7 posts tagged “rant”
I officially hate FOX!! For the 4th time, they have cancelled a show that I absolutely love. This time, after 3 episodes - quoting on the site that they will play the "final 2 episodes in the summer". GREAT! So out of 9 episodes, I get to see 5? Thanks guys! You may as well cut it off now and save me the misery.
Drive:
A group of American citizens anxiously join (with some forced to join) a mysterious cross-country race led by a sinister man named Mr. Bright for a massive prize rumored to be worth a whopping $32 million. None of the participants are told who they are racing against and nobody knows where the finish line is located. Each clue takes them closer to the dangerous and possibly deadly end of what will prove to be the biggest action-packed race of their lives.
From a man searching for his missing wife to an eager woman looking to expose the secrets of the race, each participant has their own reasons for joining the race....but not all are in it for the money.
A really great show offering a different concept for late-night TV. Rob and I saw the preview for it and set to record on our PVR. I am not saying it is a show that could last multiple seasons - then again, look at 24. The reason they cancelled it? Not enough people tuning in every Monday night - oh and it brought down ratings for 24 (a show that SHOULD have been cancelled after the second season for just being OVERDONE). Oh, don't let me forget about Are You Smarter Then a Fifth Grader and Trading Spouses - these are considered QUALITY television???? I see. There is an unconfirmed rumor flying around the internet is that it was cancelled because of the lead character Nathan Fillion who has been the lead in another show that FOX cancelled.
Firefly:
Set five hundred years from today in a new planetary system after humanity abandons "Earth That Was". Under the leadership of Malcolm Reynolds, a renegade who fought against the new unified central government (the "Alliance"), the crew of the Firefly-class vessel Serenity struggles to survive any way they can. They fly between the border planets to keep away from the Alliance and below its radar. This series was described as a "science fiction western" but is different from other space-based shows as it features no aliens.
One of Joss Whedon's greatest works starring Nathan Fillion (a great actor BTW). Basically, its about a bunch of Space Cowboys (and Cowgirls) that are hired for all sorts of illegal jobs. The show lasted a pathetic 15 episodes before being cancelled. Thank god Joss Whedon was able to complete the series by making the movie Serenity - Drive will have no such luck I'm sure.
Reunion:
Part character drama and part mystery, Reunion marks a groundbreaking concept in series television as it chronicles the lives of a group of six friends over the course of 20 years – all in just one season. From the hopes and dreams of 18-year-olds to the realities that irrevocably mark those lives two decades later, Reunion’s stories are of love and loss, marriage and death, triumph and scandal.
Reunion opens in 2005 at the funeral of one of the friends, whose death is being investigated by detective Marjorino (Mathew St. Patrick). Before the identity of the deceased is revealed, we’re transported back to 1986, as the group is celebrating their high school graduation. The pilot episode follows all six through the summer of 1986, and we witness the formative events that alter their dreams and desires forever. Episode two finds the group a full year later, in 1987; episode three tells the story of a seminal event in 1988, and so on – culminating in the season finale at the friends’ 20th high school reunion.
Reunion also will build toward answering two important questions raised in episode one: Which of the friends is dead? And how did that death occur?
I think this show made it to 1996 - so to this day, we still have no idea who the killer was. All we know is the identity of the dead, but no reason behind her killing. I couldn't believe they cancelled this show. Again, it was a great new concept for TV. Something new that isn't CSI-esk, ER-esk, etc.
Dark Angel:
Max is a genetically-enhanced human prototype hunted by her former military handlers through the edgy, underground street life version of 21st century America. Max is aided in her quest - both to avoid capture and reunite with her "siblings" scattered in the aftermath of their escape - by Logan Cale, an idealistic cyber-journalist battling repression and corruption in post-apocalypse.
This show was awesome - mostly because it starred Jessica Alba as the genetically enhanced Max. Both strong and broken, her character evolved over the two seasons into a leader - one destined to change the world. Only FOX never gave her a chance. In one of the most climactic finale's I have seen, the show was cancelled, and viewers were left to wonder what ever happened. I guess at this point I should be happy I actually got to SEE the finale.
FOX prides themselves for bringing out these ground-breaking shows, and then cancels them before they even have a chance. So the next time you see a really great concept for a show advertized on FOX - beware. THEY WILL CANCEL IT NO MATTER HOW MUCH YOU LIKE IT. Now the shows above are MY favorite ones that FOX has cancelled, but there are many more including: Arrested Development, Futurama, Sliders, Wanda at Large, Tru Calling, Wonderfalls, Fastlane, John Doe, The Ben Stiller Show, etc. Not all of these were GOOD shows, but they still cancelled them leaving tonnes of fans disappointed. There is a whole forum on TV.com where everyone wrote their favorite FOX show that was cancelled. Yet, 24 IS STILL RUNNING! Ok, I shouldn't knock it just because I don't like it - I know a lot of people do. I just wish that they would give other shows a chance - at least allow them to finish the season!! They should cancel 24, American Idol, American Dad, Are You Smarter Then a Fifth Grader, Cops, King of the Hill, Nanny 911, etc. etc. etc. and keep some quality television on the air.
Communication. I don't know about everyone else but I am fucking tired of people who can not accurately
communicate EXACTLY what they want. I have delt with this in both my professional and personal life and I am getting sick of dealing. If you want something, tell me. I can't read your fucking mind! I am not the white version of Ms. Cleo, so I can't predict your future or whatever unrealistic demands you could possibly want me to aspire to.
Probably the most noteable lack-of-communication issue is the "War on Terror" currently being waged in Iraq. I believe Chris Rock summed up the politicians updates the best by saying: "Umm, I dunno, were talking to people and we're looking for things" or something to that effect. Give me a break, you either HAVE SOMETHING OR YOU DON'T!! Pick one - stick with it. Don't hide behind semantics and leave the real meaning up to everyones interpretations. But no, that would be too difficult. Wouldn't want to tell people the truth. That may lead to very bad things, better to have uninformed people who don't have an opinion then have informed people who can stand up and say they don't like what is happening. Better to have people questioning what is going on then have them question their choice in government.
Now, I work in the service industry (gentlemen, don't get any ideas) and my job is to
please our clients. Sure, not a problem. I pride myself in offering exceptional customer service to ensure the satisfaction of everyone I deal with. If I require something from a client, I ASK THEM FOR IT. No beating around the bush, just a straight-up question. I don't want to give the client a wrong impression, but I find it a lot easier to ask for clarification then to have to scramble to fix what could have been solved by asking a simple question. You would think it would work both ways, but it doesn't and I can't quite figure out why. If something changes, you would think the client would have the common sense to call me or email me to UPDATE me on the changes. You can't provide a service without all the information. PRIME EXAMPLE - I have clients that are in storage with us. They had a bunch of shit-furniture that they needed stored for a LONG TERM. Well, long term didn't exactly define their needs. We received it, tagged it, listed it, and photographed it for the clients. In order to save time, I didn't include the pictures in their inventory. Why? Too time consuming and it takes up far too much room within the file to email it. Fine, the client agreed that it wouldn't be needed. Well, the LONG TERM part of the storage was apparently wrong. They would be in and out of our warehouse every couple of weeks to pull out inventory in order to furnish various locations within Alberta. No problem. They provided me a list of items; "I would like some file cabinets, some whiteboards, etc.". Now, I don't know about you, but SOME is pretty broad. So, I did the proper thing, and requested clarification. Well, the client "didn't know" but they did know that they were sending some people out the next week to pick all of this stuff up. Well, NORMALLY when a person is providing a SERVICE you check with them for available times/dates to arrange a pickup. Well, not THIS
client. They are above the rules. Or not. We politely informed them of our policy regarding warehouse access - I laid it out in a very cut-and-dry format that a fucking monkey could understand. Not them. This morning the client arrives to pick up the items on the accurate list they provided me, and when they arrived I had 2 contractors in my office telling me that the items on my list were NOT what they wanted, they wanted a bunch of other things as well. So A) I am not at all prepared for there to be any additions (even though I spoke to the client on the phone not even 2 hours earlier), and B) I am not impressed that I am finding out information from 2 pissed off contractors and not from the client directly. To top it off, I spent a week doing their inventory, which I dutifully sent to the client for them to use when they want items pulled from our warehouse, and they DON'T USE IT - stating that our TERMINOLOGY is different then what they use. Sorry, I wasn't aware that there was another name for file cabinets, whiteboards and table surfaces. Seriously.
It's almost worse when you deal with it in your personal life. Friends have 'expectations' of what a friend should be. If you are unable to meet these expectations, you are thrown out like yesterdays trash. So tell me, if you have expectations you expect me to meet, am I aware of them? More importantly, do I agree with them? Nine times out of ten, we are forced to accept average. Average effort, average support, average time spent together. Average. Is that so bad? Why can't we just accept people for who they are?
To be honest, I don't know why I even bother half the time because I always find out later that my efforts aren't good enough. What does this all come back to? Communication. I try to communicate with my friends and family all the time. I tell them when I am busy and can't do anything, I tell them that I am exhausted and just don't want to do anything, I try as hard as I can. Is that good enough? No. Why? Because it's only average. I don't know about anyone else, but I sure like average. Give me what you have, when you have it and to hell with the rest.
So what do we do? Like, I am at my wits end with people and their inability to tell others what they want. If you can't communicate, don't waste my fucking time.
Well, I followed the great parade to join Facebook yesterday. It's ok, nothing too special. To me it seems like a way to stalk people online. You can search out all the people you went to High School with (that have signed up), and IF they add you as a friend, you get to see their posts. Well, I went searching for the infamous High School buddies, and there were something like 17 pages of people who went to my High School for the graduating class of 2001. Flipping through them, I noticed a lot of people I used to be friends with - the operative word being USED. This whole experience has made me think back to those High School days, and honestly, I just don't give a fuck. Ya, I knew a lot of people, had some friends, did some things, BUT I MOVED ON. I don't care what buddy that sat behind me in Math class is up to, or who the class whore is fucking now. Life goes on, and obviously since I didn't remain friends with any of these people I don't overly care to know them now just as they probably don't give two shits about what I am doing now. For those people that I didn't know, obviously if I know you then, then I definitely don't want to know you now. I am sure they are all really cool people - I can't honestly even finish that sentence because I just don't care. I would much rather post my shit on Vox where a bunch of random strangers can read what I write and either comment on it or dismiss it. Honestly, I don't even give a shit if people read what I write. Half the time it's just random garbage anyway. I am sure that there are a lot of people that LOVE websites like Facebook so they can reunite with people they lost touch with. Goody for them. Not my cup of tea.
Last night, I couldn't sleep. Too busy thinking about High School. You see, High School represents the 'dark era' - as Gotkube would say. It was fun in the beginning, but then everything went sideways. High School is when everyone tends to show their true colors. People you thought were your friends in Junior High dismiss you in High School because your 'just not cool enough', the people you thought were losers in Junior High were the only nice people in High School, all those people you met from other schools generally stuck with the people they went to Junior High with, and those who actually remained your friends into High School changed into unrecognizable creatures that followed you around because you seemed to be the only one who just didn't really give a shit. Basically what I am saying is High School sucked. A lot of people think that life begins in High School, that you will make friendships that will last *forever* in High School, etc. etc. tack on any additional bullshit stories you hear. NOT TRUE. High School is just one big test, and if you make it out alive, you pass the test. The best thing about High School is that it is all over and I never have to go through it again. I doubt if I can even stomach the idea of going to my 10 year reunion.
The verdict on Facebook: I will post on it because one of my friends is on it, but other then that I can't be bothered. Then again, I am somewhat interested to see if anyone will attempt to contact me - doubt it, I was a bitch in High School. Actually, that hasn't really changed. Embrace the inner bitch, thats my philosophy.
Wow, I sound outright hostile. Probably because I am feeling moderately hostile today. Piece together all these thoughts of High School, a brutal week of listening to crying 18-30 year old babies at work, shit going sideways on me because my boss wasn't in, customers who think that I am here to 'do their bidding', my boyfriend working long hours leaving me to clean our place, lack of sleep, traffic and PMS. Altogether, it makes a girl just want to scream. I would kill for a long weekend right now. Whatever, at least it's Friday (and almost noon).
Its just one of those days
When you don't wanna wake up
Everything is fucked
Everybody sux
You don't really know why
But you want justify
Rippin' someone's head off
No human contact
And if you interact
Your life is on contract
Your best bet is to stay away motherfucker
It's just one of those days!!
Ya, that about sums it up. How perfect, that it just so happens to be the song that got me through High School (and pretty much every bad day since). It just came up as a random song on my Yahoo Music Videos. Coincidence? Ya, probably.
I am in one of those moods today. I can't stand anything right now. I don't want to see you, and I sure as shit don't want to talk to you! Feeling similar to gotkube today, wanting to just get up and say 'Fuck it!' My boss has been an absolute bitch today, on top of that, she piled a ton of work on my desk today. So I am bouncing between various projects, trying my best not to fuck anything up. Only problem, is half of this stuff is fucked up to start with. Sometimes I don't know why I even bother to try anymore. So here I am at 3:45 on a Friday completely pissed off at the fact that it isn't the weekend yet. So in part, this is just my way of killing time and venting my frustrations. Seriously though, I am so tired of my job sometimes. Inventory will be the death of me, and its never-ending. Pages upon pages of inventory, none of it consistant, and there is always the question 'is this actually right?'. So what do I do? I can try as hard as I want to work through it and make it perfect, when god knows if that is even possible. It just keeps piling on my desk as my boss keeps changing my 'priority work' to something else, then I fall behind, then it becomes 'priority' again and I am scrambling to get everything imputted. Then I find out that stuff is coming in and going out without my knowledge, so then I know the inventory is off. What then? Do I call the warehouse manager and have him pull every single item to get an exact count of what we have? Can't do that, he 'doesn't have time'. Yet, he is supposed to be the one informing me when items come in and leave the warehouse. He is unreliable and complains every time I ask for help, but never has a problem asking me for a favor.
All of this bullshit just makes me want to be anywhere but here, and in any life but mine. If I could just pick up and start over. Choose a simple profession with very little responsibility. Do such jobs even exist? I am starting to doubt it. I want something with no sexist pigs, no sexual harrassment, no inventory, short hours, good pay, minimal effort, etc. Ya, I know that doesn't exist. Fuck it, I am just going to win the lottery and invest the money so I can retire at the nice age of 25. Wouldn't that be wonderful. I would travel the world, see all the things I have always wanted to see, and do everything I have always wanted to do. Again, ya right. I just have to hope there is something better in store for me then all of this bullshit! Is that asking too much?
Sorry all, I just had to get that out.
I got a major problem today: Men. Not all men, so save the hate mail. The men I am talking about are testosterone driven, self centred, arrogant, womanizing men who think that everything that happens is someone elses fault. This pretty much describes every man I work with (with some exceptions), and I am forced to deal with their attitude every day. Today just happens to be a really bad day. This morning I was asked to take a drive downtown with one of our crew to drop him off at a site. Upon my return to the yard, there was a van parked in the spot that I needed to park in. There are only a select number of places to park in the yard, some are designated for the Operations Department, and the rest are for Household and Commercial trucks and crew vans. Our crew are not allowed to park their personal vehicles in the yard - those are the rules. Well, the van that was parked in my spot happened to be one of the household drivers personal vehicles, so I politely asked him to move it. Well that is when shit hit the fan. After muttering a number of insults and blaming me for problems that are A) not any of my concern and B) not my job to take care of, he eventually moves his van. Pissed off, I go to see his boss Gary (whom I happen to be friends with) to get this problem solved. I do not deserve to be spoken to the way he talked to me, and I will not put up with the shit of some cranky household piece of shit driver. His boss talked to him (while I was there) and he muttered another bunch of inappropriate comments. His boss did nothing. That just sent me through the roof. Just because I work for the commercial department, doesn't mean I get to take the brunt of the issues other departments have with us. NOT MY FUCKING PROBLEM! So after stewing in the warehouse for a while, I return to my desk to find the following message in my inbox:
On behalf of Stacey , I will apologize --- I am sorry that you have to listen to their crap, now please pity me that I have that attitude from 20 drivers. 8 packers and all the swampers.
Once again I am sorry
Although I appreciate the fact that Gary would take the time to appologise on behalf of his driver, this in no way solves my problem. Drivers should not be shooting their mouths off to people they don't know about shit that is more their problem then ours. But apparently, they can get away with it. Apparently, I am stuck dealing with their bullshit. Wow, I love my job!
So I guess this turned into a rant about my job more then men, but it works the same outside of work as well. Every day I experience men like this on the roads (well, I can't really tell what their personality is as they are not in my car) but they are swerving all over the road trying to get ahead of everyone else because they are "in such a hurry" and because their "needs are greater then mine". They cut you off, they give you the finger, they honk their horn, and basically drive like the arrogant, etc. men described above.
I don't know where these men get off acting like they are better then everyone, but I am getting a little sick of seeing it. Just an FYI guys; YOU ARE NOT THAT IMPORTANT! YOU ARE NOT BETTER THEN ANYONE (NOW MATTER WHO YOU ARE)!
So there you have it.
http://edition.cnn.com/2006/US/11/17/playstation.ap/index.html
I heard about this on the radio while I was driving around downtown this morning, and I just had to blog about it. I think that I can sum up the entire news article with one word: Pathetic! I know it may be a tough concept to grasp, but ITS ONLY A GAME SYSTEM!! It isn't limited edition, more will be released as soon as Sony finishes its little marketing ploy - release a small amount so that the demand is huge and people are running around to get their hands on one. One guy in Calgary camped out since Wednesday to get his. Lots of people are selling theirs on eBay just so they can make a profit off the system. MORE WILL BE COMING OUT PEOPLE!! I guess there always has to be a group of stupid people in every bunch, those willing to kill people over a game system or the money they will be using to purchase it.
Check my hotness! Ha, stupid thing doesn't give you much of a selection for chick hair. Honestly, I spent over an hour finding the best haircut possible for my Mii. Seriously, they can develop amazing games and this is all we get. I know it is just a simulator, but it is complete crap! This looks nothing like me!! First of all, I have tits! Notice the severe flatness of my Mii's chest? And whats with the hands? Last time I checked, I had fingers. Hey ya, those are the things I am typing with right now. I don't know how my Mii is going to type. She has fucking stubs. A person cannot type with stubs! I would suggest typing with her toes, but unfortunately her legs were cut off in the making. Also, what is with the outfit? Hello?!? I am pretty fucking fashionable!! I have awesome clothes!! I almost bought this Rainbow Bright t-shirt yesterday. Fuck was it awesome!! I didn't buy it. I am somewhat regretting it. Maybe I will go back tomorrow and see if its still there. Oh, no I gotta go to Bluenotes to find a cool t-shirt. Anyway, then there was the issus of the Mii face. They only had like 8 face structures. This was the best one out of the entire selection! Then there was the eye issue. Fuck, you only had a choice between like 5 that had whites in them. The other ones were just dumb! Then there were the lips!! The lips I chose were the only feminine lips on the fucking sheet. Look at them! The color of them just sucks! Couldn't we at least have had the option of what color they are? Lets assess, lips are naturally a pinkish color NOT a maroon color! It just makes me angry! Oh god, I almost forgot about the fucking noses! This is the ONLY natural looking!! I hope to god that the characters on the ACTUAL Wii better be a hell of a lot better then this or else I will be very embarrassed about owning a Wii controller!! Yes, its true, I am not going to actually buy the Wii, I am just purchasing the controller. Well thats all I got.
