The Importance of Being Idle

The Post With No Name

Hey wouldja look at that! I've already applied for FOUR jobs this morning! Yay me!
This is good because this afternoon I once again I have to demonstrate to the PTBs that I am indeed worthy of the pittance they give me to stop me having to live on the streets - or worse, at my parents house! I always worry when I have to sign on, even though I know thousands of people do absolutely bugger all and somehow manage to get away with it, I just know I'm the guy who's gonna get caught, even when I'm trying (a little tiny bit!).
I saw Waterworld for the first time last night. I realise that makes me a decade later than everybody else, but there you go. It was... hmmm. Long? I dunno, I liked the Mariner cos he was a grumpy asshole, I liked the look of the film (the photography rather than the production design, cos that was just regulation post-apocalypse stuff), and I liked the sheer insanity of a production where things which should in any logical world be effects shots are clearly real things. But I'll admit to getting a bit bored towards the end and I don't really recall how it ended (well, I mean they found dry land, I just don't remember how we got there). It seemed okay though, possibly even slightly good, and certainly not worthy of the unholy kicking it received upon release. I've read of a directors cut which actually makes the world make some kind of sense, although in lots of ways I also liked the fact that it didn't bother to explain anything and the world just is as it is.
There's a bizarre campaign (started by one crazy old teacher) to do away with the concept of 'failure' at school, and instead bring in 'deferred success'. So it's nice to know that I'm not messing things up after all, I'm just deferring my success till a later date. Yay!

posted by BadMonkey @ 10:19 AM