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By kate on July 3rd, 2004

Yeah, I know this is a bit belated, but I wanted to put up my last couple of reviews… Garden State An indie movie with Natalie Portman can pretty much guarantee that I’ll go to see it. And I thought this movie was entertaining, but solidly mediocre. Portman and Zach Braff, who plays her love […]

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SIFF Journal #3

By kate on June 7th, 2004

Noise This black comedy stars Ally Sheedy and supermodel Trish Goff (in her first acting role). Joyce (Goff) is a young divorcee who moves into an apartment below Charlotte (Sheedy), who plays loud music at night, makes lots of noise, and drives Joyce nuts. I thought it was okay, but found Goff really distracting. I’m […]

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SIFF Journal #2

By kate on June 1st, 2004

B-Happy I really felt misled by the blurb for this film. It covers the last half hour or so of the movie… so I kept waiting for something to happen rather than watching what WAS happening. Bad PR aside, the movie was OK but not great. It reminded me of how I felt about Girl […]

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SIFF Journal #1

By kate on May 24th, 2004

This year I decided to commit to seeing a bunch of movies at the Seattle International Film Festival. I’ve seen varying amounts of movies in past years, but it’s been a while since I’ve really done the Festival. Since I made my selections and got the tickets, I’ve been excited to start going. For my […]

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Odds and Ends

By kate on April 23rd, 2004

First, I finally updated my website! There isn’t very much exciting, especially if you read this journal and generally know what’s going on with me. But, just in case you’re interested, you can start at my What’s New page. Also, here’s a little something to light up your day: http://www.ibiblio.org/jmaynard/TRONcostume/

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What I’m Up To

By kate on April 22nd, 2004

I’m still enjoying my job, which has a core of tech support, but since I have a number of different skills, I’m always getting to do projects for various people in the company, so I have lots of variety. I’m also in charge of the company’s CRM system, so I get to sink my teeth […]