Like Debbie and Carrie I must take care of some business, run some errands and on the whole be out of the picture today so I'll hold off on any major post until tomorrow. And if I transport any children today, which I will as a part of my daily routine as school turns to camp, I promise I won't let them stand up in the front seat unbuckled. Thank God Carrie's still with us.
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Who is that gorgeous woman in the banner this morning?
Hey Fox, just doing a quick check in and I see you are curious about the banner. She's pretty famous so I'm surprised you don't recognize her but I'll chalk it up to it being a non-dancing role for her and it's a small pic. Anyway, it's Cyd Charisse in the 1949 movie Tension which has lots of good twists and turns. As a smaller, lesser known crime drama from the forties it would be great fodder for a remake, if the Hollywood of today could manage to do it without screwing it up. Which they probably couldn't.
Yes, I would never want to live in a world deprived of Carrie's endless anecdotes about fat camp.
Though, in addition to fat camp, I hear she was in a modestly successful series of films.
Something about stars or wars or something, I think ... maybe it was "Stars Go to War"
Space Battles? Cosmic Combat?
Ryan, it was indeed Cosmic Combat, a six-part space series based on Finnegan's Wake. It was okay but the dialogue was unintellible.
Rick, Stars Go to War was a mid-season replacement for Battle of the Network Stars back in 78. It's easy to confuse the title with the Cosmic Combat saga.
I'd like to see "Get Me Out of Here: Iraq," where has-been and never-were stars get plunked down in an armored vehicle in Baghdad.
Cosmic Combat is plenty intelligible to those who watch it correctly.
You're supposed to start with part 4, then move on to part 2. Then watch the rest in order. Except for part 5, which is always to be watched last.
Rick, I'd like to see that too but we don't have to armor the car, do we?
BLH -
Mastabatoom, mastabadtomm, when a mon merries his lute is all long.
That's all I'm saying.
Greg - I don't know if you Watch the HBO series "True Blood," but your gal Carrie Preston has a really good part on it. She has long red hair in it, so I didn't recognize her compared with Lovely by Surprise.
Where is Greg, anyway?
I'm here. Although I left a humorous comment at Rick's place just now (because I absolutely couldn't resist making an American Psycho in joke - I mean, who could?) I'm not much in the mood for blogging right now due to circumstances beyond my control. I'll be around for TOERIFC tomorrow though, fear not.
I'm sorry things are rough, Greg, and I hope they're not too rough. But I certainly know the feeling, and I'm sharing it a bit at the moment.
Not me! Well, in the sense that I don't have any more problems than I usually do. Something to be grateful for, yes?
So anyway, here's the deal: I just got laid off this morning. Not the end of the world I know but when you've got three kids living at home with you and two incomes barely making ends meet the loss of one income is disasterous. For now I won't panic but if I'm not employed by September the panic will begin.
Shit. Greg, I'm really sorry. That's awful. I don't know what help I could be, but if you can think of anything I can help you with, you know where to reach me.
Thanks Bill, I appreciate that. I just wish money weren't so desperately tight and I had a year or so to get a job but we don't have anywhere near that kind of cushion. I work here through July and then I'm out of work. Oh well.
Ah, you saw this coming, but it still doesn't feel great when it happens. If I can throw some freelance work your way, I'll try. Send me your resume so I can clear it with HR on my end.
Merde, merde, merde. I'm sorry Greg, it absolutely sucks and I hope you get on your feet soon. I'll echo Bill's sentiments, if you need anything I'm there (though I can't imagine what). Good luck to you, my friend, I know things will be fine for you.
Thanks Marilyn. In the next week I'll be updating my resume. I haven't even looked at it in a decade (that's how long I've been at this job). I don't even think I have a copy anywhere anymore quite frankly. Once I get all that done I'll happily send you a copy.
Ryan, thanks. I know there's nothing anyone can do (unless one of my readers is extremely wealthy and likes my blog so much they would be willing to drop a 100 grand or a million at my doorstep to keep at it. Bill Gates, are you one of my readers?) but I appreciate the sentiment nonetheless.
I got laid off back in 1993 from another company and was single at the time so frankly, it wasn't a big deal. I bummed around for a bit, moved here and there and got another job. Now though, there is a ton of stuff involved and a family to take care of. It is a little scary.
This sounds empty, but I'll say it anyway: "Hang in there". You'll get going again, you obviously have marketable skills...you'll be okay.
Thanks Bill. I appreciate it, and it's not empty at all.
By the way, everyone feel free to listen to my new song In the Psych Ward with Cpl. Jim Tompkins down the sidebar. The other five songs I've uploaded to SoundClick are either redundant mood pieces for film or older new-agey pieces that I had digital copies of so I went ahead and uploaded them but I'm not really attached to them musically. In the Psych Ward however is my first recently written and recorded piece to go up and is currently 18 on the post-punk charts at SoundClick. It won't get me a job or make me any money but maybe someone will say, "Hey, I want this guy to write music for my next movie." Or not.
Anyway, give it a listen but you should probably wait till you get home because the guitar in it is heavily distorted and very loud. Kind of suits my mood right now. Oh yeah, and most of you will probably hate it.
Click the "play hi-fi" option once the link comes up to listen.
I just listened to your song, Greg. I liked it, and I think it sounds very cinematic...don't you? I don't know if you'll take this as a compliment, but I mean it to be: it sounds like the (good) opening credits music to a (good) 80s cop thriller.
Thanks Bill. Recording the opening bongos and bassline I thought it sounded like something that would open a Steve McQueen movie but couldn't think of a proper McQueen title to give it. Since it veers into dissonance at the end, ignoring even the measure and tempo structure I went with Cpl. Jim Tompkins, the crazy Bobby Daren character in Captain Newman, MD.
Greg -
I'm so sorry to hear about your job, and wish you all the best in the job hunt. Being laid off sucks, but I will have faith that you'll find another job in time to keep things afloat. I'll be keeping a good thought for you in the days to come.
That's very kind of you Pat, and thank you very much. I'm very grateful for the well wishing here and hope I get something soon after July too. After all, I have people depending on me.
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