**SPOILERS!!** Dont read unless you've seen Matrix Rev
Best action of the 3, less philosophical mumbo jumbo than the 2nd and finally some closure. Altho they kinda left the ending at what could be a new beginning, i relaly dont know where they'll take it. Dont like the new oracle...she is not as "nice". Liked the "It is done" part and it somewhat looked like Jesus' cruxifiction...arms spread out etc. Enjoyed thoroughly, action and special effects made up for most. LOVED THE APUs!!! I wanna get me one of those, I loved how they shoot the guns ghetto-style! Awesome soundtrack - the war anthems are really somethin'. oh yeah, matrix on IMAX --- Definitely worth-it, if u have good seats. Thanks Jayce for da hookup.
My problems with it: (1)I thought they were 12 ships, how come there was only Hammer left with ONE emp? did i miss something? (2) why didnt Neo just blast the EMP when he crash landed in the machine city? That could have taken out the city! Apricot suggested it wasnt "his calling"? (3)if all it took to kill Smith was to have one human DIE and assimilate Smith, at the same time be plugged -in through the machine city so that the machines could spread a virus through him and kill the rest...then who needs Neo???the machines could have just take one human from the egg city, plug him into the matrix ... irritate Smith or get in his way so that Smith assimilates him, and then boom...send the virus! DUH (4)Neo shouldnt call her "Trin". It just doesnt sound right. Stick to trinity. (5) Ok so everyone loves the keymaker and Seraph right? Well here's the deal. You know monica bellucci (merovingian's wife)? She had like maybe 2 minutes of screen time in revolutions. Her name appears as #6 or 7 in the opening credits. Our dear Seraph (Colin Chu) appears in maybe half the movie and plays so much more significance than her and he aint got no mention in the opening credits??? WTF??#$()$#@)@($ Discrimination!!!
posted by Jamba Shrimp at 11:14 AM

Beautiful Lord, wonderful saviour I know for sure all of my days are held in your hand, created into your perfect plan. You gently call me into your presence, guiding me by your Holy Spirit. Teach me dear Lord, to give all of my life through your eyes I'm captured by your Holy calling Set me apart, I know you're drawing me to yourself. Lead me Lord, I pray.
posted by Jamba Shrimp at 4:17 PM

ok went through matrix reloaded again last night... just keep the mind fresh for tonight's revs. my hopes arent too high anymore because peepz have said that it sucks. *sad* but oh well, i am going to FREE MY MIND!!! Decided I needed to do some *serious* reading today so i'll be holing myself up at the MLK library...yes, without internet access. GULP - wonder how long i will last? alright outta here.
posted by Jamba Shrimp at 10:46 AM

dead mouse continued...
so my roomie has still not picked up the dead mouse. they were all humming and hawing at it in the backyard. She told me she got nightmares of this huge mouse chasing after her... I decided it wasnt too big a deal because this mouse isnt decapitated like the last one. Braved the storm, grabbed my payless shoebox ... using the cover of the shoebox I slowly nudged the poor mouse into the box. Closed the box. put it into a bag and threw it in my neighbour's trashcan cos I think they have a cat. Washed and scrubbed my hands twice over + sanitizer.
CSI: The mouse didnt look too beaten up, didnt seem like a cat got to it or anything cos there were no bites and no signs of restraint. Maybe it died of starvation or something? I dunno. well, that chapter is over and phoebe owes me big time.
posted by Jamba Shrimp at 5:08 PM

at closure's door
talk with the ex went well. I think the last time we spoke like this was when we were still together. Very much felt like old times... he brought me up to speed with his life, and I with mine. i didnt chickenshit and i told him how i felt about him being the biggest blessing in my life. I think he really needed to hear that. And how i wouldnt exchange all the joy i've experienced, so that I didnt have to experience the pain. I.E. if betrayal and hurt is the eventual price I had to pay, I would have glady paid it just so I could experience all the joy. After talking to him, I think i've realised that i'm at closure's door. or maybe just walked through it. He also said alot of things that I also needed to hear. At one point of his life, yes he was a complete asshole to me - But that's not how I choose to remember him anymore.
posted by Jamba Shrimp at 11:57 PM

Disclaimer
for some weird reason, i've been listening to super sappy and depressing songs the last couple of days --- which might be having a sublime effect on my current disposition. I think i'm going to start blasting some hiphop shit now.
posted by Jamba Shrimp at 9:15 PM

blessings, betrayals and punishments
someone asked me today "Who has been the greatest blessing in your life?" .. I thought about it long and hard... and as much as i wanted to deny it, it was the ex. She asked me why I felt that way? I started to recount all that he did for me, all the love, all the support, all the prayers, how i've matured as a person... and i just started to bawl uncontrollably. If i were just counting pure blessing score, he would definitely come up tops. But if i had to factor in hurt and betrayal i would have to say his score would be close to zero. So how do we count if someone has blessed your life? do we count all the good things and leave out the bad? or do we have to consider weighting factors to put everything in perspective? Can someone be a blessing in your life for a period of time and then be a total curse on your life for another period?
I dont know if i made a mistake or not. But I picked up the phone to call him. I guess my instinct was to tell him how i recount him as being a huge blessing in my life at some point. Lambchops really encouraged me and said it was the bigger thing to do. Bad news is that he was at dinner, most likely with her, and he told me he would call me back. Didnt feel anything when i heard his voice but felt a slight pang when i thought he might be with her. after that i spoke to KingCrab about the what happened, and he gave me this long speech about how I made a mistake and i should really do some damage control and pretend to ask him a stupid question when he calls back. His takeaway statement was "Don't light a fire you cannot control". Basically, i might end up hurting myself again. Do I really need to make him feel better about himself? I'm tired of being cold and telling myself to hate him and forget him. I mean i'm over him and totally dont want to get back with him, but must i hate him? Do i need to keep punishing him? the biblical thing is to forgive... its a sin not to forgive, did u know that? I really shouldn't be selective about the sins i refrain from committing. i think i've forgiven? How does one know for sure? Have you guys been watching Alias? remember when sydney said to vaughan "you never should have betrayed me"...priceless.
posted by Jamba Shrimp at 9:12 PM

mice problems
dangit... we keep finding dead mice in our back yard. there's a cat prowling the streets, munching on mice, decapitating them ... and them leaving them nicely lined up ... we are going in a clockwise rotation in getting rid of the dead mice. this time it's phoebe turn. after that it's mari and then it's me. hopefully when it gets to my turn, i can convince one of my guy friends to do the dirty job since most guys are eager to show their macho side *wink* dead mice is OK, decaptitated dead mice is NOT OK.
i had a good day catching up on work and burning some CDs and writing to my best friend. still blasting corrinne may... makes me miss my mum so much.
countdown to matrix rev: T-02 days
posted by Jamba Shrimp at 2:22 PM

countdown to matrix rev:T-3 days
Thanks to Jay Chao, we will actually be catching it at some IMAX theatre somewhere. and thanks also to apricot yogurt that i will actually have a ride there!!!
posted by Jamba Shrimp at 6:50 PM

nyc baby
2 music videos in <24 hours. not pretty. hecka tired with major backache. Anyways, heres the link to the NYC video. Enjoy... the quality is quite bad but i had to limit it to 15mb because of the limited webspace. ANyone know of somewhere where i can host these videos for free, please let me know? If you want the 50mb version, u can request a CD version ;)
posted by Jamba Shrimp at 5:02 PM

corrinne may
Anyone heard of her? KingCrab sent me some of her songs last night and man, I LOVE 'EM! Especially "Fly Away" and "Same Side of the Moon". She also writes some christian song in additional to the love ballads. Definitely a worthy check-out.(p.s. She's a singaporean singer/songwriter based in L.A.) Sounds very much like bay area's own Vienna Teng. Starting off my day just lounging and listening to her songs. Great morning after a pretty gruelling midterm yesterday... taking it easy for awhile.
posted by Jamba Shrimp at 8:24 AM

music video I
I decided to make lambchops a music video as another part of her birthday present. A collage of clips taken while I visited her at purdue, sorta serves as a down-memory-lane type thing for her as well. Really liked NSync's rendition of "when you wish upon a star" but the song was way too short. Thanks to King Crab, I now have a new song for her video which is.... *drumroll*... i'm sorry, you'll actually have to download the video to find out! ;) Get Lisa's birthady story music video here, and here only!
Wanted to work on the NYC video as well but I still dont have U2's "where the streets have no name" (sorry jal chips). If anyone has it on mp3, can you please please send it to me? I"m swearing off kazaa forever.
posted by Jamba Shrimp at 12:02 AM

midterms again?
yes, i have a midterm tmrw night. This vicious cycle never seems to end. Thank God I only need 9 courses to graduate in my program and I've done away with 4 this semester. With God's grace I'll fly through this program. Now currently in Indiana spending thje weekend with Lamb Chops! Happy birthday Lamb chops! We had a really fanch schmancy birthday dinner thanks to the hostesses Sarah and Heather. Food was yumyumyum and presentation was A+++. Video from this weekend should be available soon too. A couple of us shared to get LAmb chops a mpio mp3 playa which is super hype. With expandable SD slot as well! all that for 109. Anyways back to studying. will be bacj in SJC tmrw. If you're wondering how I manage to fly so much, thanks to the good people at NWA and UA for their excellent mileage programs. *wink*
posted by Jamba Shrimp at 4:01 PM