adventures of a new mom juggling work and family

last night I finally watched the movie THe Matrix for the very first time... it wasn't something that ever interested me ... but after watching it I do have to admit it's a good movie...while watching the movie I began to think about how do we know what's real anymore??? after watching it I realized that perhaps having a virtual world isn't so far fetched after all... i mean with all the computer games and communities out there I truly believe that we are all beginning to live our lives virtually ... i went on second life the other day to check it out and realized that people are 'living' in this community - they are representing themselves with an avatar ( which by the way everyone here seems perfect) and they socialize, network, shop... everything you do in the 'real' world...
I searched the internet for the matrix and realized there are games based on the movie, communities, books, articles... even a wikipedia entry... people are really into this movie (actually all three- i didn't know there were three..)
I guess there's so much information about this movie because it makes us all wonder if what we're living now is truly real? and could we be overtaken by machines? I truly hope not... i wouldn't want to be harvested in a pod somewhere :)