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I officially have a ticket for the midnight showing of The Dark Knight! My concerns about being at work and not being able to make it were unnecessary since I found out on Thursday that I was only working Saturday and Sunday and nothing else this week, so yay! I'm so excited. :D

With my days off, I've been watching lots of stuff. I saw Batman Begins (second time) with Galaxy and Soan a couple nights ago because neither of them had seen it, and then I saw Cinderella Man. I've heard so many times how sad that movie is so I was expecting it to be really depressing, but it really wasn't. I mean, there are sad parts, but... not so much that if someone was asking me about it, I'd describe it as sad. I don't know. It confused me, because I've heard that from so many people. It's like when people describe The Notebook as being really sad, which I don't understand. I mean, Alzheimer's is a terrible disease, but they still had a good 30-40 years together happy and had children and grandchildren, and they died together. Yeah, this is a pet peeve of mine and I know it makes no sense for me to get irritated about it, but whatever. Just, I mean, when I think of really sad movies, I think about Requiem for a Dream, which... yeah. That movie doesn't turn out well for anyone. Like, that's so depressing I never want to see it again (despite thinking it was really well-done).

I also started watching Psych. I just started the second season. Ah man, it's so awesome. I've heard it was really good before, but reading about it I saw it was more standalone episodes, and I really need on-going story-arcs to get attached to a show. And a ship to latch onto, which there isn't here. But neither of those things have been issues at all. I fell in love with the show pretty much from the first episode. The characters are all so much fun. It's just really enjoyable. I'm looking forward to seeing the rest of the show. And the third season premieres this weekend, right? Very good time to get hooked!

I also want to try watching The Wire and Mad Men this summer, but I don't know how likely that'll be. We finally have a full staff at work so my hours have gone way down (40-42 hours a week for the first few weeks now to like 12-14 hours a week. Which kind of sucks since I want to earn more money, but it gives me more time to see movies for free, which is the main reason I wanted the job anyways), but I don't know. We'll see.

I saw Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, and oh man that is amazing. I can't wait for the second and third parts. They better put out a soundtrack or make the songs available in some way, or I'll be very sad. Oh, but the funniest thing about it is that I guess they mentioned it in the L.A. Times or something which my mom reads, and she saw it was by Joss Whedon so she mentioned it to me because she knows I like his shows. So I told her I already saw it and it was awesome and she should totally see it, and I think she might. But then, the best part, totally out of the blue, she was like "He's the guy who made Firefly, right? You have those DVDs, don't you?" and I said yes and she was like "I want to watch that show." Heh. I've been planning on showing it to her for awhile because I'm sure she'd love it and it's much less of a time commitment than Buffy, which I'm sure she'd also love. But right now we're making our way through the Doctor Who Season 1 DVDs which she bought the other day since we only have seasons 2-3 for some reason, so we'll probably finish those first and then start Firefly.

Anyways, I think I'll watch more Psych or watch Dr. Horrible Act I again. The second act is coming out tonight, right? I can't wait.

So, I'm totally going to suck at updating all summer. It's just, I work during the afternoon when I'd normally post, and anyways, all I have to talk about these days is work, which isn't really that interesting to people who aren't there. (But now I'm going to go on and pretty much just talk about various work stuff for a few hours.)

Like, this one guy is the son of a friend of my dad and he is the absolute most annoying person I work with and last week the manager told him to go home early because we had too many people working and he got really upset for some reason and punched the door to the box office and yelled a bunch of stuff in front of customers and scared people and he nearly got fired but he cried and didn't and for like a week after that he was super nice to everyone for a week and now that he's found out he's not fired, he's back to being annoying as hell. He brags about everything so much. This one time when I was telling him I was probably going to major in psychology, he was like "I could have gotten my PHd in psychology by now" and I was like "...really." Because he's like just graduated high school I think (in any case, he's not in college). And he was like "Yeah, when I was in middle school, I would just read through tons of textbooks." And I'm like "...uh. To get a PHd, you have to run studies and write a dissertation and get it approved and stuff. I'm pretty sure if all you needed to do to get a PHd was to read or even memorize a bunch of textbooks, way more people would have PHds."

There's this other guy who has a son and he's 24 and he found out about the son like 2 weeks after he was born and didn't get to name him and I don't know if he sees him at all or how old he is now (I think he's fairly young, though), and ok, that's fine, but then the younger sister of one of the girls who works there and her friend come to hang out at the theater (they can get in for free because her sister works there) and they basically just stalk him and flirt with him and he TOTALLY flirts back and she's freaking 13 years old. Just SO CREEPY. But he's actually a really nice guy. Just... creepy when they're around.

Oh, and there are FOUR Irish guys who work there. Like... two of them know each other, and then the other two know each other, but they didn't all come together, so it's kind of weird that two separate sets of Irish guys came to work there. And yeah, they're not THAT hot, but they're Irish, so all the girls go kind of crazy over them. It's kind of hilarious. And they're really nice guys. And now at least one more Irish guy, if not two, have applied and I think were hired. So now there will be a maximum of 6 Irish guys working there. It is totally crazy. (But very awesome.)

Today was Siena's last day at work since she's going to Spain to study for the summer, which sucks. It's so weird that I'm actually kind of friends with her now. We carpooled last week and one day when she got sent home early and I didn't and I was like "I'm so jealous" and she was like "Awwww" and gave me a half-hug which was bizarre. But yeah, I don't know. I felt really comfortable talking to her which is so weird because it should have been much more awkward, but it wasn't. I'll actually miss working with her, which is really surprising. I've been getting along really well with this girl who's 18 and just got promoted to manager (she was actually a shift leader my first day and she trained me on box office) so I at least have her to talk to. And actually, I feel like I've made better friends at work in like 3-4 weeks than I did all year at school. I don't know if I'm different or if the people are different or if the environments are different that's causing it, but yeah. I'm kind of sad I'm only working here for another month and a half (and then also not sad, because the hours suck SO MUCH).

I saw the Doctor Who finale and I read a few reactions and it seems like people either hated it or loved it. I'm pretty much in the loved it camp for various reasons. (This is not as much a reaction post as a reaction to other people's reactions post.) ( Doctor Who )

Anyways. I got off work today at 9:30 and I'm still kind of wired and that's why this post is so babbly and stream-of-conscious and all that. Tomorrow and Wednesday I have off, thankfully, and I'm getting paid on Friday, so this week is looking up. Tomorrow morning I'm taking my mom to see Iron Man since we're the only two people left in the world who haven't seen it, and I've been told a million times how amazing it is. So yeah. Looking forward to that.

So, after having to deal with that stupid e-mail problem yesterday morning, the rest of the day went a lot better. I was supposed to work from 1-9:30, but after I came back from my break, someone else was at the Box Office (where I had been working before) and there were a million people behind concessions and we didn't have much business (I think everyone was watching Wall-E or Wanted this weekend, neither of which we were showing. My theater plays pretty crappy movies, or really old movies) so one of the managers was like "...do you want to just go home, since you've been here longer than anyone else today?" And normally I actually might have stayed for the money, but my friends wanted to see Wanted at 9:15 and... obviously getting off at 9:30 I would just miss that showing. So getting off at 5:45 was very much preferred.

So yeah, I got home by 6 and then went to see Wanted with Justin, Andrew, Richard, Mike Tseng, Ni, Donovan, and a few other people I hadn't met before. The movie was... a lot different than I expected, I guess. Not necessarily in a bad way. It was just surprising. I think this is the kind of movie that people are either going to think is really awesome or they'll hate. I really enjoyed it, for the most part. There are some cheesy bits, but overall, it was really good. I liked the ending a lot (which was rather unexpected), and James McAvoy was great in it (although I'm not a huge fan of his American accent. Scottish/English is much preferred). But yeah, it was fun. I'm glad I got to see it.

Today I have to work from 3-11:30, though, which means closing, which majorly sucks. Oh well. At least I got to do something social yesterday so I don't feel like I'm spending my entire summer working. (Which would be true anyways since it took me like a month to get a job and I was doing a lot of stuff with friends before that, but that's still what it was starting to feel like.)

So Friday was Warped and it was awesome. I met The Academy Is in one of those signing things and also ran into Michael Guy Chislett (of the aforementioned band) and got a picture with him and a hug. I will do a more in-depth post later about it for anyone who cares with pictures, but I haven't had time to upload them and write anything up. Saturday morning I had a staff meeting at 9 AM which sucked because I was ridiculously exhausted from the concert, and then I had to work from 3-9. I actually didn't do any cleaning this time (except for a little around concessions) which was awesome. I did concessions and box office at the very end of the night. And I saw Daniel Jenkins! That was fun. But I didn't have time to talk to him because he came during a rush, and also, we're not supposed to have friends come visit during our shifts.

I've also spent the past couple days, when I haven't been at concerts and work, watching Greek. I'm so addicted to this show, it's ridiculous. I can't believe that it's actually good! Cappie is my absolute favorite. I'll write a longer post about the show probably when I've finished it (I'm on episode like... 15 or 16?) later, but I thought I'd mention that.

Anyways, today I'm working from 10 AM to 6 PM which sucks because I feel like I've gotten no sleep the past few days, which isn't entirely true, but yeah. The good news, though, is that after that, I don't work again until Thursday! Three whole days off! Win! Unfortunately on Thursday I'm working from 3-11 which means closing which supposedly sucks, but oh well. I will enjoy my days off, at least. And I should be getting paid on Friday! Yay!

I am done with my first day at work! It went all right. I spent 1 1/2 hours watching training videos and then I got to get trained on Box Office, which was awesome. The girl training me told me it took her 4 months before she got to do Box Office, and another guy said it took him 2 months, so I was super lucky. I was totally expecting to get ushering (aka glorified cleaning crew) for the first day. I screwed up a lot, but at the end the manager told me that I had been doing well and to keep up the good work, so I guess I didn't screw up too much. Anyways, the guy who hired me who's the director or whatever wasn't there so they didn't know when I was going to be working next, so I have to call on Tuesday afternoon to see when I'm scheduled next. But that means I get tomorrow and Tuesday (at least the morning) off, which I'm happy about. I need a break. I was so exhausted today because of the concert. I stayed up until 3 AM uploading pictures and making them pretty (I was under the illusion that I'd be able to do all that and write up a huge concert post because I knew I wouldn't have time today, but clearly I was delusional) and then got up at 9 AM to shop for work clothes/shoes.

So yeah, concert post will come tomorrow! Even though... I'm pretty sure there are only 2 people in bandom on my flist, and one of them went to the concert, so I don't know how many people will even care. But still. It's more for me so I can remember it in the future than for anyone else.

So I did finally get a call last night about the job. At first the guy was like "Are you still interested in the job?" and I was like "...yeah?" and he was like "I was wondering if you could come in for an interview tomorrow--" and I was like "...um. I kind of already had an interview" and he was like "...just a second. [shuffles papers] Can you come in tomorrow to fill out some paperwork?" So I agreed and... does this mean I have the job? I mean, I assume that's the only reason I'd fill out paperwork, but I'd like them to actually TELL me if I have the job or how much more I need to do to get the job at this point. Oh well. I'm going in 2-3 hours, so hopefully I'll find out then.

I forgot to mention that on Sunday I totally took all my books out of my bookcase and reorganized them and wow, I am so anal about organizing things. Like, it's fine if everything's in disarray and totally unorganized, but if I'm going to organize things, then EVERYTHING has to be organized EXACTLY how I want it. The shelves in my bookcase are all different heights apparently it REALLY bothers me if a book from one author is on one shelf but another book by the same author is on a different shelf because they're different heights. It's even worse when books in a series are split up, because I have a few series where I have some books in paperback and some in hardcover, so they're different heights. I also discovered that I'm missing the second book from the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series and it's bothering me so much that I can't find it. The series needs to be complete!

Honda Civic Tour tomorrow! I'm so excited! :D It's been so long since I've seen Motion City or Panic, and I've never seen The Hush Sound. I can't wait!

So, um, I think I got the job at the movie theater? The interview went ok, and at the end he gave me Reference Check Sheets to give to my references to fill out (because apparently they're too damn lazy to actually call their references themselves. ugh. So annoying. It's not like I see these people very often. It's going to be a pain to figure out how to get it to Mrs. Bentley) and said to turn them into him as soon as possible because he can't offer me a job until then. But from how he worded it, I assume he's going to give me the job? I just have to get those sheets in. I think I'd be a lot happier about getting the job if I didn't have to go through this. I keep wanting to say "SERIOUSLY. IT'S A MOVIE THEATER. DO YOU REALLY NEED REFERENCES TO TELL YOU THAT I CAN MAKE CORRECT CHANGE OR GIVE PEOPLE TICKETS OR SWEEP FLOORS?"

The questions at the interview were kind of ridiculous, too. He asked me what my favorite movie was, which... ok, reasonable. But after I told him, he asked me to describe the plot. I mean, I guess it makes a little sense because someone could try to be all pretentions and be like "Citizen Kane" without ever having seen it, and then not know the plot. ...but still. So I said my favorite was Moulin Rouge just because it really got me into watching movies and looking for other great movies and a lot of it was nostalgia, and then I was describing the plot and I said the courtesan died of tuberculosis and he kind of frowned at that and shook his head and I was like "WTF?!" in my head, but I just said "I think it was that. They called it something else in the movie, but it's tuberculosis. She coughed blood a lot!" And then (he took notes every once and awhile based on what I said), I kid you not, he wrote down "coughed blood a lot" under where he wrote down "Moulin Rouge" for my favorite movie. Just... what? What does that note even TELL him? Good lord.

Anyways. Panic at the Disco/Motion City Soundtrack/The Hush Sound/Phantom Planet concert in Anaheim is only a week from today! I'm so excited. :D Is anyone else going? And does anyone know the venue/band's policy on digital cameras? I want to take pictures, but I don't want to get my camera confiscated or have to waste money on a disposable when I already have a digital.

Oh god my afternoon has been so ridiculous.

Ok, so my plan for today was to vote (we had presidential primaries and a few propositions on Super Tuesday, but for some reason today we have primaries for state senate and some state Superior Court positions and a few propositions and other random stuff), get gas (I had less than 1/4 of a tank left), go to Newport Beach, get applications for the two movie theaters in Fashion Island, and buy a Calc review book because I've forgotten everything I learned in AP Calc (even incredibly basic things like how to take derivatives or integrals) and I'm taking Multivariable Calc next semester and am a little scared about it. I thought it would only take maybe an hour and a half.

So I go to vote, and that's fine. However, when I'm leaving, the kindergarten gets out (I was voting at my old elementary school). I had planned it so I wouldn't be leaving when grades 1-6 get out, but I forgot about the kindergarten. Anyways, I end up sitting in my car in line to get out of the parking lot for 10 minutes while people pick up their kids. So frustrating. I had so little gas left and I was really freaked out that I would run out, it was taking so long. I don't know why the people didn't just park up the street because it would've taken way less time that way than trying to go through the parking lot.

Anyways, after that, I go to the nearest gas station to get gas. ...except it's closed for some inexplicable reason. And at this point I have very little gas left, so I'm freaking out a little, but I go to the next closest station (which is also a good 10 cents more expensive, which sucks. It cost $60 to fill up my tank. ugh.). But anyways, that gets taken care of, even though it was more difficult than I thought it would be.

Then I go to Fashion Island. I get an application from the first theater easily. But then I go to the second, and the people can't find an application anywhere, so they ask me to come back in an hour. ugh. But whatever, I say that's fine, and I go to buy a Calc review book in Barnes and Noble. That takes up about half an hour (it took me forever to actually find Barnes and Noble, since they moved it from where it used to be, and I hadn't been there in awhile). I also buy Twilight since I didn't actually own it already (I only own the third one, not the first two, and I had been thinking about getting it for awhile) and I read that for the remaining 30 minutes. I go back to the theater and the woman tells me that the assistant manager that was looking for the application before has left and probably forgot about it, but she'll ask the other assistant manager if he knows where they are. He comes and prints out the application from the computer in about 2 minutes. ugh. Also, it turns out it's the exact same application as the other theater, and I could've just copied it myself at home. sigh.

So anyways, overall, took 2 1/2 hours, and I probably wasted at least an hour. Incredibly ridiculous.

The application for the movie theater is kind of crazy. I mean, it's like... more thorough and intense than either the tutoring applications for the temp job application I looked at. ugh. I'm not incredibly hopeful about getting either job, but I really want it. The woman I was talking to about getting the application at the second theater was telling me that employees can get into any Regal theater for free AND bring in a friend for free. That's so ridiculously awesome. I really want to work at one of the theaters. =/

ugh. Gone back to posting only once every week. I'm not really sure what's been up with me the past week. I spent it watching season 2 of SYTYCD and seasons 1, 2, and 4 (I'd already seen all of season 3) of Project Runway. I was just really in the mood for competitive reality shows like those, I guess, which is entirely bizarre, since I've never been much a fan of reality shows. I mean, there have been times I've watched an episode or two of random shows, but never that much. I also watched all three Lakers vs. Spurs games, which is also bizarre for me, since I haven't been interested in basketball since I was like 9. Yeah, I don't know. I feel like I've been a different person this past week.

My job search has so far failed miserably. I haven't actually DONE anything yet, so I don't know that I can say it's failed. I have no idea what I even want to do. I started thinking about getting a temp job, but then when I mentioned it to other people, they were all "Really? That doesn't look that great on resumes/applications." Which I wasn't really concerned with before, I just wanted some sort of job experience and money, but then I thought that maybe I should be thinking about that. So then I started looking at tutoring jobs, but all of them required references, and then I needed to figure out who the hell I was going to ask for that. And... that's where I'm stuck. I'm just so sure that I'm not even going to get these jobs, and I'm so afraid of rejection that I'm just like "Well, not going to get the job anyways, so why bother applying?" And I'm afraid to ask people for references also because I'm afraid they'll say no. ugh. At this point I'm kind of just doing nothing until my mom starts bugging me about it again. This is so much more stressful than I expected it to be, but it's all just my stupid issues and I'm making it much more difficult than it needs to be.

Anyways, I'm seeing The Fall this afternoon with my parents. It has Lee Pace and looks visually stunning, but it's gotten some really bad (although also some really good) reviews. I don't know. Hopefully it'll be good.