Bet You've Heard This Before [Tuesday, November 30, 2004]
The Perfect Day (sic) [Monday, November 29, 2004]
Brotherly Love [Sunday, November 28, 2004]
Give Me A Bloody Good Reason [Saturday, November 27, 2004]
Fully Charged Batteries: Check [Saturday, November 27, 2004]
Here Comes The Brave [Thursday, November 25, 2004]
What Ever Happened to Movie Day Wednesday? [Wednesday, November 24, 2004]
A Test of Gaming 133t-ness [Tuesday, November 23, 2004]
Blending In With the Shoelaces [Monday, November 22, 2004]
POP3 (ME) Baby [Friday, November 19, 2004]
To Shave Or Not To Shave [Wednesday, November 17, 2004]
Another Failed Relationship [Tuesday, November 16, 2004]
So It's 7. And Then What? [Monday, November 15, 2004]
Shaun of the Dead [Sunday, November 14, 2004]
No Promise of Hope [Saturday, November 13, 2004]
Unfulfilled [Wednesday, November 10, 2004]
One Messed Up Blog [Tuesday, November 9, 2004]
New Team. New Shoelaces. [Monday, November 8, 2004]
Goodbye. Farewell. [Sunday, November 7, 2004]
Geek Mode Attack [Saturday, November 6, 2004]
Shuffle the Deck and Pick Me [Thursday, November 4, 2004]
Incoherence Is A Bliss [Wednesday, November 3, 2004]
Dial-Up Losers [Tuesday, November 2, 2004]
Almost At The End [Monday, November 1, 2004]
It rained the whole day and night. Now the bed is so freaking inviting. I am still contemplating if I would be devoured by it or ignore it till later so I can play some videogames first.
Work normalized, and I could say it was pretty great even. Mainly because of her I guess. So I know I like her a lot, but I am baffled, on what shall I do next. Poor stupid me.
Yes, three more days left in the work week. I hope they'd be nice and give us two consecutive day-offs for a change. As a fact, I have worked for 13 days in a 15 day (pay) period.
Hope the day-offs do change sometime. I need some free time so I can pick up my yearbook and diploma at school, at the same time, do a little shopping. Friday's are no good, as I am pretty wasted due to drinking sessions after work. I even forgot to pay for the jeepney ride home last Friday, as I slept through the whole thing. Being drunk and sleepy ain't a very good combination. Saturday's on the other hand would be pretty useless. For sure, the registrar's office would be closed and malls would be too effing crowded. As you should know, I hate crowds.
This journal has turned quite repetitive. I used to have a lot to say about a number of things. Different issues for each day of the week. Now, it's just me whinning about work and playing videogames. This sucks.
Imagine this. I blogged 25 times this month and I bet my fingers on it that everyday contains the same exact things.
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The two days are up, and nothing magical happened. If everything happens for a goddamn reason, this one does not have one, so it's a sick saying. I never believed it anyway.
Instead, it had been the worst two days in my life (work) ever since I have changed shoelaces. Boo-yah! I even had a kickback. Stupid. That's a 100 peso penalty. I can hardly remember the last time I got kicked. Well, it will make me more cautious next time.
Anyway, last night was hell. Almost spent the whole evening on the phone, was not able to maximize the avail time we usually get before 11 in the evening. Shit.
It is stupid, expecting something fantabulous to happen at work which could at least compensate to Puerto Galera. Sick. Nothing would compare to that. Oh well. Enough of Galera now. There's nothing we can do about that. Let's just bask in shit loads of money we earned in those two days.
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Yahoo. Five working days left. This is something to get excited about. Shit.
No magically rewarding thing at work today. I'd say it had to be one of my sadder days at work ever since being with the new team.
Watched Alexander before work and it was good, but not great. It was too long. Of course, the battle scenes where freaking amazing. Jared Leto's makeup passes as an punk vocalist. Collin Farrell's mohawk is weird. Oh, the hair styles of them Greeks.
Still haven't watched National Treasure. Hopefully I'd have the time and energy to do so tomorrow, again before work.
Let's cut it short shall we? I have a lot to say to myself about that stupid galera thing, but I am too tired to do so. I'll just discuss it with myself in bed.
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Somebody please shoot me!
It's all starting to sink in.
So, here I am. In a bloody Internet Cafe bloggin about my damned stupidity.
No Puerto Galera for me. Don't ask me why though, as I sincerely have no idea
why. When I was in the FX going to work, everything started to make sense. Then
I asked myself "Why?" Unfortunately, no answer came up.
It's like I am expeecting some life changing experience to happen at work which
is so dumb as shit like that does not happen at work.
Stupid Simon.
SO I told my mom about the whole Puerto Galera trip and me wanting to skip work
for it. She said it would have been easy to get a medical certificate so your
absence would be authorized. Damn. I wish I told her about it when I noticed she
was awake at 4 in the morning and not a few minutes before going to work at 12
noon.
It was the anvil. The weight needed for everything to sink in. Fuck.
I suck at making decisions. I had such a damn trouble with it last night and I
decided not to decide. Well, I decided to let Father Time decide for me. Just
shows the kind of personality I have. I am freaking hopeless. Sic. Just shows
the kind of decision making skills I have.
Again I ask myself why? You are so full of shit Simon. Damn you.
Work over pleasure? Stupid. Who the hell makes a decision as dumb as that?
Couldn't you freaking take a hint? Each and every person you asked suggested
Puerto Galera. You on the other hand had real big problem with it.
I doubt her glancing eyes and stunning smiles would make up for this. I feel so
freaking horrible. This is bad, to think that this is the first day in a 6 day
work week.
Am early at work since I would try to satisfy myself with a movie, Alexander,
which starts a few minutes from now. I doubt it would do anything magical though
about what I am feeling right now.
If everything happens for a goddamned reason, this better be a bloody good one.
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Fully Charged Batteries: Check
At 3 in the morning, I am still undecided.
To go or not to go. This has been the main issue of the evening. Everyone I ask tells me to go. I don't know that the fuck is keeping me from going.
It's not like work is bloody perfect.
When we checked our schedule for the week, we only had one day of which is next Friday. Yes, six working days again, the sixth day falling today. Very encouraging.
Then I had a peak at my stats/metrics for the last two weeks, which are the stats ever since I joined the new team. Nothing much changed. My main AFI is still the same and is fluctuating from failing oh-so miserably to passing. This has been the trend all year round. New team, but still no change in that one stat. Very inspiring.
So with these two reasons alone, why can't I bloody decide to just go.
There had been a lot of absences in the team this past week, and as a result, one can't be absent this week without a medical certificate. Major boo for that. I am not very good when it comes to lying.
Then there seems to be a lot of major changes at work. These changes are quite important since I am considering staying in this company for a few more months. These would be discussed later.
You may ask then if I am leaving in a few months time, why bother being a freaking good employee. All hopes of ever being promoted have already been shattered, so why bother.
I honestly don't know. I have never been absent for the sheer reason of not wanting to go to work. Well, technically I was as there were two instances when I simply woke up late for work. One was authorized, the other was not which in turn merited a suspension. Not to mention, no movement for 6 bloody months.
So again I ask, what the hell could be keeping me from going? I guess I'd like to keep my record as clean as possible, but I doubt that would really matter in the first place.
Is it because of her, with her glancing eyes and melting smile amplified further by her braces? What's two/three days of not seeing her, right? Shit, what am I saying?
Now it's five in the bloody morning, and I could say I am still undecided.
Meeting time has been moved to 1 in the afternoon, which gives me more time to think. Right.
Anyway, batteries for the digital camera are already fully charged.
I guess am all set then.
What?
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Massive transportation strike today. Most schools have suspended classes. Of course, life goes on at eTelecare. It's Thanksgiving in the US, so life should be easier. This is the last day of the work it, so it should be.
Hopefully, FX taxis are not included in this so I can still go to work. Then again, I could someone drive me to Libis, color-coding is sure to be suspended today.
Oh, the complications of living so far from work. Some teammates when out for a couple of beers after work. As for me, I had to go home as my ride was already there when I left the building. Having a ride home drastically cuts the travel time to an hour, compared to 2 hours when commuting. Let's not forget about the expense.
I still haven't talked about Saturday's big plan. Might as well mention it later. I still have no idea of what I am going to do or what I am going to say.
Grabbed the Sponge Cola album today, nothing 133t about it. The EP was way better. I dunno. I just listened to it once. I don't know when Partisan changed to the album version, but I love the original version I downloaded from their website years ago.
Nothing much more to say aside from the usual things, like, I am of to play Shadow Hearts Covenant now. Ta-ta!
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What Ever Happened to Movie Day Wednesday?
A number of new movies this week. One of which is Alexander. Unfortunately, none of the screening times would do for me. There is one at 3:15, but the movie is 2 hours 50 minutes long. We could watch National Treasure but it starts at 3:40 and is a 2 hour 10 minute movie, giving me atleast 10 minutes to walk to work. I don't think that would do. Then there is The Polar Express which I am not entirely crazy about.
Oh well, the bloody consequences of work. Looks like I'd resort to piracy again. Then again, the schedule prohibits me from visiting any DVD store as there are none near Eastwood.
My mind is blank. I need more time to play videogames.
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Damn. I should not have entered that store. I should have not.
Was early at work (again), so I decided to drop by the videogaming shop in Cybermall. I saw every freaking game I wanted to play.
There they were, wonderfully arranged on the shelves. LOTR: The Third Age, Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, and let's not forget fucking Prince of Persia 2. I could swear I could hear them collectively calling my name.
I honestly wanted to cry. Why are they doing this to me and every other gamer out there? Is this a measure of how much a gamer one is? Is this some kind of test to find out who is truly 133t?
Shops have this marvelous idea of selling new releases at increased prices. It's not like they are selling legal products. There are hardly any original releases for videogames in this country, aside from those costing a quarter of my monthly pay check. Due to this, I have been forced into piracy. The least I can do is not support these money grabbing pirates. I can always buy them later.
Right. The main reason why I did not buy any was the fact that I clearly had no time to play all of them. Plus, if I did buy one of them, then I'd have to buy another, and eventually find myself outside the store with all of the said games in hand.
Great as they maybe, they are no Final Fantasies. I'd gladly pay my soul to the Devil in order to play Final Fantasy XII when it is released in Japan by the years end. Of course the deal would include understanding Japanese. Sorry Devil, but no deal if you would not include that simple request.
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Blending In With the Shoelaces
These shoelaces are starting to get more comfortable by the day. I guess it was not a question of the shoelaces adjusting to my foot, but rather my feet adjusting to them. If it was not for that one sad experience back in September, this would be a long and grand experience. Oh well, it is all about blending in and I for one, take the longest time to do so.
Fuck. My mouse arm is aching again. It seems that this computer table is simply too high for this chair. I never experience this at work. How can you expect me to play Half-Life 2 for hours on this?
Speaking of Half-Life 2, I still don't have a copy of it has I have yet to have a chance and actually look for one. Not that it really matters anyway as I do not have time for it. November has been bombarded by tons of amazing releases. For RPGs we have LOTR: The Third Age. Then we have the mammoth sequels, namely, Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, Grand Theft Auto: San Andrea, and of course, Half-Life 2. All these games makes you want to just pass a resignation letter with an effectively date of today.
Being an RPG fanatic, I am on a mission to finish Shadow Hearts: Covenant so I can move up and start playing LOTR: The Third Age. I think I need more dedication on that, as I again find myself in front of the PC wasting time blogging.
Come to think of it, my videogaming chair is definitely more comfortable than this one, and that would solve my problem with this aching mouse arm.
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Yahoo.
My Gmail POP3 account is now set up and working. Microsoft Outlook 2002 royally sucks ass. Google even had an auto-configure wizard for it, and it still failed. Something wrong with SMTP server. Feeling tired of figuring out what seems to be causing it, I downloaded Thunderbird 0.9 instead. After a few minutes of setting it up using Gmail's guides, it is now up and running. A few test mails have been sent out to confirm.
It was actually my day-off yesterday and all I did was sleep the whole day. Because of issues at work, we had to go on overtime until 5:30 am then went out for a couple of beers. I got home slightly before 9 in the morning. Flipped through TV channels a bit, then went to sleep. Mom called me for lunch but I was too drained and passed up on food. Slept throughout the day and well into the night. Woke up before 9, as my mom was again calling me, this time for dinner. I still felt like sleeping, but decided to just get up and eat as I didn't want to get scolded again by mom due to my eating habits.
Played a couple of hours of Shadow Hearts Covenant which has a surprisingly sharp story for a game which is not a Final Fantasy or Xenogears. More flashbacks and tie-ins with the first game. More lashings for regrets of not spending time with the first game and writing it off as another so-so RPG.
Next weekend seems to be quite an event. It's just sad that work may ruin it. But I won't allow it too. In a perfect world, day-offs could be on Saturday-Sunday (which is very unlikely as Friday is also a day-off). It would be fair though for one of it to be free.
Argh! Am confused right now. Next weekends decisions all depend on something I would be talking about with my new team leader later.
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I need sleep. Then again, I need more time to do the things I normally do.
Shit. I actually have a lot of things I want to say but I am so sleepy now.
Until I saw that my gmail account has new features activated. POP3 baby. I forgot everything else and tried to set it up. Unfortunately, am nearly asleep and almost brain dead, and basically unable to set it up correctly.
I want to figure this out now as my will to do so is strong, but my body is weak.
Sick. Because of work, I would not be able to go to this awesome event in Marikina later. I may also skip the Gasoline Alley event as work resumes on Sunday, and boy, I need some rest.
Seems like work is set to ruin the awesome plans for next week. This is so sad.
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It's the 17th day of the month again, and marks two months since I last had a haircut (shave). Am now thinking if I'd let it grow long.
Nah, I doubt it. Am too lazy to even comb my hair and commuting to and from work would ruin my hair if ever I'd let it grow. Having extremely short (no) hair, is very convenient for someone as lazy as I am.
Plus, a lot have said it actually looks better.
Bought new headphones, and would be using them later. Tested them awhile ago, and they seemed to sound freaking great. Well, they should, I did pay extra for them. Sure, they are no Sennheiser, but they'd work for me. Am not that much of an audiophile, I can hardly tell the difference between an MP3 compressed at 96 kbps with one compressed at 196 kbps.
It's a Wednesday and it should be movie day Wednesday. No such luck this week. Only Surviving Christmas is opening this week, plus they removed Taxi from the Eastwood Cinemas. I'd watch Ben Affleck's flick only as a last resort.
Let's move back to work. I want to succeed in it before I leave. A last ditch effort to prove myself. Accomplish something. So far, things are going pretty smoothly (Knocks on wood). Then again, I remember that suspension which would prevent me from moving anywhere until March, everything crumbles back to the ground again.
It only happens once in a millenia (which is pretty fucking amazing considering we all come from one freaking small town), but while commuting to work I saw a classmate from HS. Exchanged stories. Seems like most of our HS friends have families now. Mentioned how I commute to and from work everyday, and the hassle involved. Then, I mentioned the reason, which is the PC and PS2, to which she replied, that I am still a kid.
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Work was hell and seemed endless. Eventually, it did. Thank God for that.
Took public transportation on the way home as I expected being finished from work by 5, the earliest. With nothing working, had no choice but to go home early.
It's really not that hard going home during those hours of the morning. The problem it adds atleast an hour to the travel time. Sick.
Pick me up later, okay.
It's 8 in the morning and I am still up. I haven't touched my PS2 yet, so I'd say my day is not yet complete.
I did get to see After the Sunset which was an unexpectedly fun movie. No movie before shift today. Am gonna sleep as long as I can.
Like I said in the past, relationships in my life hardly reach a year. Same can be said with my MP3 headphones. The left headphone is totally busted, close to no sound at all. The right side, still has sound but static can be heard when the cable is moved. All the tugging on the cables under the shirt may have led to it's downfall.
I really love these pair as you can wrap the right headphone around your neck, and it won't fall off. All you have to do is tuck it in under your shirt, then pull it out when needed.
Tried to shop for one at O Music Bar and found one which has the right headphone longer than the left, it costs 800 Php though. There's the cheaper one costing less than 300 Php but I am not sure if it wraps around in the similar fashion.
Bah. What's 800 Php anyway? Flowers or Chocolate for a girl. Right. I do not even have a GF or a prospective one.
Speaking of girls, what's with girls with braces which makes my knees weak? Arrgghh...
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It's almost 7 in the morning and I have yet to sleep. Sure, work does not start until 7 in the evening today but I have plans of watching a movie beforehand, quite possibly After The Sunset which means leaving home before 1 so I can catch the 3:55 showing at Eastwood. It ends around 6 which is just perfect as I still have to do a few things at work.
Ramadan you say? Yes, it is a holiday but will still have to go to work, it's a critical work week you know, but am not complaining. Holidays have special rates.
It's nearly 7 in the morning and I am hating every minute of it. I do not have enough time to conveniently play Shadow Hearts Covenant AND slack online doing nothing but read comics. Good thing it is still early Monday (GMT +8) as most comics update on Mondays PST (Pacific Standard Time), which would be much later, perfect for work though.
It's fucking 7 in the morning already and the sun is shining down on me. It's time to show the truth. It's time to show your true face now. You're walking with content. Disorder, You're colder. You know that I can see through you. Try, TRY ME. (At the top of my lungs with matching air-guitar playing.)
Typecast rules!
Freak. A sure shot sign that I need to sleep now. No more cough syrup for you!
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Bloody crap. It's Sunday already. Could you just stop and hold, I need more time to, uhmm, slack off.
Just finished the first disc of Shadow Hearts Covenant. Finally got a glimpse of the last playable character who just happens to be a samurai. Coolness. The last level for the first disc was massive. Of course I had to explore it all and make sure I did not miss anything. As a result, my characters leveled-up to nice levels.
This happened before I watched Shaun of the Dead and Fahrenheit 9/11.
No matter how hard I tried and pleaded (to my PS2), it simply refused to play Shaun of the Dead. So I ended up watching it on the PC.
Shaun of the Dead is a movie you should see. It's got romance and comedy, with zombies mixed in. Read about this movie over the internet and was happy as hell to score a copy. After watching it, I now feel fulfilled.
As for Fahrenheit 9/11, hmmm, let's just say I liked Bowling for Columbine better (no animated clip on this one). This is me being lazy. Or stupid. Or irresponsible.
Am just pissed that work starts again later. Sure, it's not until 6 in the evening, but in my situation where traveling takes 3 freaking hours, you can hardly make any use of the rest of the freaking day. Add to that, this is going to be one long week.
I hope something goes right as I sincerely want to like and be comfortable with these new shoelaces, so it would last atleast until the end of the year.
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An insanely long and dragging work week is finally over. Capped it off with a few beers right after work. It was 9 in the morning when I got home.
I actually time stamped this blog at 7:32 pm last night, but mom suddenly called me for dinner, which is before I actually wrote anything. I skipped lunch earlier as I was feeling real sick and sleepy and was too lazy to get up and eat even though I was hungry. At 7 in the evening, the sound of dinner being served seemed like a good idea.
Must make the most out of these two short days (nights?), as the schedule for next week does not hold any promise either. 6 straight working days. Atleast, this time it is legitimate which means sixth day OT.
Roll in the money as I am highly considering buying myself a DVD player. And a wristwatch. And a phone. And more DVDs. Damn, the list simply never ends, does it?
If you must know, I only watch DVDs on my DVD-ROM (mostly) and PS2 (if I get lucky). Of course, in any given opportunity, I'd like to see them on a 29-inch screen (sure it ain't no plasma, the bigger the better though) with the component hooked up to it, as compared to a 17-inch monitor on my PC.
I have a bunch of DVDs which I need to watch, Secret Window, Fahrenheit 9/11, Shaun of the Dead and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
Got lucky with Secret Window, and my PS2 actually played the thing. Unfortunately, no matter how hard I tried, Shaun of the Dead would not work on it. Major Bummer.
Same thing with Fahrenheit 9/11, though I was able to get it work once, but wasn't in the mood to watch it yet. Now I cannot convince it to work again.
This means I would be spending most of the day in front of the PC (what the fuck is new with that?!), watching Shaun of the Dead and Fahrenheit, as well as those Full Metal Alchemist episodes which refuse to work on the video CD component.
As for Eternal Sunshine, I have yet to try it, as I have already seen this movie when it was released in theaters and am not really in a rush to see it again.
So what can I say about Secret Window? Hmmm. Nothing much. I had high expectations for this one and regretted not watching it in theaters. That is until I saw it. A few minutes into the movie, the major plot twist was so glaringly obvious, I refused to believe it was that simple. It was still slightly enjoyable, it simply did not meet expectations. The DVD did have some deleted scenes so two cheers for piracy for that. I wonder when I'd see a copy of Finding Neverland?
Hmmm. Mom has a good sense of smell. She's sleeping in the room where the PC is. She just woke up and asked if I was drinking. To which I answered, "Yes. Coke."
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Days pass by so quickly. In a months time, I'd be adding another number to my age. Older but definitely not wiser.
At the rate things are shaping up, I am going to fail fulfilling my wish I conjured back in 2000. Life is just so sad.
Want to make me happy? This would be enough. Sure, it ain't coming out until the 14th of December, but I can wait.
Shit! Two more work days left. Here's hoping they'd be quick as I am so drained now. Even though the next day-off would be for one day alone, I really need it.
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Nothing much to say as usual. Already uploaded the pics from the team dinner last Saturday. The Admit One pics are still on hold. Who cares anyway?
The current shift seems to be too long, it's so dragging. Work usually finishes by 4 in the morning, which includes a one hour OT. I usually have myself picked up at work, but by the time I get home, the night is already fading away.
Sleep till noon and do whatever until 3 in the afternoon.
I am bored. These new shoelaces do not fit as snuggly as I expected. Hopefully this would change or else it's going to be a short stint with you.
Was able to catch The Incredibles yesterday and it was, uhmm, incredible. In my opinion, best Pixar feature film ever. The short at the beginning was also amusing.
I wonder what new films are coming out tomorrow?
Damn. It's just Tuesday. My next off would be for one day only this coming Friday. Right now, I have been going to work for 7 straight days.
This is so freaking weird, it's one in the afternoon and I am feeling sleepy. Damn. What's happening to me?
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When I bought my shoes, it came with an additional pair of shoe laces. They are blue in color as compared with the ones already on the shoe which were gray. I had thoughts of changing the laces before but was so damn lazy to do so.
With the recent change in teams at work, I decided to finally change the shoe laces as well.
At first glance, it seemed that the colors did not match, but this maybe caused by the sudden change since I got so used to the gray shoe laces. It may just need sometime to get used to.
The fit is basically the same, but it needs a little adjusting. Hopefully in time, I would get more comfortable with it.
Fuck. It looks like it's going to rain.
Fuck! It is raining. Have plans of leaving early for work in hopes of catching the 3:30 PM showing of The Incredibles at Eastwood.
Resized all the pics from Saturday, but do not have the time to upload them all.
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I hate goodbyes and farewells, and I miserably suck at them. In most cases, I just want to disappear, or for it to end without words.
Anyway, it was the last day with my current team. One which I have been with since September of 2003. It has been a good year, scratch that, wonderful one. You see this people 5 days of the week (sometimes even 6) and are with them for 9 hours in a day, not including OT and after work gimiks. Who won't develop a bond in these kind of circumstances.
And if you think I am hardly affected by it, you should now that I am an extremely repressed person, I hardly let people know what's really going on in this fucked up mind.
It was my night-off (am using this term again, as a result of being moved to the night shift again) yesterday and after lunch with my old team, I went to Admit One. I thought I wouldn't see anyone I knew and was seriously considering going back to Eastwood to catch the 11 pm screening of The Incredibles. Then I saw Niche, had a several beers and enjoyed the night till the next band.
Sadly, this may be my last gig in a long time, unless my night-offs would perfectly fall on weekends, but I doubt it. The old team is blessed with the most amazing schedule ever, despite the changes in hours, you'd find that there are more plus points than negative ones.
The gig finished slightly past 2 in the morning, and I got home around 4. This would be the same time I'd be arriving home after work, that is if we don't have any OT.
Speaking of The Incredibles, I had no idea it opened here last Friday. If I knew I would have watched right after the shift. Now, I have to plan ahead and go to work 3 hours earlier so I can catch it. The best screening time at Eastwood Cinema falls at 3:30 in the afternoon. Being a 2 hour film, it would finish thirty minutes before my work starts. Perfect.
I need to eat now, then prepare for work. Pics would be uploaded later. Eventually.
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I usually leave home around 6 in the morning, it may seem early as my work starts at 9, but this is necessary for me to avoid the morning traffic. Anyway, Unang Hirit was on and somewhere in between the show, they said the trailer for Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith would be shown. I could not wait for it as I had no idea when it would be, so it had been a lingering thought all day long.
Work finished and I decided to drop by Station 168 for the sole purpose of seeing this trailer. Quickly browsed to quicktime trailers, but it was not on there. Remembered the link I saw on Penny Arcade, but it would not work, as any website linked by PA gets broken in a few minutes as a result of PA's massive viewership.
Browsed to movies.com and was finally able to find a valid link. Installed Quicktime. Downloaded the trailer.
It was not a full length trailer yet, it was just a teaser. Darth Vader. Darth Sidious. Oh fuck. May 19, 2005. Mark the bloody calendar and count the days already.
By the time I was done, it was pouring outside and I got soaked even with my faithful jacket on. Hopefully, I would not develop a bloody cough or cold due to this sudden attack of geekiness.
I better sleep now as it is one in the morning already and again I have to wake up at 5. Last day with my current team later. At the same time, it is my day-off with the new team (difference of day shift from night shift) which in a way is a good thing as I do not have to report to work until 6 in the evening on Sunday.
Hello Admit One Anniversary and loads of beer. Let's drink.
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New developments at work. Starting Sunday, I now belong to a new team. This is in part of the programs goal of reshuffling teams to hopefully increase productivity. Unfortunately, I was one of those in the team shuffled around.
When things like this happen, it's impossible to think why me, and I doubt I'd ever find out the real reason why. It would always be a thought lingering in the back of my head.
I definitely have no plans of staying with this company any longer than the first quarter of 2005 and wanted to spend my dying days with the current team. I initially had goals of getting promoted within the first year (am well over that now), and after missing it by a hair strand, it was all downhill. I wish I could redeem myself, but that stupid suspension for one lousy absence (half-day!) blocks any hopes of getting promoted or moving to another position which I really freaking want to do right now. The prescriptive period for it would expire on March of 2005. The hell am I gonna wait for it to get for that.
I started with high hopes that this job would be the start of good things in my life, build a little confidence here, increase a few skills there. Sadly, this was not the case. It crushed what confidence I had which I was slowly building up from the ground up, and made me more depressed about life in general. Nah, it was just able to see the light of day after being buried so far deep in the ground. And, Boom! There it freaking goes again.
Am just surprised about the whole thing. Like I said, I don't know what to think about it. When I first heard of it, I was near speechless. Now it's starting to sink in.
There are good things though about the new team. New faces, new friends, new opportunities, and who knows what may happen. The problem is I really ain't a very sociable person. I hate being the sole new guy in a class where everyone knows each other.
Add to that, the schedule. There is still no schedule for next week, but the current schedule is from 6 in the evening to 3 in the morning, with variations within the week to 7 in the evening to 4 in the morning. Sure, it provides another great opportunity for watching movies before work, but how the hell am I gonna go home?!
I want to be thankful that the new team is not in Makati, but still.
Damn. It sucks to know that you are SO fucking good, but unable to accomplish anything on paper.
Disclaimer: This is more of my frustrations with myself, and what I have done in this company rather than frustrations on work and the recent changes.
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The schedules for this week's band of movies ain't too friendly for my schedule. Both The Manchurian Candidate and The Forgotten have screening times before or at 6 in the evening, with the next one coming up at past 8.
No good at all, if you must know, I hardly eat anything before watching movies at Eastwood Cinemas due to the lack of a decent place to eat. I am talking about eating alone. Who wants to eat at say Fazoli's alone? Even I am not that extreme.
Nothing to say about work. You should know by now how the freaking routine goes.
Even though Mom picked me up from work, I arrived at home around 9 and had dinner by 10, which sucks as it eliminated any possibility of me playing Shadow Hearts.
So here I am, blogging incoherent thoughts. Again, my eyes are getting heavy. I think (I hope) I am getting sleepy.
I can't wait for work tomorrow!
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It seems that I am having more luck downloading with Limewire as compared to Kazaa. So far, I gave downloaded three songs, two of which are good, the other just corrupted. When I tried to download these songs on Kazaa, I was only able to download one.
I miss the glory days of Kazaa and Audiogalaxy. Sure there are torrent links now, but they are made with hardly any consideration for dial-up losers, users I mean. Well, they are made for the general purpose of sharing massive files over the Internet.
Another work week starts tomorrow. For some reason, this seemed to be the longest two-day-off I have ever had. I did go home earlier than usual from work last Sunday, which I do not normally do. As a result, a longer amount of time spent at home playing Shadow Hearts Covenant the whole time. Addicted.
Been awhile since I last watched a movie. O, wait. I did watch Before Sunset last Friday yet it feels so long. Backed out on watching The Grudge last Sunday, but after seeing it stay at the top of the US Box Office for the 2nd week, suddenly I am hit by curiosity.
It's Wednesday tomorrow and there are a couple of movies that interest me, namely, The Manchurian Candidate and The Forgotten. The Incredibles opens next week, a few days after the US release.
I'd be coming home late since I am going to watch these movies. I wonder if I'd get to go online and play Shadow Hearts when I get home around 10 in the evening, and acquire 3+ hours of sleep to charge me up for work the next day.
Damn. A day is too short. How I wish days where like 50 hours long.
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The year seemed to breeze past so fast. Now, there are just two months left in the year. Coolness. A new year equals change, and this time I mean it as to get my life over this dump it currently fell in years back. Major changes.
Spent the day at home, all by myself. Played videogames for most of the day, but did get to watch Zatoichi on video. An extremely good movie. I am starting to wonder if blood really squirts out like that, as it would be most definitely cool. I need a nice katana and someone to test it with.
Shadow Hearts Covenant is getting more and more addictive, can hardly not play the game now. How I wish though that I did play the first game in the series, as this one is a direct sequel and there are a number of flashbacks which I believe could be from the first game.
Oh. I feel sleepy. It's not even 11 and I am sleepy. Well, I did wake up pretty early today, like 8 in the morning, which is very unusual on a day-off if I may add. I guess being glued to the TV/monitor the whole day would do such things.
Enough of this. My eyes are too heavy now. Might as well try sleeping.
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