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You've Come to the Right Place  I am officially done with the show. The season premiere Tuesday was a complete disappointment, I am happy to know that JD and Elliot got married and are expecting their first child together, but otherwise I was very unhappy. I am also upset to read today that Judy Reyes, who played Carla, is not coming back to the show. From now on, I shall only enjoy you in reruns. Thank you for the first seven seasons and parts of the eighth. Now you are just past your prime. You should have taken a cue from "Battlestar Galactica". Sincerely, Me Current mood:  busy.Current music: John Mayer - "Battle Studies". So yeah...I haven't been keeping up on here like I promised. Truth is my life has been pretty boring of late. I keep saying I'm going to get another job but I haven't. I keep saying that I am finally going to clean the closet and recycle all the old electronics (I've started on the second one). Truth is, I think since it is now December I've decided to just wait until the new year (at least about the job). Sometimes I kick myself for quitting my other job early but other times I think it was the best decision. I have also been catching up on books lately. In the past two months or so I've read: 1) Shutter Island I saw that they made a movie of it and it looked intriguing. I'm not sure what happened with it. The book was good but a bit predictable in the end. There were a couple of surprises but the rest one can guess in the beginning. Overall, enjoyable and it would be a great movie if done correctly. Especially loved all the imagery and the supporting characters. 2) The Lost Symbol Chip bought it for me (I don't know why; I never claimed to want to read it). I still feel Angels & Demons is the best Langdon book of them all. Symbol was pointless. In fact, I think I would have enjoyed it more if Langdon hadn't been in it. The overall plot was kind of cool but a huge chunk of the ending was very predictable. It was nice to read about the buildings of DC (maybe because I have never lived there). Overall, if I had been expecting something I would have been disappointed. Since I wasn't, I will say I was at least entertained. 3) Lone Survivor Recommended by a couple of friends. For anyone who wants to read a first hand account about the war in Afghanistan, this is it. It's the story of a SEAL who survives an attack in the mountains but his other teammates die. He is eventually rescued by a doctor in a nearby village. There are some wonderful insights about the military, war and people in it although the narrator comes off as arrogant and a little too gung ho at times. The last two chapters made me cry. Very powerful read. In 15 days I will turn 30. I'm not scared at all. Current mood:  good.Current music: The Beatles - "Abbey Road". I love "FlashForward"! I just hope it the ending is as cool as it's promised. I plan on catching up with the show this weekend. I really enjoy the acting and the question of whether fate can be changed. There's no way they can do a season 2 so I plan on enjoying it (despite the fact I'm 3 episodes behind!) I also plan to watch "The Prisoner" series this weekend or next week. It looked intriguing. Current mood: awake. Current music: Tori Amos - "Midwinter Graces". So even though this was my second time seeing them this year, The NorVA performance is one of my favorite concerts EVER. While I understand not wanting to perform "Mindcrime", I was beyond ecstatic that they did songs from "Rage for Order" and "Empire". Considering both albums are over 15 years old, it was great for those who didn't see them back in the day (the early 90s mainly). From what I recall, the setlist went like this: Rage for Order "Walk in the Shadows", "I Dream in Infrared", "The Killing Words", "Screaming in Digital" and I think they also performed "I Will Remember" and "Neue Regel" Empire "Best I Can", "The Thin Line", "Jet City Woman", "Silent Lucidity". During the encore they did "Empire" and "One and Only" (I might be wrong about the second one). They also did tracks from American Soldier, including my favorite "The Killer". Geoff Tate brought his daughter out for "Home Again" which of course made me cry! That song always makes me cry; it's why I can't listen to the CD while driving. "A Dead Man's Words" was awesome too. Overall I think my favorite peformance was either "Screaming in Digital" or "Empire". I really wish they had done "Real World", "Another Rainy Night (WIthout You)" or "Gonna Get Close to You". Oh well...I can live. They sounded amazing! Geoff Tate is even hotter in person. I just loved the whole night and I would definitely do it again! Current mood: happy.Current music: Default. (I know I've been bad about posting. I will update about the Queensryche concert, Shutter Island and "Flash Forward" soon) As someone who lived near Fort Hood for over four years, I could not believe the news yesterday! Sure I left two years ago but it seems like the shooting happened in my backyard. I know there are still several questions and there will be report after report about this. It's tragic that it happened there and yes, the community is pretty tight knit. I can't imagine what is going through the minds of those wounded and the families of all involved. My friend Chris was on post at the time but he made it home. He wasn't too far away from the shooting but he didn't see anything. The 1st Cav band was also nearby but they are all safe and sound. What really unnerves me is how they say the shooter was upset about being deployed and that he was harassed for being Muslim and possibly posted anti-American sayings on a website. I think he would have had a clear idea about being deployed if he was sent to Fort Hood. And yes, psych help there has gotten bad (at least when I was there it seemed to be), but unless one somehow beefs up the resources you will have problems. As far as the harassment I'm sure it was a problem but other Muslim soldiers get harassed and they don't decide to carry two handguns into a center and shoot. I am saddened and angry. Part of me is glad I'm not there anymore and then feels guilty for saying that. All the questions as to why it happened may never be answered but we need to hope that it never happens again. Current mood:  sad.Current music: Toad the Wet Sprocket. There were some highlights. Got to hang out with Archers and finally meet Evelyn (who is a doll). Got to go to the International Spy Museum. Bur for the most part it wasn't that great. It rained the whole time there. Being dragged to Jaxx was okay. Discovering I have GPS on my phone was a lifesaver. Not seeing Ray was a bummer but I'm over it. Not entirely his fault anyways. Also, didn't get to see all of the Spy Museum because didn't have the time. Really wish I could have but maybe I'll save it for another trip. Also, tried to see Ford's Theater and it was CLOSED. I am more determined now to see it. And since plans with Ray fell through, had nowhere to stay so ended up driving home Saturday night/Sunday morning. Got home around 2, finally crashed at 3. Current mood: okay.Current music: Foo Fighters. SO yeah...been a couple of weeks... Finished the job Friday. It was sad to say goodbye to the team leaders and the supervisor but I'm so glad to not be there anymore. They had some kind words for me and I will miss them. Left Saturday to go to Wilmington, DE. I had never been and it had been over two years since I saw Rob and Melinda (at their wedding). Ended up staying the night at their place. We had a blast and I also got to see her sister for a bit (who now lives in Wilmington also; I guess she moved there a couple months ago). Sunday drove to Jersey to meet my mom at my cousin's house. Marlene and her family weren't there; they went to Massanutten for the week. Her dad owns a timeshare there (I had no idea). Mom and I watched the first half of the Eagles game and then went to Philadelphia for Louisa's wedding. The wedding was gorgeous if a bit strange (what the hell is a praise dance?!). It was good seeing her again and meeting her new husband. I really wish her mom had lived to see this day. Her brother hadn't changed a bit! Stayed at Marlene's Sunday night and got back home around 3:45 on Monday. I really wish I had taken more pictures but I'm just so glad the weekend was awesome! I'm leaving Friday to go to DC for the weekend. I'm being dragged to a concert Friday night (one of the bands I saw last year while in DC; still haven't made up my mind if I like their music or not). Saturday I should be hanging out with the Archers and finally meeting their little one. Saturday night I'm hoping to hang out with Ray and his girlfriend. Current mood: busy.Current music: Dishwalla - "Pet Your Friends". I gave my two weeks notice Wednesday afternoon. The woman at the temp agency gave me a hard time about leaving early but the HR woman and my supervisor were really supportive. I'm feeling pretty good about this and I know I made the correct choice. I am going to start seeking other employment early next week, maybe even holiday work just to keep me busy. I picked up Orlando's ashes on Tuesday. I still miss him but it's easier now and I have made peace with what happened. I missed the season premiere of "Heroes" because I was still rewatching season 3. I plan on watching the premiere later today or tomorrow (finished season 3 last night). I am behind on "Bones" and I missed Thursday's "Fringe" (saw the season premiere and am very upset about Charlie Francis). Ugh, I just realized that I missed the season premiere of "Dollhouse" last night. I'll have to look it up on Hulu later. I also missed the season premiere of "Medium"! Geez, I really need to get on the ball! The plan is to see "Surrogates" later this afternoon and Cory is suppose to stop by tomorrow. I had originally planned on going to DC this weekend but Andrea never called me back about meeting up so I figured she was busy. In two weeks I'll be in Jersey. My friend Louisa is getting married in Philadelphia on the 11th. Current mood: happy.Current music: Res. My cat Orlando escaped from home sometime Thursday night/Friday morning and was found dead early Friday the next street over. Someone hit him and he died instantly. Part of me is glad he didn't suffer; another part wishes he hadn't gotten loose in the first place. I understand that it was an accident and he has been trying to get outside for a while now but it still hurts. Hence why I am up at 2 something in the morning. To top off the day, Friday would have been my father's 65th birthday. Tuesday (the 22nd) marks 13 years since his death. I'm not having a good week. Also, since the job still hasn't decided when my last day will be, I have decided to give two weeks notice next week. I'm unhappy there and now I'm starting to get blamed for incidents that were not my fault. Don't tell me I'm doing everything by the book and then blame me when there's a computer glich or someone else screws up. This is not my dream job and it never will be. I'm sure I can find somehting better. Current mood: sad.
So I'm thinking I have maybe two and a half weeks left at this place. When I first arrived, I seemed to be handling claims related to the first two weeks of July. Now they have jumped me ahead to the first two weeks of August. Unless Labor Day weekend was a royal pain, I suspect my last day of working will be October 2 or the following week. They still haven't talked to me about it but based on all that happened today I'm pretty sure that's how it goes. Even if they decide instead to hire me full time, I won't take the job. I don't mind it and the people are nice but I would really rather do something else. This is definitely not the job I was destined to do. Miranda's dad passed away on Friday. They admitted him to the hospital Wednesday afternoon. He went in for dialysis and started having chest pains and blacked out. His feet went numb and turned purple sometime after he was admitted. They found gall stones and put him on an IV but couldn't explain the chest pains or blacking out. He was in a drug induced coma and passed away at 6 PM. I really wish I could have taken a couple days off to go to the funeral tomorrow. I'll be there in spirit. I saw "Extract" on Sunday. If you're not expecting "Office Space 2", it's a really good movie. Gene Simmons is hilarious as the lawyer! Can't wait for the "Bones" and "Fringe" season premieres Thursday! Current mood: busy.Current music: Duran Duran. |
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