.:. Sun in Morning Fog .:. January 14, 2017

  • TTT Extended DVD – Pt. I

    We finally watched TTT Extended yesterday. It was good. The DVD’s played alright. Only one scene SEEMED to freeze, but it was a second and a half, which one, eek, can’t remember, but it went right into the next chapter fine. Further viewings will atest to the working of the extended version discs. Hmm, the…

  • Pumpkin Pie — Happy Thanksgiving!

    Happy Thanksgiving to All! It’s nearly over, a day of thanks and feasting. We are set to have pumpkin pie with real whipped cream in a bit, when the beaters chill off in the freezer enough to whip up the cream. Here’s the recipe for the pie, taken from Nourishing Traditions, (originally 1 pie) Pumpkin…

  • Holidays, Celebrations, Cold Weather

    We have our first forecasted freeze warning for the season tonight. We had Summer all over again last week. Now it’s back to Autumn weather, with the “close to Winter” stuff happening, nearly right on time. Nov 15th is the normal “first freeze” date for this area of the South. Puts one in the mood…

  • Encyclopedia Wiki Style

    en.wikipedia.org/ Cool link. A Wiki Encyclopedia … and no ads. More than cool. If you don’t know what a Wiki is, it might be a bit confusing. It’s worth knowing what a Wiki is though, it’s a growing trend to find good resources in a Wiki format. I’m not the one to explain a Wiki…

  • The Great Music – “Classical”

    The Classical genre is my favorite type of music … and I love many of periods that are generally called “Classical” by the masses. Right now I’m listening to Tchaikovsky’s Serenade for String Orchestra in C Major, Op. 48. It’s done by the Chamber Orchestra of the St. Petersburg Conservatory. I’m not claiming this is…

  • The Matrix: Reloded on DVD

    Reloded came to theatres in March. We didn’t go. Movies are expensive when young children are involved. It’s just plain easier to wait for the DVD to come out to see the flicks we want to see. So between then and now, the most heard thing was “the sex scene in The Temple”. What a…

    2 responses to “The Matrix: Reloded on DVD”

    1. Tamara Avatar
      Tamara

      Sure, we’ve seen worse too [s*x scenes]. (And, heard worse.) But, we were really hoping for another “clean” movie. We aren’t prudes…the build up (in our own minds) was there anticipating it being like the first in this regard. Perhaps we’re just getting “old”…we don’t like watching other people “make out” any more. (Not that we liked it before. lol 😉 We’re just more and more conscious of it and more openly opinionated against it. Reminds me of the C/A cover comments…these things just weren’t *necessary* [to produce a good movie]. Doesn’t matter what “camp” you are in…proven by the first!) Sure, it was “more of the first” in other areas. But, all those things are what made the first good to begin with. That was not a problem. We could have gotten the idea had a couple of the fight scenes been a bit shorter… I didn’t mind the love thread being thrown in there as that’s a “given” but it leaned a little too much to sentimentalism for me. That’s part of the whole choice thing though right? Emotion vs. Reason. I don’t like gooshy but I can see how it fits. I’m a bit preturbed at being told the Oracle is part of the “program.” I want her to be “real”…a female Morpheaus so to speak. Didn’t like the “Trekky” feel of the counsel thing. The actor for the the counselor wasn’t very convincing. The storyline is there but seemed a bit choppy. Oh well. Everyone’s a critic right? 🙂 All in all, we were disappointed. Now that it has been a few days, the dissapointment has lessened and, although I can’t say I’m looking forward to the next one as I did this, I can say I’m now interested enough to find out how it is resolved. (If it is! Don’t they just love to leave you hanging?!) I certainly haven’t been this wrapped up in a movie (or two) for a long time. That must say something positive for it. 😉

      This isn’t the first time you and I have disagreed on movies. 😉 But, I’m still glad to be aquainted with you and like reading your thoughts. 😀

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    2. Marysue Avatar
      Marysue

      Tamara,

      Thanks for your thoughts as well.I don’t think we disagree so much, just that I’ve put a different spin on what this movie was, the mid point, and what the next one is, the ending.

      I am not sure at all that any of the people in the movie were real, or that some of them were not. If that makes sense! Like the oracle … perhaps there is a real one in the battery section, or in “the real world” and that what was in the first movie was her “matrix” version. Perhaps in this second movie it was an “imposter oracle”. Perhaps.

      I did not say the beginning part of what I had to say to excuse the sex scene, just that, for a NON-Christian movie, it wasn’t that bad, and that the out cries I’d heard had prepared us for almost “REAL s*x onsreen” in the end we didn’t think it would be that bad, the only reason we got the DVD. If we thought it’d be that bad, no way. So then, at least the talk about the thing itself totally misreantind it. The “Temple” was very weird. It is part of what I was saying in the post, about the “non God” world … so the love stuff in it was there, yet not, just nearby and it wasn’t like it was “church” there. It was a mass of people torn and huddled to live together, what will they do? Create something to tie them together, some kind of religion … not Christianity though. Can’t have that without Christ. I sure don’t expect any movie to expouse Christ and His Kingdom … though as much as they TRY to ignore it, it’s themes are ever present in any movie … to one dergree or another. This movie has a very philosophical/relicials feel to it.

      So anyhow, some of the stuff you said, about the fight things, they were long. But they made sence in the perspective of “Showing us what Neo was made of” He was incredibly able to defend off many foes at the same time. Not normal even in the Matrix for any of the Agents or the liberated Rebulls coming back into the Matrix on their own terms, so they think.

      So this ends up being a movie that has a hero that isn’t so sure he is that hero, but shows what he is made of, and that he does things that makes him the hero, he isn’t the hero by smarts of what to say or what to ask. Just DO when it’s time, and he does it. But when it comes to “Choice” it makes him an un-action man. It stops him in his tracks and he gets stuck. It’s why I think he went into the Mainframe and believed the architect. I am thinking totally that it’s all a lie. It’s not true … the prophesies ARE true. The architect is the one “Controling” perhaps it’s someone else, but he’s not “God” and can’t control what’s meant to be. It’s his last futile effort to stop the rebellion from changing his world and theirs. Tell them a lie, if they believe it, they’ll change their own actions and ways of thinking, it will defeat them in the end. Make them think that this happens over and over … none of it’s real. He’s the one in control, … ha. I bet he’s not. THAT is why it wasn’t a dissapointment to me. Cause I can think that stuff until the next movie comes out and proves mre right or wrong or any degree inbetwind.

      I’ve watched the movie twice this week. I develop more thoughts about it the more I see it. I’ll be writing more, and surely will see fit to alter or change entirely some things, or all things that I’ve thought, whether written or not.

      So that said, I am not excusing the s*x stuff. I don’t like it either. Just not expecting them to be how C/A should, since C/A claim Reformed Christianity as their basis, but The K brothers don’t in the Matrix movies. I sure would love for movies to “clean up”, it’s not an easy topic.

      It’s dinner time, and I’ve written enough for now!

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  • Jane Austen

    I’ve loved all the Jane Austen novels brought to “life” as movies the past several years. I admit openly here that I’ve never read one of them. Finances being tight, since I’ve been compelled to actually read the stories of late, I only recently was able to come into contact with a volume that I…

  • Death

    One of my cats died last week. It was horrific, finding her unable to move herself, except that she could move her head and body a bit, but not get up and walk or anything. She died within a few hours. It was so emotional for me and our two eldest children. Of course my…

  • The Two Towers DVD – PT II

    We returned our second copy of TTT DVD a few days ago. I didn’t open until yesterday, just not wanting to find disappointment with it [see previous post and comments]. So I waited until I was curious enough not to be thrown off by the result it would bring about. I chose to select a…

    One response to “The Two Towers DVD – PT II”

    1. Marysue Avatar
      Marysue

      That [Safari on OSX] could be the problem. Most of the visitors I get use IE or Netscape or another Mozilla client. Is the stylesheet not loading at all, or are things on the stylesheet not working right in your browser? However much you can tell me can get me looking to see if there is a solution.

      Have you tried another browser to see if the same thing happens?

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  • WANTED: Boy hair styles, thanks, that’s all

    I’m tired of it. I’ve looked for 10 mintues and come up with nothing but trash. Ever search [online] for photos of boy hair cuts? Or boy haircut? Or hair styles for young boys? Add photo and interchange any of the words with each other and get all the same disgusting links back. ICK! I…

    14 responses to “WANTED: Boy hair styles, thanks, that’s all”

    1. jen Avatar
      jen

      its crazy , wanted a new haircut for my five year old son and got TRASH what is this crap? all these links to porn what is haircut a code word for pedophile?

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    2. der Avatar
      der

      I also tried to find pix for haircut ideas for my sons and found the same trash. Very sad. One site that was helpful was www.Niata.net. Lots of photos of just hairstyles.

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    3. Marysue Avatar
      Marysue

      Thanks Der. That site actually does have some good photos, and better yet, the text description of each kind of cut you can think of for a guy at a barber shop.

      Alas, still the photos didn’t help me too much, but I did see, from a link there to somewhere else, I think it was, a good side view of a bowl cut that dips lower in the back … and that’s what I suppose I’ll aim for doing with my 7 year olds hair. I’m letting it all grow out and just keeping it trimmed in front so it doesn’t “sheepdog” him. 🙂

      I’m going to see about doing a better bowl cut for him this weekend. Thanks again for the link!

      This page has be very popular all of a sudden, looks like many people are looking for boy hair cuts.

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    4. my three sons Avatar
      my three sons

      Thank heaven for Marysue’s posting. I was just searching for styles for my 3 year old and got all porn sites. What’s up with that? Guess I’ll buy a book.

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    5. Marysue Avatar
      Marysue

      I’ve concluded I really need a book too. I didn’t do anything with my 7 year olds hair this weekend afterall. If I want to do the bowl cut that goes further down in the back, I want more hair than he has there thus far. Maybe he has enough, but then again, maybe I really want a different haircut.

      Oh the difficulties of home hair cutting, it’s just so not done. I don’t know anyone that does it taking into account my regional aquaintances.

      I’m amazed to think about how I’ve kept to this one bowl cut type style, and one buzz cut a few years ago. It’s what I’ve done with no training, no pictures, just “I know I’ve seen this around on other boys, here’s my adaptation”. My confidence was nil for the first trim at 1 year old, my friend on a trip did it, then I did more the next week at home, and adapted to this cut as soon as I could. I have total confidence now, but just no imagination to do anything else.

      A good photo layout book of boy’s cuts using scissors or clippers is what I really want. Anyone with particulars on such a beast? Nothing very pricey either. I know, that means there isn’t anything. Oh I hope that’s not so!

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    6. Mrs. W Avatar
      Mrs. W

      I found something to give us an good idea for our boys. They are MENS styles, but aren’t our little boys simply men who are still small? I mean really, the only difference is the size of their clothes and the price tag on their toys! LOL seriously, I got some really good idea’s looking at these styles! Good luck ladies!
      Mom W

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    7. Mrs. W Avatar
      Mrs. W

      DOH the link is right here!
      www.hair-news.com/ms1.html
      sorry, my bad!
      Mom W.

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    8. Mrs. W Avatar
      Mrs. W

      Gosh I found a really good one! This is a pic of the same guy with hundreds of different colors and styles super imposed over his own…but they did a really good job blending! I give this site an A+ for creativity and you don’t have to put up with a MILLION pop up -pain in the – ads
      hairstyles.virtual-hairstyles.com/virtual_hairstyles.asp
      I wish I could get paid for this kind of research, I seem to be pretty good at finding what I want on the internet! That should be a talent or at least a good job skill for SOMETHING! LOL
      ~Mom W.

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    9. Mrs. W Avatar
      Mrs. W

      Here are some pics of my kid with some cute styles:
      They are all on my personal server and copyrighted. Please do not use these photo’s for any commercial use other than to help you cut your kids hair. Thank you!
      amber.warrensphere.com:81/Aaron/strikeapose.jpg
      amber.warrensphere.com:81/Aaron/aaron2003.jpg
      amber.warrensphere.com:81/Aaron/Aaron4.jpg
      amber.warrensphere.com:81/Aaron/Aaron2002.jpg.jpg

      ~Mom W.

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    10. kristin Avatar
      kristin

      You should make a page where people can post pics of their kids hair cuts. We could share and help each other out. Wouldn’t take long for it to be fairly substantial.

      Reply
    11. Marysue Avatar
      Marysue

      Thanks Mrs. W.! Nice pictures and a really cute little guy.

      Kristin: I can’t create such a page on this site. Good idea, just won’t work. Links to others pictures can be posted though. No problem.

      🙂

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    12. Carol Avatar
      Carol

      Boy was I very disgusted with what came up when I was looking for haircut styles for my 12 year old boys. Is there not a limit in this world. Why do you think we have so many SICK PEOPLE. Because of our constitution.. Free speech!! Yea right…Cartoons now a days are nothing but fighting, video games-killing, toys-killing… God please hurry up and get here..

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    13. V Avatar
      V

      I went to Nianet, and there weren’t that many pics.
      Where are they all?

      Reply
    14. Marysue Avatar
      Marysue

      www.niata.net/cropshop/

      Find links to descriptions of hairstyles and photos under this section.

      Reply

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