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Bah. My computer has been dead for some time now, though Will has graciously leant me his laptop in the meantime. I would blame my lack of posting on not having my own computer but hey, who am I kidding, I hardly posted then either.
Life is good, other than getting over a slight cold or flu or something to that effect. I had a meeting with my boss at the daycare last week and we discussed several little things that were driving me nuts and making me frustrated with going to work. Things are much better now, quite so. I may even get the room with the older kids soon, which is something I would very much enjoy. Work at Tiggy's is still good, nothing much to report there.
My social life is essentially drama free at this point which is something I definitely couldn't have said 3 weeks ago. I don't need to go into any details, suffice it to say all's well that ends well.
I've been seeing movies like crazy, 6 in the last 6 days. It's definitely the best time of the year for good flicks. Saw Munich on Tuesday and the Squid and the Whale last Thursday. Both were quite good. I think I'm up to 47 or 48 movies released in 2005 that I've seen. At imdb.com there's a list of the winners for the main categories (best actor, actress, director and picture) at all the smaller film ceremonies (like the actor's guild, etc) - I've seen all of the movies that won for director, actor and picture. I think I've seen all the major winners at the Golden Globes too. Oscar nominations come out on Tuesday, I'm psyched.
This brings me to my most recent pet peeve. Brokeback Mountain. It's immensely popular, winning tons of awards, everyone's talking about it. Now, I feel vindicated that something I'd been anticipating for so long got the recognition it deserves, but now I feel like I'm on some stupid bandwagon. All of a sudden people are so into Jake as though they've known about him for ages when really that's often the only movie of his they've seen. Can anybody name the other 2 movies he's starred in this season? Uh huh. Don't get me wrong; I'm not attempting to claim Jake as my own in any juvenile way; I'm simply aggravated by an increasing number of people around me telling me how he's "theirs" and they love him and blah blah blah. I was at a potluck on Saturday and some guy I know insisted on telling me Jake was his and he clearly liked him more. What the hell is the point of arguing something like that? -_- I shrugged it off, said he could have Jake as long as I get Ryan Philippe. I could've said I've seen 8 of Jake's 17 movies, or that I've been waiting for brokeback since it was in pre-production. I could go back in my lj and show the extatic post I made when I found out he had signed up to be in a gay cowboy movie opposite Heath Ledger, or the post where I mentioned he had broken up with Dunst and was free again. Worst of all was Fuckwit Jordan's msn name stating "X number of people have told me I look like Jake Gylhenhall" and increasing the number whenever someone else agreed. *vomit* Don't flatter yourself. Guh - I really needed to vent all of this. The idiots who make these comments and statements aren't worth arguing with but the frustration builds up after a while. I'm sure anybody who's low-keyish fandom has gotten big will understand where I'm coming from.
Anywho, enough bitching, I need to get my ass out of bed and into the shower.
Life is good, other than getting over a slight cold or flu or something to that effect. I had a meeting with my boss at the daycare last week and we discussed several little things that were driving me nuts and making me frustrated with going to work. Things are much better now, quite so. I may even get the room with the older kids soon, which is something I would very much enjoy. Work at Tiggy's is still good, nothing much to report there.
My social life is essentially drama free at this point which is something I definitely couldn't have said 3 weeks ago. I don't need to go into any details, suffice it to say all's well that ends well.
I've been seeing movies like crazy, 6 in the last 6 days. It's definitely the best time of the year for good flicks. Saw Munich on Tuesday and the Squid and the Whale last Thursday. Both were quite good. I think I'm up to 47 or 48 movies released in 2005 that I've seen. At imdb.com there's a list of the winners for the main categories (best actor, actress, director and picture) at all the smaller film ceremonies (like the actor's guild, etc) - I've seen all of the movies that won for director, actor and picture. I think I've seen all the major winners at the Golden Globes too. Oscar nominations come out on Tuesday, I'm psyched.
This brings me to my most recent pet peeve. Brokeback Mountain. It's immensely popular, winning tons of awards, everyone's talking about it. Now, I feel vindicated that something I'd been anticipating for so long got the recognition it deserves, but now I feel like I'm on some stupid bandwagon. All of a sudden people are so into Jake as though they've known about him for ages when really that's often the only movie of his they've seen. Can anybody name the other 2 movies he's starred in this season? Uh huh. Don't get me wrong; I'm not attempting to claim Jake as my own in any juvenile way; I'm simply aggravated by an increasing number of people around me telling me how he's "theirs" and they love him and blah blah blah. I was at a potluck on Saturday and some guy I know insisted on telling me Jake was his and he clearly liked him more. What the hell is the point of arguing something like that? -_- I shrugged it off, said he could have Jake as long as I get Ryan Philippe. I could've said I've seen 8 of Jake's 17 movies, or that I've been waiting for brokeback since it was in pre-production. I could go back in my lj and show the extatic post I made when I found out he had signed up to be in a gay cowboy movie opposite Heath Ledger, or the post where I mentioned he had broken up with Dunst and was free again. Worst of all was Fuckwit Jordan's msn name stating "X number of people have told me I look like Jake Gylhenhall" and increasing the number whenever someone else agreed. *vomit* Don't flatter yourself. Guh - I really needed to vent all of this. The idiots who make these comments and statements aren't worth arguing with but the frustration builds up after a while. I'm sure anybody who's low-keyish fandom has gotten big will understand where I'm coming from.
Anywho, enough bitching, I need to get my ass out of bed and into the shower.