Blog 25 : 3/1/2010 - Retrospectionalysis

You know when I was younger I would determine whether or not it was going to be a good day by weather or not I could throw a used paper towel into the trash from a distance. The more elaborate the throw, the better the day it was going to be. Behind the back without looking was going to be a GREAT day. I wish life was that simple now. But why can't it be? Not sure, not sure what changed.
I had a nice long talk with the wife yesterday about getting back on track to getting a job in a field I want. I am very glad to have her cause she kicks my butt and reminds me what I need to be doing, and she is very right, I have let myself slip. It is hard because I am the kind of person who needs a plan, to see the steps to get to a goal, but I feel incapable of making a plan for this. I am not entirely sure what I want, and not knowing that makes it feel impossible to plan. It has been recommended that I see a career counselor. I am not sure if one exists that will tell me what I need to know but I hope they do. Sort of like a career therapist ;)

The funniest part of last week, and I just to this topic otherwise I will forget to mention it, I was wandering around my floor and came across a storage closet that was a little bit open. Thinking I wanted to see if they had a file binder I look inside, and there, right in the back on the bottom shelf, is the official Patent Office Suggestion Box. So there, tenth floor storage closet is where all suggestions are to be submitted. I promptly submitted a suggestion that they should relocate the box to a more obvious location.

Saw the movie "Book of Eli" yesterday. It's good to know that in post apocalyptic America that the Sun Glasses Hut will still be doing a thriving trade. This movie started off very well, bit of mystery, bit of Mad Max style, and ended up being Sixth Sense on Stupid. Basically you have a post apocalyptic world where Denzel is walking along with some magic book that will put everything right. Now I will begin spoiling this movie for you. The Book is the Bible. And this movie then becomes Preachy as HELL. And like I said, it is post apocalyptic where everyone is scrounging for food and water and the smallest little things.... but everyone who is a main character is apparently outfitted by Abercrombie, wears Oakleys, and there is no shortage of hair product. So much of this movie had to have been a "Good Idea at the Time" because it doesn't sink up. There is almost no motivation for half the people and things that occur, and this culminates, and here I find myself truly annoyed, in it being revealed right at the end that Denzel is BLIND. That's right, he goes through the whole F-ing movie basically juggling knives and reading the F-ing Chart at the eye doctors and then suddenly it turns out he was blind the whole time. Big F-ing NO. You can't Sixth Sense that crap. And yea, they try to make it look like that was how it was the whole movie by him commenting on smell and sound all the time, but the thing is almost everything he does in the movie STILL REQUIRED HIM TO SEE. Dumb. So needless to say the movie started out solid, ended up getting preachy, then just idiotic with fake blindness and a barrage of other fake diseases, and ends up having an ending scene that took 45 minutes. That's right, the big chase scene most movies end with, well this one is 45 minutes of WALKING. I must say I learned one thing while watching this movie. ALWAYS sit on the end of a row so you can get the crap out of there when shit hits the fan, and when I say shit I'm not being metaphorical.
Sorry, had to get that one off my chest, I hate it when I spend money on crap. It has gotten closer and closer to the point where I have seriously considered selling my TV. I watch so much television, but none of it is good. I weep.

Other than that, not too much else is new. Had Meg's birthday party this weekend which was good times. Many Friends came, good food, too much drink. Bro came up with his new GF so that was fun to meet her and see how they were getting on. Good times all round, made me smile.