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unexpected update

Jan 24, 2002 //

I had expected by today to be at the new URL. Unfortuntately due to poor form logic and UI I missed the button for “free hosting” so I have to call their sales office tomorrow and square things with them.

I do have my new glasses and my new ‘do. Suprisingly, or not so, I don’t look all that different. I know a lot of people who are going to be disapointed. The hairdresser, heavily recommended by Jenny, thought that I looked good with longer hair and worked to clean up what I had rather than take a lot off. She even kept it longer than I had planned. Don’t get me wrong, it’s an improvement. Just not what I expected or what most people did for that matter. Some days I just feel boring.

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i always knew it!

Jan 3, 2002 //

After seeing this one on heather’s site I had to give this a shot. I should have known what I would get:

What Video Game Character Are You? I am Kung Fu Master.I am Kung Fu Master.

I like to be in control of myself. I dislike crowds, especially crowds containing people trying to kill me. Even though I always win, I prefer to avoid fights if possible. What Video Game Character Are You?

Of course it said that if I wasn’t a kung fu master, this is who I’d be:

What Video Game Character Are You? I am Mr Do.I am Mr Do.

I am sedentary by nature, enjoying passive entertainment, eating when the mood takes me, and playing with my food. I try to avoid conflict, but when I’m angered, I can be a devil – if you force me to fight, I will crush you. With apples.

Fear my apples!

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first blood…

Nov 28, 2001 //


Check out a larger version of Heather’s suggestion for Matt:2002

Wow. Within two hours of the blog yesterday I got the first entry from my friend Heather! She’s definitely pushing a GQ thing… She also sent me this picture of the glasses she added to my picture. Any thoughts? Comments? (I really need to get that feature running) Or better yet, any other submissions? Check the blog below for detail!

not so talkative robert

Last night I was in Syracuse attending a Q&A session with Kevin Smith! Yup, Mr Mallrats-Clerks-Silent Bob-Daredevil-Green Arrow himself. It was a cool experience. Kevin started around 7.45 and finally stopped at about 11.30pm. Half the audience had left (thankfully it seemed to be the half that asked dumb questions) by the end. Highlights included a call to Jason “the Pimp Master” Mewes (also known as Jay) and Smith calling a girl from the audiences’ estranged boyfriend to help them get back together. In both cases the people responses were shared with the audience by pressing the phone up to the microphone. He told a lot of stories, dealt with tons of hecklers and stupid questions (hour one pretty much was Smith vs. every jackass in the audience), and shared a little wisdom. He also showed a video of outtakes from Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. Or rather he let it play while he snuck out for a quick smoke. All and all the night was a lot like his movies: undisciplined, a little too long, lots of genitalia jokes, a lot of heart and some flashes of brilliance.

While I didn’t get to meet him after the show, I did ask a question that caused us to have a short conversation during the show. Thankfully I stopped before the audience turned on me. Other people who did the same thing later in the night were not so lucky. Last month it was Rollins. This month Smith. I can only wonder what December holds.

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talking turkey

Nov 15, 2001 //

On Sunday I purchased a 21lb turkey for Saturday. I did this kinda blind, meaning I wasn’t quite sure how large the pot was. So the first thing I did when I got home was to confirm that it did in fact fit (it did). Phew….! So far so good. Now Saturday just needs to be a good day and the turkey needs to defrost (which it’s doing in the fridge.

The news from home: As I had mentioned in an earlier post, the party this weekend was a dry run for convincing my family to let me deep fry a turkey for Thanksgiving. I had expected this to be an uphill battle. That was up until the conversation I had with my mother this weekend:

Matt: (Dials the phone… ring, ring)

Mom: (picks up) Hello…

Matt: Hi Mom, how are thing?

Mom: Good… You’re the talk of the town. Everyone’s excited about the deep-fired turkey for thanksgiving!

Matt: What…?

Mom: I renege. Everyone I talked to said how great it tastes. So I’m looking forward to it.

Matt: Wow! That’s great! I didn’t think it would be this easy… Wait a sec… “Everyone you talked to…???” Oh I see what happened. You were in the teachers lounge and started a conversation with ‘Guess what the dopey son in Rochester want to do now? Get this: he wants us to deep fry a turkey for Thanksgiving! And he bought a turkey deep fryer! Is that the craziest thing you ever heard? Sometime I really wonder about that one.’ And as soon as you finished that people around the table looked at you and then someone said ‘Actually I’ve had it before and it’s really, really good.’ Some other folks probably agreed. And since you said the talk of the town I’m guessing that you tried the same things at a couple other places and they all ended up siding with me. And that popular opinion, not your faith in your son, swayed your vote.

Mom: (silence)

Matt: well…?

Mom:mayyyybbbbeeeeee…

Don’t get me wrong. I love my family and my mother, but they definitely think that I’m the radical one. For the most part they’re right. I definitely march to a different beat than they do. Which is fine. I just thought it was funny that one of Mom’s plans backfired on her. :-)

Oh, one other quick thing. I have been meaning to ask Jenny to make a cartoon representation of me. Sadly, Tina beat me to it. But rumor is that there is Jenny has created versions of a bunch of people including me!

Tune back tomorrow for the first audience participation event on my blog!

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turkey update still to come

Nov 13, 2001 //

The Turkey update will be posted a little later today. In the mean time check out kodak.com. I’m the Picture of the Day again! In fact the next few days are going to be all be my work. I do realize that this would be a lot more impressive if I didn’t work for kodak.com. Don’t rain on my parade, ok? Actually, today’s picture is one of the best shots I think I’ve ever taken! Check it out…

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