Random thoughts to keep me awake
I am lee tired because I didn't sleep well and then worked a really long day and so instead of going to bed (like would make sense) I am going to do a LJ post.
Umm...let's see what to say.
Okay, so I went to go see HP: Order of the Phoenix earlier this week. I am going to brag that I got to see it for free Tuesday evening (and by evening I mean 7:00 pm) courtesy my dad being military. Had to suffer through the crummy base theater and lotsa younguns but still- I saw it 5 hours prior to most rabid fans in Melbourne. *evil laugh*
About the movie itself- I actually really liked it and am ranking it as my 2nd fav in the moves, comeing very close behind Prisoner of Az. (I am not going to try and spell it) It was very fast and I feel sympathetic to those who had to follow the story sans book knowledge because they really skimmed. I do think that they kept to the story very well- I mean, seriously, the only difference I noted was the whole Cho thing. I do love how they added to the characters of Umbridge and Luna in my opinion. I did not like the book in the least and found those two characters in particular pointless ninnies. The move gave Umbridge a core of sly/deceptiveness/evilness that made her a truely well written 'bad guy'. Luna was less of the brainless fluff who was weird and rather the girl who simply saw things from a different plane. I think this is what J.K. was going for in the books but I failed to percieve. I am of the mind of re-reading the book because the movie has made me think that maybe it wasn't as bad as my memory serves and hopefully I will see these characters and not the blank ones I originally read.
And the graphics were awesome imo- very pretty and snazzy and department thingy looked cool (again- in the books all I could read was cheezy and cartoonish)
Work is going well. Took a while for me to get used to it but I am starting to get the hang of things and can actually help customers. I think I am liking hardware customers better though- when they want help they want to know how to fix something either the best way or the cheapest. AC Moore customers want you to do their projects for them it seems. Honestly- if you want to make a bracelet you pick out the colors and thread you want...don't ask me if I think the blue or yellow goes better with the pink. I hate pink and don't think that the beads are even pretty- pink or not. Also the moms with kids are insane. Stop obsessing over which sticker set to buy and pay attention to your kid who is crawling around and pulling everything he can reach of the shelves. But whatever.
Apparantly I am doing fairly well though. I've got some compliments from managers who are apparantly sparing with them and they mentioned me getting started on customer service training. I am also going to be heading a table for our kids fair in a few weeks- I get to run the clay bug table. Alice said it was 3 hours of getting paid to play with kids. Hopefully I do okay.
I am starting to think that they wouldn't be so impressed with me though if they realized that I am a college senior...most of them are under the impression that I am a high schooler. When I did tell one guy that I was in college he automatically assumed that I was going to be an entering freshman. Wonder what they will say when I mention graduation...*laughs* Should be fun.
Other than that there isn't much going on in my life. LARPs are going well- vamp started over again and I get to bring in a new character. I am actually pretty proud of her...I drew her up myself from start to finish. She is going to be my first fighting character ever so I am a bit nervous about the fact that I did her character sheet alone (I have no idea how to do fighting styles or any of that stuff) but I think she's okay.
My main relationship is going well. Waiting to hear when Ryan is planning on heading back to Tennessee with mixed emotions. Minor relationships are causing the same trouble I've been having for the last couple months. Most of it is my fault. Apparantly despite my big talk of being able to walk away I fail when it comes time to prove it. Ought to show me...
Learned a new clay technique...this makes me happy.
As does the thought of sleep which is where I now plan on going...
Umm...let's see what to say.
Okay, so I went to go see HP: Order of the Phoenix earlier this week. I am going to brag that I got to see it for free Tuesday evening (and by evening I mean 7:00 pm) courtesy my dad being military. Had to suffer through the crummy base theater and lotsa younguns but still- I saw it 5 hours prior to most rabid fans in Melbourne. *evil laugh*
About the movie itself- I actually really liked it and am ranking it as my 2nd fav in the moves, comeing very close behind Prisoner of Az. (I am not going to try and spell it) It was very fast and I feel sympathetic to those who had to follow the story sans book knowledge because they really skimmed. I do think that they kept to the story very well- I mean, seriously, the only difference I noted was the whole Cho thing. I do love how they added to the characters of Umbridge and Luna in my opinion. I did not like the book in the least and found those two characters in particular pointless ninnies. The move gave Umbridge a core of sly/deceptiveness/evilness that made her a truely well written 'bad guy'. Luna was less of the brainless fluff who was weird and rather the girl who simply saw things from a different plane. I think this is what J.K. was going for in the books but I failed to percieve. I am of the mind of re-reading the book because the movie has made me think that maybe it wasn't as bad as my memory serves and hopefully I will see these characters and not the blank ones I originally read.
And the graphics were awesome imo- very pretty and snazzy and department thingy looked cool (again- in the books all I could read was cheezy and cartoonish)
Work is going well. Took a while for me to get used to it but I am starting to get the hang of things and can actually help customers. I think I am liking hardware customers better though- when they want help they want to know how to fix something either the best way or the cheapest. AC Moore customers want you to do their projects for them it seems. Honestly- if you want to make a bracelet you pick out the colors and thread you want...don't ask me if I think the blue or yellow goes better with the pink. I hate pink and don't think that the beads are even pretty- pink or not. Also the moms with kids are insane. Stop obsessing over which sticker set to buy and pay attention to your kid who is crawling around and pulling everything he can reach of the shelves. But whatever.
Apparantly I am doing fairly well though. I've got some compliments from managers who are apparantly sparing with them and they mentioned me getting started on customer service training. I am also going to be heading a table for our kids fair in a few weeks- I get to run the clay bug table. Alice said it was 3 hours of getting paid to play with kids. Hopefully I do okay.
I am starting to think that they wouldn't be so impressed with me though if they realized that I am a college senior...most of them are under the impression that I am a high schooler. When I did tell one guy that I was in college he automatically assumed that I was going to be an entering freshman. Wonder what they will say when I mention graduation...*laughs* Should be fun.
Other than that there isn't much going on in my life. LARPs are going well- vamp started over again and I get to bring in a new character. I am actually pretty proud of her...I drew her up myself from start to finish. She is going to be my first fighting character ever so I am a bit nervous about the fact that I did her character sheet alone (I have no idea how to do fighting styles or any of that stuff) but I think she's okay.
My main relationship is going well. Waiting to hear when Ryan is planning on heading back to Tennessee with mixed emotions. Minor relationships are causing the same trouble I've been having for the last couple months. Most of it is my fault. Apparantly despite my big talk of being able to walk away I fail when it comes time to prove it. Ought to show me...
Learned a new clay technique...this makes me happy.
As does the thought of sleep which is where I now plan on going...