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August 10, 2003
finding jimbo
Friday came around and I was tuckered, but managed to watch a new episode of Stargate at Gurl's place. You know a series is nearing its end when hapless comedic characters are introduced. I call it the "Scrappy-Doo Factor". In this case a floundering nutty scientist managed to screw up the Stargate system. He was annoying, much like Scrappy-Doo. It is my hope to see him only in bit parts in the future, with further development only for the main characters, but television history repeats itself, I'm afraid.
Remember Scrappy-Doo? He was put into the Scooby gang to retain an audience that was going beyond the original age range of the series. Most movies and TV shows do this sort of thing. Jar-Jar Binks (must kill Jar-Jar) and others are also in that milieu.
Saturday I got to sleep in (aaah) and then get lots of resume and porfolio stuff done. I'm kind of excited at this opportunity to get back to something I'm good at, and of course a little terrified about being unemployed again. We'll try to get our sleep and not think about that though.
Then Ron and I went to see Finding Nemo, which was as good as everyone said it would be. I especially liked the French cleaning shrimp for some reason, and of course Dory and her grasp of various whale dialects. While she couldn't remember the name of Marlin's son, I was waiting for her to use the name 'Jimbo' in addition to Harpo, Fabio and Julio in place of Nemo.
Come to think of it, it was the first movie Ron and I have seen together. When going to a movie for the first time with a guy you've been going on dates with, there's always that awkward moment at the end where you have to pause to make sure he's not the type of person who watches the credits. I'm usually outta there, as I usually have to pee really bad. But when you pause for a while, maybe he is pausing for you, and then you both sit there pausing for each other, wondering if the other one really wants to leave.
Posted by jimbo at August 10, 2003 12:27 PM
Comments
jimbo,
did I miss something or did you get the boot at your job? Or did you politely excuse yourself and suggest to them that you were moving on? I'm confused as to whether unployment has already settled in or if you simply sense it's imminent...
andrew
Posted by: Andrew at August 10, 2003 10:38 PM
There is a high likelihood that I will be fired by mid-September. We both agreed that I suck at technical documentaion. I guess they're nice enough to keep me on for a month or so. I'm currently doing HTML stuff for them, which won't last long.
Posted by: jimbo at August 11, 2003 9:11 AM