Well, unfortunately I don't have any sort of cloak and dagger story to go with my headline.
I am watching Clerks X, the 10th anniversary edition, uncut edition.
I adjusted my Netflix queue so that I could get the Clerks X &
Clerks 2 at the same time.
I figured it was time to revive an old tradition of mine with the latest release from
Kevin Smith. Every now and again I like to watch the Tri-Town Trilogy, which has since expanded to about 6 movies:
1. Clerks
2. Mallrats
3. Chasing Amy
4. Dogma
5. Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back
6. Clerks2
Tonight I'm going to limit it to Clerks and Clerks 2, there hasn't been a true sequel of any of Kevin Smith's movies yet.
"Cancer merchant! Cancer merchant!"
and
"No time for love Dr. Jones."
are a couple of my favorite quotes.
Of course, you can't forget. -- "You Hate People! But I love gatherings. Ironic isn't it?"
I don't know, there is just something about movies that chronicle the lives of the "working stiffs" like Randall & Dante that I dig. I don't mean "working stiff" in a bad way, just can't think of any other words to describe it.
I worked @ AMC in High School. But, that was the closest I came to ever being a clerk or anything. After that I had an internship @ the Lansing State Journal. And then I did desktop publishing for the Society of Michigan Professional Engineers, working on their monthly magazine.
I think the appeal of such movies like Clerks or another favorite of mine 'Waiting' is that their (work) lives have that common element. That they come to work and it is routine, maybe minor variations in the routine, but fairly routine. I mean I am sure Dante gets pelted with cigarettes every day.
I mean part of the enjoyment of my work thus far has been that randomness of each day not being exactly like the day before. But occasionally, I think it would be nice to have a set schedule of tasks that have to be performed each day, building proficiency in those tasks because of repetitive practice.
But after a few days I am sure I would get bored and wish to have a job that dealt with more creative problem solving vs doing the same thing day-in and day-out. Damned if you do, damned if you don't I guess.
Don't get me wrong, I love my job (as much as anyone who doesn't get paid to play video games or sleep all day loves their job). I get to do the kind of work that I enjoy and find interesting.
Oh well, enough talk.
I have to get back to spec'ing out a project that I roped Jeremy in on to work on for Jaduka.
Back to the grind.
PS. Clerks 2 is funny fscking stuff, check it out if you liked any Kevin Smith's movies.
Laterz
