[Angela]

Okay, I've home in bed with a cold, channel-surfing, so I finally watch "The Matrix." Mostly because you guys drop the odd Matrix reference around here. I got as far as the visit to the Oracle and the cat deja-vu before my brain shut down and I just wanted to take my blue pill (not THAT blue pill; my Nyquil, I mean.)

I read the wikipedia explanation of the movie so you won't spoil the plot for me, but please tell me: why does the Oracle say, sorry, Neo, you're not The One, maybe in another life. But then Neo turns out to be The One, right? He is fated to save the world (or at least all the pod people, yes?) So, who is this Oracle, and why does she give wrong information? And why would she give right information? How would she know? She's an exiled program?!? I don't get it. Why doesn't she just know who the One is without them coming for cookies? What's up with all the 'potentials'? That spoon-bender had a good line, but she was as annoying as Britney Spears speaking with an English accent. Okay, sorry; I think my cold medicine is kicking in.