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Tuesday, July 12, 2011

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it may come as a surprise to those who know me but i have been put in charge of a team of 10 staff. i am a manager. who would have thought it! as befits a manager i have my own office. true it is a pokey sweat box at the moment, but it is mine!
however i am not the sort of person who just sits there and lords it over people.
recently we have been very busy so i have decided to get out there among them all, also makes it easier for the students to get to me (not always a good thing). so at the moment i am in one of the big offices. laugh? oh yes we do. (apparently one of the things i need to learn is some professional distane - seems i am too pally with the staff).
there is one drawback being in one of the communal offices: i have to listen to their choice of radio station: captial or kiss. it is like sophie's choice but you get to choose between shit and puke.
i have quickly discovered that there is little variety as to the songs that are played: the 'hits' seemingly get played every show. so often in fact that against my will i am beginning to know the songs and able to sing along, at this rate i will even know who is singing them. as yet i have no idea if it is lady gaga, adele, jessie j or any other currently popular singer. at the moment the tune (if i can call it that) that annoys the most is some odd mash-up of a rap song and some urban soul ballad. it sounds like some badly cut-and-paste punk fanzine - there seems to be no connection between the two songs and they just clash against each other.
i am a good boss. i would be a better boss if i made them listen to diamanda gallas.
they are not ready for it....yet.

i may have written about my annoyance at trailers in the cinema. sometimes they entice you in only to disappoint (say transformers 3 - the trailer starts off promising something interesting and then delivers...oh), or sometimes you can see how trailers have changed as the vibe of a film has changed (super 8 springs to mind - first trailer is all about kids and their adventure that might be a little bigger than they (and we) think compared to the all out disaster moster movie second trailer that just shouts out 'ooops we pitched this film wrong and it hasn't done well in the states let's see if we can save it elsewhere...'). then there is the trailer that is released so many months before the film that by the time the movie opens you resent the fact that you have seen the trailer 20 or 40 times.
so imagine my surprise when i saw the trailer for the latest 'final destination' movie. not giving much away but: people will survive a disaster at the start of the movie only for them to be killed off in painful and interesting ways throughout the movie as death comes to reclaim them. fun premise that has worked well for four movies.
the reason i go to see the final destination movies isn't because of the complex storyline with its engaging cheacter sketches. nor am i going to enjoy the shakespeare rivaling script, nor am i going for the quality acting that shares emotions with the audience.
nope i am going for the interesting, funny and complicated deaths that are arranged for each character.
so traler makers here is a tip for you: don't give away all the interesting bits in the trailer or there is no point in going. thanks to the final destinaton trailer i know how most of them are going to die.
oh well i am sure it will raise a smile or two.

currently going through a 'i hate sportsmen' phase.
why?
most because i have come to realise that they are all moaning minnies who just never stop wanting. look there is wayne rooney talking about how the club's ambition may not match his own (of course he won't put his own money into it but he will demand someone else pay for his ambition). he is not alone most 'top' footballers will at some point come out and demand that their club buy more players. everyone is quick to spend other people's money.
the worst of the bunch has to be formula 1 racing cars. lewis hamilton has been moaning that his car isn't ip to iy. he want a new one and a better one. no offer to contribute to the costs, just wants to get paid.
when he wins it is because he is a great driver, when he loses it is because the car is not up to scratch.
all bases covered.

why is it a mars bar tastes so much better late at nght?
no idea why, but i can tell you it was yummy.

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