Friday, February 29, 2008
Good music
I'm currently loving Lily Allen's "Alright, Still." Check it out, if you haven't already.
Saturday, February 23, 2008
Now in cinemas
I was just thinking about the movie industry, and then I realized the Oscars are this weekend. Chalking it up to serendipity, I thought I'd write was I was thinking about.
I've been wanting to see Cloverfield. I was very very careful to avoid spoilers. I know nothing about it, really, even though I did happen across a photo online of a prototype collectible action figure of the monster. Dammit. I hit "back" on my browser real quick. I'm hoping it wasn't real.
Anyway, since I don't work on Fridays, and Eric does, and since he never wants to go to the movies, I thought I'd go see it today. Either that or U2 3D. I had my mind made up for me when I discovered that Cloverfield isn't playing in Johnson City any longer.
How long has that movie been out? Like, a month? What is it with the Opening Weekend Phenomenon? Has DVD really made such a difference that movies only run for a few days before being pulled from the cinemas?
I think back to the '80's, and even the early '90's, the heyday of the VCR. Movies still played for more than a week then. I used to see movies I liked more than one time. I think I saw Ferris Bueller's Day Off seven or eight times at the cinema. As late as the '90's, I went to see Pocahontas at least three times. You can't do that now- unless you see it twice on opening day and once the very next day.
Anyway, it's not about seeing things multiple times that I'm writing. It's that I wish the distributors would allow things to play a bit longer, so that wishy-washy people like me, who don't decide to go see something till they've heard about it from others who have seen it, will actually have the chance to see the movie!
Oh, and I didn't see U2 3D. I was productive and painted the kitchen cabinets instead.
I've been wanting to see Cloverfield. I was very very careful to avoid spoilers. I know nothing about it, really, even though I did happen across a photo online of a prototype collectible action figure of the monster. Dammit. I hit "back" on my browser real quick. I'm hoping it wasn't real.
Anyway, since I don't work on Fridays, and Eric does, and since he never wants to go to the movies, I thought I'd go see it today. Either that or U2 3D. I had my mind made up for me when I discovered that Cloverfield isn't playing in Johnson City any longer.
How long has that movie been out? Like, a month? What is it with the Opening Weekend Phenomenon? Has DVD really made such a difference that movies only run for a few days before being pulled from the cinemas?
I think back to the '80's, and even the early '90's, the heyday of the VCR. Movies still played for more than a week then. I used to see movies I liked more than one time. I think I saw Ferris Bueller's Day Off seven or eight times at the cinema. As late as the '90's, I went to see Pocahontas at least three times. You can't do that now- unless you see it twice on opening day and once the very next day.
Anyway, it's not about seeing things multiple times that I'm writing. It's that I wish the distributors would allow things to play a bit longer, so that wishy-washy people like me, who don't decide to go see something till they've heard about it from others who have seen it, will actually have the chance to see the movie!
Oh, and I didn't see U2 3D. I was productive and painted the kitchen cabinets instead.
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Gosh, I love my meds. Day 13 now, and I'm back to myself as of yesterday. Drinking much less- OK I don't have to get up early tomorrow. Shut up! Going to school this morning wasn't difficult. Staying up to read homework last night wasn't difficult. This morning, in fact, I was up a half-hour before I needed to be.
Eric has a new permanent job that pays decently, so he thinks we might ought to stay here a little longer than planned. We'll see. I think we need to get me that MFA and get me teaching. Professors don't make a lot, but they make a lot more than I do now, and a lot more than he does now. I think it's best for the future to do that. He's afraid he won't be able to find a decent job when we leave, but honestly, neither of us have ever had to search for more than a few months to find a decent job, and he'll have a degree by then. He says he was lucky. I say he's marketable and a good worker.
In other, more boring news, I got rid of the satellite TV service in a money-saving effort. Got rid of the DSL, too, and the phone. Moved it all to cable. Was going to save, like, $50 a month. But I wasn't happy with the cable TV. And I realized that probably 50% of what I watch is on broadcast since we got the HDTV. And the few cable-network channels I watched aren't worth the huge amount I was paying for them. So now we have cable internet, no pay-TV, and no home phone, and I'm saving, like $100 a month. And though I miss Doctor Who and Trading Spaces, that's about it. Yay economizing! I have huge antenna on the roof- that's enough.
That's all. Be good.
Eric has a new permanent job that pays decently, so he thinks we might ought to stay here a little longer than planned. We'll see. I think we need to get me that MFA and get me teaching. Professors don't make a lot, but they make a lot more than I do now, and a lot more than he does now. I think it's best for the future to do that. He's afraid he won't be able to find a decent job when we leave, but honestly, neither of us have ever had to search for more than a few months to find a decent job, and he'll have a degree by then. He says he was lucky. I say he's marketable and a good worker.
In other, more boring news, I got rid of the satellite TV service in a money-saving effort. Got rid of the DSL, too, and the phone. Moved it all to cable. Was going to save, like, $50 a month. But I wasn't happy with the cable TV. And I realized that probably 50% of what I watch is on broadcast since we got the HDTV. And the few cable-network channels I watched aren't worth the huge amount I was paying for them. So now we have cable internet, no pay-TV, and no home phone, and I'm saving, like $100 a month. And though I miss Doctor Who and Trading Spaces, that's about it. Yay economizing! I have huge antenna on the roof- that's enough.
That's all. Be good.
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Status Update
6 days into the meds. I think I may be over the hump- there's an initial period where sometimes you feel worse for a few days before you feel better. I felt worse yesterday than I have in a long time... and I feel better today than I have in a long time. SO there ya go.
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