Waking Typing Eating Sleeping

I took a few days off. Not much to report, or you can bet I'd be sharing it!



The job hunt continues to generate more leads. I'd feel productive if it weren't that they're all unlikely to yield a result quick enough. Going to Gen Con Indy for some impromptu interviews seems mandatory now, though I'll need to check with Legal what it takes (paperwork, money, etc.) to leave the country and come back before that trip can be useful. I'm considering a final excursion to D.C. but no firm plans have been made so we'll see what transpires. It would surely be fun, but right now everything seems secondary to that question mark over my future.

I've been playing San Andreas before the police come crashing through my door to demand I trade in my copy for Finding Nemo (a slight overreaction there to this story. Thanks to Shocho for the link - in fact, he's been the Good Link Guy of late.)

I've been watching Batman: The Animated Series in all its "Dark Deco" gloriousness which, with the distance of a few years now, more convincingly looks like it was made in the 1940s.

And I just saw House Of Flying Daggers, another fine Chinese export with a great story in the first half that unfortunately degenerates into dross as the layers of deception are pulled back. The last 30 minutes I started web surfing. How Zhang Ziyi/Ziyi Zhang in disguise as a non-sword-toting anything is supposed to fool us in these movies any more is beyond me... not since Tom Cruise defined the role of Fallen Hero Seeking Redemption for himself to play over and over again has an actor so seemingly sought out to be typecast. Ultimately, Hero takes the prize in the Z.Z. "It Isn't Me!" trilogy, being largely devoid of the irrational romantic decisions that take over House Of Flying Daggers and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon in their final reels.

More (possibly even interesting) tales when I have them...