A random gal living in a crazy, mixed-up world

By some amazing chance of fate, I am (FINALLY) seeing (500) Days of Summer (a.k.a. my favourite movie I have yet to see) tonight!!

OMG YAY!!!

Yesterday, projectionists everywhere cursed Paramount when they got their prints of Star Trek because Paramount locked the canisters. Pointless and stupid*. Don't they realise that not only are projectionists film geeks but are also (most likely) Star Trek nerds?

I mean, come on, they're going to take the time to crack the code themselves. Duh.

It wasn't long after 7pm last night that my co-worker found the lock code on a film tech site. Awesome. Our boss still wouldn't let us preview last night, though. He wouldn't allow it until after 7am today since Paramount wasn't giving the lock codes until then.

So, I'm off to pump myself full with coffee - since I didn't get home until 2am but I'm a coffee whore so whatever - and watch a movie about a TV show that I hardly ever watched. Why? I find the trailers that freaking awesome.

*Besides, it was IDIOTIC for Paramount to lock the canisters since shows start tonight anyway. Fail, Paramount, fail!

ETA - 9:40am: my co-worker and I loved the movie!

Christmas snuck up on me this year and I have no idea how or why. Yeah, the years go by faster as you get older, but this year has been an odd one so I didn't see Christmas coming up so fast until last week.

Our Christmas movie outing this year was Seven Pounds. I kinda wish it hadn't been but oh well. I just wonder why ( ... ) Ugh, it was ok.

What is up with the current crop of movies either being three hours long or feeling even longer than their two and half hour running time? Oy.

I have to close at the movie theater tonight. Joy. We just got back from my theater (we debated going to Crapmike). It was INSANE. And it doesn't help that the design of the building SUCKS And the owners are there playing "work" And I never worked Christmas at Crapmike so I just hope that it will die down some this evening. I doubt it but one can dream.

Happy Christmas!

The boys and I previewed The Spirit.

( A brief review )

I've also seen: Australia, Nothing like the Holidays and Role Models this week. :D

Why do I even bother watching and trying to get invested in television shows while they're on air? I always get behind, and with no catching up in sight. Always.

( Examples )

Don't even get me started on movies. I didn't watch any movies last month. And I only watched one back in March. And now that May is here? Yeah, the big Summer Blockbuster movies are starting to roll out. Iron Man opens today. Ugh, I bet I won't see half of the movies this summer. I guess this is why BTA is a good thing to have. If only I would actually use it. Heh.

( Rambling about life stuffs )

I should sleep, I somehow made this a semi-serious post when all I wanted to do was whine about silly, superficial bullshit.

Years ago, a then-friend (I use that term loosely) introduced me to The Rocky Horror Picture Show Midnight experience that still takes place at the Riverview Theater in Southeast Minneapolis, but after my friend and I parted ways I reverted back into my hermit self, sticking to the movie theatres I live by (a.k.a. Crapmike), and forgetting all about the Riverview Theater.

However, I completely didn't know that Riverview was the cheap theatre to go to until my stepmom mentioned something yesterday morning while I was pursuing the movie times in the Source section at my dad and stepmom's place! I just found their website! I can totally go see six movies for 12 bucks today because it is $2 Tuesdays!!!!!!! And they have movies I've been wanting to see, too. I haven't watched movies all day at a theatre since forever.

Duuude. I'm so going!

*starts brewing the coffee*

ETA - 7:30am: Taking a two hour catnap.
ETA#2 - 7:45am: Thanks to my mom, I was reminded that the Oscar nominations were just announced moments ago, the list will be here sometime today.
ETA#3 - 7:50am: I still predict that the show will be cancelled, but you never know. I actually don't care if the Oscars get cancelled or not. I will care if the SAG awards will get cancelled, though. I'm odd that way.
ETA#4 - 10:18am - Slept. Dressed. Waiting for Coffee to finish brewing. *bounce*

Is it wrong that I like OneRepublic's "Apologize" song? I don't listen to mainstream radio stations that much anymore, so I have no idea what their status in the music industry is, but I heard "Apologize" on the end of Cold Case tonight and I'm kinda lovin' it.

Hahahahaha, I don't honestly care, but I just love how out of touch I can be sometimes. I tend to stick to what I listen to, and the recs people give me that are similar, which is of the offbeat variety (a.k.a. not that mainstream).

Total sidenote #1: Rachel Weisz looks horrid as a blond in Beautiful Creatures. Or maybe her character is wearing a wig? Or her character is suppose to be one of those trashy, low class girls that go tacky blond but forget the eyebrows? I don't know, either way, the dark brown eyebrows with the white-blond hair is distractingly shitty, imo. I'm not really watching the movie, it's just what is on my muted screen at the moment.
Total sidenote #2: I don't work for the next three days. :|

ETA: Oh, I have heard the song before. Only the remix version. I got to thinking, "I bet Gossip Girl used the song at one point." I was right. It was at the end of the "Hi, Society" episode. I am so gleeful that I gave Gossip Girl a second chance. It is deliciously evil!!

I am FINISHED with my 100102 in 2007!!!!!!!!!! (I watched two TV-type films early on in my list so I compensated)

Now I am off to work a damn NYE concert downtown.

I hope everyone out there has a happy, safe and fun New Year's Eve! ♥

For our Christmas movie this year, my mom and I saw Sweeney Todd tonight. I loved it.

That is all.