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Confirmation and new work...
May. 14th, 2003 10:37 pmI finally got the assignment straightened out by about noon my time, and actually started on the work around 3:30 pm, with a break around 5 pm or so to visit the store and see how Drew is doing with the new POS software. The document is not hard, just long (73 pages), and all of the rest of it (now that I've finished the few pages of text in the front) consists of tables.
I'm hoping it will go pretty fast. It's due Monday.
* * * Long about midafternoon, I got my flight schedule for the trip to Houston. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't looking forward to the trip just a bit, but the anticipation is tinged with... I don't know... apprehension? sadness? depression? that I'll be away from Galina again so soon. The good news is that I get to see Natalie, and undoubtedly will have an opportunity to renew some of my acquaintances at JSC.
If I am not mistaken, the trip will also place me in a good position to see the new Matrix movie in a movie theater with an auditorium that's a bit larger than Pagosa's own Liberty Theater. I'm not at all sure when the first night is; I'm not at all sure it's worth trying to get in that night, either. But no doubt I'll see the flick.
* * * One of the legacies of the store is that it once was a video rental place, and we continue to occasionally get pre-general release VHS tapes from time to time. Usually, the titles are of so-so quality (e.g., Kung Pow!), but a package today contained both Clooney's Solaris and Affleck's Daredevil. I am sure Drew is previewing the Clooney film (I'd be interested in hearing him compare it to the Tarkovsky film); Galina and I finished the Affleck film just a little while ago.
Come to think of it, if DD is any example, these films just might just be a continuation of the stream of so-so films we've been receiving.
Both Daredevil and its predecessor Spider-Man somehow manage to convey a heavy-handed tone of anti-heroism (perhaps even the Russian concept of пошлость, which I must admit, is something that I believe I succeed in identifying in Real Life in maybe 30% of cases) while avoiding the slightest hint of character development or audience empathy for the character.
Yeah, I know. It's a story based on a comic book. What am I expecting? Art?
I don't know. Certainly not what I saw. Anyway. is there some sort of rule in moviemaking that says the movie must, under all circumstances and in all instances, be inferior to the original story?
Don't get me started.
Cheers...
I'm hoping it will go pretty fast. It's due Monday.
If I am not mistaken, the trip will also place me in a good position to see the new Matrix movie in a movie theater with an auditorium that's a bit larger than Pagosa's own Liberty Theater. I'm not at all sure when the first night is; I'm not at all sure it's worth trying to get in that night, either. But no doubt I'll see the flick.
Come to think of it, if DD is any example, these films just might just be a continuation of the stream of so-so films we've been receiving.
Both Daredevil and its predecessor Spider-Man somehow manage to convey a heavy-handed tone of anti-heroism (perhaps even the Russian concept of пошлость, which I must admit, is something that I believe I succeed in identifying in Real Life in maybe 30% of cases) while avoiding the slightest hint of character development or audience empathy for the character.
Yeah, I know. It's a story based on a comic book. What am I expecting? Art?
I don't know. Certainly not what I saw. Anyway. is there some sort of rule in moviemaking that says the movie must, under all circumstances and in all instances, be inferior to the original story?
Don't get me started.
Cheers...
