More Stuff & Nonsense

Wellll, they finally promoted Alea. I don't know about Jeff yet. Probably find out they still haven't done anything yet. I have no clue, still, as to what my new schedule will be. I'm hoping for either Thur/Fri/Sat off or Sun/Mon/Tue. The benny of T/F/S is that concert attendance will go up, & New Year's Eve is on a Friday... the benny of S/M/T is that Hallowe'en is on a Sunday this year.

The scorpions are coming inside. We've found about 1 a day for the past week. 2 in Rob's room, 1 in the living room, 1 in the garage & 1 in the hallway. Going to bed has become a seek-&-destroy mission. Scan the cielings, scan the floor, scan the walls, shake out the beds, shake out the pillows & pray for good luck. We'll probably be moving again come Spring time.

Rob's mom pulled out the magic eraser & took $5k off our debt to her, so my two-year plan has been stepped up to a 1-yr. plan. Rob's been talking about trying to get a sales associate job for someplace like CompUSA or Office Depot or something. He just doesn't want to touch money, which I can't blame him for. I don't like to play w/money at work either. We'll see. It'll probably last a month, if that.

The car is failing at an alarming rate. Air went out the other day - $300 to repair. It's shaking itself apart, one bit at a time. It was kind of nice riding around w/the windows down again. Rob's such a weenie when it comes to heat. I like the hot wind on my face, the traffic noise. I feel a little bit more connected to the world when I can ride around w/my head out the window.

Hellboy Movie Review

Oh yeah, we rented the much-anticipated 'Hellboy' last night. I'm glad we didn't blow money on it in the theatre. It was ok, don't get me wrong, but it struck me as being more of a pilot for a Fox series or something, instead of as a self-contained movie. There was very little character or plot development, no inner conflict, no real outer conflict, & not any decent comedy relief, either... it held little or no surprises to make ya jump out of your seat, which is a big plus for me. I like movies that make you want to climb over three rows of people behind you to get the hell away from whatever's on the screen in front of you. The monsters HB was fighting were visually impressive, especially when my favorite Elder God put in a brief appearance at the end (& as I sat & looked at all those unfurling tentacles waving about in space, I thought to myself, "Yeah, I think that's exactly what He looks like") but not very interesting otherwise. It reminded me a lot of 'League of Extraordinary Gentlemen'. So overall, 'Hellboy' receives a 2-meh rating. Meh. Meh.

'Hidalgo' comes out on the 3rd, & I dunno when Harry Potter will be on video... The next big movie jones is 'Alien vs. Predator' :)