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May
21, 1998
the internet
I realized today that I'd been accessing the internet for 5 months now, which to me is not a long time, but with the websites I've created on the web thus far, I've pretty much accomplished alot. Which also means I've been pretty much addicted to my computer ever since I've gotten it as our family's x-mas present to ourselves. Though I'm on it several times throughout the day ( I go back and forth between errands, taking the kids to school and drum practice ), my sons are on the computer as well playing educational software and games. My boys also get on the web to check out the Titanic website, Snoopy's Dog House, and Yahooligans. My wife gets on the web to check out her horoscope, weather forecasts, and general health and beauty. She still doesn't want to put up her own web page, and I'm still trying to convince her to do so with my help. My poetry writing is coming along fairly smoothly. I don't really have writer's block so to speak. I am able to write, right away, when of course I have the chance to do so. Now that my poetry site is pretty much established design-wise, I can go ahead and concentrate on adding more content to the site. My main concern with web design is to walk the fine line between a graphics laden site and a very minimalistic site with very few graphics, etc. I'm trying to explore that now with my sites, and I feel I've been able to come to a compromise between the two, at least I hope. Tonight we went to the movies and saw Robert Redford's The Horse Whisperer, and I must confess it brought tears to my eyes. I mean I can pretty much handle any tear jerker movie, but let me tell you, this one got to me. The tragedy of the girl and her horse at the very beginning of the movie really took me by surprise. You kind of see it coming but as far as intensity, It was completely devastating. This is one of those excellent motion pictures that contain some beautiful cinematography and poetic imagery, a well told story, and with both a happy and a tragic ending. All and all, a great movie. I think Robert Redford is great, yet seemingly underated as a director, but he's done a wonderful job here. The young actress, Scarlett Johanssen, playing the girl overcome by tragedy was excellent and gave a very moving performance. I hate these kinds of movies, because afterwards I have to walk out of the theater hoping no one will be able to tell I was crying. Oh well, so much for my machismo!
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