"a catastrophic success"
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hola.
it is Tuesday AM, and i cannot express how badly i am already dying to be out of the office, away from here. my job has been trying lately (as i think i've already expressed multiple times), and it just wont quit. i am done, done, done. not to mention hysterical foreign distributors and masive budget cuts, just being forced to work on a ship whose direction you're extremely wary of doesnt do much for the 'ol morale. i'm sure things could be way worse but i'm over it.
in weekend news... went to a bachelorette party camping in the woods (which though fun, i still claim as a cop out--i think having a bachelorette party should be done in the traditional sense of going out on the town and making an ass of yourself--call me crazy). other than that, spent a lot of time at the pool as the sun decided to finally make an appearance. and went and saw
Napolean Dynamite. i enjoyed it, simply for the reason that is was so meandering and random. i have no lgreat ove for the current standardized Hollywood formula, or at least no attachment, so i quite enjoy a break from it... i would hardly say its a "great" movie, but definitely refreshing.
watched the first night of the Republic National Convention last night. all i can say about the first two speeches is=PUKE. immature response, yes. but what else can i say to a bunch of lies and flagrant warmongers? McCain, whom i've had respect for until last night, is now Bush's number one bitch, and Guilliani (sp?) is just a lunatic. i heard him out and out
lie this morning on
GMA, saying that Michael Moore was "the hero of the Democratic Convention." that was the biggest BS statement i've ever heard!!! they wouldnt even let him IN. he made speeches OUTSIDE the convention! how could he be a hero to a group that wouldnt let him speak publicy to their forum? ugh. pisses me off. and people believe this crap. Lying Liars and the Lies they tell.... sheesh.
if yer still reading this, go read Tony's bus blog
post from yesterday. the man tells it how it is.
ps. and
here is Michael Moore's USA Today colomn on the RNC.
i am getting a dirt bike!!!! woo hoo!!!!! look out world of dirt, here i come!!!
tundrah photo
just in case there were any remaining disillusioned youth, those who were still considering voting for Bush, it looks like the one more nail has been driven into his anti-re-election coffin, compliments of his wifey-dearest. direct from Salon:
"Kissing the hip-hop vote goodbye? Sources have told both the New York Post and the New York Daily News that Sean (Puffy/P. Diddy) Combs opted to cancel a scheduled performance at last night's opening of the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center in Cincinnati after Laura Bush, who was also scheduled to appear, told organizers that she would rather not share a stage with him. "Her reps made it very clear to Freedom Center that they would not have Laura Bush appearing in the same photo-op as P. Diddy," one source told the Post's Page Six. And a bewildered Combs aid told the News'
Rush and Malloy. "We don't understand why she wouldn't want to stand with him. He
hasn't been partisan at all." (Page Six, Rush and Molloy) "
way to go Laura! wouldnt want to be seen conspiring with any of those crazy iconic entertainment mogul types, especially black non-partisan ones!!! in case y'all havent seen it already, Puffy has launched a
voting campaign to encourage young people to vote. it is announcedly non-partisan, so the fact that Laura Bush wouldnt appear with him is baffling.
that's okay, i'll now go do a celebratory tap dance in an ode the the Bushes' continued idiocy.....
so i just got one of those cheesy inspirational forwarded emails, which i usually skim through then delete. this one was about average, but did have one shred of wisdom that i care to share with y'all. it said:
"You should not confuse your career with your life."
i need to remember that sometimes, or rather, alot of times....
hope you all are well.
.me
quick post, lots to get done before jetting off again. the parents (Dad and step-Mom) are in town and are driving me freaking batty. usually when they visit, i'm fine, but this time around they've been driving me to the point of hysteria. well, not that bad, but i would like to get hysterical on them, it would probably relieve some of the pent-up fury they've been creating....
its really frustrating to never be good enough. i'm 28. i own a home. i make really good money. and, i think, i have my shit reasonably together. my parents seem to think that this must be an anomaly, a freak occurrence, because they have been insisting that the idea of me wanting to move home is just foolish. "why cant you just keep your house" they say. "its so wonderful, this place is SO AMAZING why would you ever want to move?". or, this was a good one, "so do you really think that you could find another job at another company that is as good as yours?" because, i mean, they must be right, i really must have landed this job by some great stroke of luck, it has nothing to do with me as a person or my skills or whatever small shred of talent i may have residing deep somewhere within my sad, sorry soul.
i know i'm being dramatic, but its tough to keep a straight face when they start saying these things. this probably sounds conceited, but, i think they live vicariously through me in a lot of ways. neither of them has ever had a career that has taken them to fun places, events, etc. neither of them has ever really lived outside of SoCal. so, i think, when i try to make decisions they themselves wouldnt make, they feel the need to tell me the errors of my ways. its good for me in a way, to have to take it, and learn to turn away and move on. obviously i'm still learning
the turning a deaf ear part of it....
they're leaving today, my life will hopefully be stress-free again shortly. at least for a few days. we're leaving early on Thursday for LA--four days of debauchery at the Xgames. looking forward to it.
happy Monday y'all.
xoxo.
.l
