Last night Elise and I started watching Lord of the Rings. Joanne called around 10… knowing how long they talk on the phone (not that it’s a bad thing), I tried to finish watching it alone. 173 minutes – I couldn’t make it. It’s an awesome movie though! The filming really stood out – I’m not up on my cinematography lingo, but I thought the photography was awesome. We’ll start watching it again tonight from where El left off last night.
We also rented 7 Days to Live. We’ll watch that one tonight as well. I’ve decided that I’m going to watch every horror/sci-fi movie ever made [that I haven’t seen already]. Yep, that’s my goal. We picked up the very first listed video in the horror/sci-fi section at our local Ma and Pa video store. I don’t think they’re catalogued correctly though – why wouldn’t 2001: A Space Odyssey be listed before 7 Days to Live? I’m going to rent each and every one of them in order. Our local video store offers ‘rent one, get one free’ – so I figured I’d use that free rental to view their entire horror catalog. I’m going to document and critique each one as well so I can remember them.
My initial plan is to write [on paper] my critique and the film’s synopsis. Then I’ll try my hand at a movie database. I took my MS Access III class yesterday and think that this would be the perfect opportunity to build a database.
El came home last night and was upset about her job. She actually started working this week. The past three weeks have been training. From what I’ve gathered, she’s on the ‘floor’ now. She sits before a partitioned blue screen and processes student loan applications. After almost a month, most people still have questions that warrant the good ol’ raise of the hand and a ‘coach’ will come by to answer your question. She’s upset because she feels as if she’s back in grade school – she has to raise her hand if she has a question, she has to eat when they say eat, break when they say break and breathe when they say breathe. We both know it’s just a temp job, but I would hope that a hard worker such as my lovely wife would be treated with at least a small squirt of dignity. She told me it took four minutes (she timed it) to have one of her questions answered. This was only after frustration set in and she raised both hands. I think that’s awesome… present a little sarcasm where it’s due.
I’m hoping things will pick up for her. It has only been 3.5 weeks. They’ll eventually figure out that she’s worth more than her weight in diamonds and not just doing this job because she thinks she needs something to do.
In other news… I ran this morning. Man, did that feel good. I was thinking back to this time last year… I was in almost-tip-top shape. I woke up 3 hours early and ran for an hour every day. I was trying to make myself look like less of a slob for our wedding and to make myself feel good overall. I’m far, far away from being able to run non-stop for an hour, but it still felt good to get started. I need to get myself a good pair of running shoes. At the crippling old age of 26, my lower back started hurting just after I stopped running. I guess it really didn’t help that I was wearing canvas shoes either.
I don’t know why I’m compelled to mention this here, but Katie Couric’s mouth looks like a bumhole. After my jog, I walked into the apartment and caught Ms. Couric’s interview with Priscilla Presley on the Today Show. I told El: “Katie Couric’s mouth looks just like a butthole!” El said that it looked like she had been doing a lot of tanning. It looked really sick. It looked like her mouth was completely surrounded by crow’s feet. I hope the next time that Katie undergoes a colonoscopy, the doctor knows which end is up!