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Friday, August 1st, 2008
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1:23 pm - Mulder, no! ... Mulder, yes...
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I know it came out a week ago, but I've been a bit busy lately with work and family in town.....and I saw it again (3rd time) last night.
So, The X-Files movie.....
Nailed It.
I seriously *loved* this movie, and not just because I'm a diehard fan. I had my share of nervousness about it before it came out, I was afraid it might be in the same vein as seasons 8 & 9, which, let's be honest, weren't all that good. But this movie kind of made up for that, and if Chris Carter and crew had had this kind of writing/directing for the last 2 seasons, it would have gone out with a bang, and maybe an extra season or two.
Not that the movie was perfect; it did have it's share of unresolved bits, and I think (with 6 years to work on the script) it could have had a little more to it, though i can't really say what...it just seemed lacking a little. But for the most part, it was amazing.
I'm gonna cut the actual fan-girl squeeing review, in case people don't want to be spoiled.
Seriously, this was an amazing movie. Go see it if you haven't yet. (I know a couple people in Dallas I'm going to drag to the theatre with me when I'm back next month.) It is not a summer blockbuster by any means. It's a movie you have to think about and really read into to get the deeper meanings behind things. Fox made a mistake releasing it when they did.
As much as I want more XF, I'd be happy with this being the end. It was the best good-bye they could have given us.
current mood:  nostalgic
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| Thursday, July 24th, 2008
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12:01 pm
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In 12 hours, I will be in a movie theatre, watching The X-Files: I Want to Believe.
:)
current mood:  nerdy
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| Monday, June 30th, 2008
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10:22 pm
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I had my first foray back into tech theatre today, after being away from it for about a year. I didn't realize how desperately I missed tech until I got back into it. And despite the 10-hour day, I'm a lot calmer and more at ease and comfortable than I have been in a while. The whole Cirque fiasco still bothers me a little. I did take the job, but I'm not 100% happy with it and I know I'm not going to be. Today helped heal that a bit, since I was doing actual theatre tech work, and the girl I worked with most of the day gave me a couple places/names to check into, and said she'd talk to her supervisor at Chicago Scenic for me. So Wednesday, or possibly tomorrow if I don't sleep all day, I have 3 theatres and/or studios to visit. Also, I might have impressed the people at Lookingglass enough that they'll hire me for their next show...
It's going to be so hard to go back to my literally Crappy retail job tomorrow.
And because everyone elseis doing it (moo...)
current mood:  soul-satisfied
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| Friday, June 27th, 2008
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6:22 pm - A Request for all retail customers...
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Please do not poop on the floor. Especially not the carpet.
That is all
current mood:  disgusted but amused
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| Tuesday, June 17th, 2008
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4:27 pm
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I'm fairly pissed off right now.
I had the interview for Cirque today, and I' pretty sure I got in...except it's *not* for a backstage crew position, it's for an usher position. Meaning, i get to seat people for the show and tell them to turn off their phones and put away their cameras.
The temp agency was 'mistaken' about who would be hiring for the backstage crew and the Wardrobe position they told me I would be recommended for (which, apparently, was all but mine at the time). There's a union rep who hires all the crew folk, who goes through the city rather than a placement agency. I'm wondering why the agency didn't know this already, since they had hired people for Cirque last summer as well. I'm also kicking myself, because the thought of a union didn't even cross my mind, even though I should have checked into that before I moved here.
So now, I don't know what to do. A small part of me wants to just do the usher job and hope that somewhere along the line i'll meet someone who'll take my resume and get me a better job, but a bigger part of me wants to say "This isn't the job I signed up for, this isn't what you claimed it would be, screw you."
Advice?
current mood:  crushed
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| Saturday, May 31st, 2008
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2:18 pm
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I've finally started thinking of Chicago as 'home'. Which is weird since i've been planning on moving for a year and have already been here a month, but before this week it felt more like a vacation than real life.
But I think I'm settled now. Still don't know anyone in the city (outside of work), but I figure that will happen fairly soon. It's getting warmer outside, which means more wanderings and outings and more chances to chat with people on the beach or in the parks. Not too worried about the social end of things.
The only issue right now is my retail job, where I have very few hours (4 days next week i think, after only 3 days this week). I really need a second job, but I'm putting off looking for one for the next couple weeks....I'm waiting to hear about the Cirque job in July, as that is infinitely better than retail.
Speaking of that, I'm feeling pretty optimistic about the Cirque job. Called the temp agency Tuesday and was told the second round of interviews, with the actual recruiter, will be starting around June 2nd. Also was told that I was marked down for the Wardrobe job, which sounds to me very much like an Assistant (or Assistant to the Assistant) Costumer job. Not my first choice and definitely not what I want to do, but since it's Cirque du Soliel and I thought I'd be doing crew work anyway, I'll take it. Next week sometime I will hopefully have my second interview. And even if I don't get any job for Cirque, at least one more person will have my name and resume.
And on the off chance I've jinxed things, I hoping for broken legs...
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| Tuesday, May 20th, 2008
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9:05 pm - BIG update
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So, as most of you know, I now live in Chicago.
Got here about 3 weeks ago, and i *love* it. I'd like it a bit more if it didn't keep getting chilly (50 in May? seriously?) and if i had had a job when i moved and didn't have to worry about funds so much. I do have a job now, though it's still a retail thing....I'm working at Linens N Things. I was hoping not to do retail anymore, but I kinda knew i wouldn't get out of that for a while. And it'll be something to pay the bills between (and before) theatre jobs. I did get "hired" by a temp agency early last week, but they haven't yet called with any jobs for me.
Theatre-wise, things are looking fairly decent. There's the possible-job-that-we-won't-name (for fear of jinxing), which may involve costumes. It's not really my thing, but I think I can make an exception for this show. Not sure what other crew they need for it, but from the way it was originally descried to me, i'm thinking they're looking for quite a few people.
Monday I had an interview with Means of Production, a production company obviously, which looked like home. Big open warehouse-like area next door to a demolition company, music blaring, people covered in paint and sawdust, yelling to each other across the room, dogs sleeping in the back (wisely away from the work/commotion)...
The manager told me right off the bat that they aren't hiring now because their season is over, but he wanted to meet me for future production work. He also contacted some of his buddies and gave me a couple numbers of places that might be hiring. Which is actually the best thing that could have happened besides being hired, because this company apparently does a lot in the area, and the manager is well-known in the production circle. So having him call people about me is wonderful, and it gets my name out to the places i'd want to work.
One of those folk called me today and I have another interview Thursday morning (more broken legs!) to work run-crew for an opera company. It's kind of a blessing in disguise because run-crew is pretty much the bottom rung of theatre, but it's a start, it's some kind of theatre job, and it gets me into the Chicago theatre scene. Also, the interview should get me into the company's system for later shows and the production manager knows that i'm looking for build/paint/design jobs rather than crew. She actually said over the phone that that's all they're looking for so i wouldn't get my hopes up.
Next thing on the agenda is calling Chicago Scenic again and seeing if they need anyone. Apparently the place is like grad school for design/build folk, so I'm really hoping i can do something there....
current mood:  hopeful
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| Thursday, May 8th, 2008
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10:07 pm
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Wish me broken legs (or not, if you're afriad of jinxing things), my Cirque interview is tomorrow morning....
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| Wednesday, May 7th, 2008
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7:09 am
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Don't want to get my hopes up, so I won't make a big deal of this, but it's too awesome to not post.
There's a chance that I will be working Cirque du Soleil this July.
current mood: hopeful
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| Sunday, May 4th, 2008
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10:08 pm
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For those wondering...
I am in Chicago. Got here Thursday and have been unpacking and cleaning and making the apartment home. Don't have a job yet, because my old manager is a bitch and completely screwed me over and didn't transfer me (called the Bath and Body store i was supposed to transfer to and was told that i need to talk to the manager, which makes me think that it didn't go through...) I'll be looking tomorrow and calling the few studios that contacted me, and i found a black box theatre half a block away from my apartment.
Also, I live 2 buildings from either a psychicatric care facility or a rehab/detox center, depending on who you ask.
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| Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008
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7:37 pm
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I've just sold my dear car, Camryn the Camry.
As of 1p tomorrow (when the title is signed and i get the moneys), she will no longer be mine.
I really shouldn't want to cry because of a car, but I feel like I'm gonig to. This is just one of the smacks upside the head that makes me realize I'm *actually* moving, and it's kind of freaking me out....
current mood: Goodbye, Camryn
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| Tuesday, March 25th, 2008
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7:11 pm - Road Trip!
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I'll be moving to Chicago in about a month, and I've been thinking....I need a driving buddy.
So who wants to drive with me (and help me move) from Fort Worth to Chicago at the end of April? I can pay for your hotel room for the one over-night we'll have to do, and you can be the first to stay in my filled-with-boxes-and-assorted-moving-paraphernalia, still-to-be-leased apartment while you stay in Chi-Town.
Unfortunately, how you get back is up to you...i don't have that kind of spending money, especially with the move and the job situation still unknown.
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| Friday, March 21st, 2008
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3:34 pm
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Got an email yesterday from the Director of Production at the Lookingglass Theatre in Chicago. She was only asking me to resend my resume, because she couldn't open the attachment in the first email, but that's something right? They're hiring, and apparently I sounded at least vaguely interesting from my cover letter....
Ineed to talk to my manager about transferring my job to one of the Chicago stores, and hopefully getting an assistant manager position for a while if i don't find a theare/studio job soon. I also need to find full-time jobs with flexible schedules, so if I get offered a show I can leave for a couple months without having to quit....any suggestions?
I'm getting nervous....May 1st isn't that far away anymore....
current mood: anxious
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| Wednesday, March 19th, 2008
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3:40 pm
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Mena, I didn't forget your birthday (because that would be kind of hard for me to do) but i didn't know that you had my LJ. So it's a day late, but...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MENA!
hope it was a great one!
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| Tuesday, March 18th, 2008
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6:46 pm
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For Mata/Kaitlyn & Aryne:
My flight gets in to Midway at 8:45a on Tuesday April 1st, ATA flight 4956. I have a 12p appointment with the apartment finders so I'll just need to drop off my suitcase briefly about 10:30-ish that morning.
I'm leaving at 8:45p Sunday the 6th, ATA flight 4965. At least a day in there will be spent looking for a second job (or what will hopefully turn out to be a second job) and talking myself up to the places I haven't heard back from, and another will be/should be spent with family. So I shouldn't be too much underfoot while y'all are moving and unpacking....though I do suggest a movie night or something social.
Let me know if there's anything else y'all need to know. See you in 2 weeks! :)
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| Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
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10:01 pm
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CONGRATULATIONS ARYNE!
even though it's probably not what you'll be designing, i have this for you:
and then this one is awesome, and closer to your tastes (i think):
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| Saturday, March 8th, 2008
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4:44 pm - It'll be a belated birthday gift to myself...
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B.B. King at Billy Bob's on April 5th. Who wants to go with me? (depending on ticket prices)
Also, sometime soon I'm getting a tattoo, and i need moral support because I hate needles.
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| Wednesday, February 27th, 2008
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6:00 pm
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I just found out that my best friend from childhood is getting married this August. It's left me with kind of a weird feeling....
I'm really happy for him, I've already 'made plans' to be back here for his wedding in August and I will probably cry and make him dance with me...
But it makes me feel like I've fallen behind somewhere, either in real life or love life. I dunno....maybe i'm feeling weird because he's the 3rd person I know who has gotten engaged in the past 3 months. And I've been really lonely lately....
Bah.
current mood:  odd
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| Sunday, February 24th, 2008
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12:38 pm - SaturDay of the Dead
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As promised, here is the breakdown of Saturday's Frightmare convention...which may as well have been called an Of the Dead convention because there were only 3 or 4 people there not affiliated with those movies.
Had I known before I got there, I would have tried to get things signed for people. Kaitlyn, if i ever decide I no longer want my signed copy of Creepshow, it's yours. Also, my aunt is a huge fan of Elvira, which hit me just after I left her booth or I would have gotten sometihng for her as well.
But besides that...it was an absolutely wonderful day. The only thing that would have made it better is if Stephen King and/or Tim Burton showed up.
current mood: O...M...G
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12:43 am
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This was the best day that i've had in quite a while....
Went to the horror convention Texas Frightmare Weekend (silly name for a great convention), chatted with variouis celbrities, got autographs and/or pictures of said celebrities, was "snuck" into an after-party where Ben, Anna, and I had an hour-and-a-half long chat with a couple of the nicest people at the convention.
More later (woke up at 6:30a for this, and haven't stopped), but tonight was AMAZING
current mood:  ecstatic but exhausted
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