Sat, 15 Nov 2003

Nov 15, 2003, 23:33 [home/movies]
Neo coat

HI Jason-if you are serious about wanting a “coat like Neo” and you want to have the pattern….I know that Simplicity makes a Pattern that not only has the whole Neo outfit ( coat included) but also has the outfit that Trinity wore ( so Joanne can have a “cool” outfit as well )…..it’s only fair…right? Love Eve

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Fri, 14 Nov 2003

Nov 14, 2003, 21:59 [home/journal]
Crisis Averted
Today Seth had a seizure! His eyes rolled back in his head, his arms and legs flailed madly and he shook all over. He stopped breathing, his face turned white, his lips blue. He was foaming at the mouth. After a minute of this he fell limp and hazy— blankly staring out of unseeing eyes. This telephone news jerked me out of a work-daze into a life-craze. I zoomed home, only to race back behind an ambulance. Thank our dear God he is fine now— in fact bouncing around like nothing ever happened. I was very scared I would lose my little buddy today. I sadly consider those whose story does not end well.
~Jason

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Nov 14, 2003, 07:58 [home/movies]
Matrix - Revolutions

Well I liked the movie. I thought it was way better than the 2nd one, and not nearly as good as the first one— but then— isn’t that to be expected? Star Wars Episode 4 was the best of that initial trilogy, with the 2nd ‘Empire’ movie being the worst in my opinion. The same with ‘Back to the Future.’ This is another triology where the first idea was novel, and the follow up movies were after thoughts to the plot. It seems the only way for film trilogies to really work is to have them all written and produced at once, by the same crew, with the same story. One story spread over three movies is much better than three movies independantly thought out.

Now I know the last two movies of the Matrix were filmed together, but it’s not the same thing. When the author thinks up the idea for his first story, all of the metaphors, the symbols, the ideas are NEW. The audience spends most of the first Matrix movie saying, “HUH!?” with a sort of smile on their face. That can’t happen to the same extent when we watch the next one— what made the story unique and appealed to our sense of creativity is no longer unique and creative. The director and producers must keep pushing the envelope for us to be satisfied, or go off in an entirely new direction. Sometimes neither option is possible.

So here I am defending a movie that many are calling a disappointment… and I concede that overall I’m disappointed too. But disappointment has a lot to do with expectations and my expectations were normal for any film that comes out. As far as I am concerned, Matrix 3 stands on it’s own. We’d all love it if we hadn’t seen the first one.

I know, I know, pretty lame.
~Jason

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Thu, 13 Nov 2003

Nov 13, 2003, 20:17 [home/pocket_pc]
Quicken for Pocket PC

All I can say is “it’s availble” which isn’t what you want to hear. I used to enter all my money info using Pocket Microsoft Money, and then sync it with the bigger version, but I got tired of doing it. I’m not sure how the interface is for Quicken. I’m also not certain how many pocket pc users actually view my site…
~Jason

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Sat, 08 Nov 2003

Nov 08, 2003, 23:20 [home/webdesign]
HOC Site

I spent a few hours to put together a site for our HOC Clan.
~Jason

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Wed, 05 Nov 2003

Nov 05, 2003, 23:02 [home/webdesign]
New Site Again

Working on another site right now, JakesOn21st.com
~Jason
Good Luck to a very ambitious guy! ~a visitor

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