Nervous (Plus Evil Dead)
So I have my first interview in years tomorrow (or I guess later today would be more accurate.) I've been out of work for a year and half since I moved in with my boyfriend. Before that I was working at my previous job for over four years. I've filled out applications, but never really gotten any call backs. The only time I had a semi-interview was at this restaurant I applied at and the manager ended up talking to me for awhile. He promised to call the next day for an interview, but never did.
I had filled out an application at David's Bridal a few months ago when the store opened up in my area, but hadn't heard back from them. And then I got a call yesterday that they're setting up interviews and to call them back if I wanted to set one up. So I did right away.
I'm definitely really nervous. Mike was trying to give me a pep talk and said to make sure that I talked loud (I tend to talk really quietly and people are constantly missing what I say and asking me to repeat things) because employers want someone who has confidence in themselves. And I'm thinking to myself, "Well I don't really have much confidence in myself." I'm going to try and fake it. I don't think I could do any kind of sales job because I'm not good at trying to selling people on anything, or push anything on anyone. But if they need someone to help pick out dresses that would be good. When I was there trying on dresses a couple of months ago, they had a type of greeter girl who helped get you started with your appointment, and I could do that. I would love to get a job there so I could get a discount on a wedding dress.
I definitely need a job. The pressure that my boyfriend is under trying to pay the bills by himself is way too much and I hate that he has to do it alone.
On to more gory topics. I saw the new Evil Dead movie. I actually saw both the original and the remake. Mike has been really excited to see it. I've been a little less excited sinc I was reading reviews and they were talking about it being the goriest movie this century. I'm not ridiculously squeamish when it comes to movies. Scream is one of my favorite movies and I can watch it and barely flinch. But there's a certain level of violence and gore that I just can't take. I've never watched any of the Saw movies. I couldn't want that Ryan Gosling movie Drive after hearing about some of the scenes in that movie. And even though I wanted to, I couldn't make myself see Django Unchained. So I was apprehensive to see Evil Dead. Michael suggested that he could see it and I could see something else, but I was kind of curious about it. I would either watch the movie or end up "watching" the movie with my face buried in his neck, so win-win.
We watched the original first. I pretty much did watch that with my face turned away from the screen most of the time. I didn't love the move, but I can see why it became a cult classic. It's not a particularly terrifying move. There were a couple of moments where I jumped up several feet in the air (which my boyfriend found utterly hilarious) but it's more of a campy movie than really scary. It's just so ridiculously over the top in places. I almost have a hard time seeing how the lead character Ash became this legendary figure since he's kind of blah to me in this first movie. But I guess his character develops more in the sequels.
I didn't really love the remake much either. I didn't hate either movie, I just wasn't a huge fan. I think the remake was definitely less over the top, so it was a bit more scary. I can definitely say that both movies lived up to the hype when it came to being extremely gory. I was kind of prepared for some of the worse scenes in Evil Dead so I was able to keep my eyes on the screen for that one a little bit more, but there was definitely a lot of boyfriend clutching for that one. I would definitely recommend both movies if you're looking for movies with incredibly sadistic death scenes, copious amounts of gore, and as scant character development as possible (seriously there's one character from the original I wouldn't be able to pick out of a line up, even though I saw the movie today. What purpose that character served, I have no idea. I guess they needed one extra dead girl.)
This next part will contain spoilers for the remake (and slightly for the original.)
I will say that Evil Dead did teach me a valuable lesson, maybe two valuable lessons. If you ever come across a book that was found in a hidden cellar filled with dead cat carcasses that is locked with barbed wire, is covered in human skin and within it contains warnings (in human blood) strenuously warning you not to read from it - DON"T READ FROM IT!
The other lesson might be that if you do unfortunately have dealings with such a freaky book and manage to make it out alive and want to leave a warning for anyone who might stumble across the book, apparently "Danger! Don't Read! You Will Die!" is too subtle a warning. I'd probably start with : IF YOU VALUE YOUR LIFE OR THE LIVES OF ANY VAPID LOVED ONES WITH YOU, DON'T READ FROM THIS BOOK! DEMONS WILL POSSESS YOU AND KILL EVERYONE. THIS IS NOT A JOKE! Then when the future dumb shit continues to read on to the next page, the next warning can be: SERIOUSLY, WAS MY PREVIOUS WARNING NOT PLAIN ENOUGH?! DON'T READ FROM THIS. DISMEMBERMENT, RAPE, DEATH AWAIT YOU! TURN BACK NOW! And if that doesn't work the third message can be: FINE, YOU STUPID SON OF A BITCH! KEEP READING. YOU'RE GOING TO DIE AND TO PARAPHRASE CARRIE'S MOM, 'WE'RE ALL GOING TO LAUGH AT YOU.'
Maybe I've thought about this a little too much. *shakes head* Stupid horror movie characters. I guess you can't have horror movies without them, but damn some of them are just SO stupid!
Stacey
I had filled out an application at David's Bridal a few months ago when the store opened up in my area, but hadn't heard back from them. And then I got a call yesterday that they're setting up interviews and to call them back if I wanted to set one up. So I did right away.
I'm definitely really nervous. Mike was trying to give me a pep talk and said to make sure that I talked loud (I tend to talk really quietly and people are constantly missing what I say and asking me to repeat things) because employers want someone who has confidence in themselves. And I'm thinking to myself, "Well I don't really have much confidence in myself." I'm going to try and fake it. I don't think I could do any kind of sales job because I'm not good at trying to selling people on anything, or push anything on anyone. But if they need someone to help pick out dresses that would be good. When I was there trying on dresses a couple of months ago, they had a type of greeter girl who helped get you started with your appointment, and I could do that. I would love to get a job there so I could get a discount on a wedding dress.
I definitely need a job. The pressure that my boyfriend is under trying to pay the bills by himself is way too much and I hate that he has to do it alone.
On to more gory topics. I saw the new Evil Dead movie. I actually saw both the original and the remake. Mike has been really excited to see it. I've been a little less excited sinc I was reading reviews and they were talking about it being the goriest movie this century. I'm not ridiculously squeamish when it comes to movies. Scream is one of my favorite movies and I can watch it and barely flinch. But there's a certain level of violence and gore that I just can't take. I've never watched any of the Saw movies. I couldn't want that Ryan Gosling movie Drive after hearing about some of the scenes in that movie. And even though I wanted to, I couldn't make myself see Django Unchained. So I was apprehensive to see Evil Dead. Michael suggested that he could see it and I could see something else, but I was kind of curious about it. I would either watch the movie or end up "watching" the movie with my face buried in his neck, so win-win.
We watched the original first. I pretty much did watch that with my face turned away from the screen most of the time. I didn't love the move, but I can see why it became a cult classic. It's not a particularly terrifying move. There were a couple of moments where I jumped up several feet in the air (which my boyfriend found utterly hilarious) but it's more of a campy movie than really scary. It's just so ridiculously over the top in places. I almost have a hard time seeing how the lead character Ash became this legendary figure since he's kind of blah to me in this first movie. But I guess his character develops more in the sequels.
I didn't really love the remake much either. I didn't hate either movie, I just wasn't a huge fan. I think the remake was definitely less over the top, so it was a bit more scary. I can definitely say that both movies lived up to the hype when it came to being extremely gory. I was kind of prepared for some of the worse scenes in Evil Dead so I was able to keep my eyes on the screen for that one a little bit more, but there was definitely a lot of boyfriend clutching for that one. I would definitely recommend both movies if you're looking for movies with incredibly sadistic death scenes, copious amounts of gore, and as scant character development as possible (seriously there's one character from the original I wouldn't be able to pick out of a line up, even though I saw the movie today. What purpose that character served, I have no idea. I guess they needed one extra dead girl.)
This next part will contain spoilers for the remake (and slightly for the original.)
I will say that Evil Dead did teach me a valuable lesson, maybe two valuable lessons. If you ever come across a book that was found in a hidden cellar filled with dead cat carcasses that is locked with barbed wire, is covered in human skin and within it contains warnings (in human blood) strenuously warning you not to read from it - DON"T READ FROM IT!
The other lesson might be that if you do unfortunately have dealings with such a freaky book and manage to make it out alive and want to leave a warning for anyone who might stumble across the book, apparently "Danger! Don't Read! You Will Die!" is too subtle a warning. I'd probably start with : IF YOU VALUE YOUR LIFE OR THE LIVES OF ANY VAPID LOVED ONES WITH YOU, DON'T READ FROM THIS BOOK! DEMONS WILL POSSESS YOU AND KILL EVERYONE. THIS IS NOT A JOKE! Then when the future dumb shit continues to read on to the next page, the next warning can be: SERIOUSLY, WAS MY PREVIOUS WARNING NOT PLAIN ENOUGH?! DON'T READ FROM THIS. DISMEMBERMENT, RAPE, DEATH AWAIT YOU! TURN BACK NOW! And if that doesn't work the third message can be: FINE, YOU STUPID SON OF A BITCH! KEEP READING. YOU'RE GOING TO DIE AND TO PARAPHRASE CARRIE'S MOM, 'WE'RE ALL GOING TO LAUGH AT YOU.'
Maybe I've thought about this a little too much. *shakes head* Stupid horror movie characters. I guess you can't have horror movies without them, but damn some of them are just SO stupid!
Stacey