Look, I write these things for myself... because *I* think they're interesting not to entertain you. What do you think I am, some kind of entertainment for you? Ha!
Glad I got that off my chest.
Went out to lunch with DubDub today. It was oh-so-nice. We had really good food at a local Italian eatery but it was on the expensive side. It was good but expensive. To recap: good but expensive.
I had her show up at the office so that she and L-girl could finally meet. L-girl told me later that she was 'shocked' to finally meet her -- I didn't tell her that DubDub was coming. L-girl said she was a 'pretty lady', which sounded kind of funny coming from her.
L-girl is convinced that her male supervisor is gay. He brought in his laptop to the office so he could copy some MP3 files for her. She was looking through the list of files when she noticed videos with names that had 'gay black' and 'gay thug' in the title. While he had stepped away, she 'accidentally' clicked on one of the videos. Let's just say that the files were not mis-labeled. I asked her "what do you care if he is gay?". She doesn't have a problem with it, she just thinks it's funny that he keeps denying it or is evasive about it. If someone asks me "are you gay?" I give a quick response of 'no'... he'll say something like "why do you ask?" or "I don't know..."
Saw 2 movies in the past week that are completely unrelated but didn't hit me the way I thought either one would. The first movie was 'Punch-Drunk Love' with Adam Sandler. I remember when I saw the commercials for this movie when it was coming to theaters, I thought it was a movie I'd like to go see. For one reason or another I did not see it then. It was playing on basic cable so I watched it. I can sum it up this way: "what a weird movie". That's a lot coming from me because I don't mind films that are a bit 'off kilter'. This one was just downright weird. I was hoping it was one of those movies that you have to watch all the way through to understand what the hell was going on. I watched it from end-to-end, uninterrupted, and it still didn't make sense. It tended to lead you down this plot line and then left you hanging there while it led you somewhere else, never explaining what was really going on. It ended up okay but left me a bit unsatisfied.
The second movie was "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe" -- winner for the longest movie title of the year. For some reason I remember *starting* to read this book but didn't remember all the details. I have a feeling this was an allusion to something but I didn't know the reference. At times, scenes looked like they were very low-budget special effects and others you could tell were carefully crafted. Sometimes actors looked like they were standing in front of a picture of the background as they recited their lines and other times the effects were so seamless you didn't even think about them. They did little to suspend disbelief in certain parts and yet I almost believed that beavers and wolves could talk. I thought it was just 'okay'... didn't really blow me away like I thought it would. I haven't seen any of the Harry Potter or Lord of the Rings films, so I can't really compare and contrast.
I was supposed to be going out of town over the coming weekend but work priorities will make that impossible. History will probably treat me harshly because of these actions but there's not much I can do about it now. If you're willing to reimburse my salary for that time lost, I'd come visit you instead.
I think I've said quite enough.
Glad I got that off my chest.
Went out to lunch with DubDub today. It was oh-so-nice. We had really good food at a local Italian eatery but it was on the expensive side. It was good but expensive. To recap: good but expensive.
I had her show up at the office so that she and L-girl could finally meet. L-girl told me later that she was 'shocked' to finally meet her -- I didn't tell her that DubDub was coming. L-girl said she was a 'pretty lady', which sounded kind of funny coming from her.
L-girl is convinced that her male supervisor is gay. He brought in his laptop to the office so he could copy some MP3 files for her. She was looking through the list of files when she noticed videos with names that had 'gay black' and 'gay thug' in the title. While he had stepped away, she 'accidentally' clicked on one of the videos. Let's just say that the files were not mis-labeled. I asked her "what do you care if he is gay?". She doesn't have a problem with it, she just thinks it's funny that he keeps denying it or is evasive about it. If someone asks me "are you gay?" I give a quick response of 'no'... he'll say something like "why do you ask?" or "I don't know..."
Saw 2 movies in the past week that are completely unrelated but didn't hit me the way I thought either one would. The first movie was 'Punch-Drunk Love' with Adam Sandler. I remember when I saw the commercials for this movie when it was coming to theaters, I thought it was a movie I'd like to go see. For one reason or another I did not see it then. It was playing on basic cable so I watched it. I can sum it up this way: "what a weird movie". That's a lot coming from me because I don't mind films that are a bit 'off kilter'. This one was just downright weird. I was hoping it was one of those movies that you have to watch all the way through to understand what the hell was going on. I watched it from end-to-end, uninterrupted, and it still didn't make sense. It tended to lead you down this plot line and then left you hanging there while it led you somewhere else, never explaining what was really going on. It ended up okay but left me a bit unsatisfied.
The second movie was "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe" -- winner for the longest movie title of the year. For some reason I remember *starting* to read this book but didn't remember all the details. I have a feeling this was an allusion to something but I didn't know the reference. At times, scenes looked like they were very low-budget special effects and others you could tell were carefully crafted. Sometimes actors looked like they were standing in front of a picture of the background as they recited their lines and other times the effects were so seamless you didn't even think about them. They did little to suspend disbelief in certain parts and yet I almost believed that beavers and wolves could talk. I thought it was just 'okay'... didn't really blow me away like I thought it would. I haven't seen any of the Harry Potter or Lord of the Rings films, so I can't really compare and contrast.
I was supposed to be going out of town over the coming weekend but work priorities will make that impossible. History will probably treat me harshly because of these actions but there's not much I can do about it now. If you're willing to reimburse my salary for that time lost, I'd come visit you instead.
I think I've said quite enough.