I'm still tinkering away at the resume but I'm pretty close to shaping it into something I'm happy with. Many thanks to agatha_mandrake and b0ndagebear who passed on sample resumes and some advice. At least I've sorted out my references and have found a few places to apply to (aside from the various libraries) that look all right. I need to take a break from all this, though, because it tends to melt my brain after a while. Maybe I'll go out for a walk in the sunshine or something.

The weather has been incredible. Current temperature readings at Cambie and Broadway--a ten to fifteen minute commute from where I live--are at 33°C (around 91°/92°F). Which means I am craving spicy burn-the-skin-off-your-lips type food. I always crave super spicy food during hot weather. The humidity is very low so the heat has been tolerable. For me anyway. Members of my family have been whingeing about the heat since Tuesday.

I'm anxiously awaiting the start of Burn Notice's third season today. Eeeeeee! I don't think I'm giving anything vital or spoilery away with this, but after having left his usual pair of shades on the helicopter seat during the season two finale, what sunglasses will Michael Westen be wearing in the new season? Or does he have a stash of them? If he does, man, the spy business must pay really well 'cause those puppies are expensive. I know, I know. That's probably not the question most viewers have about the show, but it's my thing, okay? I have a sunglasses fetish.

I AM FINALLY WORKING ON MY RESUME AND IT IS MAKING ME VERY, VERY CRANKY. ALSO, A BIT NAUSEOUS AND FRETFUL. I NEED BOOZE.

In other news, I am still a lizard = it's 29°C (84°F) outside and my feet are cold.

So I'm checking Studio 407's twitter account every now and then to see if there's any news about the release of the second issue of The Night Projectionist. The first issue came out at the end of January (I bought a copy on February 4th) and it's supposed to be bi-monthly. Now, perhaps I've misunderstood what bi-monthly means, but shouldn't issue two have been out by the end of March? It's now almost the end of May and there has been no sign of issue two. Nothing. You'd think that if there was a delay, they would have tweeted about it. But what tweets do I read instead? Opinions on movies and books, the occasional mention of The Night Projectionist noir version available for viewing at Studio 407's website and that's pretty much it. WTF? Maybe it's not a "real" account? I dunno. I just really want to read the rest of this comic. *sigh*

Most of the time, the internet is full of dread inducing batshit fuckery, and then sometimes, sometimes it's responsible for the most awesome thing that ever was, is, or will be. I give you Viva La Fry: Songs for Stephen.

And here's a video:

I've just finished watching the penultimate episode (worthy of a few flails itself) after which I saw the teaser for the season finale. Holy super flaily spazz out! I think it's going to kill me--especially if it ends in a cliffhanger. At the very least, I shall probably spend the summer months rocking in a corner and keening pathetically until season two starts.

Apart from that ridiculous clip show, the first season has been strong throughout. There were awesome humourous bits, great action and swordplay choreography, really dark intense storytelling, and some pretty darn fabulous shippy angst. I hope season two is as good. (One way for it to be even better is a guest appearance by Bruce Campbell, so get to work on that, Mssrs Tapert and Raimi, wouldja?)

OKAY IT IS NOT CURRENTLY 27°C DEGREES (80°F)! It can't be! I had to put socks on because my feet were icicles (not to be mistaken with b0ndagebear's eyecicle), even though that didn't really help and am still freezing my ass off. I'm about to take a shower just so I can warm up. And, you know, be clean, too. I don't undertaaaaaand this.

OMG WHAT IF I'VE SOMEHOW TURNED INTO A LIZARD? AM I ONE OF THOSE DAVID ICKE LIZARDS? OR THOSE LIZARDS FROM V?! :O

Okay, HOW can it possibly be 23°C (around 74°F) outside if I am freezing my ass off in a house that usually heats up quite easily once temperatures pass 20°C?! I think someone is directing a freeze ray on my house.

- Not impressed with Angels & Demons' rating at Rotten Tomatoes. Can't justify going despite Ewan McGregor playing a priest and the general awesome of Stellan Skarsgård. Really in the mood to see a movie, though. Keep telling myself it's only 5 days 'til Terminator: Salvation. Looking forward to seeing Bale yell at terminators because they are unprofessional.

- Must wend my way downtown and to Murchie's. Have one teabag left and that just won't do. It won't do at all. Hate downtown on Saturdays. People walk around as though they are more drunk than usual.

- Made French Toast again yesterday. Used sourdough bread as b0ndagebear recommended. It was delish. This could get dangerous. The jeans are already almost too tight to zip up. Also made burritos for the first time ever. Filling turned out brilliantly, but rolling it up in the tortilla was a bit tricky. Ten burritos now in freezer and ready for Roswell season 1 and 2 marathon in the offing. (Season 3 is dead to me.)

- Still at an impasse with resume. At a loss as to how to write up my bookshop experience because job title changed (once), was lent out to other stores in need of help (thrice), and the company I started out working for changed ownership (twice). How am I supposed to format that without use of a flow chart and various other diagrams? Even I have problems following it, and I was there Gandalf, when Men ran out of strength and conditioner!

- Finished watching Leverage. Very funny and entertaining. Reminded me of Burn Notice but with thieves, grifters, hackers, etc., instead of spies. There were also Doctor Who and other nerdy sci-fi references. I giggled lots.

- Still trying to finish Blake's 7. Series 4 is a particularly hard slog. If it weren't for Kerr Avon, I'd've stopped watching this programme after the first couple of eps in series 1. Although, I did enjoy (and miss) the rejects-from-a-70s-glam-rock-band wardrobe of the 2nd series. Awesome!

- Changed over my autumn/winter wardrobe for my spring/summer one (not that it's excessively warm *sigh*) and have come to the conclusion that I hate ALL my clothes. But am still unemployed and poor so must suck it up. So now feeling flabby and unfashionable. Self-esteem at an all-time low.

And at other times, it's freaking hilarious. I was going through my O.P.I. nail polish collection (currently at 22 shades), trying to decide on what colour to wear next--something that would suit my mood and the time of year--when I came across a shade of sparkly pale blue called "Dazzle Me". Oh, how I guffawed. Believe me when I say that I bought this colour years ago, before I ever knew about the specifics of the Twilight Saga and the sparklepires lurking therein. Anyhow, you bet your boots I'm wearing this shade next.

What does one do when there are eggs that need to be eaten before they go off, stale bread that was highly disappointing in the first place, and dregs left in the maple syrup bottle? Why, French Toast, naturellement, oui, oui! And that's about as far as my French goes. OMG IT WAS SO GOOD. I'd forgotten how filling it is and yet could not stop from devouring the entire plateful. I think I'm gonna barf.**

In other news, I saw Star Trek yesterday. I didn't hate it as I thought I would, it being a J.J. Abrams endeavour and all. I didn't love it either--not as a whole anyway. It was fun and entertaining but didn't make me want to dash out and see it again. I'm not going to compare it to the original Trek since Abrams has confessed to never being a Star Trek fan in the first place (yeah, I know, that doesn't make any sense to me either) so to even try seems pointless.

I found the beginning sequence of events to be rather contrived and emotionally manipulative. I couldn't help but giggle at the melodramallama of it all, but I guess that sort of thing goes hand in hand with Trek's unavoidable cheesiness so I'm used to it. The story itself had bare-bones plotting--more like a collection of set pieces to introduce the various characters in the Trekverse and provide the basis for the action scenes which seemed to be this film's sole purpose. I have no problem with action movies. I love action movies. I guess I was hoping for something meatier.

The character development was decent where our Trek heroes were concerned. Not so much for the baddies, though, and I found myself not interested in them at all, nor feeling that they were particularly threatening. Sure they had a killer weapon, but I wanted to feel the threat, not just know it was there. (The Borg, anyone?) I only wanted to get back to the "good guys". Mainly Scotty and McCoy. OMG Simon Pegg and Karl Urban were fantastic in their respective roles. I didn't think it was possible for me love Simon Pegg more, but I do. My Peggster love is off the fucking charts! And Mr Urban, oh, Mr Urban. You uttered the line that was on the shirt I was wearing (acquired when I went to the Star Trek Convention in Las Vegas back in 2002): ( Cut for uber-spoilerphobes even though it doesn't give anything away ). I totally spazzed out, as did the people with whom I saw the film. I had such a hardcore fangirl moment I nearly asploded with glee.

The other actors were fine. I did love Bruce Greenwood who is always awesome, IMO. And Quinto as Spock was good. Pine's Kirk was a bit too douchebaggy for my liking. I know it could be argued that Shatner's Kirk was also douchebaggy, and yeah, I can agree with that, I guess, but he seemed a more likeable douchebag.

And enough with the lensflares already, Abrams! That was a ridiculous and overused effect. Seriously. I did not enjoy getting blinded every five minutes or so. The score was a bit on the heavy-handed side. Not surprisingly, I own none of the scores by that composer. Also, I have half a mind to walk into the Apple store in Pacific Centre and exclaim, "Whoa! I'm on Enterprise!"

Final verdict as well as thoughts about the sequel? Good humour; good action; needs more work on story and villains; will be seeing next film because of Pegg's Montgomery Scott and Urban's Leonard McCoy.

ETA: And for the record, The Wrath of Khan is still the best and my favourite of all Star Trek films.

*I think only two, maybe three, people on my f-list will get that reference.
**I'm just full of vomit-related pop culture references today, aren't I?

Thanks to unemployment and my inherent laziness, I've pretty much spent the entirety of the last 15 months online. It's ridiculous. I really need to start setting some boundaries. So, in an effort to change this (and work on setting those boundaries) I am going to go offline for a minimum of 48 hours as of 1pm today. I'm hoping to make it to Monday, but that might be too big a shock for my system.

ETA: Argh!!! 9 hours into the internet moratorium I realised I had some bills to pay--that can only be paid online. So much for staying offline. Well, I tried.

These are trailers (embedded underneath the LJ-cuts) for a few of the smaller genre-based films I really want to see this year. Even when pitted against the biggies of the year, Moon is especially high on my list of must-sees solely due to the presence of Sam Rockwell. (The film is also directed by Duncan Jones--David Bowie's son--and that has me curious as all get-out.)


( District 9 )

( Moon )

( Pandorum )

...then I must be bored. And I am. I'm so freaking bored right now, I could scream.

Also, I had massive insomnia again last night, so I'm freaking tired as well.

Also also, I'm having a technopeasantry issue with my laptop right now and it's driving me MENTAL! I'm trying to sort out alternatives because all the stuff I've found online relating to the issue IS OF NO HELP and/or ISN'T IN FREAKING ENGLISH. Fucking technology.

So to sum up: bored, tired, and angry.

It's like there's a hurricane beating down on Vancouver. It's a little bit scary, too.

(Man, that icon just isn't cutting it for this entry.)

Look, I know it's been a long cold winter and it took forever for spring to do its thing, but y'all are acting like you've just returned from duty at an Arctic outpost where no women were allowed. I mean, it's flattering and all, I guess, and thanks for saying all that complimentary stuff to me, but it's starting to freak me out a little. I don't remember it ever happening with this sort of frequency before. Last spring? Pretty much like any old spring. Spring before that? I don't recall any extra male horniness going on. So what gives with spring 2009, guys?

I just heard from my mother. Apparently someone who works in the same building as (but not with) my sister has come down with H1N1.

Writters? WRITTERS? WRITTERS?! What's a fucking WRITTER?!

Teh internet is making me loose my mind and I defiantly can't take much more of the bad grammer and spelling. What were people taut in school? It certainly wasn't English but some other rouge language there learning instead. In summery: INTARWEBTUBES U R FULL OF FAIL LOLZ!!! XD PLZ REVIEW. LOLZ! :P KTHX. And if i dont get enough reviews (liek at least 20) i wont rite teh sequal to the prequal.

I'm off to the Booze Emporium. Not sure what I'll get. Wine? Stongbow? All I know is that I'm going to need alcoholic fortification if I'm going to watch the latest Robin Hood episode tonight. The first four episodes of series three nearly broke my brain so I'm not facing any more while sober.

OH MY GOD SURVIVORS* IS COMING TRUE!

Or it could be like the avian flu and not kill the whole world despite everyone being convinced the end was fucking nigh back in 2003.

Why can it never be something like zombies?

*I prefer to cite the original version because I think it was much better than the 2008 remake.

I can't tell you how bitter I am that I STILL have to use the winter bedding. It's the end of April! I should be complaining about the endless spring rain (it's been surprisingly dry actually). Instead, I'm sitting here in the Library/Computer Room/Den (still can't decide what to call it) and freezing my ass off.

Reviews for The Soloist aren't looking good. The reviewers I follow all seem to indicate that this is not the film for me, not that this sort of drama usually is, but I was hoping that it was going to be a really good version of that sort of drama so I wouldn't mind checking it out. It does star Robert Downey Jr, but IDK. I'm going to think about it some more, I guess.

In other news, Neil Gaiman on @neilhimself has Tweeted that @michaelsheen1* @michaelsheen is the real deal. Last night, I spent some time following Michael Sheen's conversations on Twitter, and the man (along with some of the other Tweeters--or whatever they're called) had me laughing for hours. He is so very awesome.

*Since the impostor was outed, his account was suspended and the real Michael Sheen took over the username he was using. Of course, in true internet fashion, another imposter is now using @michaelsheen1. *sigh*