Solely Escapism

Very important information (although not about jobs, sadly-- please don't mistake this as a lack of effort on my part, because... I assure you that effort is there). VERY IMPORTANT!

Corina and I just saw the LA premiere of Nowhere Boy (she paid-- I feel inclined to say-- VERY grateful) and... it was VERY good! Much better than the cheese the trailer leads you to believe. It isn't really about the Beatles-- it's about John Lennon's young life and I basically knew... none of it, although I make no claim to be a Beatles scholar. The important part comes here: Aaron Johnson is HOT! REEEALLY hot. But for SUUUUPER real!

You. Are. Welcome!

It was a little disconcerting as I never consider the actual John Lennon to be super jizz-worthy (in looks, of course-- surely he's jizz-worthy in other aspects always). Fortunately, my lack of worldly travels allows me to assign a Liverpool-ian accent to The Beatles alone, so... I never forgot that I was watching a movie about John Lennon for long.

God, I really don't think the pictures even do it justice because he was a very good actor and had some looks that just sent waves of pleasure up and down your body (I say "your" because I know Corina agrees and... well I'm just going to assume everyone will and does).

The movie was good too...

Reminder: DON'T BASE YOUR DECISION ON THE TRAILER. In my opinion, it makes it look too cheesy and also it makes it seem way more about the Beatles and his bands in general.

Need to see Kick-Ass!

Also, I guess the other super important part was that AARON JOHNSON and the director (woman in her 40s, with whom he had a baby... ... and he was born in 1990! Guys!) did a Q&A and then John Lennon's original band did a Q&A and then performed. I wasn't able to watch all of the band's stuff, though, because I had to be out of the parking lot by 11pm. That was lame, but I got the most important part, and I have to assume they aren't GREAT musicians and they definitely weren't GREAT speakers. Although it was a little funny because they weren't kissing John's ass-- they were like "everyone thought he was really funny but that's just how people are in Liverpool."

In other news, procured a library card! I got Peter Pan and Peter Pan in Scarlet. I watched Hook the other night, and then I felt that I NEEDED to watch the Disney Peter Pan. And then... I couldn't stop. Thus beginneth a wonderful new obsession-- could take days, could take weeks. Hopefully I don't dip into Michael Jackson, but I have faith that I won't. I think I'll stop the obsession before I feel the need to watch the broadway version because... that lady who plays Pan scares me, I'm sorry to say in a purely superficial way.

Lastly, The Social Network was compared to Citizen Kane in two different reviews, and The Godfather in another. What? WHAT?! My mind needs broadening, apparently, because my brain cannot understand this.

Also, while not every review loved The Event, I could not find a SINGLE bad review of Jason Ritter. Gold. Well... I want his show to do well, so half-gold.

I am slowly devolving into my escapist nature. Soon I won't remember what IIII actually did in the day. Soon I won't remember that I am an individual and not just a sensory machine with the sole purpose of collecting other people's stories.

Money on the Mind

I'm not ready to talk about the work situation yet, which sucks because it makes me not want to talk to people that much. While the situation is no longer DIRE... it still mostly is...

Are we sure that flossing doesn't actually HURT your teeth? In a half-effort to compensate for probably never having dental coverage again, I started flossing everyday (in addition to the brushing and mouth washing-- I'm seemingly dental-tastic right now), but now I feel like my teeth hurt all the time. Lame.

I can't wait to have SOME money again. Today I spent money buying stuff to clean my bathroom and almost cried at the $12-ish bill. Also, I have to pay about $10 for gas every two days, which blows. ALTHOUGH Natalya informed me that she is paying $3 each way for the train in San Francisco so... there is really no getting around the high cost of commuting. Money sucks. I ALMOST spontaneously moved to San Francisco in an effort to save some money (long story), but for now it's not happening. But LUCKILY, no matter how tricky the situation gets, it's going to be cheaper for me to stay in California than it would be to beg my parents to let me go back home for a while... so that's good news.

All I think about is money so... let's press on to more money concerns:

1. I am very worried about my vehicle. I'm pretty sure that it is overdue for a checkup and since it was made in 1996, I'm concerned that it can't sail past a few checkups relying on it's youth to save it (the way that I am with my own health-- totally not worried even though everything I learned in health care sociology tells me that it's socially immoral to let your health go. That's right, I'm actually screwing the community).

1b. I also need to change my oil. Although I THINK it will be okay because I have about 50 miles to go until the 3000 mile mark, but I'm pretty sure you can wait until 4000 miles.

1c. Apparently you are supposed to get a smog check after 3 months of being in CA... but... I'm not going to concern myself with that yet, obviously. Bigger fish to fry (mmmm fried fish!).

I guess those are the only pertinent money problems, although I really want my netflix back, which I KNOW isn't a priority, but I just looked through my movies and I've watched nearly ALL of them in... a VERY short period of time. I also read book 6 and 7 of Harry Potter (inevitable) and Lullaby by Chuck Palahniuk (good. Dark.) Now I'm reading Bridget Jones's Diary again because I'm on a reading role and I don't want to spoil it by starting LOTR and getting bored with all the description. I looked in to getting a library card, but I'm not sure I have a valid proof of address since the last mail I got was in July (when I figured out how to get my bank statements electronically) and my checks don't have my address on them (mystery).

In television news, True Blood ended last week which was a bummer but.. I think I'll survive. Especially since I've still got Weeds (Nancy is actually selling again, which is gold) AAAAAND The Office, 30 Rock, Parenthood and It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia started again. I'll definitely survive. I also want to start watching The Event because of my commitment to Jason Ritter, although it doesn't seem like the kind of show I'd be drawn to. Plus, it would be prudent for me to watch Hellcats and Castle since my management company has an interest in them. We'll see. That's a lot of shows to be committed to.

Fortunately, no movies that peek my interest are out right now... except that Kiera Knightly one... and Easy A looks pretty cute. I wonder if it will be a great success and cause Amanda Bynes to rethink her retirement.

That is all. I expect to feel more positive in a week and a half (arbitrary time frame).

My Vacation--Can't Complain Even Though I'd Rather Work

Finished American On Purpose by Craig Ferguson. It was lovely, although I'm not sure I know anyone else as fascinated by Craig whom I could recommend the book to.

More importantly, Kevin finished the last Harry Potter book and he appreciated it and the rest of the series as much as he should, which is a great deal (HUGE understatement).

This weekend has been an absolute vacation. I'm housesitting for food in at a place in Beverly Hills. Benefits include 2 AMAZING (both in beauty and kindness) husky dogs to hang out with, a swimming pool that is consistently the perfect temperature, a jacuzzi (a little hot... but it's supposed to be obviously), and multiple televisions with cable and netflix instant watch. I'm in absolute heaven. Plus, free food.

I wasn't able to talk to the manager that I'm working for about where we're going from here, but I was able to have a bitter sweet conversation with the other manager. Everything is still up in the air. I also talked to the other intern who has done a lot more PA work than I have and she offered to give my resume to someone at MTV for PA-ing jobs. While I'm thrilled at the prospect, I also feel pretty strongly that PA-ing is not the direction for me right now. But... what do I know?

On the other job front, I am going to try and get a hostessing job at a diner that Corina works/worked at (tonight's her last night) so I at least have a bit of an income in these hard times. So my current dream is to get this manager's assistant job and work 11am-5pm at the diner on weekends.

I talked to Natalya about her first week in San Francisco and the tale is just as exciting and unpredictable as you would expect from her. She has embraced my "make life a game" policy.

My friend Liz and I wrote a basic outline to our script, which is now loosely based on my mother instead of an afghani tow truck driver. It was very cathartic. I've been thinking about my mother a lot recently, which is probably to do with writing the script outline, but I wasn't able to tell her because... my thoughts have been kind of panicky and scary and she doesn't like to hear those things. I have to keep remembering that I don't believe in magic and my thoughts are NOT premonitions.

While sitting in front of the Baskin Robins and talking on the phone (a VERY common practice for me), a lady came over to me and insisted it was meant for her to talk to me. Obviously I couldn't brush it off as... she insisted and I love strangers. She told me that I'm a good person and that I was born with luck and am meant for success and marriage and children. She told me, however, that I have a dark cloud around me and she is my guardian angel. I have been impregnated with bad fortune by a friend and one of my lovers (?) was on drugs but I was unaware. I did tell her that that wasn't possible, but... she didn't listen I guess and kept insisting. She told me she could cure me if only I buy 5 special candles at $20 each. She also told me that the predictions she gave me are usually $35, but mine was free.

So... I consider this $35 in the bank. After I turned her down, she returned to the boat dealership with her husband where he was planning a purchase.

Even though I REALLY want to read book 7 of Harry Potter again, I'm opting for Lullaby by Chuck Palahniuk as my next choice. I hope it's good.

Movies watched:

Stardust

Knotting Hill

The Secret Garden

Blue Lagoon

Julie and Julia

Keith

The Fifth Element

When Harry Met Sally

A League of Their Own

The Truth About Cats and Dogs

Napoleon Dynamite

Valley Girl

Igby Goes Down

Honestly, probably more but I can't think of them. I need to get a full-time job.

Keith was interesting for several reasons:

1. Michael McGrady, from Perfect Family, was in it.

2. I also spotted a friend of mine in the background 3 times.

3. Elisabeth Harnois does NOT age. I'm pretty sure she's a vampire. SERIOUSLY! She looks EXACTLY the same as she did in My Date with the President's Daughter in 1998 TEN years before!! And not like she looks youthful enough to play 18 even though she's 31 but you can see that she's aged the way that Melissa Joan Hart used to be. No. She looks THE SAME!

1998 - My Date with the President's Daughter

2008 - Keith

VAMPIRE!

(Reasonable pictures were hard to find, but if you're not convinced, give it a shot on your own.)