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Unexpectedly came across Fried Green Tomatoes on TV today after an HR person was excessively snooty to me during a phone interview, and I ended up sitting in my pajamas in front of the TV for three hours watching it. I'd forgotten how much I love that movie, and after today's viewing I think it's found a place among my Ultimate Five. Meaning, if there were a freak tragedy that would create a world where I would only be able to watch five movies for the rest of my life, they would be:
Out of Sight
His Girl Friday
When Harry Met Sally
Casablanca
and, the new addition,
Fried Green Tomatoes
Choices made not because of technical achievements or greatness or anything other than that I just have a long-established love for the flicks. And then I just looked at my list and thought of ten others I'd want to take with me but whatever. These were the five I decided on this afternoon.
That said, I cannot heap enough praise upon Out of Sight. I watched ER for years and was relatively immune to George Clooney's charms, but that movie made me a crazed, pathetic fangirl. It is also the movie that earned Jennifer Lopez a place in my heart that she will never lose, no matter how many times she annoyingly goes on and on about how Ben Affleck proposed to her. Why does that annoy me, anyway? It shouldn't. But it does. Could I be bitter over my pathetic single existence? Naaaaaahhh.
Just kidding. I'm not bitter. Really! I'm not! Honest! I wouldn't want Ben anyway. Ever since The Bourne Identity I've been a Matt Damon girl, and everyone knows that you have to pick one of the Dynamic Will Hunting Duo.
So, I had a phone interview today. The woman was rather abrupt and every time I tried to be lighthearted I could practically hear the sound of her pencil scratching the word "loser" on her notepad. Whatev. It's hard to do phone interviews! Even if you do get to do them in your pajamas and then spend three hours afterward weeping over the beauty of Ruth and Idgie's relationship, it kind of sucks not being able to read the interviewer's face. Because I really like to see that glint of haughty dismissal in the interviewer's eyes myself. It makes it just that bit more real.
I also went and picked up a book on the GREs tonight. And an *NSYNC calendar. A good balance, I think. I don't particularly like working and am not sure what to do with myself, so why not do grad school, right? A good choice! I don't even know for sure exactly what I want to study! Oh well. Taking a test will make me feel like I'm Doing Something.
In other news: I bought candy canes today. I love the holiday season.
Out of Sight
His Girl Friday
When Harry Met Sally
Casablanca
and, the new addition,
Fried Green Tomatoes
Choices made not because of technical achievements or greatness or anything other than that I just have a long-established love for the flicks. And then I just looked at my list and thought of ten others I'd want to take with me but whatever. These were the five I decided on this afternoon.
That said, I cannot heap enough praise upon Out of Sight. I watched ER for years and was relatively immune to George Clooney's charms, but that movie made me a crazed, pathetic fangirl. It is also the movie that earned Jennifer Lopez a place in my heart that she will never lose, no matter how many times she annoyingly goes on and on about how Ben Affleck proposed to her. Why does that annoy me, anyway? It shouldn't. But it does. Could I be bitter over my pathetic single existence? Naaaaaahhh.
Just kidding. I'm not bitter. Really! I'm not! Honest! I wouldn't want Ben anyway. Ever since The Bourne Identity I've been a Matt Damon girl, and everyone knows that you have to pick one of the Dynamic Will Hunting Duo.
So, I had a phone interview today. The woman was rather abrupt and every time I tried to be lighthearted I could practically hear the sound of her pencil scratching the word "loser" on her notepad. Whatev. It's hard to do phone interviews! Even if you do get to do them in your pajamas and then spend three hours afterward weeping over the beauty of Ruth and Idgie's relationship, it kind of sucks not being able to read the interviewer's face. Because I really like to see that glint of haughty dismissal in the interviewer's eyes myself. It makes it just that bit more real.
I also went and picked up a book on the GREs tonight. And an *NSYNC calendar. A good balance, I think. I don't particularly like working and am not sure what to do with myself, so why not do grad school, right? A good choice! I don't even know for sure exactly what I want to study! Oh well. Taking a test will make me feel like I'm Doing Something.
In other news: I bought candy canes today. I love the holiday season.
