Random spoutings (with a bonus movie review!)...
I played the dance revel for Arts and Archery last night, which went much better than I thought it would. See, I have this wiring problem. Even when I know that things will probably turn out OK, and that 90% of the people involved will never know there was a problem behind the scenes, I stress when things are disorganized. And I want things to be better, to the point where I sometimes insist on it. Which makes me feel like a bitch. But at some point I'm just going to have to accept my bitch status and make things get done to the level of quality at which I think they're capable of being done. I really don't know what I'm afraid of, except that in general I have this hard-wiring where I hate to disappoint people. Deep down inside, I just want everyone to like me and be happy, which is probably surprising for some of you to hear, knowing how....erm...direct I can be. And so sometimes it's difficult for me to insist that people actually put a little more effort into things. I notice that this is primarily a problem when I'm dealing with people in the SCA, and I don't think it's because of any inherent lack of talent in SCA people, but rather that many people seem to have an "it's good enough" mentality. Well, sometimes it's not.
At any rate this one almost had a disastrous conclusion thanks to a general lack of communication and the fact that I was away at Estrella for most of the week beforehand. But things turned out fine, and no one was the wiser. And I am taking notes for what I want to be different next time, and I have already put some of the plans in motion, so I'll keep my fingers crossed.
And now for something completely different, because I should be cleaning the house and going to the grocery store, but my journal is about, among other things, procrastinating. This morning (in a further bid to put off cleaning the house or doing anything productive) I watched the movie "Paycheck".
It wasn't as bad as a lot of the negative press led me to believe it was, but I will agree that Ben Affleck didn't impress me in it. Of course, neither did most of the other actors, including Paul Giamatti. They all seemed to be playing versions of themselves. However, the premise of the movie was intriguing, which should come as no surprise since it was based on a Philip K. Dick story-what are the ramifications of being able to see the future? I know, not new or earth-shattering, but interesting just the same, and problematic for this movie. You see, we're supposed to believe that Ben Affleck's character goes from being a self-involved prat to someone who's willing to sacrifice himself, just because he's seen the future and realized that's a bad thing to be able to do.
Of course the main problem is that the movie was directed by John Woo, so instead of spending time on plausible character development, we get an extended chase scene/product placement for BMW motorcycles. Thank god I had this one recorded and no problem using the fast-forward button.
OK, enough procrastinating. Off to the store.
At any rate this one almost had a disastrous conclusion thanks to a general lack of communication and the fact that I was away at Estrella for most of the week beforehand. But things turned out fine, and no one was the wiser. And I am taking notes for what I want to be different next time, and I have already put some of the plans in motion, so I'll keep my fingers crossed.
And now for something completely different, because I should be cleaning the house and going to the grocery store, but my journal is about, among other things, procrastinating. This morning (in a further bid to put off cleaning the house or doing anything productive) I watched the movie "Paycheck".
It wasn't as bad as a lot of the negative press led me to believe it was, but I will agree that Ben Affleck didn't impress me in it. Of course, neither did most of the other actors, including Paul Giamatti. They all seemed to be playing versions of themselves. However, the premise of the movie was intriguing, which should come as no surprise since it was based on a Philip K. Dick story-what are the ramifications of being able to see the future? I know, not new or earth-shattering, but interesting just the same, and problematic for this movie. You see, we're supposed to believe that Ben Affleck's character goes from being a self-involved prat to someone who's willing to sacrifice himself, just because he's seen the future and realized that's a bad thing to be able to do.
Of course the main problem is that the movie was directed by John Woo, so instead of spending time on plausible character development, we get an extended chase scene/product placement for BMW motorcycles. Thank god I had this one recorded and no problem using the fast-forward button.
OK, enough procrastinating. Off to the store.