Nearing the end of this crummy sad pathetic week, in which I've been routinely convinced nothing I do matters...I reached out to someone I saw hurting, and got this in return:
"truth be told...when I was the most down this week...you DID make me smile and feel better...Your awsome :)".
That, just made my whole week seem less pointless.
That, and my two best friends, Trisha and Lissa, coaching me through non stop. I'd have driven into traffic by yesterday were it not for these two. :)
When I was a kid, the last thing I ever dreamed of doing when I grew up was sell blinds and window shades. I had no idea such an industry even existed. And yet here I sit, listening to complaints, day in and day out, about blinds. Out of every 20 phone calls, ten will be neutral, a casual thanks for doing your job. 9 out of the remaining ten will be hot as hell about it, but half of those might tell you "I know it's not your fault", while the other half will be compelled to tell you your company's customer service sucks, even though the issue is likely NOT the fault of customer service. 1 out of those 20 might actually thank you for your help and tell you that you're good and doing a good job. The PTB's tell you not to take it personally, that it's your job. But it's hard, really hard, to listen to so much negativity over and over again, and not get disheartened.
I should have called DeVry back last year. I should call them now. There has to be a better life than this.
If I didn't have my friends, I would go insane. These people are my anchors in reality.
"If I could just find the time
Then I would never let another day go by
I'm over, getting old
Maybe it's not my weekend
But it's gonna be my year
And I'm so sick of watching while the minutes pass as I go nowhere
And this is my reaction
To everything I fear
Cause I've been going crazy I don't want to waste another minute here"
Living in SoCal is a little rough this week, what with the non-stop rain, flooding, mudslides, and whatnot.
And yet I just got reminded that no matter how bad it is here, right now...it's STILL ten times worse in poor beleaguered Haiti. :(
It only took me a week to post this, but, hey.
We went and saw Avatar on Christmas Eve. I can easily sum this movie up with one word: amazing.
I mean, just...amazing. After 20 minutes, you forget you're in a movie. You are so completely and totally drawn into the world of Pandora, the nearly three hours flies by and leaves you wishing it wasn't over yet.
The visual effects are stunning. This is truly cutting edge film making here. Never has CGI been so flawless and realistic. The movements, the characters...they seemed so incredibly real.
The characters are rich and vibrant, especially the Na'vi. You become fully involved in their lives, you care what happens to them. My sister made the comment after she saw it, that you watch it, and you want for certain things to happen with these characters, and then the movie rewards you by giving it to you. That's largely very true. And yet this unpredictability isn't a bad thing...quite the contrary, it's nice to have a movie that gives you what you wish for, especially when you're so invested in the characters and what they're doing.
There has been much activity and controversy all over the internet about the story. Check out the IMDB.com message boards for Avatar for some of the worst and most amusing. Is the story original? Not so much, no. But neither is it a "metaphor for the Native Americans", or anything like that. Rather, I saw it as a metaphor for ALL tribal cultures overrun by more sophisticated societies and ultimately destroyed. And a warning for the future of mankind: when we finally achieve space travel, we need to NOT travel to far off worlds and rape their lands for metals precious only to us. This variation of a story retold is actually quite compelling and deep, and carries more than one message...the other being, respect your environment.
I will confess though, I saw a strong resemblance to Fern Gully part way through the movie. Not that that's a bad thing...I love Fern Gully!
I really want to see it again. Marcella's already seen it twice, and says it's just as good the second time you see it. I also want to save up for a plasma TV, because my tube TV won't be able to do that movie justice.
I find myself terribly disappointed in reality since seeing Avatar too. My ground doesn't light up when I walk, and I don't have a dragon-like creature to bond with for life. (Yeah, you all KNEW that would appeal to me.) I'm not seven feet tall, and blue, and able to leap through the trees or listen to my ancestors...it's all just so...mundane. Sigh...
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