed
quote also sounds moronic.

Note: I originally made this clip in 2000 out of a mish mash of things I
had on my computer. I gave it no special  thought. That is also the reason
I never published it at Stage.co.il.
The synopsis I wrote above however was written in late 2003, all
connections to computers and/or their  crashing were only thought up in
said year and had nothing to do with the original mixing. Also my PC
hasn't had a major crash since 1998 so that's BS too.