Current News...
May. 20th, 2003 06:45 pmFrivolous News:
Saw The Matrix Sunday afternoon...I found it to be an interesting movie that requires careful consideration. I especially liked the look of Zion, and the surrounding environs. I will probably go see again to catch anything I may have missed. I liked it though, and I even was able to avoid the unwashed fanboy legions.
Serious News:
My paternal grandmother died last night at about 11:00pm local time. For a woman who was born 2 and a half months premature, and delivered by a midwife in the backwoods of Missouri, I think nearly 96 years of life is a hell of a long run.
She was a pro-choice advocate, the first woman manager of a local Kresgies (all the food service in a 6 story shopping tower) and YMCA concessions, and Special Olympics Volunteer for about 18 years. She event spent time in the fifties as a freedom rider. In short she was a remarkable woman.
Now if I could only get the thought out of my mind that the local hospital shortened the time she should have had....
Saw The Matrix Sunday afternoon...I found it to be an interesting movie that requires careful consideration. I especially liked the look of Zion, and the surrounding environs. I will probably go see again to catch anything I may have missed. I liked it though, and I even was able to avoid the unwashed fanboy legions.
Serious News:
My paternal grandmother died last night at about 11:00pm local time. For a woman who was born 2 and a half months premature, and delivered by a midwife in the backwoods of Missouri, I think nearly 96 years of life is a hell of a long run.
She was a pro-choice advocate, the first woman manager of a local Kresgies (all the food service in a 6 story shopping tower) and YMCA concessions, and Special Olympics Volunteer for about 18 years. She event spent time in the fifties as a freedom rider. In short she was a remarkable woman.
Now if I could only get the thought out of my mind that the local hospital shortened the time she should have had....