The Week Ending
Thank god! Made it through another five days of the warehoue grind. It was chaos all week, and yesterday I made it clear that the conditions we were struggling to work in had deteriorated to the point that I could not perform my tasks properly. Today was strangely sane, so hopefully I got someone's attention. It caused me stress overnight and another morning of wishing I could quit. It always seems to get to this point sooner or later. On the upside, I qualify for paid leave next week, and will be taking nine days off. Yeehaw! That makes me smile. It's been an entire year, with only one (well not even, I left early) day missed.
Near the end of my holiday the VIFF starts up, and I've already worked out my schedule and purchased advance tickets. It's damn exciting, I must admit. On the menu are: the new Aronofsky film, called The Fountain; everything's Gone Green, screenplay by Douglas Coopeland; Monkey Warfare, with Don McKellar in the lead; Shortbus, with Sook-Yin-Lee and featuring some graphic sex apparently. It's been years since I really got it together to attend this event properly. I think it was 1998 or so when I last saw a string of movies during the festival.
I was asked to travel up to Blackwater (Mount Currie) by a friend this weekend, but it's been so chilly overnight that I decided not to risk the discomfort of being cold and wet, and possibly confined due to rain. It's a wonderful place to visit, but the conditions really have to be conducive to a certain level of comfort, or it isn't really worth it to me. I'm not very hardy when it comes to the outdoors. Staying home may be a bit lame, but after a long and challenging week at work, I know I need to just chill, and for that to happen, I need my food and shelter all sorted, as well as my toys and medicine.
The Fountain
Near the end of my holiday the VIFF starts up, and I've already worked out my schedule and purchased advance tickets. It's damn exciting, I must admit. On the menu are: the new Aronofsky film, called The Fountain; everything's Gone Green, screenplay by Douglas Coopeland; Monkey Warfare, with Don McKellar in the lead; Shortbus, with Sook-Yin-Lee and featuring some graphic sex apparently. It's been years since I really got it together to attend this event properly. I think it was 1998 or so when I last saw a string of movies during the festival.
I was asked to travel up to Blackwater (Mount Currie) by a friend this weekend, but it's been so chilly overnight that I decided not to risk the discomfort of being cold and wet, and possibly confined due to rain. It's a wonderful place to visit, but the conditions really have to be conducive to a certain level of comfort, or it isn't really worth it to me. I'm not very hardy when it comes to the outdoors. Staying home may be a bit lame, but after a long and challenging week at work, I know I need to just chill, and for that to happen, I need my food and shelter all sorted, as well as my toys and medicine.
The Fountain