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Entries from October 2007

Band : Soccer Finals

October 28th, 2007 · No Comments

yea, we lost… but it doesn’t mean the band didn’t have any fun : ) ! Oh, and really, there weren’t that many of us there considering we were at the finals…<br>    

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Tags: Fun · Life · Pictures · Random · band

The Sea Inside ..: Post 3 :.. Camera Angles / Notes

October 28th, 2007 · No Comments

One of the most notable scenes was he first time Ramon went “flying” out of the window. There were two or three main shot types used.  When you saw Ramon at the end of the hallway, gearing up to run, he was at a medium shot. They then went from his point of view, running with some slight [...]

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Tags: English · Homework · School-related

Diving Bell vs. The Sea Inside ..:at a glance:..

October 28th, 2007 · No Comments

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly had many similarities and differences with The Sea Inside. Both memoirs are about quadriplegics. Jean-Dominique Bauby is a French writer for Elle, and naturally he goes about doing the one thing that he can do sitting there (with someone), write. Ramon Sampedro, a spanish man, lives in a similar way. Ramon [...]

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Tags: English · Homework · Life · School-related

The Sea Inside : Post 1

October 27th, 2007 · No Comments

My reaction: My reaction to this film is kinda neutral. Overall I would say this is a really powerful film, but I can’t really describe why. I think Ramon’s request to die was something that should have taken less time to fulfill. Yes, it was suicide, but Ramon was living in a state where he could [...]

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Tags: English · Homework · Life

Leopard Launch: Southdale

October 27th, 2007 · No Comments

As I said on friday and thursday, I wanted to post some pictures!! I didn’t get many, but I have a couple that might give you an idea of what the crowd was. Just click the thumbnails below to see ‘em.

And I also could give pics of Leopard from my [...]

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Tags: Life

Final Week, Post (Final Post, Essay)

October 26th, 2007 · No Comments

Mr. Hatten: I can not do all of the required formating on my blog because I don’t remember all of the HTML to do it. If you want a version of this in .doc format, email me or leave a comment.
Matt Norris
Mr. Hatten
English 10
11 October 2007
In Homer Hickam’s memoir, [...]

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Tags: English · Homework · Life · Reading (school) · School-related

Final Week, Post 1

October 26th, 2007 · No Comments

Here is my final summary for the rest of the book. I am going to apologize in advance for this not being as thorough as the others, but I read this section a week ago. This summary includes the main / key points and details.
Sonny is able to order the long tubing from the [...]

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Tags: Life

Apple Southdale pictures….

October 26th, 2007 · No Comments

well…I’m here 1hr early, and there are already 24 people in line. Apple is closed for the set-up of the computers, and the WiFi is still up (like always ). I figure I’ll post some pictures here from my MBP as I take’em. 

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Tags: Life

My Friday Night….

October 25th, 2007 · 2 Comments

I’ll be at southdale. Why? Tomorrow is the day Mac os X 10.5 Leopard is released…the next big thing since the iPhone!! Good thing they will have web access there so I can do my english in line…

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Tags: Fun · Life · Random

More Forum Construction…Finally Getting Results!!

October 21st, 2007 · No Comments

Well… now that it’s been about a week without my forums being available I’ve finally seen results!! I was able to sucessfully restore 99% of the forums to the previous state..and the only things missing are avatars and the RC7 update (you know, the one that caused all of this is the first place)! Today, [...]

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Tags: Development · Forums · Fun · Life · MNT stuff · Random