Weekly Log - 25 through 31

Mon May 25

Ah, Monday. I got a call from Pops early in the morning, urging me to get to the garage and help him with some bullshit. In return, he'd pay for my lunch and my gas bill. While it annoys me like a stone in my shoe, I still had to make my way down there. We've been taking cold water showers, and it's not hot enough for that yet.

I wrote the receipts, I took care of what needed taking care of, I had grilled fish and salad for lunch (which was rather nice), and then I made for Lisbon. Pops wanted me to go deliver one of the receipts to an insurance company and bring back the check. If we're gonna wait for them to send it via mail, it won't be here before the end of the month. Pops also warned me that they'd probably tell me to go pick it up some other time instead of delivering it to me immediately. I laughed... if I'm headed for Lisbon and going out of my way, I was bringing that check back. Oh yes I was. Once at the insurance company's office, they told me it might take a good while. I took a sit (not at the waiting room, in front of the attendant's desk) and said I'd wait. In fifteen minutes and despite the fact there were people ahead of me on the line, I had my check and was making my way back to Pops'.

I hate people who have a secure job and won't do what they're paid for. Especially when I get to an office, there are two people chattering behind their respective desks, and three other guys are waiting to get their respective checks and be on their way.

Tue May 26

An interview today - I'm starting on the seventh for a 2-months job. While it's not exactly what I wanted (I was hoping for something on the six month contract line or more), it is something. My tax refund also came back, €60, which wasn't bad, all things considered. Since Mum will get paid sometime this week, I may have a go at finally taking a look at the new Star Trek movie. So it seems that for this week, stuff is actually looking up from the usual bubbly, lukewarm puddle of shit I dwell in. The writing quota is actually on time and I even started a project to pay my Internet bill based on the premise of cutting my cigarette consumption by half... not bad, Seion. Not bad at all.

Wed May 27

Mum got paid, so it's final: I'm watching Star Trek! My inner child stopped hollering like a brat and rejoiced. My physical response to it was starting to download the whole of the original series.

Thu May 28

Utterly bored. Utterly, absolutely, completely bored. I am so bored you could play games on me at this point. I am also lacking seriously in the humor department.

Fri May 29

Still very bored. Watched The Uninvited (2009), which is the American response to A Tale of Two Sisters. It is so shitty I could smell it even while it was in post-production. How did I watch it? Internet. I was very curious about it, as curious as one is when faced with a car crash by the side of the road. While I was hoping to review it separately, let me say this much for now: I don't plan on being nice to it.

Weekend May 30 - 31

Saturday. A friend and I saddled up and marched to the theatre (he actually drove me there, but you get my drift) to, once and for all, watch Star Trek. A lot of bullshit there, but it actually pulled better than I expected - I enjoyed watching it! I actually enjoyed watching a movie from an ass-old franchise made today. Goes to show you, miracles happen everyday...

Still, I must say this... what is the bullshit with Spock and Uhura? First off, this has to violate one or more rules of the United Federation of Planets. Seeing as the Federation goes by more or less the same ruling as naval forces, two officials on board of the same ship cannot be romantically involved (notice that James T. Kirk did a lot of bedding in his day - a LOT of it - but never with members of his own crew). Then... why? What was the logical purpose of that? Well, in a way, I know. For the whole of the movie the director tried its best to reveal to the audience that Spock has emotions. The peak of those would be having a romantic relationship. Still, we knew Spock could feel in the old series without the need of a specific female aid... of course, this is 2009, and both audiences and screenwriters are not only dumber, but also have forsaken the meaning of the word subtlety... even so, if you ignore the bits in which it happens, it's very watchable.

A friend stopped by on Sunday and dropped Detroit Metal City on my lap (almost literally, as her laptop is the size of my all-purpose notebook), I have now seen the whole series plus OVA and it's bloody awesome. I went on to pass it to a few of the guys so they could also bask in the awesomeness of it. You can get the twelve episodes of it via direct download here, as well as the ongoing translation of manga volumes. The OVA is worth a watch, there's some chuckling to be had there, you can find torrents for it easy peasy. On other downloads, like I mentioned before, I'm working in getting the Star Trek original series, and - once and for all - the complete Saint Seiya, Hades chapter included.