Sunday, April 17, 2011

comparisons/ Post Secret/ Ikea

Apr. 11 Comparisons: I'm writing my script and I thought about how some story lines have been done before.

Person is a psychopath and ruins the lead character: There is this TV movie called Deadbolt. It stars Justine Bateman, Jason Bateman's (Arrested Development) sister. This is from 1992. I saw a little bit of the ending a few years ago. On imdb.com, someone gave this review: "Seriously though, had all the good titles been taken by all the countless other 'psychopath gets close to common person' flicks?"

I realized that is a cliche. The other reviews said it's like the movie Misery where a woman holds this mystery writer hostage. That reminds me the TV show Instant Star had a storyline like this in season 4. There's Single White Female and recently The Roommate.

Bad guy keeps good guy hostage: Actually come to think of it, that happens a lot in crime dramas. It's not really something I just noticed.

Bad guy keeps another bad guy hostage: In the movie Hard Candy, a 14 yr old girl holds hostage of an internet sexual predator. The girl is a psychopath. I got to say, if you were to watch one torture- porn movie this year, you should watch Hard Candy. It's got more depth than the Saw movies.

CSI: NY did an ep called "Smooth Criminal." That's a Michael Jackson song title. R&B singer Ne-Yo guest- stars. The beginning of the ep looks like his music videos because it's playing his song "Beautiful Monster", he wears his clothes of a suit, fedora hat, and earrings. He talks about R&B music with a hot woman at the bar. So here's a sexy situation.

Then Ne-Yo starts shooting everybody so he's got some range in being a bad ass. The team member Dr. Hawkes knows the kidnapped hot woman at the bar. She's a drug dealer who stole meds from the hospital she works at.

Post Secret: I found these secrets to share.

"I regret that I haven't made more irresponsible decisions...you can't learn from mistakes you haven't made." (A picture of a sheep.)

"If I could go back in time and tell my 13 yr old self that boys will still like you if you don't put out- I would. But since I can't, I pretend I like being this way because it's more fun. It's not." (A picture of two sheep.)

"This is where I was when I knew I wanted to step out into the traffic rather than keep struggling on alone. It's now one year on- to the day. I still don't know why I didn't go through with it- but I'm glad." (A picture of a street.)

"Should I be concerned that my thoughts keep coming back to this?" (A picture of feet on the roof of a building).

"I don't miss my fiance while I'm in Iraq. I have more sex with my buddies."

"This changed everything. She would have been 1 and 1/2 by now. (A picture of a pregnancy test stick.)

"I fantasize about my dog being human and my wife. (Not in a sexual way, but because I feel like she is the only female who has ever truly loved me unconditionally.)"

Apr. 13 Family: Today is my day off so I spent an hr on my job search in the morning. During it, my grandma asked me to vacuum, I did it without giving her attitude. I also took out the recycling. I do follow up on my behavior rants. Remember last time I ranted because my brother wouldn't vacuum because he was studying, and then he talks on the phone with his friend?

Yesterday after I finished watching TV, I got up, and then my little brother asked me to turn on the light. I did and told him that time I asked him to put the newspaper in the recycle box while he was on his way to get water. He didn't do it. He's like "yeah" after I mentioned it.

Apr. 14 Dating: I told myself I wasn't going to rant anymore, because it is emotionally, mentally, and physically draining. I will rant about this. This guy emails me on the dating site, I email back saying he's not my type and good luck. Today, he then emails me back something mean. I got back at him by reporting him to the site and told them to give him a warning. I copy and pasted his exact words to me to the site managers. If you mess with me, I will go to the ones who are going to do something about it.

You know what? I email back rejecting guys nicely, but this is probably the 4th guy who dissed me after I rejected them. Fine, I won't email them back at all.

Blog: I was going through my blog and I only wrote two emails/ blog posts that are mainly rants. So that's not a really lot.

Business news: I read in the Edmonton Journal that Tabi International is closing down. It's a clothing store that sells clothes to women age 30s and up. Blockbuster is being auctioned off.

Ikea: I also read this in the Edmonton Journal. Ikea is bad company in Danville, Virginia. Six African- Americans have sued them for racial discrimination because they work there longer, and they don't get promoted. White people do. They also complained they got all the crappy shifts like 11pm-7am.

A lot of other employees complained they don't get a lot of notice when they are told they'll be working on the weekend. On Fri. they are told they have to work on the weekend and can't miss shifts. A woman said she had to cancel a lot of dr. appointments because she's taking care of her husband.

They used to pay the workers $9.75/hr to start, and now it's $8/hr. One woman got fired on her birthday. You can think of it this way: Getting fired from a crappy job you hate is a good birthday gift.

Apr. 15: I also remember the article said that people who got the Ikea job through a staffing agency gets paid even less. So stay away from staffing agencies.

Winter: So it's snowing again. I'm not really angry or disappointed. I remember a few years ago when I was in college, I was putting away my winter coat and then it snows. I didn't put away my winter coat and boots in case it snowed this year. I was wearing my autumn jacket and sneakers because it was warm, but now I switched it back.

Job article: Someone emailed me this job article through my blog. I read it, and I thought it was pretty interesting. The careers listed mention the duties and how much they pay.

Hi Tracy,

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(http://www.bestuniversities.com/blog/2011/15-awesome-jobs-for-associates-degree-holders/)

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Tina Sans


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