A working life.

Apologies for the lack of posting over the last, what is it, 14 days? I've been a busy working girl with days off few and far between.

EB Games is great, it's like working at Blockbuster but less corporate in all the ways that matter to me. I can dye my hair, there are no sales goals, and I still get to do the things I love (like making the walls all alphabetical). Also, the tills are super easy to use and I'm working with video games. My boss and assistant boss are great and fun to work with -- though there are a few incompetent employees that I'm not especially fond of.

Aaron made Valentines Day perfect. I got it off from both jobs which was great. We woke up late, I made breakfast for us and then we did nothing for a bit (oh except sex, we certainly did that). Then he took me downtown for dinner at The Matahari Grill (which was amazing). We wandered downtown for a bit and ended up in a sex store which was awesome and I won't list any details of the rest of the night...

He's started playing Kingdom Hearts which makes me very happy -- I enjoy watching him playing a game I've always been very fond of.

What else?

I saw Watchmen yesterday with some film reps and my boss at the Fox. It was alright but I came out of it slightly disappointed and tired. It's very long sitting at almost three hours. The acting is not great, and they changed some things that I really wish they would have left alone. Bubastis is in it though (not red) and that made me smile, I love that cat. I did sit down and re-read the whole thing the day before though and I wouldn't recommend that to anyone who is planning on seeing it. Other than that it had a great soundtrack that I wouldn't mind picking up (or downloading). Oh and Rorschach and The Comedian were spot on.

I think that's enough for now. I'll try to keep updating regularly (or at least once a week) when I'm not bogged down with working at two jobs I love.

EDIT: I forgot to mention the AWESOME dessert from Dmitri's after everything else.

Mghrurlllhhhhh....

Because apparently somewhere in the rules of my existence it is written 'cannot have everything go right for once' I am out hunting for a part-time job to back up the one at the Fox. It's partially my fault because I rushed into agreeing to something that was not completely rock solid (IE, another job at my brothers store) but I am down to three shifts a week. I will be making $600 a month; a lot less than I was making last year -- and with the add-on of another manager I've permanently lost a shift that I enjoyed. It's more frustrating because I actually like the other manager.
*sigh* I hate job hunting and now is a really hard time for it -- I mean, is anyone even actually considering hiring another staff member to pay when the economy is so rapidly falling apart. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

Also, I have got to stop drinking. At least for a bit. I am too stressed that when I start drinking I get so upset and maudlin about EVERYTHING. Even the things that I'm sure about.

I feel like crap.

Oh for the love of...

Yes, God.
That would have been the third post in less than three days with the word God in it -- and we couldn't have that, could we? Not this close to Christmas.

But, Jesus-fucking-Christ, I'm having a rough night. I've got a sinus headache that makes me feel like my brain is trying to escape out of my nose and tear-ducts, and every door I've touched has broken in some way -- though, thankfully not the new safe door (which had to be brought in to replace the one I broke the door off of).
The door at the Fox tonight would just not fucking close. At all. It wouldn't lock and Travis and I tried for over an hour to lock it and perhaps in the process broke it more. Who knows? I'll find out tomorrow night.
And then... yes then, I came home in the hopes of getting some sleep tonight and my own fucking door wouldn't open. My key just wouldn't work. I had to wake up my tired, cranky, groggy, possibly sick roommate to open it for me.
What the hell is with me and doors?

In other news, for about three hours today I deeply considered buying a house in the beaches. Yes. Buying. I'm all grown up now (like hell). Aaron and I sat down (through e-mail) and discussed it, agreeing that 'what the hell, why not?' And then I talked to my mom about the actualities of buying a house and came to the conclusion that there's no way in hell we can afford to do that right now. Even if for some reason we managed to obtain a good mortgaging rate there would still be hydro and heat and water and bills to pay. I need a nine-to-five (what a way to make a living) job. One that pays more than what I make now. I needs some full time work.
Though... no, I wouldn't leave the Fox completely.

But... what to do with my life. What on earth do I want to be when I grow up?
None of my life's dreams are obtainable... so what do I settle for?
If you had to settle, what would you settle for?
How many times can I say settle this blog?

I'm tired now.

I'm slightly not looking forward to tomorrow. Too much to do and not enough time. The Boyfriend and the Roommate are helping my Dad move my new dresser here from my Grandma's place in the morning. At like 10:30. But before they get here I'd like to clean my room, the bathroom, and the hallway so that my Dad does not see the filthy hovel I live in. Also, it needs a good cleaning again. I put everything off while I was sick. Or I put it off because I wasn't at home. Either way, I put it off.

My cat is trying to tear up the carpet right now. I just threw a catnip toy at her. She is unimpressed.

EDIT:
Oh, also, I saw Snarky's family at the sushi place near my work. That is all.

I'm sorry, I've been playing WoW.

World of Warcraft. Yes.
Or, in otherwords, I have been playing the videogame equivelent of drugs. Hard, addictive drugs. I'm not sorry. It fills the vacant RPG-reliant section of my being at times where I'm not playing D&D. And I needs it.

In other news I have been down and out with what I would assume was the flu (is the flu?). I lost three days of work which I can't really afford to miss right now and am still not fully recovered. I have possibly the worst headache in the whole world and to remedy this I have been reading Transmet (I'm not at home, otherwise I would be undoubtably filling my time with levelling my Night Elf Hunter in her skinning and leatherworking skills). This reading explains why I am tempted to rant and rave like an absolutely insane journalist. Though journalism just doesn't do it for me, and never has. Like I'd want to know any more about this world and it's seedy doings. I'm sorry, that's not entirely true there are things that I enjoy. Like this:

Oh, Discovery Channel, you've done it again.

Well damnit. It won't load the page, so I can't embed it.

Work is... work. I still love it, hopefully that doesn't go away. Though I'm not especially thrilled right now as I will be loosing shifts in January -- the month that I need shifts the most what with the moving and everything. Hopefully I will not have to find a secondary job, I'd really hate that (as anyone who was around through the working at the Nutty Chocolatier and the Fox, or at the Nutty and Blockbuster will know -- it might have just been Brenda but, she's ruined my ability to trust two jobs at once). Yesterday one of my bosses called me a 'Fucking Godsend' so that's always nice. I should put that on my resume:

Carolyn Watson,
Fucking Godsend.


I think I have my new blog name.
That's a good way to end this post.

Talk to the bomb...

First off, Shock & Awe was fantastic. Dark Star was/is possibly the most hilarious sci-fi movie I have seen in a while. On every internet communications medium I have written, 'talk to the bomb. Teach it phenomenology.' And now you know what it's from. I want a shirt that says that. /obscure?

Though, as usual, post-Shock & Awe had me working for eleven hours -- on top of the thirteen I spent watching the movies. Yes, that's 24+ hours at the Theatre with no sleep. I still think it was worth it -- even if I spent all of last night with a high fever and a horrible headache (at work again). I think (I hope) I've slept it off today. Went to bed at eleven last night and didn't officially wake up until around 2pm.

I'm still looking at apartments online even though the official move date is not going to be until this coming February. I really can't help it. And I keep finding these gorgeous places that are within my spending limit that will probably be gone by then. It's both frustrating and satisfying. I want to paint and decorate.

I took my cat Locke (or Lockeheed, if I'm trying to comfort her) to the Vet last Monday for her shots... which I should have done years ago but was a very bad pet-owner. I feel much better about taking care of her now and want to do everything I can to keep her happy and healthy. That's another reason why I can't wait until February -- it will be nice to see her nightly and I know that Aaron will spoil her rotten. He loves cats.

I think that's pretty much it for me today. I'm just trying to kill time until Aaron comes home from work.

While...

I wait on my episode of CSI to load, I am going to pimp out my theatre to any of you fine folks happening upon my blog.

First off, you can find it here: Fox Theatre.
Or, read somethings about movies and stuff here: Barely updated.
Hell, you could join the Facebook group if you'd like (and hear about all of our fantastic movies and events: This is it.)

But that's not why I'm here. I'm here to tell you about the coolest, most awesome movie experience ever (for all time). And that, my friends, would be SHOCK & AWE: The ultimate grindhouse experience. For those of you who follow me on Twitter, you will know by now that I am storing energy and trying to get enough sleep (which is hard with the work-week I've had) to last all night again. Yes, again. Five months ago we had the first with Dead Alive headlining -- and this time... oh, this time we've got Toxic Avenger! Not to mention some horror, some blaxploitation, and some porn. Also! For the first time ever a secret movie that will be revealed at approximately 3am (I know what it is, but that would ruin the fun).

So, if you're bored Saturday night and feel like staying up all night watching sleazy, creepy, hilarious, and often nauseating movies come on by! (You can find us at the corner of Beech and Queen East). The show starts at 11:30pm and goes all the way till the next morning (ending at around 11am give or take).

/End pimping.