Clash of the Titans

I went to see Clash of the Titans last night and I have to say first off that for what it was, it was a decent movie... if it wasn't called "Clash of the Titans" it would have been a great movie. The old version was freaking phenomenal, even with its really old style claymation, which was pretty awesome in its day. The biggest problem I had with this movie was the butchered plot. Rightly so too, because I am a big fan of Greek Mythology and especially the very detailed kind that has a deep plot in it.

It bothers me when someone takes artistic liberty and decides to change the essence of a plot, meaning the back bone of it. Especially for what were well known plots or stories. I don't think people should be allowed to use the official title of a work, unless they follow what the author intended. The only time this is permissible is when the person who authored the work is the one making the film or adaptation. The only other time this would be okay is if the author gave someone the permission to butcher their work. Other than that, no one should be able to call their interpretation or their adaptation the same titles as an original, they must rename it or give it a sub text.

So if this movie was called, "Clash of the Titans: A retelling" then I would have been okay. I watched the whole movie in utter disappointment. I left feeling swindled, especially since we paid to see it in 3D, which I am not a big fan of. 3D is overrated; I only went because the time worked.

What I Want

As usual I am feeling pretty tired around 16:00 and I would love to go home, of course I am not the only one, but I am who matters here. I want to go home, jump on my bed, curl up with my girlfriend and go to sleep. She's the greatest, she really is. I wish I had the money right now to get her a ring; I should start thinking about this more and see if I can make monthly payments. However that is just one more bill to kick my ass.

I really wish I could make 100K a year or more, that would solve virtually all my problems. All of my cruddy problems are money problems. I would immediately pay off my loans and I would get married.

I wish I could go to grad school. I want more knowledge in the following subjects and areas:

-database design
-database structure and all that is included
-the anatomy of programming languages
-best programming practices
-robotics
-bio-engineering
-statistics
-mathematics
-accounting
-taxes
-antenna design
-digital signal processing

-time

I really wish I had the damn time.

Goddamn It

I had a strange adjustment to the working life and having a full time job. I love working, I don't love the work politics though and it makes me very uneasy. Some people are good at the work politics and can stomach it easily. I am very good at the work politics, but I can't stomach it well enough because I have a conscience. Some people call not having a conscience "business" I call it immoral practices or work politics.

Anyhow, I am scared. I am not afraid to admit it either. I am afraid of the future and I am having a hard time accepting that in order for me to get ahead in life I need to keep changing jobs every 1 to 2 years. This is stupid work ethic; I like seeing something I am working on grow and develop. I hate these damn work politics where there are no raises or a way to advance. I want a secure job where I can move up the damn ladder.

Currently I am in a position where that will probably not be the case. It is a job where I take what I get and not complain. The sad part is this work environment is better than a large corporate work environment, but there are no growth opportunities. I was promised growth, I was promised new technology, but then my manager changed and all those promises evaporated. Not his fault, he was promoted and given a new position, so a lazy ass could take his position. It is a complicated story.

Unfortunately, if I don’t see a change in July 2011, I will look for another job and I am out.

Moving Sucks Ass

So the act of moving, not in the sense of moving ones limbs, but the idea of taking everything you own, boxing it up and taking it to a remote place, sucks. It sucks a lot and I don’t wish to do it anymore. A year and a half went by and the idea of moving thrilled me at first, but then when I started doing it, I remembered why I hated it so much. Especially when I have to work for most of the day, then come home and pack until 00:00 or 01:00. Then drive to work for 40 miles again the next morning. It is how tired I get doing it that makes me hate it. I feel like I have been running a marathon for the last month. This has been by far the most stressful move ever. The first time sucked, but it wasn't as much stuff as this time. We accumulated stuff, we bought furniture and crap that people buy with their disposable income. Besides the amount of energy that goes into packing, I really hate it when I can't find a goddamn pattern for the items that are left over. The efficiency and speed of packing is like the exponential function, it raises to one then converges to zero easily. The reason is the amount of stuff that can be packed together as a group or category diminishes quickly and easily, then you are left with all the crap that doesn't fit a category and this screws me over. I don't know what to do with all that shit so eventually I create unmarked boxes of random crap. It takes forever because none of it should be together in a box! Snow globes and sanitizing spray? Wtf those shouldn't go in a box, but where else can it go. So I just lump it all together and haul it off.

I am exhausted... and I have to go to work tomorrow TBIF (Thank Buddah It's Friday... why not?).

One Way Street

My boss is a hypocrite. He likes to make rules for everyone else to follow but he doesn’t follow them himself. This makes me very mad; it is one of my sore spots. I hate it when someone tells me it is not okay for me to do something and spazzes out about it, but when they do it there is no one around to tell them they are a douche for breaking their own rule.

I have a similar problem with not having any consumer rights. If your credit card company or bank charges you a fee for something stupid, you have to pay it. If you turn around and charge them a fee, or try to, they laugh at you. What gives these people the power or the right? The answer is simple, they don’t need you, you need them.

Blue Martini - Drunk Blogging

I am drunk right now, but i want to comment on how interesting it is for people to conduct business with all this noise. I have a friend that is a sound engineer and a driend that is a producer, he has done a number of things you have watchecd on tv, but i wont name them to keep him safe. I like bringing together people business wise so that new relatipon ships flourish.

K i am done,, just wanted to say that. That and i am rwally horny right now... mmmmm sex......

Duct Tape Programers

I dislike duct tape programmers because it is a way to perpetuate the idea that, "Badly written code is okay as long as it works." This is a crappy concept and a lot of people are using it to make quick cash. I hate this concept because it is the equivalent of having an unlicensed contractor build your house or do modifications to your home. There are programmers that don't seem to see a problem with poorly written code, they just move forward and never look back.

I feel the same way about out sourcing programming jobs to the Indians overseas, who don't really care if they do a good job because they just want to make money. The people who think it is okay to utilize overseas programmers can fuck off because they only care about money. I say give an American the job opportunity where you can over see the work being done, instead of two or three duct tape rag heads. I don't have anything against Indians, but I do give preference to my fellow American first.

Help home first, and then help everyone else.