So I've been MEANING to blog the past couple weeks. I even think to myself, "gee, I should blog about that". But then I don't, for reasons I've probably posted here before.
So, without further ado, here are some things I intended to blog about:
Getting temp jobs. 2 of them. Both for 2 days each. One at Union Pacific answering phones and attempting to answer detailed questions about their hiring procedures to anxious applicants after a half hour training session. It was interesting. The other was at ConAgra typing up a spreadshit and putting away crap. Apperantly ConAgra was supposed to have me for 4 days, but the stuff only lasted me two. I TRIED to go slowly, but I didnt' want to spend the gas to come back the next day for only an hour or so, so I just finished everything up. Apperantly they were so impressed at my speed that they called westaff to specifically compliment me. And I thought I was going slowly. Silly corporations.
Movies I've seen! Lady in the Water: Actually a very good movie. MUUUUUCH better than I thought it was going to be. Really, the whole movie is very well done. I must say, though, that I think M. Night casting himself as the writer who changes the course of history and dies for his beliefs was detracting, distracting, and annoying. You can just TELL how full of himself he is to put himself in that role. That AND the fact that the movie critic character is the one who's not only wrong, but he's so far off the mark that he nearly gets everyone killed. M. Night, stick to the story. That's what movies are for. They are NOT for your petty agendas.
Clerks II: Funniest damn movie I've seen in a long time. Anything else I would say would just be further elaboration on that.
District B13: I first heard about this foreign film in early May, and was really dissappointed that it wasn't showing in Omaha. Well, just this weekend, it FINALLY came out here! And I must say, watching hella hot french guys run around shirtless and kicking ass is pretty entertaining. I dunno how much Eric liked it, but the action sequences were incredibly exciting, and the story was quite a bit better and coherent that most action movies I've seen lately. That and angry french rap is actually really amusing. Oh, and did I mention that hot french guys kick ass?
AMC: Pisses me the fuck off . . . Not ONLY do they have the NERVE to charge $1.50 more than any other theater in the metro, but THEY DON'T HAVE MATINEE PRICES ON WEEKENDS! How fucking greedy can you get!? Ohhhhhhh, I hate that theater. And then they play the same 3 commercials over and over and over and over and over and over and over and OVER TILL YOU WANT TO BUST YOUR HEAD OPEN TO MAKE IT STOP before the movie starts. It just infuriates me that they're the only theater to show some movies in this area, so I'm FORCED to go do that god-forsaken place if I want to see a limited release movie. C'mON douglas theaters! I want to give you business, so just PLAY THE DAMN MOVIES!
God of War: is a damn good game. I thought it was going to be a mindless button-mash-fest, but it's actually more of an action oriented puzzle game. Most enemies don't just die from hitting them (well, they CAN, but you don't get bonuses unless you do a puzzle/mini-game to kill them, which is also flashier and looks cooler). That, and Claudia Black is one of the voice actors, so it's officially one of my favorite games now. Great gameplay, great difficulty scale, great soundtrack, great story, it's just great.
Oklahoma: I actually saw this musical for the first time this weekend. I enjoyed myself. The story was kinda . . . meh . . . the performance was decent, I just have issues with the musical itself. Gee, let's do a show about how outsiders are scary and they should die. Yeah, the "hero" sings a song where he tells the "villian" that he should go commit suicide so that people will actually like him. Really, I felt bad for John's character, but the characters are just so damn MEAN to him! It's not fair by any means. Anyway, I enjoyed myself, but I think Eric just expects too much, so he's always dissappointed. I don't expect high art from the Chanticleer, so I just try and enjoy what's there. That Denise lady is irritating as hell, though.
FFXI: So my brother and I level our characters together. But he's never around to level his character, which means that my character never gets any stronger. And all around me are people I play with all the time getting stronger and stronger, and I feel like I'm being left behind. It's so frustrating to watch someone whom you practically tutored in how to play the game max out his character before I'm any where close to it. And by the time Kelly gets back from vacation with his gf, rehearsals for BSB will have started so I won't have anytime MYSELF to get anything done. It's so frustrating.
Hmm . . . I can't really think of anything else to blog about that wouldn't be considered whining. So, I'll just dump that list here.
I'm sick of: Being overweight. yeah, it may not be that much, but I know that I can be in better shape. I've been in better shape before, and I felt good then, and now I feel ashamed of my physique.
Having acne. What am I? 14? When does this shit go AWAY?
Not being able to sing. Well, I can, but not as well as I wish I could. I want to sing along to music and not have to hear myself sound like shit.
Not having a job for more than one day.
Not being able to feed myself consistently.
Not being able to stop myself from over-eating when I actually get to eat.
Being lazy.
Living in my house where I have to clean up after 3 other people just to do something for myself.
And that about wraps it up.
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So I just got bitched at by my mother b/c I didn't move stuff in the basement she never told me to move. Isn't that lovely? And now that I'm winding down, about to do a mission with the FFXI gang, she expects me to jump up and drop everything and take care of it. Is it a lot of stuff to move? No. She just asks in the kind of way that pisses you off so you don't WANT to do it. If she had said, "Hey, can you move this in a few minutes so I can do something?" that would've been fine. But, no, she starts by telling me how I ignored her and didn't move it and how I never do anything she asks me, and can't I tear myself away from the computer for 5 minutes to help her out?
Yeah . . . that's the way to get people to want to help you . . . attack them . . .
God, I hate living here. I can't wait till I can actually afford to leave.
Eric 7/31/2006 11:43:00 PM
