3 Kid's Films

Toy Story 3 was just as amazing as I thought it would be. It's my favorite of the trilogy. I've seen it three times now, and I still got teary-eyed on the third viewing--it's that moving!

The Karate Kid is EXCELLENT. I even liked it better than the original. The skeleton plot is the same, but the details are much different. Jaden Smith and Jackie Chan were both superb. Anyone who has ever gone abroad for an extended time and felt homesick will especially appreciate this film.

The Last Airbender was a huge disappointment. The special effects were fairly impressive, but the movie took itself much too seriously. The original tv show is full of silly and clever jokes to alleviate the dramatic tension, but this film adaptation threw out that element of comic relief. Plus, it doesn't help that the acting is rather stiff. It seems the casting directors chose kids based on how closely they look like the character rather than how well they can act. Or maybe Shyamalan has just completely lost his touch. Either way, this movie is a waste of money. If you really want to see it, wait till it goes to the dollar theater.

In other news... I still haven't found a job, but I have been keeping myself busy. I've gotten into the habit of reading again, which is nice. School does such a good job of sucking rec reading time out of one's schedule. :P

David Tennant is my new favorite actor

I'm going to the midnight screening of Toy Story 3 tomorrow. Should be uber fun. I haven't been to a midnight screening in quite a while, so I'm pretty pumped.

I also just bought the new Toy Story 3 game for Mac and can't wait to play it. I'm definitely ready for a new game--I haven't been playing Dragon Age much (or at all) lately because I've played it through so many times.

Instead, I've been spending most of my downtime (which is pretty much all the time I have) catching up on Doctor Who. I've now seen every episode of the 9th and 10th Doctors, and one series from the 1st Doctor. I still need to go back and watch the rest of the 1st-8th Doctors, but it'll take a while. A long while. I won't be doing that with as much vigor as I did with the most recent ones.

The job hunt hasn't improved much (and I'm still stalling on bartending school). It's hard to make myself apply to jobs I don't really want. :P I did recently apply to Chipotle, though. If I get that, I'll get to eat even more delicious, puppy-sized burritos. Mmmmm.

Wouldn't it be great if I could get a job working at Pixar? They're in California, but not LA--Emeryville, which is close to San Francisco.

Jobs Jobs Jobs

I've been job searching for about a month now and gotten nowhere. So... I think it's time to seriously consider bartending school. I have enough money right now to pay for it, but I fear if I wait too long and never find a job (which seems fairly likely), that I'll run out of it. I'm also thinking I might move back to Tulsa. So far, being in Edmond, I've just been sitting here doing nothing. Most of my fun is had when I travel to Tulsa or Stillwater, and since Sam (boyfriend) is in Tulsa, I'd be generally happier there. Living for free with my Dad is nice (and I certainly love my Dad), but I know what it's like to live on my own and I do enjoy it. Plus, if I become a bartender, I'll hopefully have more than enough money to live fairly comfortably.

I've also looked into becoming an OSSAA umpire (for softball). It's really not very hard at all, but I think it'd be best to wait to do that until I know where I'll be living. I think it would be a fun job, though.

The Navy is still my back-up back-up plan, though...

As far as a permanent career, well, that'll just have to wait a while since I'm not willing to move to Chicago (or NY or LA) quite yet.

I is a college graduate.

It's finally over. I'm back in Edmond with Dad. I'm sitting on my comfy couch in the only place I've ever really considered home, and I'm done with school... FOREVER. Even if I go to a film tech school later, which seems likely, that won't be like regular old school because it's so hands on.

I was pissed off by not getting to wear an Ireland ribbon at graduation. Apparently I wasn't on the study abroad office's graduation list, so they didn't have one for me. The lady I talked to said I could wear a UK one if I wanted--uh, no. I didn't go there. So... that was dumb and annoying. I was, however, tickled by the fact that I got to wear cum laude cords, because my GPA is going to drop a little below 3.5 after my grades from this semester go through. :P The commencement ceremony itself was actually pretty fun. I got to sit by my friends, and it was a great day, in general. It felt significantly better than high school graduation, meaning it felt like it meant more.

Now I have to find a job. Ugh. Not excited. At all. My plan for now is that if I can't find anything after a while, then I might consider bartending school--there is one in OKC. Then I can become a bartender. They make pretty good money, so I hear, and the hours are pretty perfect for me, plus, I'm generally interested in alcohol. I think I could deal with the people--I'm already somewhat used to being sober around drunk people, anyway.

As a side note, I recently watched a TED talk by Sam Harris that really fascinated me, so I Googled him. He seems like one of the smartest people out there right now--I might try to read a couple of his books pretty soon.