It's been an entertaining few weeks in cinema. Alice In Wonderland turned out to be not that good after all that fuss, Green Zone was actually all right, Kick Ass is hilarious and I was demoted at work. That last bit doesn't really bother me as much I thought it would.
My company has become completely disinterested in cinema and solely focused on 'cost cutting'. Which to be honest is something a lot of companies are focused on at the moment. It is a bitter pill to swallow but it just means I have no incentive to show any loyalty or give a shit. So I'm on the hunt for new prospects.
There really isn't much else to say except 'watch this space' because I hope to be doing something more wonderful and interesting over the next year or so.
Sunday, 28 March 2010
Sunday, 14 March 2010
www.whatthehellisgoingon.com
I'm a step behind when it comes to keeping up with technology. Despite the fact that the internet is now 20 years old I am only now going to attempt to build a website.
Perhaps in another 20 years I'll be an internet king! Possible...albeit a bit unlikely.
The first thing I have to do is buy a domain name apparently. Then the next thing I have to do is figure out how to build the site and make it look good enough for people not to click off in disgust....this is really boring to read about isn't it?
Okay how about some cinema gossip then?
I'm not looking forward to the prospect of going into the cinema this week for several reasons.
1. I have to finish up the investigations into the Senior Technician not doing his job and hold a meeting with him whereby he'll come up with a number of increasingly ridiculous excuses as to why he's a lazy fuck. If he annoys me too much I think I'm just going to knock him out.
2. Another day, another bunch of lies from the senior management. I and my colleagues around London have been summoned to a meeting up north this week where the company plans to 'reveal it's exciting new direction and changes '. Considering we only have a budget up till June this year I assume this means that we're on the verge of being sold.
I am close to quitting due to being fed up and having all my resources that enable me to do my job being taken away. I've been lied to so many times the last year by my company that I don't want to work for them anymore. The only thing that's stopping me from leaving is fear. Just the fear of being unemployed in the current climate. I need to live at the end of the day.
But it's not all bad. There are people in a far worse situation then me so I shouldn't moan. I know I can get something else. I just need to work at it.
Once I know how to build this website malarky that will help a great deal. And before you ask, no it's not porn.
Perhaps in another 20 years I'll be an internet king! Possible...albeit a bit unlikely.
The first thing I have to do is buy a domain name apparently. Then the next thing I have to do is figure out how to build the site and make it look good enough for people not to click off in disgust....this is really boring to read about isn't it?
Okay how about some cinema gossip then?
I'm not looking forward to the prospect of going into the cinema this week for several reasons.
1. I have to finish up the investigations into the Senior Technician not doing his job and hold a meeting with him whereby he'll come up with a number of increasingly ridiculous excuses as to why he's a lazy fuck. If he annoys me too much I think I'm just going to knock him out.
2. Another day, another bunch of lies from the senior management. I and my colleagues around London have been summoned to a meeting up north this week where the company plans to 'reveal it's exciting new direction and changes '. Considering we only have a budget up till June this year I assume this means that we're on the verge of being sold.
I am close to quitting due to being fed up and having all my resources that enable me to do my job being taken away. I've been lied to so many times the last year by my company that I don't want to work for them anymore. The only thing that's stopping me from leaving is fear. Just the fear of being unemployed in the current climate. I need to live at the end of the day.
But it's not all bad. There are people in a far worse situation then me so I shouldn't moan. I know I can get something else. I just need to work at it.
Once I know how to build this website malarky that will help a great deal. And before you ask, no it's not porn.
Monday, 8 March 2010
Springtime for the Mad Hatter
I've been absent for a few weeks on this blog so for those of you who dip in to take a read I apologise.
It's been an interesting and entertaining few weeks in cinema land. Following a very public fracas over 'Alice In Wonderland' all the major exhibitors have bent over to Disney's demands and decided that actually it would be a good idea to play the film. My company fed us some nonsense over a mutually beneficial acceptable commercial agreement being reached with Disney. What actually happened is that the investors stepped in and ordered them to settle as we were going to potentially lose out on a lot of money. My colleagues and I have become so used to our senior management lying to us that we don't believe anything they say anymore.
In other news I've had a variety of people issues crop at work including a Senior Projectionist trying to pretend his back hurts so he can't come to work. I pursued him through his GP and have gotten his permission to gain full access to his medical reports as I know he's a lying son of a bitch. The same projectionist has also led one of the younger projectionist's astray and managed to get the younger one suspended for potential gross misconduct. I'll be dealing with that kettle of very smelly fish later on today.
To make things more interesting I also recently had a Team Member come and inform me that she'd just had an abortion and if she felt a bit dizzy we weren't to worry as it was perfectly normal. We had to call an ambulance for her later on that day as she'd passed out. I then found out that it was another Team Member who had managed to get her pregnant in the first place. Kid's these days. Do any of them know what a condom is for fuck's sake?
At least Cameron didn't win an Oscar for Avatard. Possibly the most over hyped film I have ever seen. Watching it felt like having sex with a beautiful person and then finding out they're crap in bed.
Anyway, off to work and see if I have a new boss yet.
It's been an interesting and entertaining few weeks in cinema land. Following a very public fracas over 'Alice In Wonderland' all the major exhibitors have bent over to Disney's demands and decided that actually it would be a good idea to play the film. My company fed us some nonsense over a mutually beneficial acceptable commercial agreement being reached with Disney. What actually happened is that the investors stepped in and ordered them to settle as we were going to potentially lose out on a lot of money. My colleagues and I have become so used to our senior management lying to us that we don't believe anything they say anymore.
In other news I've had a variety of people issues crop at work including a Senior Projectionist trying to pretend his back hurts so he can't come to work. I pursued him through his GP and have gotten his permission to gain full access to his medical reports as I know he's a lying son of a bitch. The same projectionist has also led one of the younger projectionist's astray and managed to get the younger one suspended for potential gross misconduct. I'll be dealing with that kettle of very smelly fish later on today.
To make things more interesting I also recently had a Team Member come and inform me that she'd just had an abortion and if she felt a bit dizzy we weren't to worry as it was perfectly normal. We had to call an ambulance for her later on that day as she'd passed out. I then found out that it was another Team Member who had managed to get her pregnant in the first place. Kid's these days. Do any of them know what a condom is for fuck's sake?
At least Cameron didn't win an Oscar for Avatard. Possibly the most over hyped film I have ever seen. Watching it felt like having sex with a beautiful person and then finding out they're crap in bed.
Anyway, off to work and see if I have a new boss yet.
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