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I don't agree with the descriptive summary, but this is probably my favorite Heinlein book. The minds of a man, his secretary who he is in love with, and eventually his best friend all inside the same woman's body. What's not to love about that story?


You belong in I Will Fear No Evil. Your body is
your prison, and you would trade everything you
have, even your sex, for a new lease on life.


Which Heinlein Book Should You Have Been A Character In?
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The Matrix has you, Neo

Saw The Matrix: Reloaded last night. Awesome. It is everything one could want from a nihilistic-anarchistic industrial goth cyber kung-fu action romance. It is part 1 of a 4 hour movie, but it isn't like you have to wait more than six months for the conclusion. I heard some grousing in the bathroom after the show about how they could have cut out the slow dialogue parts and still had a good movie, which is true but I think it is a great movie because it actually attempts to tell a whole story and perhaps even challenges the watcher to think. There is plenty of chicks in PVC black leather, and cool combat to techno music as well, so you "I bore easily" American viewers can just suck it up--I'm sure Kangaroo Jack 2 is in the works for you anyhow. Clearly the movie isn't for everyone's tastes, but I'm glad the producers made the movie they wanted and didn't fall too much into the trap of mediocrity that is Hollywood...

Also played the Enter the Matrix game a bit on the XBox yesterday. The environments aren't really that impressive; the level design (for the first few levels at least) isn't that inspired; the cutscenes are a hodge-podge of FMV (full motion video), computer graphics, and mixed-medium; and the graphics engine has some ugly bugs. It does, however, really capture the visceral enjoyment of kicking ass in bullet-time Matrix-style with cool effects and motion-capture character movement. Besides, the developers had to ship on a ton of platforms (doing anything for the PS2 is a total pain in the ass much less getting the same codebase to work on any other platform), were no doubt given a very tight ship schedule to make it in time for the movie buzz, and therefore had little time to actually take full advantage of any of these platforms. I think it had the largest pre-order in the history of games, which is unfortunate because it will only encourage publishers to blow more money on wasteful rock-star developers and cross-media licenses to the neglect of all the really interesting and unique ideas people in the industry have. Still, I'm going to pick up a copy (hopefully used, but I might not be that patient).

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I will remember you
will you remember me?
don't let your life pass you by
weep not for the memories

remember the good times that we had?
I let them slip away from us when things got bad
how clearly I first saw you smilin' in the sun
wanna feel your warmth upon me, I wanna be the one

I will remember you
will you remember me?
don't let your life pass you by
weep not for the memories

I'm so tired but I can't sleep
standin' on the edge of something much too deep
it's funny how we feel so much but we cannot say a word
we are screaming inside, but we can't be heard

but I will remember you
will you remember me?
don't let your life pass you by
weep not for the memories

I'm so afraid to love you, but more afraid to loose
clinging to a past that doesn't let me choose
once there was a darkness, deep and endless night
you gave me everything you had, oh you gave me light

and I will remember you
will you remember me?
don't let your life pass you by
weep not for the memories

and I will remember you
will you remember me?
don't let your life pass you by
weep not for the memories
weep not for the memories

I Will Remember You Sarah McLachlan

This song was on the radio the other day... It has very strong associations for me with Kim; a song she sung for me about those months after Greg had left and I tried to be there for her as best I could be. For a long time after she gave up on me, I could not help but weep for the memories. In many ways, I feel like she didn't seem to miss them enough. The very essence of those years was grieving for something I loved so dearly and it seems I loved alone. Now, it reminds me of disappointment and the promise lost for better things.

At least I've stopped weeping... Now if I could only lose the memories in the fuzziness of the past instead of the sharp images that still haunt my dreams some nights and drift into my mind unbidden from time to time.

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It's been a pretty good week all in all. Work was quiet and not stressful with so many people out at E3, although I suspect reacting to the feedback from the show and trying to line up future contracts is going to make things pretty hectic at work for the foreseeable future. I very much enjoyed The Matrix: Reloaded Friday night, and spent today playing some Living City and attending the monthly Mensa meeting. Also spent some time this week with a new friend, which has been very enjoyable.