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| iMovie of the Month | | Date Created: Nov 15, 2005, 11:52 PM |
I received a great email from my sister Lillie over in Florida today that led me to create a new section on my personal site: iMovie of the Month.
This month's selection is viewable by all, and is a short iMovie created by Lillie to celebrate the adventures of her adorable little puppy. The movie gave Lil a chance to use all of the skills she's learned on her new iMac G5 computer to put together a little movie using stills, videos, and a song purchased from iTunes.
I'm very proud to share the video with you. Make sure you have a look at:
Lil's Video: "SweetPea's Adventures
(below, the star of the month)
Thanks for the great video, Lil, and thanks for sharing it with us! |
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| The Mailbag | | Date Created: Apr 23, 2005, 10:59 AM |
I've gotten a few more notes from you folks out there. Keep 'em coming.
Have you written me and gotten your letter bounced? Sometimes Spam filters work too hard. If so, try writing me by clicking here.I love hearing from you, so please don't be shy!
Here are some recent notes I received:
Mike (in Japan) writes:
Hey Tony!
How are you doing! Thanks for the pics! It was great
to see some friendly faces! I miss all you guys
tremendously!
Hey, I just wanted to tell you that I enjoy your
website. I especially enjoy your posts about NYC. It
was great to read about the snow storms. Also, the
post about geeks was great. It was really interesting
to read some of the comparisons that you were making
to Autism and Aspergers. If you're interested, there
was a great murder mystery novel where the main
character has Aspergers. It's called "The curious
incident of the dog in the night time". I can't
remember who the writer is but it was a fun read.
Anyway, talk to you soon!
Mike
Thanks, Mike, it's always great to hear from you, and we're always keeping you in mind. Mike is keeping his own online journal of his experiences in Japan. You can find the link to the left of this page. Those wondering what he's writing about, check out the Drivel section for a rant I did on the meaning of Nerds. Mike, I also did a search on the book you mentioned: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" by Mark Haddon.
Lillie in Florida wrote a couple of times (thanks, Sis!):
Hey kid, (here is a website for an) old, old friend of my from my
junior high school days. He has a website and he also served in Vietnam in the 60's - He also wrote a book about his experiences in vietnam. I hope you visit them.
thanks.Love ya, Lillie
Thanks Sis. I always appreciate hearing about other websites, particularly when it's about someone you might know. Those interested should check out Eddie Blanco's website here. And read his fascinating Vietnam Diary here (based on his book).
Lillie also wrote:
hey kid, keep 'em coming. I just read your weblog and can't get enough of
your countdown to the last one. thanks for keeping me entertained. I think the
"force" is always with you!. love ya lil
Thanks again, Sis. Well, I hope more of you are being entertained. I know it's been an overload of Star Wars, lately, but I'm having so much fun sharing the memories and celebrating the Saga, that it's hard to stop. As of this weekend there are about 3 and a half weeks left. I'll have to step up on the reminiscing to get it all done in time. In the meantime, I've been absorbing the latest movie through all of the books and magazines that I can get a hold of. I am super psyched about it all, and am really looking forward to May 19th.
And for those of you new to this site, I'm not only interested in SW. I do have other things going on, but I've decided to just have fun for a few weeks and let the Force reign for a while. I hope it's been entertaining.
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| Your SW Memories | | Date Created: Apr 10, 2005, 10:41 PM |
Lillie also wrote in with her own Star Wars memories.
The way I remember Star Wars is:
I was working in Manhattan, (where) there was a movie theatre
across the street (the Grammercy Theatre). Sometime in 1977 a new movie
showcased at the theatre called STAR WARS. I passed by this place each and everyday looking at the marquee and thinking Star Wars - how could "stars" have "wars"? I thought it was a governmental thing - "War" - "Star" - I know we are (always) fighting aliens, so I thought of tanks and armor and grenades and battlefields filled with smoke and loud bombs.
One day in the summer, a young co-worker asked me about my kids,(Terry-Luz, who was 7, and David, who was 5). She said "I just saw this really great movie across the street you should definitely take your kids to see it. There has never been a movie like it! " When she realized my kids were so young, she said "maybe the seven year old, but anyway they will probably enjoy it!"
I thought, 'a government movie?' . Anyway I didn't pay any mind until I got
the People magazine with C3PO on the cover and remember hearing on the news
that there was this special movie out - nothing like it existed. I remember
calling you and telling you I had a new magazine for you with this robot on it
and thought you would like it. After that, I don't recall the day to day moment to moment details as to when we or you had actually seen the movie.
It was and still is an exciting movie and am amazed on how different it was
back then. Just thought you would like to know how I recall the first encounter of my
Star Wars experience.
By the way, I remember your sister telling me the same thing about "The
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| Mem'ry and the Brain | | Date Created: Apr 10, 2005, 10:41 PM |
Lillie wrote in with some interesting comments on recent entries:
I read your blog and it confirmed what I already and always knew - our memories are made up. When we are recalling times we put into it what we really wanted to happen. If it was a bad time, we make it "badder". If it was a good time, we make it (better) by adding thoughts and feelings we really wish had happended. I do it all the
time. Sometimes my kids recall something (and there are three of us present)
and they tell me "it happened this way" and I of course remember it being
totally different.
I guess a memory is what emotions we were experiencing at the
time of the event- maybe we had too many other things going on to recall an
event exactly the way it happened and of course there is the passage of time - our
brains (or my brain anyway) can only accept limits of information before we
turn them into times to recall. There are moments I recall that were happy or sad to me and I am wondering if they were the right feelings to (have) at the time.
My point is, I'm glad you found your journal! It is so important to write things down while you are experiencing them, so that ten, twenty or even a year later it will be a truer reflection of what actually transpired.
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