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May 05

Scary dream

Last night I went to bed without the A/C and only used one sheet. I didn’t sleep very well and was troubled with very weird dreams. I even woke up once from hitting the bed and gasping as I jumped out of my sleep. I dreamt of a dog with hands that kept making people around me disappear by consuming them. He would wait for me to turn then would stretch his mouth open and pull them in with his hands. When I wasn’t looking he would also mess everything up. This is probably due to the creepy video I watched about a cat who had hands.

Film and motion pictures — Comments Off on My Revenge of the Sith Review
24
May 05

My Revenge of the Sith Review

Jody and I went to see “Revenge of the Sith” today. RoTS was way better than any of the previous two movies, however it just makes you wish Lucas had his stuff together for the first two because they could have been a lot better. Now here come the bullet points:

The Good

  • Action is steady. This is number one reason it didn’t suck. The other two movies had too many slow points that were awful.
  • The special effects were awesome.
  • Nice conclusion. Everything is tied up, although what was the deal with the part about Qui Gon Jin?

The Bad

  • Bad dialogue. I could have come up with something more romantic and that’s quite a statement.
  • The emperor Palpatine / Darth Sidious makes the Dark Side look sissified. I still don’t get the Sith thing. Who are they? What’s with the weird names?
  • Jimmy Smits looks like a Ren-fest attendee.
Personal — 4 comments
24
May 05

Week 1

This is the first week I’ve been without a normal “job”. This is the first week where I will be working for myself and making my decisions on a day to day basis. There is a lot to do and not a lot of time to do it in. First off, I need to figure out some way to track and manage leads and prospects. I get information all the time, but I need to get better at keeping track of it. I also need to put together a brochure to take with me on sales calls. It’s important to leave something with all the important information on it to make it easier for prospective customers to make a decision.

Psychology — Comments Off on Personality Test
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May 05

Personality Test

As I’ve mentioned before, my Myers-Briggs “personality type” shifted as I got older to ESTP. It is my contention that whatever your type you should like it since personality is a reflection of conscious decisions about how to think, feel, and behave. Here is some good information on my type from a statistical point of view:

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18
May 05

Working E3

Today I’m at work where we’ll be in-game showing the game to E3 attendees. It should be interesting. Basically, we just run around and demo everything while members of the media and the game industry get to check out all the cool stuff. I’ve been having a hard time posting because I’ve been using the demo machine, which doesn’t have all my normal stuff like Firefox installed.

Personal — Comments Off on Friday is my last day
17
May 05

Friday is my last day

Friday will be my last day with my current employer. I need to remember to send out my contact information in case anyone needs to get a hold of me. This weekend I might go to Oklahoma, and then next week I will hit the ground running.

General — Comments Off on New Yorker – Revenge of the Sith review – “Break me a fucking give.”
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May 05

New Yorker – Revenge of the Sith review – “Break me a fucking give.”

Via. There are few things more fun to read than a good review of a bad movie. Anthony Lane writes a great review of the latest installment of Star Wars in the New Yorker. It makes me want to see it just to see how bad it will be. I laughed aloud at the following passage:

Anakin keeps having problems with his dark side, in the way that you or I might suffer from tennis elbow, but Yoda, whose reptilian smugness we have been encouraged to mistake for wisdom, has the answer. “Train yourself to let go of everything you fear to lose,” he says. Hold on, Kermit, run that past me one more time. If you ever got laid (admittedly a long shot, unless we can dig you up some undiscerning alien hottie with a name like Jar Jar Gabor), and spawned a brood of Yodettes, are you saying that you’d leave them behind at the first sniff of danger? Also, while we’re here, what’s with the screwy syntax? Deepest mind in the galaxy, apparently, and you still express yourself like a day-tripper with a dog-eared phrase book. “I hope right you are.” Break me a fucking give.

Personal — Comments Off on Speech
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May 05

Speech

I have to give a 4-6 minute speech tomorrow morning in front of 25 or so people. I’ve done a little preparation so I hope my subconscious takes care of all the gaps while I sleep.

Media — Comments Off on The Military Changes Their Sales Pitch
12
May 05

The Military Changes Their Sales Pitch

As has been widely reported, the military is having trouble meeting its recruitment and retention goals since launching offensive action in Afghanistan and Iraq. This is to be expected in our media-savvy and highly educated society. As people gain access to more information and a resistance to marketing-speak it becomes tougher to sell what amounts to, in the simplest of terms, an opportunity to get yourself killed. The message is that joining the military is an act of service to your country and that it’s the most patriotic thing you could do, but if you look around you realize it is much more complicated than that. When the most influential people in this country (even the past two presidents) avoid military service the impression is formed that it is far from desirable or wise.

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