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July 29, 2002

Climbing up on Solsbury Hill, I could see the city lights. Wind was blowing, time stood still, Eagle flew out of the night. He was something to observe, came in close, I heard a voice. Standing stretching every nerve, had to listen had no choice. I did not believe the information, I just had to trust imagination. My heart going boom, boom, boom. "Son," he said "Grab your things, I've come to take you home." To keepin' silence I resigned, my friends would think I was a nut. Turning water into wine, open doors would soon be shut. So I went from day to day tho' my life was in a rut. "Till I thought of what I'd say, which connection I should cut. I was feeling part of the scenery. I walked right out of the machinery. My heart going boom, boom, boom. "Hey" he said "Grab your things I've come to take you home." When illusion spin her net, I'm never where I want to be. And liberty she pirouette when I think that I am free. Watched by empty silhouettes who close their eyes but still can see. No one taught them etiquette, I will show another me. Today I don't need a replacement. I'll tell them what the smile on my face meant. My heart going boom, boom, boom. "Hey" I said "You can keep my things, they've come to take me home."

I have my camera now, so yay, finally I can stop putzing around with useless online stores. I like it a lot, it's got essentially everything my old camera had, plus a couple nice little changes, including the fact that it's like half the size and I can basically just throw it in my pocket whenever I want now. This will probably lead to an actual photos section on the new site so I hope you're looking forward to it as much as I am.

I saw a few movies for the first time recently, some new, some having been around a while. The two I'd like to mention are Vanilla Sky and the new Austin Powers movie Goldmember. Vanilla sky I thought was a good movie, it reminded me somewhat of Memento. Some people complained that it was too hard to follow or that the ending was screwed up, but I disagree. I admit I prolly gave the screen some akward looks at times but by the end it seemed to make sense. I just liked the general style of the movie and I'm also probably going to buy the soundtrack. (I would already have it but best buy was sold out of it. Also, the song above is on it) As for Goldmember well, hmm. I thought it didn't do the other two justice at all. The movie seemed really jumbled up and not thought out very well. People were doing one thing one second and then randomly they just changed their attitude and turned into completely different characters. Austin's Father is in this movie and his role makes no sense whatsoever. I dunno, the whole thing just seems so much sloppier than the other two. Don't get me wrong however, this is a comedy and it had me laughing quite a bit, but be forewarned, I'd say about two-thirds of the jokes in this movie are referneces to the first twos comedic palletes. Oh, and in keeping with the Elizabeth Hurley / Heather Graham tradition, Beyonce Knowles = yes.

I've still been thinking over what's to become of the comments page and I've been receieving a lot of input, some sources more contructive than others. Basically I've decided that it will be one click off the main page, and while I will have an account system in place it will be optional so that if you want your name next to your post identifying that it is, in fact, you, you can do that (you can expect me to use this), but if you don't want to that's fine too. There also won't be a way of viewing the hosts on the nameless posts like there is now, so you'll really be getting more anonymity for your buc- ... well, for your nothing...

Finally I'd like to say that playing golf with clubs that need new grips on a day where it's a heat index of 105º and your hands are sweating is about as easy as nailing jelly to a tree. Having none of your shots actually hook or slice at all, but rather just go right or left directly every time you hit them makes you feel like someone is dangling a good shot right in front of you and then kicking you in the shins repeatedly as you try to walk forward to retrieve it. The moral of the story? When things get hot, you better have good rubber.

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