Ramblings

Well, how is everyone? Good I hope. I am doing alright. Work was kind of a pain tonight. They put me in girls, which was fine, but the the girl who was supposed to work in boys didn't even show up, didn't call or anything, so I got stuck w/that again. That irritates me, it is so hard to get both departments done in one night. I'm sure once I work there for a while, I will get faster, but right now it's too tough. Oh, today they had a store bbq and they raffled off some chairs tonight and I won one. It's like one of those camping type chairs that fold up and have cloth on them. I'm sitting in it right now. It's a perfect height for this desk and it's comfy. I usually don't win things, so I thought it was cool.

I work tomorrow and Sunday at the theater - not looking forward to it because it's gonna be hella busy. I have decided that I don't like the theater so much anymore...and that I would quit if I could afford it. The only perk is the free movie tickets; to know that I can go anytime I want and see a free movie is awesome. Maybe I'm just getting tired of concessions. I am going to try and train for the box office, maybe doing something different will help me feel better. I hate not wanting to go to work because then my attitude is just crap and I have to cover it up and be nice and that's hard to do sometimes.

I'm so excited - I officially get to go home...yay! I leave at 6am Monday morning (after work both jobs on Sunday) and I am coming back Thursday in time to go to work Thursday night. The best part is that I am driving my car back! I can't wait to see it! I'm just really looking forward to going home, seeing my friends and family and getting my car.

I've been thinking about going to the doctor and having them look at my foot. It has been bothering me for a while now. It started earlier this year and it would go away and come back. I'd have to say that it's probably been hurting since May or so. It's the top of my left foot. It's very sore and tender and hurts when I walk...and working has aggravated it more. I dunno what the doctor could tell me to do, I'm just tired of it hurting.

I saw The Terminal yesterday. It was good...not Speilberg's best, but good. And the movie has the best credits I have ever seen. I was reading at imdb.com and a lot of people thing Catch Me If You Can was worse than The Terminal, but I disagree with that. I thought Catch Me If You Can was an awesome movie....good music too. I dunno, I just thought that was interesting.

Fahrenheit 9/11

I figured I better post about this now because I know I will be too tired and lazy to do it after I get home from work.

I just got back from seeing Fahrenheit 9/11 and I thought it was good.  I am not a fan of Michael Moore and I probably wouldn't have gone to see it if I couldn't have gone for free, but none the less it was informative...and one has to assume that most of this is true, or why put it in a film for the nation to see.  I have always wondered why the U.S. was so focused on Iraq since 9/11.  I never understood why; I guess it was because they supposedly had weapons of mass destruction, though we now know they never existed.  The film gives a perspective of why the U.S. was so focused on Iraq and I thought it was interesting.  At risk of spoiling for those who still want to see this, stop reading here...but it was my understanding that it was because of all of the Bush connections to Saudi Arabia, including friendships and business interests, that kept the U.S. from focusing on Saudi Arabia, which is where most of the hijackers from 9/11 were from.  And because America would demand that something be done, they shifted the focus.  This is how I interpreted what Moore was saying.  And because Saudi Arabians have SO much money invested and involved in the U.S., it would have been "risky" to target them. 

Some parts of the movie were hard to watch, especially some of the scenes from Iraq.  Iraq hates America and I honestly can't say I blame them.  Who are we as a country to just go into another country and teach them our ways?  A very interesting thing the film said: Iraq has never been a part of a terrorist attack against us and Iraq has never murdered anyone from the U.S., yet we go in there and start attacking and killing a lot of innocent people. 

I am not sure how I feel about the film; It is definitely biased and is edited and spun in such a way that you walk out of the theater hating Bush and everything his administration has done.  I haven't liked Bush for a while and this film doesn't help, but I don't want to put all of my belief into the film.  I'm glad I went to see it and I feel more informed.  And I do recommend seeing it if you already haven't.

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Work the last few days has been decent.  I worked both jobs Friday and today.  Tonight, I was stuck with 2 departments to take care of, boys and girls.  That's hard to do in one night.  From working at Target, a few questions/annoyances have crossed my mind...

1) Why do people feel compelled to open packages when there is a picture on the front of what is inside?  (This is done with socks, underwear, undershrits, etc..)
2) Why do people take things off of racks, look at it and put it RIGHT NEXT TO the rack where they originally found it?  (It's not that hard to put things back where you found them.)
3) Why do parents let their kids run around like hellians messing up everything I have just fixed and/or getting in my way? (If you don't plan on watching your kids, just leave them home...it's not my job to watch them and tell them not to run or play 'hide and seek' in the store.)
4) Why don't people pick things up when they drop them instead of picking them up? (Clearance racks are the worst...and I wonder what some of these people's homes look like.)

Okay, I can't think of anymore - those are the big ones though.  Tonight I was hating people.  And I will admit that if it wasn't for people being like this, I wouldn't have a job, but come on. 

Target gave me my time off to go home, so hopefully the theater will do the same.

Damn, all I talk about is work anymore...all I got going on though.  I don't work at the theater all week, so it'll be nice to have some days off to do...well, nothing.  Maybe I'll bear the heat and go see a few movies this week.

I went to Target yesterday and bought this pack of body sprays from Calgon and they smell damn good.  Well, except the Peach one...not a big fan of peach, but I love them.  It was a good investment. *nods*

Music: The Beatles - I Feel Fine

Runaway Dodgeball

Had a pretty good day.  I hung out with two friends, we went to lunch and then we went to see Dodgeball, which was very funny.  I really like it.  Sometimes I'm really in the mood for just random comedy.  Gotta love Ben Stiller.

Tonight, I saw Runaway Bride for the first time.  It was good and cute.  Though, after watching it, I realized that I wasn't in the mood for a love story.  Not trying to sound pessimistic, just sad is all.  Wouldn't it be cool to have a love that could only be written about?  All of those amazing, sweet, funny things that can only be composed of in people's minds?  Maybe those things do happen in real life - and maybe I have a lifetime to experience something like that, but sometimes I'd really like to have it now.  It's just at my age, I think it's sad that I haven't come even remotely close to experiencing anything great.  I think that depresses me more than anything.  Oh well, such is the life that has been dealt to me so far - guess I'll just have to ride it out and see what happens down the line...

Cashierin' It

Work was so much better tonight.  Even though a good chunk of it was spent cashiering (is that a word?).  I always thought I'd like being a cashier, but turns out, it's not all it's cracked up to be.  But because I was cashiering, there were no customers to irritate me.  I think I actually had a good time at work. 

Spent a chunk of the day calling around for some car insurance.  I wound up getting a pretty good quote from 21st Century, so I went with them.  I wasn't going to sign up for it just yet because the car isn't even in my name yet, but the guy said I should just do it.  And because I'm weak and he was a guy, I went ahead and started the coverage.  I'm such a dork like that, I hear a guys voice and I get all stupid.  Anyways...

As suspected, I didn't go see any movies.  It was just too hot and I was just too lazy to walk.  I'm looking forward to tomorrow - I'm off from both jobs.  I think I'm gonna get up early and do laundry before it gets too hot and as for the rest of the day, who knows.

School starts in about a month - not quite ready for that...because I KNOW that month is just going to fly by.  Though, this semester is almost guaranteed to be better than last semester, so that ought to be nice.

Alrighty - I'm off to bed or something... :)

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Well look at Blogger being all fancy and confusing now.  I miss the old Blogger I signed up with.  Sometimes simple is better.
 
Anyways...
 
I registered for my classes today.  I was originally going to take 15 units, but then decided against it - 15 units and 2 jobs just wouldn't jive I don't think.  So, I am taking 12 units.  I am taking 2 Film classes and 2 American Studies classes.  The film classes are Censorship in Film and Screenwriting....and the American Studies classes are Adolescents in America and American Print Culture.  If I pass the 2 American Studies classes, my minor should be done.  I am going to try to get everything done in a year so I can graduate, but if it has to carry over to another semester, so be it.  I figure I might as well not kill myself trying to get everything done.  At the minimum it will be a total of 6 years to get my BA, so what's another half a year?
 
Wound up seeing Two Brothers yesterday.  It was a VERY good movie.  The story was cute and the tigers were so damn cute.  The movie itself was beautiful.  The color, framing and cinematography were awesome.  I was very impressed.  I also thought it was interesting that most of the people who worked on the film were French.  They seem to have some great movie making skills.  I also cried a lot.  A lot of time during movies, I will just get real teary-eyed or something but this time tears were falling.  I definitely recommend seeing it, though I know it's not everyone's kind of movie.
 
I am a little bummed because I have to work both of my jobs on Saturday.  The theater is just going to be busy and then I have to go to Target, which will probably be busy too.  But at least I can sleep in and rest on Sunday.  I don't work at the theater - I think I just work Sunday night.  Oh well, more hours, more $$.
 
I listened to the radio today - Merc called me this morning at 8am and told me that the radio station was giving away a chance to see 311 in Atlanta.  All you had to do was be one 5 callers when you heard a 311 song and you won the Greatest Hits album and a you were put on the "standby" list to get on the plane to Atlanta.  I think that would be awesome.  I've heard that Atlanta 311 shows just have an awesome vibe to them.  But, really....I am not lucky enough to win that.  It'd be kick ass though...

I figure it's time for an update...

Today was an alright day. I hung out with my friend Jillian from school. We saw Anchorman. I thought it was really good...pretty funny and there are quite a few cameos in it as well. I think I may go back tomorrow to see a movie. I'm thinking either Fahrenheit 9/11 or Two Brothers. It's really nice being able to go see movies for free, which is probably why I am seeing the ones that I am - otherwise I wouldn't pay to see them. Not $7.00 anyways. Oh yeah, Garfield was cute. I was disappointed, but I knew I would be going into it. Being the huge Garfield fan that I am, I felt obligated to go see it.

I did buy 311's Greatest Hits album. I feel like a much better fan now. Seems as though they're playing some awesome songs on this summer tour and I wasn't able to see them. They're even allowing fans to tape their shows now, which I think is cool. I'm in the mood for another concert - haven't gone to one since February. I know Live is playing on my birthday in Anaheim and I'd love to go see them, but I don't think I know anyone who'd go with me and it's just not as fun if you go on your own. Guess I'll look into it.

Work tonight wasn't that bad...my day was "eh" and when I got to work, they decided to put me in infants - which, I hate. So, I was thinking that my night was gonna blow, but it actually didn't. I got everything done and put away and I think my department looked great. I was really happy about that - it was the first time I've ever gotten everything in infants done.

As you can see, not much excitement going on. I'd like to go do something fun - I dunno, I've only been working for a month and already I'm tired of just working, coming home, and doing nothing else. But, I guess I don't have time for anything else either.

Music: A.F.I. - Silver and Cold

Thursday!!

I am so glad it is Thursday. I have been waiting for this day since Sunday. The last 3 days I have worked both jobs, which works out to being about 11 hour days...and I am tired. I must say I don't like doing both jobs in a day, but it means more money, which is a good thing.

Speaking of work, I got a warning yesterday at the theater. I guess my register drawer was short money. I am a little bothered by this because I obviously didn't take any money, but they still have to "punish" me because they don't know that. I think I may know why it was short and if I'm right, it was my mistake. So now I feel all weird because I'm going to feel like they're watching me closely and I certainly don't want them thinking that I could be a thief. Other than that, both jobs are going pretty well. At Target, they're beginning to give all of the new people their own departments to take care of. So far I've had shoes (which sucks), infants (sucks too), boys (easy), and girls. Girls really isn't bad - it's just messy because it gets shopped a lot. Last night I was in that department and I saw this 2 little girls - probably 1 or 2 and they were just taking clothes off the bottom racks and putting them in other places. It was kind of cute, but then not cute because I had to put it all away.

I haven't been doing anything else really. It kind of sucks. I mean yeah, I'm working but I don't get to go anywhere or do anything. Which, I guess is a good thing because it prevents me from spending money. :) Though, I AM going to splurge on one thing - 311's Greatest Hits. It is just uncalled for a fanatic like me to not have a 311 album that has been out for a month. For shame.

Alright, I gotta get going. I'm gonna go see Garfield..yay! I'm excited. :)

Music: Mario Winans - I Don't Wanna Know