Hi. I Suck.

And, to make up for that fact...and to make a sort of pun, please enjoy this picture of a penis on the side of a building. This was apparently how Pompeii alerted its visiting sailors to the direction of the nearest house of ill repute. I think it's just funny to see a penis in stone. I don't think I've posted this picture before. Oops to me if I have. EDITORS NOTE: I CHECKED AND I USED THIS PICTURE BACK IN APRIL. OH WELL....

It's been a long couple of weeks. Here's a quick-ish recap.

This past Monday we had a job fair at work. Because all the managers present were doing interviews, I had to cover the floor. I spent a lot of time walking around, helping at the customer service desk, help ring people up, finding people to cover breaks, etc. I didn't have a problem doing this except for the fact that I thought our CRM was going to be splitting the duties with me as it had been scheduled. But, it seems someone wasn't communicating well, or at least wasn't remembering what they had been told, and our CRM was out of state. I spent my entire shift doing floor stuff. I think I scanned all of 8 boxes that day. Another bonus, I don't have a code to open the safe, but as the floor manager I needed to get in there to get drawers for the people up front. Ended up having to get another manager to grab stuff for me, which sort of went against the point of having me cover for them in the first place. Oh, and I went to make change for the music drawer and no one had bothered to put the change fund up front...not sure what the opening manager was doing...so I had to get someone else to get in the safe to get the drawer for me. We are so good at planning where I work.

Went and saw Dan In Real Life and Into The Wild this past week. Dan was pretty good. I have a serious crush on Steve Carrell so it was enjoyable to see him in a sort of angsty, romantic movie. I was in the right mood to be all weepy about the unrequited love thing so this movie was pretty perfect for my state of mind.

Into The Wild was very good. It is great to look at and I was lucky enough to see it in digital projection, which I recommend if possible. The movie moves at a pretty languid pace and sometimes the voice overs seem a little too perfect, but it was moving at times (Hal Holbrook made me cry dammitt!!!). It was a bit rough going towards the end because I'd read the book several years ago and knew what was coming up. Let's just say there isn't really a happy ending. It has been long enough since I read the book that I had forgotten what exactly had happened between him and his parents. I believe the family was involved with the making of the movie so I think it's safe to guess that what was portrayed was accurate...which is actually pretty depressing. My major hurdle with the book and the movie is the idea that someone would be able to get the same sort of fulfillment from living "in the wild" as they would from engaging with people, whether they be family or friends. To me, Chris's wanderlust was sort of selfish. I understood enough of his quest to still enjoy the film and the book and would definitely recommend both.

I'm hoping to see Darjeeling Limited this week and I just bought a new book called The Brotherhood of The Disappearing Pants: A User's Guide To Conservative Sex Scandals done by the same guys who brought you the screamingly funny Sweet Jesus, I Hate Bill O'Reilly. And Radiohead is still playing almost non-stop in the car and at home. Weird Fishes/Arpeggi is currently my absolute favorite.

Sorry again for being a bad blogger. Thanks for your patronage.