13:40: got to see ray this week. the story itself was no surprise. i read about all the surprising details on ray charles's life when he died and someone put up a post in my local jazz mailing list. technically a good movie. that opening sequence was great, with all the ecu's. i like how they saturated colors for the flashback scenes. and of course, i enjoyed the music immensely. i am once again reminded of how much i miss having music in my life. live music, not just the stuff i like piped into my ears from headphones and my player.

i also got to see phantom of the opera with my friends. the movie was ... not bad. i wouldn't say it was good, either. the editing was pitifully simple. i think it was fair enough for a movie version of a musical, but it could have been better. or maybe i didn't like it because i just don't like the material. it has come to my attention that i really don't like andrew lloyd webber. i liked jcs. that's about it. the rest of his stuff just doesn't do it for me. but hey, that's me. and i can't deny it. yes, i was mouthing the words to the songs while watching.

another movie i saw this week was eternal sunshine of the spotless mind. i only saw it on dvd, but it doesn't matter. can't even find the words for that one. it was just plain good. it is now on my list of must-haves.

off to work in five hours. more 13-hour shifts. the other wave is thinking requesting a transfer to the new account. none of the stuff i hate there. hmmm.

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10:36: my station in the training room is the most conducive to snoozing. baaaad. but even when i do doze off, i still manage to do well in pop quizzes and stuff. still, my worst enemy is boredom. not boredom throughout the day, but boredom towards the job in general. must. fight. boredom. still in training. things will get more interesting.


i missed the grammys. i hope they show a replay on a time i can actually catch this weekend.


i really must unsubscribe from the local dvd mailing list. before i've even received my paycheck (i get it tonight), i've already spent some of it on 2, possibly 3 dvd's. but they're hard to find dvd's! 2 jazz concerts and my favorite european film to date. (stop justifying, lifey.) if i had less control, i'd have ordered 7! but let's not be ridiculous. i've got bills to pay.

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10:39: i have never wanted to go see china until i saw the footage from xi'an on the amazing race. i sooooo want to go! i wish i could grab my cameras, hop on a plane to xi'an and take pictures, and take pictures, and take pictures, and take pictures. the terra cotta army, the gates, the mountain... just beautiful.

the race is still on, being broadcast via sattelite on cable. i don't have a clear choice for the race winners for this season, but i have to say that rebecca is by far the coolest, funniest girl to ever be on the show.

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09:20: the unthinkable has happened.
my tv went kzzzzt!
woe is me! the internet is now my only vice.


my condolences to my friend, miller, who lost his father over the weekend. i was set to go out of town for the wake with some friends, but i won't make it back in time for work if i do. my prayers are with you.

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09:29: we took in 7 hours worth of calls today. i gotta say... my team kicks some serious ass! we nearly quadrupled the points of the class one batch ahead of us. even our trainer said his top class only got 7 points on their first day... we got 19. sadly, i didn't get to score any points for the class. but i've got time. lots of it. my tainer was pushing me to get points after seeing my stats. i have the lowest handling time and took in the most calls. which is actually a great thing. but it doesn't quite make me happy. it makes me think that i might have done wrong things during my calls. gulp.

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07:18: we finished our first round of assessments at work this morning. i think all of us were nervous. most of them thought i was calm. i guess they didn't translate my pacing and my obnoxious singing into nerves. singing did calm me down, though. we all passed. sorta. i did better than i imagined i would.

taking my first call in about 13 hours.
tick... tick... tick... tick....

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