Sarcastic Bastard

i didn't get a chance to write anything yesterday either. what a day, though...

actually, it was a pretty good day, except for one unfortunate incident. it's been over 3 weeks since i announced my resignation from my old job. but in these three weeks i have had almost non-stop nuisance calls from them asking me to come in and help them out: even AFTER they've already hired someone new. the problem is that the new guy isn't available five days a week. well, if that's such a problem, they shouldn't have hired the guy in the first place. now they're asking if i can come in on sunday! my only day off in the week. well, there's no fucking way i'm doing that. it's not my problem anymore. i found someone to take over for me, i trained him, and i've moved on. from now on, i'm just ignoring his calls.

last night, we went to see another possible place to hold the wedding. it was quite nice, though not the most convenient place to get to (especially in traffic!). the only thing we didn't really like about it was that it's somewhat dark inside, and there aren't any windows in the room we'd be getting. i think we're both still set on the first place we saw. it isn't the easiest to get to either, but at least traffic isn't an issue. i've noticed a pattern in the way i do things. i seem to always like the first place/thing i see, then compare everything else to that. it could be that i've been lucky in choosing the most appropriate place/thing first, or maybe i'm just too lazy to appreciate others and just want to get the first one and be done with it. i tend to think it's the former...i don't think i'm that lazy. i guess i can compare it to movies: i generally like most movies i go to see in the theatres, because i'm fairly careful in the movies i choose. if it looks good to me, and i read generally positive things (or not), i tend to like it...of course, this isn't a universal truth, but neither is my tendency to go for the first thing i see. now i'm just babbling.

anyway, i finished "life of pi" last night. it was quite good, though as robin said, there were a few points that didn't live up to the rest of it. good timing, too, because i just read that the movie rights have been sold. i hope tom hanks doesn't star in it, a la castaway. now i'm on to "stick" by elmore leonard...just read a few pages so far, but he's a fun writer to read, so i should enjoy it. in fact, maybe i'll go read some now...i've got nothing to do at work this morning, but we have to be here to hurry up and wait.

posted by leor @ 10:22