things i think i think

unemployment metaphors

Aldi — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 19:55:09 +0000

You know you’ve been unemployed for a while when you start using metaphors to describe your current situation to people.

For example:

“So, Aldi, are you looking for work or … what?”

“Let me put it this way, it’s like being in a jungle with no machete. Does that make sense? Of course it does.”

class of 2010

Aldi — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 18:08:38 +0000

Commencement today, Convocation tomorrow!

simple goals

Aldi — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 22:33:28 +0000

All I want to be is
someone that makes new things
and then thinks about them.

ladies and gentlemen, bill withers

Aldi — Sat, 15 May 2010 18:42:30 +0000

“It’s O.K. to head out for wonderful, but on your way to wonderful you’re going to have to pass through all right. And when you get to all right, take a good look around and get used to it because that may be as far as you’re going to go.”

Bill Withers

and nobody listens to me…

Aldi — Wed, 12 May 2010 15:43:44 +0000

Music video for ‘World News’ by Local Natives.

i could do his job

Aldi — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 17:06:00 +0000

Me: He should hire me, I could do a better job in my sleep.

PM: Of course you could, you’ve got a brain.

the general specific

Aldi — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 16:17:56 +0000

Is it better to excel at a very specific task or to be above average in all skills?

file this under: wtf

Aldi — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:27:55 +0000

The Carl Sagan widget:

oscar winners 2010

Aldi — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:56:22 +0000

Thirteen out of twenty-four. Could be worse.

Short categories and sound editing/mixing killed me on this one as I imagine it did for most. I thought Avatar would take more of the technical awards but The Hurt Locker (perhaps rightfully) claimed those as well. Congratulations to Bigelow of course, and to The Hurt Locker for a well-deserved Best Picture Oscar in a relatively weak year. It’s still a powerful film nevertheless.

Broadcast itself was a shit-show disaster. But would we expect any less from Hollywood?

oscar picks 2010

Aldi — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 19:51:00 +0000

Here they are — these aren’t my choices for who should win, but rather what will (hopefully) win my Oscar pool:

Leading Actor: Jeff Bridges, ‘Crazy Heart’
Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz, ‘Inglourious Basterds’
Leading Actress: Sandra Bullock, ‘The Blind Side’
Supporting Actress: Mo’Nique, ‘Precious’
Animated Feature: ‘Up’
Art Direction: ‘Sherlock Holmes’
Cinematography: ‘The White Ribbon’
Costume Design: ‘The Young Victoria’
Directing: ‘The Hurt Locker’
Documentary Feature: ‘The Cove’
Documentary Short: ‘China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of the Sichuan Province’
Film Editing: ‘The Hurt Locker’
Foreign Language Film: ‘The White Ribbon’
Makeup: ‘Star Trek’
Original Score: ‘Up’
Original Song: ‘The Weary Kind’ from ‘Crazy Heart’
Short Film Animated: ‘A Matter of Loaf and Death’
Short Film Live Action: ‘Instead of Abracadabra’
Sound Editing: ‘Avatar’
Sound Mixing: ‘Avatar’
Visual Effects: ‘Avatar’
Screenplay Adapted: ‘Up In The Air’
Screenplay Original: ‘Inglourious Basterds’
Best Picture: ‘Avatar’

So there you have it.