Diary: a novel

coverIf you have never read a book by Chuck Palahniuk, well, I’d have to say you should read Fight Club first. But, Diary should also be added to your list of books to read. It starts off a little weird. But, don’t worry, it gets far weirder as it goes on. Oh, and if you think you can make sense of it all at the conclusion… think again. I just finished reading it this afternoon. Any time you walk away from a book shaking your head as much as I did, it was either a really good book or, well, I just don’t know… It’s odd. I suggest reading it. Let’s just leave it at that…

Skulls, skulls everywhere…

I took the wife to a crafts fair today. We some some pretty cool stuff, but most of it was the same recycled stuff you see at EVERY craft fair you ever go to. But, we saw a booth today that had some very unique products. Plates, glasses, jugs, jewelry, shirts and more. It’s definitely worth checking out if you are looking for a unique piece for yourself or it would make an awesome gift. Have a look at skellramics.com

Harry Potter, Summer 2004

MGM is looking to make a spoof of the Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings movies. Done in the stile of Scary Movie. It sounds like it’ll be funny. Check it out.

Matrix: Revolutions

At the end of the movie, there was more than a couple of us looking at each other with a bit of a sideways look on our faces. We weren’t exactly sure what we had just seen. The movie was just over 2 hours in length. In that time, you would think they would have been able to work in a few more fight scenes. I realize they had a TON of story, sub-story, back-story, and psudo-story lines to clean up and complete since this is the last movie in the trilogy, but come on! I want to see Neo and Smith or the two half-bald guys or Trinity and just about anybody kicking the living crap out of each other. Instead, they put in a few too many (and too lengthy) scenes in which Trinity explains how much she loves Neo. No Shit! We knew that in the last movie (hell, we new that in the first movie!) We get it. She loves him. Move on. Fight somebody… Oh, and how about the death scenes? COME ON! Get on with it and DIE already. I think I could have gone out, gone through the long line for a soda and made it back to my seat before the scene ended.

OK, enough complaining. I really did enjoy the movie (no, really). I LOVED the fact that they killed Trinity and Neo. As sappy as the sunrise (or maybe sunset) scene was at the end, just think of how hokey it would have been to see Trinity and Neo ride off in to the sunset! That would have just been too much to take! Thankfully, they didn’t fall in to that trap.

I also really liked the plot twist where Neo lost his eyes but didn’t lose his sight. I thought that was at least inventive and made way for a couple cool effects.

I plan on seeing the movie again in a few weeks when it comes to the iMax. Hopefully my bitterness will pass and I’ll be able to enjoy the movie.

Long Live Neo….oh, wait… nevermind.

Advertising at it’s finest

Everything you see or hear is driven by advertising. Somebody somewhere is trying to get you to buy SOMETHING at all times. I understand this and it doesn’t really bother me. But, what does bother me is stupid advertisers… Here are two great examples of stupid avdertisers:

#1. (received via email) “Want to stop spam? We have proven spam filter software that will drastically reduce the amount of spam that makes it to your inbox.”

#2. (seen in a pop-up) “Tired of all those darn pop-up ads? Our pop-up blocker eliminates 100% of internet pop-ups.”

So, let me get this straight… if I use your email blocker, I wouldn’t get your ad and if I use your pop-up blocker, again, I wouldn’t get your ad. PERFECT! Sign Me Up!!!

The Internet is dying…

OK, it’s not really dying. But, many of the sites on it have died and been forgotten. I’m fairly certain I’m guilty of this myself.

Let the IRC battle begin…

Here’s a site that takes funny snippets from IRC chat sessions and lets people vote on their favorites. Here are the Top 50 Entries and Number 51-100

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