Parallel Johnny

Having the past few days off has been great. On Wednesday I went to get my drug screening. Afterwards I went to Oakland Mall and Microcenter. I got myself a WSU long sleeve shirt, a headset for my cell, some candles and an adapter to hook up my laptop to the TV. Once Lauren was off work, we along with Tammy went to Don Pablos for dinner. Before heading home, Lauren and I visited Lisa for a talk.

The next day I went and got my hair cut. Then Lauren and I went shopping. I got myself two shirts and some sweet C.H.I.P’s shades. We had dinner at Andary’s with Adam and Mir. Lisa had been working on her decorations for the Fuse-In Festival this weekend, so we helped a bit until Brian called. He was going up to Pronto!’s, so we met up with him for some drinks. Afterwards Shaun called from McGee’s, so we paid a little visit to him.. Also there was Andy, Jay and Bill doing open mic.

Now, I’m finally finishing up Return of the Jedi. If anyone is planning on going downtown this weekend, I’ll be there all Sunday and possibly Monday. Give me a call.

Paperwork Filled…Check
Transcripts Requested…Check
Drug Screening…Tomorrow
Put In My Two Weeks At Hollywood…Check
Deposit Check…Check

Alright, that gives me 3 hours before work to clean, do laundry, eat, and get ready for work. No work wed-fri, sun and monday! Way to ask for days off within the final two weeks.

Speaking of, I’m not being taken off payroll. Instead I’m taking a leave for the Summer, so I still have a job come Fall. They’re suspending the free rentals during so, though. Oh well.

Good morning to you….Good night for me. I have work in 9 hours. Funny, cause I just got off work.

First off; its official, I’m going to be employed at General Dynamics. I should be receiving the paperwork in the mail today.

And now lets talk about movies. Over the past week I’ve watched a few.

I heard a few people think it was horrible. I thought it was one of the funniest movies I’ve seen this year. The comedy was brilliant. It reminded me of Zoolander, except Stiller was the bad guy. Vince Vaughn has this comedic style that no one else can duplicate. Maybe that’s why National Lampoon casted him in their Dodgeball knock-off, National Lampoon’s Blackball. Next…

I won’t say much. I enjoyed it and plan to rent the second one too.

I didn’t watch Empire and Jedi Special Editions yet; just A New Hope. It was neat to see how much they added in. If Harrison Ford wasn’t decades younger and Carrie Fischer skinny, I’d say it almost looks as if it was filmed within the past few years. There was an added scene that caught my attention though. Solo is confronted by Jabba before they leave for Alderan. Jabba is computer generated of course, but I was taken back to see him and Solo together with dialouge. I switched over to the commentary track to find out it was filmed with a stand in for Jabba and was to be in the original version. Jabba was to be stop-motioned in. They ended up cutting the scene out for budget reasons and in case the sequels never did come out. The scene lines up the opening plot of Return of the Jedi. Lastly…

Let the critics complain, let the newbies to the series say they didn’t get it and let the others that don’t fit into the first two categories say whatever they said to call it “bad”. I thought the movie was amazing! It stayed very close to the book. The visuals were great. Marvin was so simple yet so perfect. Mos Def made made me forget the orignial Ford was white. Zaphod played a better Zaphod than I imagined while reading the series. The opening number had me laughing, and they suped up the original banjo played theme. Trillian could have been a little prettier in the face, but thats Britain for you. This is a definate buy once it’s released to DVD.

It looks like I finally have some great news to share. I got a phone call today, but it wasn’t Detroit Axle. Out of the blue, General Dynamics called me. The man I talked to asked what my interests were in the field and then told me what his department does. He never mentioned an interview, rather he told me HR will be in contact with me shortly to discuss formalities and a start date. Apparently I have a new job! Goodbye Hollywood; maybe I’ll see you in the fall, but I hope not.

Last night after work I headed down to Snookers. A whole bunch of people were there; Lauren, Lisa, Brian, Shaun, Rob Laforest, Steve, and Jack. Freaking Rob Laforest, I havent seen him since Shaun lived in Wyandotte. Rob, Brian and I exchanged numbers, so we can get together over the summer.

Tonight I get to do inventory until 5 AM at Hollywood. I’m preparing for this one: a desk chair to wheel around in, my minidisc player, 5 hours of Journey on one disc and 4 hours of Ben Folds (Five) on another. Oh and I can’t forget two hours of Loveline from 1-3. Lets get it on.

Today was a great day. Lauren came over around 4. We listened to some music, then went off shopping at Lakeside. I bought a Guinness wall clock for my room. Lauren bought a bunch of clothes and shoes. I took pictures of her new outfit but she made me delete them. We also bought some Cinnabon for later tonight. Afterwards, we had dinner at Applebee’s and visited my work. We came back home, watched the new episode of Family Guy, then Adult Swim.

Who could ask for more?

While listening to NPR, I heard of a suicide bombing in Iraq. They reported no deaths….I think they need to count again.

I’ve been burning the midnight oil lately. Working until close, then going down to Eastpointe; It’s taken its toll on me. I came home last night, fell right asleep and didnt wake up for 12 hours. It’s been nice to see people again; Evita is over for Brian, school is over for Lisa, Lauren finishes school today, Adam starts working days in June and I’ve been out for almost two weeks now. If anyone was wondering if I managed my 3.0+, I did. Government cost me dearly, though.

I thought about making mix sets to broadcast via my Big Sonic Heaven site. To do so, I needed to find my copy of Acid. My cds have never been labeled, so there were two, 100-cd spindles full of discs to look through. While looking I found a disc with tons of old pictures. I think they’ll be posted to flickr soon. Almost all of them were taken by Jeff.

I still haven’t seen Hitchikers’ movie, for lack of time and cash. At this rate I’ll be renting it. People have been giving it horrible reviews, but others, like Greg Dean of RealLifeComics, say it was great. It would be nice if the haters were new to the series and the lovers were old fans of the series, but its mixed. Im sure I’ll enjoy it. I enjoy and get some value out of most movies I watch. I even enjoyed the second half of The Life Aquatic. That’s saying something.

Since someone bought something at amazon through my site (Im guessing Jesse). I’ll heres some related products.

Well I had a bit to write about, but I must go to work.

For now, happy Mother’s Day to all the Mothers of the world.

I had my interview today. It was at the Daimler Chrysler Detroit Axle Plant. The interview was for a summer internship as a program manager assistant. I’d be using powerpoint and excel. Not exactly engineering, but not too far either. I hope they call me back, I think I would like this job.

Still no word on my other official grades. Stats is tentavely a 82%, but I’m not sure where (in the B range) that falls on his grading scale. I got a B in microeconomics. Not surprised since thats what I got on all my tests. The big question is my American Government grade.

I have been working on the administration site for less sober and while doing so, effed up the main page today. I’m not home to upload the backup, so It’ll have to wait until tomorrow. Why not tonight? Because in about an hour Lauren, Brian and I are going to East Lansing to see Lisa. Can’t wait.