TV, Movies & the Internet

Thank you all for your kind comments. I'm really trying not to be a big Drama Queen, but holy crap, shit just keeps comin' at me lately.

If you care, a little update on my ever-changing job situation. I told New Close-to-Home Client that I would stay until they found a FT replacement, since it ain't gonna be me sitting in that chair. I really wanted to leave after my 4-week assignment was up, but it didn't seem fair to leave them in the lurch when I have no other commitments.

I also talked to Old Client and asked if we could hold off on the move to Manager and FT employee-status there. My boss agreed that if she were me, she wouldn't want to change things either. I'm not ready to give up my PT consultant status just yet. She said at some point her hand may be forced, but for right now we're back at status quo. Phew.

I wanted to make a couple of comments on stuff I've seen and read lately. Has anybody seen the new TV Guide that just came out? Ugh. Kelly Ripa on the front cover proclaiming, "My body is so much better since I had kids!" Oh, go fuck yourself, Kelly.

We finally watched The Village last weekend. I don't know why we waited so long to see it, we loved Sixth Sense and Unbreakable. Whoever wrote the liner notes and described it as a "thriller" hadn't seen the movie. I found it to be profoundly sad. I won't give away the classic Shyamalan twist, but essentially the movie is about people who go to extraordinary lengths to leave their pasts behind. No matter how idyllic a life they try to create, tragedy still befalls them. Perhaps it's just the frame of mind I'm in. In any case, I would recommend it.

Finally, there's this site. I LOVE that someone came up with a funny idea and a way to make money at the same time. Take that you freaky Scientology nutbar.