Well, damn, where does the time go?
Uhhhh, yeah, been a while. To sum up:
• Spending more time with friends (girl's night out, lunches, movies, pizza, all kinds of good stuff.) Yay, friends!
• Spending more time with family (friday night dinners out, Saturday movies at the daughter's.) Yay, family!
• Had a job interview with the radiology department at WIMR (Wisconsin Institute of Medical Research) - I think they really like me, I really like them.
• Bought a bunch of flowers, herbs, fruits and veggies for my balcony container garden. Includes: blue/purple hydrangea, fuchsia and orange pansies, blue/yellow pansies, some kind of ground cover thing with tiny yellow flowers, tomatoes, chives, rosemary, thyme, strawberries and rhubarb (no harvest this year, second year maturity.) Still have some empty pots, may do those next weekend.
Lots to condense, but to go into detail would probably run me into a character limit of some kind. :)
As laid out above, my energy and productivity have increased noticeably, which makes me very happy. Still have a small problem with getting that initial motivational push, but usually once I do, I get up to speed relatively quickly. My roommate was amazed at how productive I was this weekend.
Very happy with my work performance in other ways. Small oopses, but made sure to put fail safes in motion to prevent future oopses. Getting better at holding meetings and getting buy in from the small staff I have on some of the projects I've initiated.
Boss knows about the job interview. She didn't seem too surprised and appears to wish me well. I have a few reservations about the position, but I think it's mostly because, while movement is often desired, the changes that come with it can set a mental roadblock. Where you're currently at--you've got a routine, you know all the players, you know where you fit, etc. New everything, while exciting, can also be stressful. In the long run, however, I want to get out of customer service; it gets taxing. I'm quite introverted and customer service demands those who are more extroverted. I want off the front desk--permanently. I'm just really going to miss the folks here; it will be tough to leave.
Saw Avengers: Age of Ultron this weekend.
My feelings as pieced together from a different board I frequent:
I think there was too much movie in that movie. While it was interesting to meet the Hawkfamily, I don't think it was strictly necessary. Except that it provides a reason for him to retire from the Avengers.
I went with a huge group of friends and most of them decreed that Ultron, as a villain, was boring. The consensus on him was "meh." I mean, what villain reads the internet for 5 seconds and decides humanity needs to die? Plus, he could have gone all Skynet? WHY DIDN'T HE?
Things I did enjoy were the Hawkeye/Quicksilver byplay. Even to the very end. ::sob:: The group ragging on Steve for his "language" (even as we ranted about how stupidly out of character it was for him if you read the comics.) Thor's "if you're worthy" and the look on his face when Vision picked it up. And! I had no idea this movie was going to show the creation of Vision. And that, of course, Paul Bettany would play the part. I stayed off of IMDb and I'm very glad for it.
There was some questionable stuff that bugged, the main one being when Natasha says she can't have kids either, because she's a monster. Oh, wow. Yeah, all women who can't have kids are monsters. I'm pretty sure that's not the way Joss meant that to be read, but that's what some of my friends took away from it. That, and Tony saying he'd reinstitute prima noctus. REALLY? The right to deflower the bride? Can we say skeevy, creepy and fucking wrong?
Overall, I give the movie pretty high marks--4 out of 5 stars--because it kept me engaged and didn't make me feel like it was a 2-1/2 hour movie. I didn't cotton to Wanda and Pietro at first, but once it was put in the context of people will do anything to save their country/family in a time of war, as Steve so correctly pointed out, it made sense for their choice and I started liking them better. By the end of the movie the scene of Pietro dying to save Hawekeye and the little boy left me completely in tears. I think that is some pretty stellar writing, problematic writing in places or not.
• Spending more time with friends (girl's night out, lunches, movies, pizza, all kinds of good stuff.) Yay, friends!
• Spending more time with family (friday night dinners out, Saturday movies at the daughter's.) Yay, family!
• Had a job interview with the radiology department at WIMR (Wisconsin Institute of Medical Research) - I think they really like me, I really like them.
• Bought a bunch of flowers, herbs, fruits and veggies for my balcony container garden. Includes: blue/purple hydrangea, fuchsia and orange pansies, blue/yellow pansies, some kind of ground cover thing with tiny yellow flowers, tomatoes, chives, rosemary, thyme, strawberries and rhubarb (no harvest this year, second year maturity.) Still have some empty pots, may do those next weekend.
Lots to condense, but to go into detail would probably run me into a character limit of some kind. :)
As laid out above, my energy and productivity have increased noticeably, which makes me very happy. Still have a small problem with getting that initial motivational push, but usually once I do, I get up to speed relatively quickly. My roommate was amazed at how productive I was this weekend.
Very happy with my work performance in other ways. Small oopses, but made sure to put fail safes in motion to prevent future oopses. Getting better at holding meetings and getting buy in from the small staff I have on some of the projects I've initiated.
Boss knows about the job interview. She didn't seem too surprised and appears to wish me well. I have a few reservations about the position, but I think it's mostly because, while movement is often desired, the changes that come with it can set a mental roadblock. Where you're currently at--you've got a routine, you know all the players, you know where you fit, etc. New everything, while exciting, can also be stressful. In the long run, however, I want to get out of customer service; it gets taxing. I'm quite introverted and customer service demands those who are more extroverted. I want off the front desk--permanently. I'm just really going to miss the folks here; it will be tough to leave.
Saw Avengers: Age of Ultron this weekend.
My feelings as pieced together from a different board I frequent:
I think there was too much movie in that movie. While it was interesting to meet the Hawkfamily, I don't think it was strictly necessary. Except that it provides a reason for him to retire from the Avengers.
I went with a huge group of friends and most of them decreed that Ultron, as a villain, was boring. The consensus on him was "meh." I mean, what villain reads the internet for 5 seconds and decides humanity needs to die? Plus, he could have gone all Skynet? WHY DIDN'T HE?
Things I did enjoy were the Hawkeye/Quicksilver byplay. Even to the very end. ::sob:: The group ragging on Steve for his "language" (even as we ranted about how stupidly out of character it was for him if you read the comics.) Thor's "if you're worthy" and the look on his face when Vision picked it up. And! I had no idea this movie was going to show the creation of Vision. And that, of course, Paul Bettany would play the part. I stayed off of IMDb and I'm very glad for it.
There was some questionable stuff that bugged, the main one being when Natasha says she can't have kids either, because she's a monster. Oh, wow. Yeah, all women who can't have kids are monsters. I'm pretty sure that's not the way Joss meant that to be read, but that's what some of my friends took away from it. That, and Tony saying he'd reinstitute prima noctus. REALLY? The right to deflower the bride? Can we say skeevy, creepy and fucking wrong?
Overall, I give the movie pretty high marks--4 out of 5 stars--because it kept me engaged and didn't make me feel like it was a 2-1/2 hour movie. I didn't cotton to Wanda and Pietro at first, but once it was put in the context of people will do anything to save their country/family in a time of war, as Steve so correctly pointed out, it made sense for their choice and I started liking them better. By the end of the movie the scene of Pietro dying to save Hawekeye and the little boy left me completely in tears. I think that is some pretty stellar writing, problematic writing in places or not.