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So I was supposed to go down to Virginia today for an interview, but I never got a confirmation email, so I called around and finally, yesterday, got the person who could answer questions about my interview. Seems the person they wanted me to talk to wasn't going to be in today. So it was postponed to a yet-to-be-specified date. I also had an interview set up with another company tomorrow morning. Decided to postpone it to next week, where I already have an interview with a third company set up. Throw in a short trip to California and Vegas and I won't be spending too much time at home. If things go well, I'll come home rich and married to Britney Spears. Just kidding. If I did get married to Britney, it wouldn't last until I got home. Of course, I wouldn't end it as cheap as the first guy.

Anyway, I'm going to spend time with my family, possibly see Joe, hopefully come home with more money than I left and get a nice vacation before my interview schedule gets into full speed.

This could become an annoyance. So far, I've only ever gotten one junk call (and a few wrong numbers) on my cellphone. But I don't want people to be able to look up my number, especially telemarketers. Luckily, both the state and national do-not-call lists include cellphones now, but still, I don't want to be bothered. And I have to pick up if the phone rings because I never know if it's a junk call or a potential employer.

There's a road I've been driving by lately where I keep passing a car with a sign in the front window that says "For Sale By Owner". I can't help but get a laugh out of it. It might not seem funny to you. What if I told you the car was a police car, with the lights on top and all the wording on the side? Yeah, it's still probably not funny, but it still gets me to laugh. Anyone want to do a real-life recreation of the Blues Brothers?

Went to a job fair down in DC on Wednesday. I gave out over twenty resumes and got some really good leads, including one job interview already scheduled. Most companies also asked me to send them a e-copy of my resume. That's proving easier said than done. Yesterday, during the only chance I got to be on the internet, hotmail was down for most of the time. Now today, half the time, I'm getting "Error on Page" messages when I try to click on any of the hotmail button. It's a javascript problem, but it's a real annoyance. I keep having to reload pages. I'm having hard enough time reading my email, not to mention writing and sending them with attachment.
The email problem aside, I made a few good contacts and expect to be going to a good number of interviews during the first half of next month.

I'm heading down to the DC area tomorrow for a job fair that is for people with security clearance only. Hopefully, I can come back with a few really good job leads.

Just saw that there was a settlement in the whole Terrell Owens fiasco. Philadelphia ends up with T.O., but they have to give a player to the 49ers and a draft pick to Baltimore. I like this for two reasons. First, it shuts T.O. up without a outside authority coming in and ruling on it. And two, it means that T.O. won't be in the AFC North next year so atleast one good thing is going for the Steelers secondary.

Last week was not the best week for me physically. I was sick with sometime of stomach ailment on Monday. Then Wednesday night, right before leaving to go to the Rhythm House to see Unbridled with Bill and Mitch, the left side of my chest started feeling tight. It stayed that way all day Thursday and Friday. It wasn't really a pain, except when I took a real deep breath. It more like just a tightness or a uncomfortableness in the left rib area. Friday night, I passed up a chance to go to the movies with Tiff and a chance to see Unbridled again with Bill and Mitch and stayed home instead. I watched the TGIF comedies and got my first real good night's sleep in over a week. I woke up Saturday morning feeling back to my usual 75%.

I saw Twisted over the weekend. Standard thriller. They try too hard to make certain characters look like the killer so you know they can't be. If you guess who the bad guy was before he's revealed, you either got lucky or used process of elimination. From what I could tell, there were only two characters that the movie didn't try to point the finger at. I think the one they didn't use would have made for a interesting ending.
One thing I did like is the fact that it was set in San Francisco. I like movies set in San Francisco because they are usually filmed there. Movie makers prefer to try to make Vancouver look like Chicago. I can't recall a movie where they try to make a city look like San Francisco. It adds a little bit of realism, especially for this movie that needed all the realism it could get. I especially like the scenes where Ashley Judd was driving a Mustang around San Francisco. All you needed was the song "My Favorite Things" playing in the background.

Since DVDs for the most part can be bought cheap, cheaper than vhs tapes ever were, I tend to buy movies that I know I want and get movies from netflix that either probably suck (see Gigli in the "next in queue") or come in expensive boxsets (seasons 2-4 of The Sopranos). You might ask if the movie probably sucks, why even get it from Netflix? The answer is that even movies that suck often have something good going for them. I like to see original ideas, even if they are implemented horribly. Also, sometimes a movie that you would think sucks is actually watchable or even pretty good. I never bothered even thinking about watching the movie Oscar until Bill told me it was good. It turns out to be a really funny comedy and showed that Sylvester Stallone can be a intentionally funny actor.
The purpose of this post is mainly to explain why I often have crap in my netflix section of the blog. It's not always crap. The Godfather Trilogy is coming up soon.
Two events brought up this post. The first being the appearance of Gigli. Roger Ebert was actually criticized for not giving the movie a negative enough review. He gave it a thumbs down, but he gave it credit for certain things, like a original idea. I like original ideas. I've been seeing trailers for the movie The Prince
& Me. From the summary-the-whole-movie trailer, I can tell the first half is a ripoff of Coming To America and the second half is The Princess Diaries with a little What A Girl Wants mixed in.
The second event is I recently got All I Want from Netflix. It stars Elijah Wood as a college freshman. He has an inheritance from his grandfather, a father he never met, and a mother who never really acted like a mother. He moves into a boarding house that already is a home to some interesting characters. The movie was a surprise. I'm not saying it's a great movie, but it was better than alot of movies that makes it to the theatres. Wood's character is totally original. I've been wanting to see more of Franka Potente since I saw her in The Bourne Identity and Mandy Moore plays a young actress who not the stereotypical young actress you would normally think she would play. Her character seems to know how the world really works. She seems to be concentrating on becoming a quality actress instead of a singer of questionable quality. If only Jennifer Lopez would do the same.

It happened once again, just like I expected. There's still over a month until the Pennsylvania primary and the nomination is already set. Sure we are considered an important state for the general election, but what's the point if you don't have a say in who is on the ballot. Governor Rendell has talked about getting the primary moved up, but what's the point when other states will simply follow suit. The states will have to get together and cooperate to create a fair primary system. We're doomed.

It looks like Bill, Mitch, and I are going to see Unbridled tonight. Maybe this time we'll be able to avoid the cameras. Bill and I made their photo gallery from their January show at the same place.

Jerome Bettis agreed to take a pay cut to stay with the Steelers. I love it. The team's problem with running last year was due in large part with inconsistency and injuries in the offensive line. The Steelers needed to get rid of one of their backs to make room for a potential top young back. Some people might think that Amos Zereoue should have been kept. I like him and you surely can't blame most of last year on him. He, however, has never proven himself good as a first and second down runner and he's only three years or so younger than Bettis, so it's not like they're sacrificing too much youth by choosing Bettis. Also, I'd simply like to see Bettis move up the rushing yards chart as a steelers. If he hits 1,000 yards next year, he'll be in fourth place overall.

On another note, Kordell Stewart got cut by the Bears. You know, I wish the guy all the luck. He has potential. It just got to a point in Pittsburgh that a change of scenery was the best for both him and the team. I think he could really do the best in a town that's not so football crazy. He'd be good to sign with a team where football doesn't rule the fall. Either a place with less rabid fans or a place which has other sports distractions during football season.

Found this article about words guys shouldn't use on date. I found it funny. They're pretty much common sense, although, I guess, if the date isn't going well and you're fighting to find things to say, I can imagine a couple of these words slipping. However, if you're more than a couple years out of college, the word "kegger" should not be coming out of your mouth. And if you're on a date, the word "mother-in-law" shouldn't be used since, if you're on a date, you shouldn't currently have one.