Friday, November 16, 2007
oh goodness
since i leave work around 2 every day, i miss some of the awesomeness that happens in the office near the end of their regular work day. i also work in the tech support department, even though i'm not a part of tech support. they just had an empty desk and i was jonesing for a place to be able to work. but, as it works out for me, they're all pretty cool people and are more than willing to share their stories of morons who call in and need help with things.
for example, i sit down to work this morning, and my desk-neighbor, Charles, looks up and says 'oh, you weren't here for this great call last night.' i gave him my intrigued look, and he continues 'some guy tried cleaning the inside of his barcode printer with lighter fluid.' good thing that guy wasn't a smoker.
9:37 AM
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Wednesday, November 14, 2007
believe in you
things that i want to write about but don't have the time:
1. tori amos songs in a capella groups.
2. my bias towards the wga strike.
3. bitching about job stuff.
5:09 PM
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Friday, November 09, 2007
'til i fall over
On Wednesday this man was holding his own, rather loud, protest. Then, he stopped shouting and asked what we picketers were protesting about. After hearing about the strike, he started a new chant: "Moses was a writer! Moses was a writer!"
10:08 AM
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Tuesday, November 06, 2007
out of style
i want to apologize if any of you are reading this page in internet explorer. i opened this on a computer at work, and the formatting is horrible. i'm actually a little embarassed. so, my apologies.
10:17 AM
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Thursday, November 01, 2007
there's so many things
Distance has a way of making love understandable.
What is it about Hitchcock that is such genius? I've been trying to pinpoint it all night. He's charismatic, knows how to work well with his team, can visualize his entire movie (sets, costumes, dialogue, shots) and then charms his co-workers to see his same vision. He knows how to critique himself. He knows how to delegate responsibility so it's not overwhelming. And you can tell all this by watching his films. You can see the flaws that he saw, but you know that it's fairly close to perfection.
I watched North By Northwest tonight for the first time. Don't even get me started about the title because it drives me crazy (it should be Northwest by Northwest but that doesn't sound nearly as badass), but the rest of it.. man. The dialogue is fantastic, Cary Grant is charming but still kind of awesome, and there are no unnecessary scenes, or "no scene" scenes as Hitchcock calls them. I tried thinking about it on the way home and pinpointing exactly what's so fantastic about Hitchcock, and what makes it so amazing. I thought about what would happen if a movie like that was made today, with today's hollywood standards.
If this movie was made today, it would have been needlessly complicated. The moviemakers want to trick you into thinking it's a good movie when you have to see it more than once to really get it, and that's twice the money in their pocket. North by Northwest was complex, but it wasn't the least bit hard to follow. I didn't miss any of the movie by thinking "wait, what just happened? who's that guy?" I could just enjoy it. And be amazed. So congratulations, Hitchcock, you have won me over yet again. I look forward to next time.
11:11 PM
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