10-13-2000 Friday

4:30pm
Yes I can see where anyone coming to my site at a cursory glance would think I'm totally self-absorbed.   All the pictures, screen captures, writing about myself all the time.  But more than being self-absorbed I think the fact of the matter is I'm just lazy.   It's easier to grab a few screen shots and write a few lines about what I've been doing than to actually sit down and try to be clever and write about interesting things.   

If you look back in some of my journal entries, especially the early ones, you'll see I did a lot more reflecting, a lot more thinking.  Then after a while I started to get really lazy and there were many lapses where I barely updated and if I did they were just very short entries.

Another factor was that I got sick of hearing people's comments. Any time I'd write something personal or emotional all these hordes of people would throw in their 2 cents and they would be completely off base.   Most of them seemed like they didn't even really bother to read the whole journal or just made up things in their own minds.

And then something that I realized today while driving to work... I think my creative juices have just dried up.  In the past it wasn't even an effort to write prolific, funny journal entries. They just kinda flowed out of my brain and out onto my keyboard.  Now I can barely muster up enough energy to update regularly.  

Fact is, I don't even feel that funny in real life.   Maybe I've just lost my sense of humor.  Could that be it?

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I was practicing making videos today and grabbed some still pictures from a few of the videos I made.

10-11-2000 Wednesday

6:30pm
So I got this funny email to day.   It's funny cuz Dave Lau and I have been talking about this show for the last couple of days. I was even going to write about it in my journal but forgot...

"Lorraine,

I was just wondering if you were in any way responsible, or perhaps the inspiration, for the new Tuesday night Fox Network series, "Dark Angel." I watched last night's episode and couldn't help but draw parallels between you and the gorgeous, leather-clad, motorcycle-riding, dark-haired star of the show Jessica Alba. I know that her descendants are Spanish and yours are Chinese, but beyond that the similarities are uncanny!

Kevin"

I'm flattered by Kevin's comments but I really doubt that I was the inspiration for this show.  But it's neat that he would think I was.   Is it because she rides the same motorcycle that I used to have?

I first saw this show last week but only caught the second half of it so I was a little lost.  But I thought it was pretty cool and I even went to the website to find out more info about it. Then this week they re-aired the two-hour premiere and I caught the whole show.  Even watched the second half that I had already seen the week before.  I told Dave Lau about it and he liked it too. The girl that plays the lead is really gorgeous.  I watched the second show in the series last nite.   It was good but not as good as the series premiere.

It actually occurred to me today that there are many similarities between the series and a James Patterson book I read last month.  It's called "When the Wind Blows".  It's a lot different from his other novels but it was pretty interesting for the most part.  The premise is that a lab has created these genetically engineered children that are stronger, faster, smarter than your average bear or human being.   And they've had their genes or DNA or whatever spliced with non-humans. In James Patterson's novel it's birds, in Dark Angel, she says she has cat DNA.  Another thing in common is that the main characters in both stories are named Max.  And they escape from their respective labs/prisons.  And they are searching for their brothers who are also superhuman.  Lot of similarities eh?

Anyway, the series premiere has intrigued me enough to put it on my weekly shows to watch.   I was just tripped out by the fact that Kevin thought there were parallels between the Dark Angel and myself.  Hey, I'm always up for a little butt-kicking. Hehe.

10-10-2000 Tuesday

6:50pm
I really like this shirt I bought this weekend.  I love the color and the graphic in the middle. Dragons are cool!

10-9-2000 Monday

11:50pm
I did my Taebo workout Saturday and Sunday!  Whew! The one hour advanced tape.  Pretty darn intense.   I haven't done it in ages but I knew I needed to do something cuz the weight gain was getting out of control.  I can feel the difference already. And today I did the 8 minute workout. I'm definitely going to try to keep this workout going.

Nobody called me this weekend to hang out.   I guess now that they have more women in the group now they don't need me anymore.

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