Tuesday's Bleak Sanctuary of Mememeness

[dotinthesky]

It took me forever to fall asleep last night. Woke up grumpy and tired, with an itchy throat and a black cloud hanging over my head. Work is... work. Feel the same about it as all of you - despondent, lazy, devious, truculent and demode.

Some new year's resolutions:

- Not watch any movies with the following actors: Angelina Jolie, Tom Hanks, Goody Goody Junior, Tom Hanks, Nicholas Cage, Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan.
- Not watch any movies where Tom Cruise plays a good guy or/and a heterosexual.
- Watch more obscure "foreign" movies.
- Be more like Miss Jane Marple and solve tons of mysteries.
- Swim loads.
- Eat less chips and crisps.
- Get a job that makes me feel passionate, excited and/or happy.
- Cut down my Livejournal friends' list without feeling guilty and/or mean.

Comments

[gorecky22.livejournal.com]

Well... you've said: work is... work. It isn't life, so why living life through your job? It's only 8 hours per day to be fucked up... but yep, it's a good idea to keep on looking for a new job where you can feel passionate!! (I want it too!!)

And 'bout your resolutions:
-Angelina Jolie couldn't be so bad in Sky Captain and the world of tomorrow: I'll give a try to this film, but never to a film with all of the other ones!! (and I'll add my hated Julia Roberts!!!).
-Obscure "foreign" movies. "The machinist" (Brad Anderson) and "Last call" (Takashi Miike): don't know if they've been released on the UK, but if you have any chance to watch them, DO IT!!!
-Miss Jane Marple!!! But she is not sexy!! LOL
-Swim loads... I want my back to stop aching to return to the swimming-pool...

[roguejournal.livejournal.com]

julia roberts..........eeeeeeeeeeeeeek!
she sucks......big time.

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

I used to think like that about my work, but I now can't accept that I must waste 8 hours of my waking day! I want to be happy that I'm going to work, I want to feel like I'm learning something...

- I've never seen Angelina Jolie in a good movie! Never!
- I'll look out for those foreign movies you suggested.
- Miss Marple rulz.
- Swimming is good for the back. That's how I fixed my scoliosis.

[suede.livejournal.com]

You wont watch any Tom Cruise movie?

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

Nope. Only if it falls under the specifications above.

[greenteablack.livejournal.com]

hahaha are there a lot of mysteries to be solved in your area?

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

Well, there was the case of the missing flip-flop... and last year I had a stalker. But nowadays things are too quiet. I think the criminals know I'm around and have moved somewhere else.

[tete-glitter.livejournal.com]

Hahaha, O Tom Hanks me irrita mto. Ele tem cara de babaca e sempre faz papel dele mesmo...

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

Ele es mui chato!

[violentlyhappy.livejournal.com]

Tou ainda de férias! =o) Mas só até manhã...e tenho mto trabalho para fazer... =o\

Só tenho 4 resoluções este ano;

- Tornar-me vegetariano.
- Associar-me a um ginásio.
- Aprender nadar.
- 1ª PRIORIDADE ir a Portugal.

Mas talvez posso ser mais parecido com a senhora Marple, nunca pensei nisto...

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

Tem algum misterio para voce solucionar?

Boa sorte com a natacao... es meu esporte preferido.

[roguejournal.livejournal.com]

hmmm....you know, i love "You've Got Mail"!!!!!!!
♥
it's such a cute film!!!!!

[stupid-wanker06.livejournal.com]

the movie it is brutally ripped off ('the shop around the corner) with jimmy stewart is much cuter.

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

I've never seen it... will I have a heart attack though??? It has T.Hanks and M.Ryan in it...

[cherrieheart.livejournal.com]

i'm with you on the tom hanks thing...the worst was the one (i forget the name) where he's stranded on an island and talks a volleyball the whole film.

Ohh...but "Splash" was pretty good!

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

I think Splash is good because of Darryl Hannah, who practically steals the movie from him.

[jeffster.livejournal.com]

i absolutely abhor Tom Hanks and Nick Cage...the only other one i'd add to that list is Robin Williams...

good resolutions tho

OMG

[myendeavorca.livejournal.com]

That icon! Those girls!!! hahahaha!

[4q.livejournal.com]

I have some resloutions myself. But I am not putting all kinds of pressure on myself, it's pretty much things that I am moving towards anyway you know?

<3 I was going to call you over the holidays. I think I still might!

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

No! Me call you first!

[seejaydoubleu.livejournal.com]

Not you too! Everyone I know has had trouble readjusting to the damn work malarkey. I listened to Radio 4 and then the World Service for hours and it didn't make me go to sleep.

A little birdie tells me you can't make the engagement party on Friday. Damn - another missed opportunity...

I agreee with you about Miss Marple. She's great. The previous actress, Joan Hickson, was famous in Russia for the way she said "Ooooooh!" when she put two and two together and came up with the butler in the library with the revolver.

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

Yes! I'm afraid I can't make it! You'll have to come down to The Smoke again soon...

Wasn't that new Marple series smashing? I really loved it!

[naturalbornkaos.livejournal.com]

Yeees. I think I've already told you my feelings on Tom Hanks. I'm with you all the way!

He is the GOLDEN RULE of cinemagoing, as far as I'm concerned. I wouldn't even watch "The Ladykillers". The "Tom Hanks = Bad" rule cancels even the "Coen Brothers = Good" rule.

I would also add Richard Gere, Julia Roberts, Ben Affleck and Leonardo DiCaprio to the list.

Ooh, I share your feelings on "Taking Lives" - we rented it the other week. It was so bad as to be actually offensive! However, as much as I can't think of a second example, I refuse to hear a bad word said about Angelina's finest hour - the MIGHTY "Hackers" (one of my TOP TEN movies EVER!).

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU JUST SAID THAT ABOUT HACKERS!!!!!!!!

No, Angelina Jolie sucks and there are no good movies with her in it.

[roguejournal.livejournal.com]

more lame actors:
Hugh Grant,
Matt Dammon

more to come.

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

There are too many to be listed.

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

AH!!! YOU DIE!!!!!

[desayuno-ingles.livejournal.com]

When I was little (maybe 10? 12?) my brother and I started a Detective Business. We went around the neighborhood and without any irony asked if people had any mysteries they needed solved; No Job Is Too Small.

*snicker*

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

I was also a detective at that age! hehehe... I'd go around my building trying to solve the case of the "broken window" or "who pushed Gustavo into the swimming pool without him seeing?" I read Agatha Christie's books as well as detective books for teenagers. It was fun.

[dawnkitten.livejournal.com]

All admirable resolutions :)

I love Miss Marple - when I was younger I *so* wanted to be her- and I liked the new series - but it just wasn't the same as the Joan Hickson ones - they're still my favourite. I like the fact that, although she's light years ahead of the police the whole time, she still berates herself for not understanding clues quicker and solving the problems sooner.

'Get a job that makes me feel passionate, excited and/or happy.'- yup- I could definitely go along with that one - here's hoping it works out for both of us.

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

*crosses fingers for the both of us*

The only thing that was strange about the new Marple is that she was a bit bitchy! Like that one episode where she congratulates the newly-engaged couple on their wedding plans before telling the woman that her soon-to-be-husband is the killer!