Chicago: Totally hands-free!!!

Deep breaths, EZ.

Sneaking into a movie is one of those silly little things I doubt I could do. I would feel too guilty and scared.

Dirty Pretty Things is good.

Eastern Promises -> 3:10 to Yuma -> http://farm1.static.flickr.com/142/358825702_3d861853dc.jpg

"But we've got that show tonight..."
"OK FELLAS WHAT TIME'S THE MOVIE?"

I had a clear conscience sneaking into Mission Impossible 3 after buying a United 93 ticket.

It always seems like a good idea, but you've definitely got to plan ahead. I never think about it until I'm actually at the theater.

I'm in Michigan this weekend tonight and tomorrow, btw, so I can't hang out with any of you chumps.

I would feel too guilty and scared.

I feel like I've said this before somewhere... but the absolute worst thing that can happen to you is that they kick you out of the theater, and you are forced to have only seen the movie you paid for. I have never seen or heard of this actually happening.

people have really low expectations about temps, don't they? i'm working at a magazine today and until tuesday. i was 'trained' yesterday, most of which involved me watching the girl i'm replacing packing and re-packing her ziploc bag for her flight.

so the only person that's here at work has sent me a couple things to work on. they're basically proposals to advertisers, and she wants me to fill in 'what i can'. she printed an email with much of the info, and i've found other stuff. under 1 page of information total, really about 20 items. i kind of got the impression that this might take all morning, but obviously it took 10 minutes. do i send it to her and therefore raise expectations? wait until she asks for it?

I've found it's best not to blow their minds too much because they'll just expect more from you and pay you the same. ha
But seriously, when I started here (not a temp job), this one woman actually asked me if I was good with letters. What do you mean? You know, can you alphabetize things?

Hang out reading ILX and wait. This is the whole point of temping.

xp Should have said "you mean like calligraphy?"

ha, that's funny, sarah! you should have started singing the alphabet song, or something from sesame street.

yeah, i figure if she hasn't asked for it in a half hour i'll give it to her, and meanwhile do the rest of the stuff i'm supposed to do today, just in case something big comes along. i'm all about managing expectations...

xp

I once got let go from a temp-to-perm job because I was too efficient and went above and beyond my job duty. When they caught me organizing the file room (which it REALLY needed!) they decided there was no need for me because I obviously didn't have enough work to do. Meanwhile, I had felt like such a good worker bee always asking everyone if they needed help and keeping on top of my tasks.

Everyone needs to go vote in Nick's poll. It's important.

What song is that?

Is it ... Serge Gainsbourg?

Plastic Bertrand

But you probably know that and you're just yanking chains.

No, I didn't know that. It appears there is a Plastic Bertrand song on my iPod, though, which I am listening to right now. ("Le Petit Tortillard.") I think it's from a mix that Sc0tt Mass0n made me a couple years ago.

He has good taste then. We have a (the?) PB record.

HOW CAN YOU GUYS NOT KNOW "CA PLANE POUR MOI"?!?!?!?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PITnJAnmjqw

Sorry for my indignation, but it's basically the best song ever.

Eh. It's more interesting than if it weren't in French, but it's not really doing much for me.

I don't listen to French music.

http://digilander.libero.it/oge/Musica/Galleria_musica/images/Daft%20Punk.jpg

Daft Punk doesn't know what to do with you.

Oh wait, it's THAT song. I guess I do know it. :>

sorry nick, I slept on Plastic Bertrand. :(

Are we still friends?

HOW CAN YOU GUYS NOT KNOW "CA PLANE POUR MOI"?!?!?!?

How would *I* know Plastic Bertrand?

(Whenever I actually say "how would *I* know" these days, it's an impression of Jesse's impression of me.)

Most of what I've learned about old-school music-geek stuff comes from either the SPIN Alternative Record Guide that I got for Christmas 1995 or random threads on ILM in the last four years.

I just looked it up on YouTube. No, I've never heard it. But I like it!

I'm not really indignant, I just thought it was one of those songs everyone knew. It's in a Pepsi commercial right now, albeit in a weak cover version.

Soooo hooky and P!O!P!

I never had the Spin guide! I had the Rolling Stone Album Guide, which was instrumental in my classic rock education. (But not of much use apart from that.)

Everyone knows Belgian punk songs from 1978?

Yeah, I've never heard it.

Soooo hooky and P!O!P!

Monotonously chanting over '50s-style rock-and-roll blues progressions = hooky?

http://blog.apocalypse.org/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/picture-4-4.png

I don't even know WHERE I've heard it, and I didn't know the title, but I deffo know the song. And usually *I'M* the one going "WAH? HUH?" about music!

*Sonic Youth has covered it

*It's been in lots of John Hughes movies, or it seems that way

*It's just one of those songs

*I am the Kingofthedivan

It's not amazing. It's just plain fun. It's happy.

John, I love how your unfamiliarity with something moves right along into insulting everyone who doesn't share your subjective opinion. Well done.

OK YOU TWO

You forgot to mention how stupid and unrewarding post-punk and DIY are, though.

What? I'm just making sure John is feeling all right today. It's unlike him, he's usually so detail oriented.

Listen to Dystopia, its rewarding as hell.

"""But seriously, when I started here (not a temp job), this one woman actually asked me if I was good with letters. What do you mean? You know, can you alphabetize things?"""

!! Jenny has a story just like that. She started at an admin job in G'boro and her boss said, "How are you with your alphabet?"

it's, I meant to type it's plz no judge me

I remember that story, Jesse!! OMG.

She should have said the alphabet makes her ovaries hurt.