Completely Random Thoughts

[Quantum Vagina]

I think Gordon in Year One is Bryan Cranston, if I remember right.

[RoninFox]

I think Gordon in Year One is Bryan Cranston, if I remember right.

You are correct.

Recently I started playing Batman: Arkham Knight again, and my wife walked in and recognized a voice. Something I hadn't noticed is that Commissioner Gordon is played by Jonathan Banks in that game. If you don't know his name, he's the actor who plays Mike in Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul. I laughed and mentioned that makes him the second Breaking Bad actor to play the part, since the animated Batman: Year One movie had Bryan Cranston as Gordon.

Coindidently, that weekend we noticed that Batman: Year One is playing on HBO this month, so we recorded it and I watched the other day. Then I noticed something else odd, recognizing the voice of Batman in that movie is Ben McKenzie, a.k.a. Jim Gordon from the show Gotham.

Not sure what the next link in this odd chain is going to be.

[Quantum Vagina]

Yo, brain/body, I know you think I can get pregnant what with all the estrogen, but doing it about a week after started a new anti depressant has completely wrecked me, please stop.

[RVR II]

Fending off a lot of sadness this week..
A good friend of mine I've known for over 30 years passed away the other day from an epileptic seizure. He played in a local band he formed in high school and was a regular at a local bar across the street from a house some friends were renting that I would stay at on weekends when I was home from the Navy (1988-92). Hung out with the band into the mid 90s and even lived in the house they stayed at when they broke up and went their separate ways.
Found him on facebook living in Los Angeles several years back working in a LA recording studio and even worked with big name bands recording their sessions as well as teaching younger kids how to play guitar, bass, keyboards, even recording equipment. The guy was a wizard when it came to music but he told me recently these seizures that only started happening a few years ago were taking their toll on his health and the doctors had no idea what was causing them.
Now he's gone. He was 45.

Then news of Joanie Laurer (AKA: Chyna) passed away a day or 2 ago and now Prince died today.
Fuck!!

[Edward J Grug III]

Sorry for your loss, RVR.

I never got into Prince, but I know this will be another massive one for a lot of people. What a year.

[MartyS (Gromit)]

  Joanie Laurer died?  WTF, she was only in her mid 40s....

[RVR II]

Sorry for your loss, RVR.

I never got into Prince, but I know this will be another massive one for a lot of people. What a year.

Thanks. It's life 

He was very influential back in the 80s here so any musicians (and even actors) from the 80s that have passed on is like a shot to the gut

[Johnny Unusual]

Sorry to hear about the passing of your friend RVR.

[LucasM]

I'm sorry your friend died, RVR II.  It must have been even more difficult after finding him following losing track for a while.

[RVR II]

Sorry to hear about the passing of your friend RVR.

I'm sorry your friend died, RVR II.  It must have been even more difficult after finding him following losing track for a while.

Thanks Johnny and Lucas.
He posted some battle scars from his last major seizure on January 1st where he passed out and broke his arm/shoulder really bad. Had to have surgery on January 7th and had a couple of bolts & a metal plate inserted..
Talked to him then when I was in Mexico and he saluted me for having a good time and I said I take a shot (or 2) of Tequila for him. He laughed.
Felt good to bring a smile to him while he was stuck in the hospital bringing in the new year.
*sigh* Yeah his passing blindsided me big time (as well as other local friends) that's for sure

[LucasM]

[BiteMe316]

Another week of no job interviews or even callbacks.  This job searching bullshit is starting to not be worth the effort.  What's the point of looking when no one responds? 

[Pak-Man]

Job hunting is the most counter-intuitive process in the world. You experience failure hundreds- maybe thousands of times while trying to get that one person to even contact you, which STILL might not lead to employment. Your worst enemy is your brain because it takes that data and screams at you, "This isn't working!" But it's a numbers game and the only way to get to success is to plod through your resume seemingly flying off into the void over and over until you get that one employer who's interested.

Good luck, and keep going. Persistence is the key.

[RVR II]

Another week of no job interviews or even callbacks.  This job searching bullshit is starting to not be worth the effort.  What's the point of looking when no one responds? 

I'm in the same position.. No interviews, only a couple call backs from temp agencies but they only want to pay minimal pay..
I've decided to suspend my job hunting for the next couple months since I'm about to start the eviction process of my psycho neighbor next month, then take a trip to Mexico in June to collect some funds from our boutique there (and to unwind from the stress I'll be dealing with evicting dipshit), and then I'll try again in July I suppose..
Might just accept something with minimal pay from then till December just to keep my monthly bills in check and then get ready for the next tax season again
Hope for the best!

[d00hickey]

Another week of no job interviews or even callbacks.  This job searching bullshit is starting to not be worth the effort.  What's the point of looking when no one responds? 

Sorry to hear that. The six months I spent job hunting was some of the darkest times of my life. The worst part is everyone around you with long term stable working either offering bad advice or implying you're just lazy. Everybody has an opinion about the unemployed and unfortunately it's often offensive.

I sympathize with your predicament I wish you all the best.