"Bang, bang, bang, bang."
2006-08-26
2006-08-22
"somebody else" got it...
Well, I didn't get the job I applied for. Didn't exactly come as a shock, but what's there to do about it? At least they made the effort of sending me a letter, and telling me I didn't get it. Note; I corrected all grammatical mistakes when I translated it.
Dear Ricard!
We want to thank you for your expressed interest in working with us.
Unfortunately, we have to tell you that the job you applied for has gone to somebody else, but we wish you all the best in the blah blah-blah blah.
Sincerly, Corporate Stooge
Fuck 'em. I'll find a better job.
2006-08-21
"We're the baddest punks in our age bracket!"
Went out on my bike earlier to buy some groceries for dinner. On my way home, I had to get off the designated bike track next to the sidewalk, onto the other side of the road in order to get home. On this side, there is no track for bikes, but people generally don't care, as long as you don't steal all the walking space.
Anyway, I see an old geezer coming up ahead. I get as close as possible to the edge of the sidewalk to give the semi-dead man some space, but he just gets in front of my way, no matter how I steer. I slow down just in front of the guy to avoid a bad colission. I say 'Excuse me' as I try to pass. "Yeah, excuuuse me!", the old idiot says. I know that he deliberately got in my way only to say that I'm on the wrong side of the road, and what he says next only confirms my suspicions.
"This ain't no bike track", the fucking moron says.
No shit, old man? This ain't my foot up your ass, but it will be the next time.
I fucking hate old people who act like this. Next time, I'll run him over. With a vengance.
2006-08-18
the last effort...
Pop-quiz again this evening. Didn't win anything this time, which was quite a bummer. And I met a friend I got to know a while back in high school, and with whom I spent many of my lunch hours with. She is moving to another town for a job. We have not exactly kept in touch the last couple of years, despite the fact that she lives a mere three minutes away from my apartment, walking. She has been working nights as a security guard. And she was away for a year before that, doing her military service.
We've run into each other from time to time, but never actually met to catch up. I always wanted to, but she was always busy, or I was. And now she's moving. I doubt I'll ever see her again. I'm going to miss her, though. I'll make a last effort to meet up before she moves. Hope she'll have the time.
Ugh, depressing entry this time. Sorry. I'll do better next time.
2006-08-16
2006-08-13
always carry a smile...
Still unemployed, which is a bit of a downer. I try to keep a smiling face when I hear my friends complain about going back to work after their vacation, but on the inside, I feel like screaming at them to be happy fucks that they actually have jobs. Whatever. It's the financial restraints that bugs me the most. Sure, I can live without the new DVD boxset of "The Simpsons" that was just released, but still, I really fucking want it. If anything to escape the boredom of staying at home all the time. Sometimes, the Internet is just not enough.
Despite being penniless, I agreed to go out with my friends last Thursday for another round of pop-quiz. At least that's free. We didn't do as well as last time, but still, we got the second place. The winning team beat us because of their sheir size, they were like twelve people. We were only five. I hope we'll win next week. Then I won't feel like an utter and complete failure, at least for a while.
2006-08-10
2006-08-09
a morbid bike ride...
I saw a dead hedgehog today. Mind you, I've seen many a dead hedgehog in my day, but this time, it was really... horrible.
I was going out for a smoke, and felt like going on a ride on my bike. I biked up around the main street, then down to the highway. When I was almost back home, I noticed something odd on the highway. "Hm, is that a smashed watermelon?", I thought. "Why would anyone toss...- wait... No, is that...?"
And it was. It was a hedgehog. Or what was left of it. If you can imagine how I could mistake that dead hedgehog for a smashed watermelon, you might understand what condition the hedgehog was in. In short, it was a really fucked-up sight.
After contemplating on what to do, I decided to look for something I could use to move it off the road, because I felt it was wrong to just leave it there for other cars to run it over again. There was some kind of road construction up the road, and there I found two pieces of wood that I could lift it up with. I carried it to a piece of grass next to the road, and left it there. "At least it was a quick death", I thought, and headed home.
When I got home, I hugged my cat.
Rest in peace, little buddy.
2006-08-06
the return of the superman...
A 7-year old kid said exactly what I was thinking when I saw "Superman Returns" today. After about 20 minutes, the kid turned to his dad and said;
"When do things start happening?"
I know it's sometimes necessary to explain certain aspects of the previous movies, but it made this movie dragging and boring to watch. Now, I am familiar with the "Superman" movies, but this kid in the theatre wasn't, and even he felt it was boring to wait for the action to kick in.
As for Brandon Routh as Superman/Clark Kent, he was alright. Not spectacular, but not all awful either. As Superman, he had the same face all the time, like stone. But when he acts like Clark Kent, we see some more aspects of his acting, and in some angles, he really looked like Christopher Reeves did in the original "Superman". That, I liked. Also, I liked a line that suggested that Jimmy Olsen has a thing for Clark, since he follows him around all the time. Funny stuff.
Also, Kevin Spacey, one of my favorite actors. A character like Lex Luthor gives room for some overacting, and Spacey doesn't hold back. He's not like Gene Hackman in the original, he'sa bit more psychotic. A bit more flamboyant. A bit more... Spacey. And I can't help but smile when he chirps out "Krrrrrryptonite" (*listen here*) to his archenemy, Superman.
Things I didn't like...
1. Lois' son. Annoying, and if it hadn't been for that subplot, it would have made the movie tighter and better.
2. Frank Langella as Perry White. He's a good actor, but terribly miscast in this part.
3. Kate Bosworth as Lois Lane. I prefer a more sassy Lois, like Margot Kidder in the first and second movie. Bosworth's Lois is just a too pretty, boring mom who acts like an unsympathetic bitch most of the time.
4. The length. I know I complained about the same thing when I saw "Pirates of the Caribbean; Dead Man's Chest", but at 2 hours and 22 minutes, and with an already dragging plot, this is really justified.
So, to summarize, my recommendation is that you walk, don't run, and certainly don't fly to the theatres to see this movie. But if you still want to see it after reading this, by all means, see it on a big screen, so at least you can appreciate the flying scenes to their full extent. The rest is more or less "meh".
2006-08-05
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