accidental. - the livejournal.

accidentaljulie @ 2006-02-21T18:24:00

2006-02-22T01:27:47Z

Julie: I got the job!!
Anna: WOOOOHOOOO!!!
Anna: I knew you would.
Julie: So now I just have to figure out how to quit my other job.
Anna: you should try to incorporate your middle finger somehow

I am the newest graphic designer/production artist/"I will do whatever they tell me to do" for White Wave Foods. Woot!

When it rains, it pours

2006-01-11T23:43:53Z

One interview tomorrow, my recruiter pitching me for another job next week, and freelance clients lining up...

The only question is - when do I quit my current life-sucking job?

accidentaljulie @ 2005-11-29T16:43:00

2005-11-29T23:43:49Z

4:39 Julie: My co-worker and I are so disenchanted with our jobs that we're discussing running away together to Roswell (where we have a client) and getting abducted by aliens. And then expensing it, because the Prez of the company expenses *everything*. The company keeps his boat - docked in SEATTLE - filled with gas.
4:40 Malinda: Do you really want to expense an anal probe?
4:40 Julie: if I get anally probed, SOMEONE should pay.

accidentaljulie @ 2005-08-25T21:30:00

2005-08-26T03:31:25Z

And, that's a no. Oh well. It was between me and someone else, so this chick must have glowed in the dark or something. :)

Moving on to the next application...

accidentaljulie @ 2005-08-23T10:31:00

2005-08-23T16:32:27Z

My references are reporting back to me that they've been called. The job posting was removed from the company's web site this morning. So... sometime soon, I suppose I'll know.

It's really hard to focus at the job I still have.

Update

2005-08-22T21:38:28Z

The interview went well. The editing test was fairly simple - three pages of spelling and a one-page press release to proofread. Felt good about it.

When I got home from the interview (about an hour after it finished - I stopped to pick up some lunch) there was an e-mail waiting for me from the HR manager saying they would check my references. And today, my references have reported that they have indeed been contacted. I figure I'm a finalist for the position, if not the "winning" candidate; this company has been thorough about everything else, so I wouldn't be surprised if they checked references even if they planned to offer me the job.

Still trying not to get my hopes up too high; I'm in the running, at least, but there's a chance I might not get the job. And if that happens, I'll have to come back to my current job knowing I'll be here indefinitely instead of having a light at the end of the tunnel.

I'll know by Wednesday.

accidentaljulie @ 2005-08-18T15:14:00

2005-08-18T22:04:19Z

I have a job interview tomorrow. I even bought a new outfit for it. The earrings are dangly.

I'm trying not to get my hopes up too high. It's a great fit for me - every competency in the job description appears on my resumé - and it would be nice to work for a company that has their shit together. As opposed to, say, some bosses who had us develop this product and sell it to people and then decide it might be a good idea to write a business plan. I would go from having no benefits to having a maxed-out retirement account, 25 days of paid vacation a year plus holidays, actual potential for advancement, and a salary that would allow me to contribute to our household more actively instead of just taking care of my massive student loans and medical bills so Jason doesn't have to and then buying a throw pillow or a piece of artwork here or there. We're fine financially, but... it can always be a little *more* fine. :)

In any event, I have an editing test before my group interview (me with a group of interviewers, not a group of interviewees), so I've been brushing up on my proofreading marks and trying to nail down the who/whom rules in my head. I'll probably skim an old grammar textbook tonight; it feels like I have homework.

Jason and I also threw up a portfolio site last night - at a new domain, so my blog isn't *so* easy to track down - and I think it turned out pretty swell. I was prepared to go in with printed and bound copies, but the HR manager prefers online portfolios. Can't argue with that.

Episode 24,946 - Wherein Julie tries to sell herself

2005-06-11T02:36:37Z

Today, I e-mailed a hiring manager at a very nice company a lovely cover letter with my stellar resume attached.

I'm keeping my hopes up.

accidentaljulie @ 2005-01-12T07:15:00

2005-01-12T14:16:32Z

*happy freelance dance of extra income* It's great to get work by word of mouth without any effort at all.

Of course, now I'm spinning off into an alternate dimension where I'm swamped with work because I actually put in some effort, updated my portfolio, and advertised a little.

Yeah, I'm gettin' right on that.

accidentaljulie @ 2004-12-10T14:48:00

2004-12-10T22:13:21Z

Life has returned to normal. Jason is healthy and I'm not losing sleep staying up to make sure he's breathing. Our house is on schedule. Work is decent, if not exceptional. Tons of freelance.

Naturally, I'm waiting for something to go terribly wrong.

It feels good to have Jason at 100 percent. I didn't realize how much I missed our routine of Friday dates and weekends lounging around, watching football and running errands, until he was too sick and tired all the time to move off the couch or the bed. His struggles have made us more thankful for each other, if that's possible.

As far as work goes, this week could be aptly referred to as "Hell Week." Two freelance projects - a map card and a community school catalog - coupled with Big Suits in the office for three days and two nights taken up by my Photoshop class, and I was feeling at capacity. Luckily, the freelance projects went smoothly. The Big Suits took the application we were developing "back to formula," so I'm basically starting over with the UI. I have to have that done before we leave for the OC next Saturday. And my class moved at a much faster pace than the previous session (there were half as many students this time), so I had to scramble and add to the lesson plan. I was hesitant to do so, since we're adding the Intermediate class next semester and I wanted the students taking it to have a comparable skill set. But then I remembered that *anybody* can sign up for the class, so I'll have a variety of skill sets to deal with anyway. The students this time were all very attentive and excited to learn, with the exception of one - an older gentleman who does PC repairs for a living. He didn't care so much about retouching photos (which is what the bulk of people taking the class are going to use it for); he just wanted to design his own web site. So he kept me late after class talking about dithering and file compression and resolution, and try as I might I couldn't explain to him clearly enough what artifacts in a JPEG are. Oh well.

Through the grapevine I've gotten two more freelance gigs. If I can hammer out some of my personal projects, including the launch of Fluff Press, before New Year's, I'll be feeling pretty damn good about my prospects for the year.

accidentaljulie @ 2004-10-18T14:15:00

2004-10-18T20:17:17Z

Jason and I went to see "Team America: World Police" yesterday. I've now begun sticking a "Fuck yeah!" postscript on everything I say.

I don't think my new Mormon co-worker likes that very much.

accidentaljulie @ 2004-09-28T07:46:00

2004-09-28T13:46:26Z

Fluff Press. Coming soon.

The Great White Hope

2004-09-03T19:33:33Z

I've always been a sort of golden child, an anomaly in my family. My mom married a series of bad men (how she found my father attractive when he was unemployed and living in a motel I'll never know), my sister dropped out of high school, ran off to California and hooked up with some random guy, and came back home to live with my mom and I five years later with two kids and no money; she proceeded to take the money my mom gave her to pay bills and use it to buy drugs. My brother went to college, joined the army, married and divorced in about two years' time, and is now a single dad. He's done well for himself - he went back to school to start and finish a degree in engineering, he's owned his own home, etc. - but he made the mistake of hooking up with a girlfriend from high school who, since high school, slept her way through the rest of his friends. So he let her move in, with her bastard children, and she proceeded to suck him dry and then end up in jail on 20 cases of identity theft. At one point he had discovered she had installed spyware to read his e-mail and finally kicked her out; he spent a week at my sister's while she got her crap out, and he came home to find half his furniture in the garage after she had tried and failed to move it out before he came back. He's got a job in Idaho now and he's making a fresh start. My sister and mom, too, it seemed, were doing well. My mom moved in with my sister, and she's finally paying bills and such - things she never managed to do when I was a kid. After having four kids with three different fathers, my sister finally settled down and got married, and she and Tom have been together more than 10 years.

Well, my sister hasn't changed as much as we'd hoped. My mom came home Tuesday night, and my sister rushed down the stairs to tell her that their house was being foreclosed on. Apparently, my sister hasn't made a mortgage payment since the beginning of the year. She managed to hide the house being foreclosed AND going to auction AND being sold from my mom... and her husband. They've found a rental to move into, but they have to be out of their house by this weekend. The kids have to change schools. It's all a nightmare.

The worst part is, from the perspective of two people throwing together a mortgage agreement and downpayment, is that they had a ton of equity in the house. They sold one before this to help make the downpayment. And they'd been paying the mortgage for almost 10 years. Now, all that investment is gone. And my mom says they have a room for her on the first floor - she can't really climb stairs - but there's no closet and the bathroom doesn't have a shower.

My brother called me two hours after my mom checked in to break the news. His first words? "She's not moving in with me."

Ah, family.

accidentaljulie @ 2004-08-04T12:23:00

2004-08-04T18:30:26Z

We put a hold on the lot today, officially. There's nothing terribly binding about it - we gave them a check for $500 that they won't cash until we sign a contract, and we have 48 hours to sign a contract after our block is released for construction, but... it still feels like it's ours. Our house. Ours. Actually, our lot where our house that isn't built yet will be.

Wacky!

First thing Saturday morning, we're heading to the bank to hang out and talk mortgages. We're deciding whether we want to both be on the mortgage or whether to just put Jason on there. We're fairly certain we can qualify for enough of a loan based on only his income, so that would leave mine for emergencies and unexpected expenses. Also, since his credit score is about 100 points better than mine, he can get a better interest rate.

accidentaljulie @ 2004-06-16T11:08:00

2004-06-16T17:09:47Z

So, I got a new job. Shhh... don't tell. It's as the web designer for a hosting company in Boulder. It pays slightly less than my current job, but not having to pay $3.50 a day in tolls makes up half the difference. And I'd be happier. :)

I'm giving my notice tomorrow.

Screwed by The Man

2004-05-13T16:45:33Z

An excerpt, if you will, from a letter I received yesterday:

"Great-West Healthcare

Service Description:
Avista Adventist Hospital - Semi-Private Room
Hospital Extras
Surgery In-Patient

Charges: $12,619.94
Covered expenses: $0.00
Total Benefit: $0.00

New England Financial PPO Plan
R01: Expenses for pre-existing conditions are not covered.
A copy of this notice has been sent to your provider."

More photos!

2004-05-11T12:57:46Z

Our professional proofs are in. There are about 700 total, so I just scanned a "few" favorites.

Enjoy!

accidentaljulie @ 2004-04-27T10:00:00

2004-04-27T16:01:05Z

One of my co-workers quit; today is his last day. Another co-worker is taking Thursday off to interview for another job. Turns out I'm not the only one who is horribly dissatisfied.

Needless to say, I've started looking.

accidentaljulie @ 2004-04-19T20:01:00

2004-04-20T02:02:24Z

An assortment of wedding photos

I hope everyone had fun!

accidentaljulie @ 2004-04-19T15:17:00

2004-04-19T21:17:23Z

Leia sent me this link on AIM, and I couldn't help but post it. I mean, we *do* have a cat named Meatwad.

The Definitive Carl Soundboard

accidentaljulie @ 2004-04-19T11:01:00

2004-04-19T17:09:39Z

If I had to pick the one thing I never ever wanted to do, it would be eating a live cockroach. Or any live bug. Or feces.

The second thing on the list would be coming to work. Ever again. My job is slowly descending into suck-dom. It's not because it's an awful job -- it's stable, with good people around me. But it is boring and monotonous and feels very similar to my foray into data entry almost 18 months ago.

I'm working on it, though. Self-sufficiency and creativity are my goals. I can rationalize staying in a dead-end, unhappy job for a while if it means actually making a go of my own ventures. I just wish Jason would speed up that whole "independently wealthy" thing he's been working on.

The Long Version

2004-04-17T02:24:36Z

I downloaded a little program called vJournal for my PowerBook, and since it lets me blog to both LiveJournal and Blogger, it seemed handy. And it will be - until I finally upgrade to Movable Type on my site. At the rate I'm going, that will be in 2034.

We've been married three weeks, and back home for almost two. And, honestly, I remember very little of the wedding itself. Things are starting to come back, but I need to see our professional photos. Ashley said we could expect our proofs in about a month, which means a week or two from now, if you're following along. I do remember some things, though.

The week leading up to the wedding wasn't necessarily stressful (for me anyway - Jason is another story), but it was definitely hectic. We didn't start assembling the flowers until we got to Austin, and they traveled so much they were all mushed by the time they got to the wedding. Jason was also reluctant to stay with my mom and sister, so we had a last-minute scramble to find a cheap hotel. We only had to stay there for three nights; when Melissa flew in on Wednesday we moved into her room at the Radisson, and then we moved into separate rooms at separate hotels - me at the Radisson with the girls and Jason at a Best Western 10 minutes or so away. I do remember feeling eerily relaxed. Nothing was phasing me. Jason was flipping out - "The programs! The flowers! The favors!" - but I took everything in stride. If it got done, it got done. If it didn't, it didn't.

Family began to show up Thursday evening. I would sneak down to the lobby to mooch off the free wireless connection only available down there, and I would invariably bump into someone I knew getting coffee or wandering around. I spent the last few mornings before the wedding in the lobby; the other girls slept in, so I would grab the laptop and ride the elevator down in my pajamas to check my e-mail and surf the web.

To anyone else getting married, I highly recommend an evening wedding. We slept in, had a leisurely ladies' breakfast, and even managed to fit in a manicure and pedicure before I had to be back at the hotel for my hair and make-up at 1. While we rotated through the hairdresser's chair, we took turns working on the bouts, which I waited until the last minute to do. But 5 p.m. rolled around and everything was done. We walked the block-and-a-half to the museum and hid ourselves in the conference room upstairs under the impression that the guys would show up at 5:30. As it turned out they were early, but they hung out in another part of the building so we didn't see them.

There was little to do in the conference room but sit around and wait. I cranked up the iTunes and Amanda lit candles to make the room smell nice. Ashley showed up at 6 and took a few pictures of my dress hanging up before we got dressed. Then we headed downstairs to take some girl portraits (the men were tucked away in a storage closet or something). Fifteen minutes later we were back upstairs again with nothing to do, so Amanda cracked open the champagne and each of the girls gave me some words of wisdom and a little toast. About 15 minutes before the ceremony started the girls were ushered downstairs to take their places for the processional, so I was left alone to peek out the door and wait for my cue.

I hadn't really felt nervous at all until I saw Jason. As soon as he appeared from below the balcony where I was waiting, my heart lept up into my throat and I instinctively started fanning my face with my hands. It was nervousness, but the excited kind like I used to get before halftime when I was going to perform with the marching band. I was ready to start the show, ready to get to the good part. And suddenly there was a split-second of quiet, and then the music I recognized as the song I was supposed to walk down the stairs to started, and the door opened, and I was off. And I tried to walk slowly, but I could see Jason and my mom and everyone down below, and suddenly I was at the bottom and there he was, and I took his arm and let him lead me to the front.

We wrote the vows about two days before the wedding. We put it off, and in the end we bought a book by The Knot and it gave lots of great advice and suggestions. The vows were longer than most, but we figured it was okay since we had no special readings or songs or anything else you'd have in a wedding. And it felt like all of two seconds passed before the ring was on my finger and we were walking down the aisle to riotous applause. We walked straight into Austin Kiddie Limits and the doors were shut behind us, and we reached for each other and held on as tight as we could. And I couldn't stop smiling.

The reception is pretty much a blur, too. I was glad I had packed extra underwear in my purse; I sweat so much from dancing I had to change halfway through. We didn't get to taste the food, which was disappointing, but I hear it's not uncommon. Jason's family surprised us with a cake knife and Waterford toasting goblets. The cake looked beautiful. The guests looked beautiful. Everything looked beautiful. About 30 seconds into our first dance, Jason said the song we picked - Dean Martin's "Ain't That a Kick in the Head" - was too long. He said the same thing again during the parent dance.

There was a slight pall on the evening - my entire family left before we even cut the cake. In fact, my high school friends, my mom's church friends, my church friends - almost all were gone early on. I tried not to feel hurt, but it did sting a bit. It also angered me later when Jason mentioned that my family hadn't talked to him at all. My brother came up to us, talked directly to me, and completely ignored Jason. The same with my sister. I mentioned it to my mom later, and she was surprised. In retrospect, it isn't going to affect us all that much; my mother is only part of my family that we have regular contact with. We're not missing out on anything.

The reception ended just before midnight, and we rushed with Ashley up to the Capitol Building to get some late-night portraits. Then we headed to the Hilton and changed clothes for our exceptionally brief stay. We walked over to 6th Street to meet a few people for drinks, but we were too tired to stay long. All in all, we only got about two hours of sleep before we had to wake up to catch our plane to New Orleans.

All I can say about the honeymoon is this -- what happens in room 203 of the W New Orleans stays in room 203 of the W New Orleans. But if you ever get a chance to stay in a W, no matter where it is, DO IT. The bed alone is worth the sky-high price. We felt like celebrities every time we walked in.

So now we're back, settling in, trying to find a place for everything and put everything in its place. Tomorrow we're heading to Crate & Barrel to complete our registry, watching the Avs game with Sean and Jen, getting my eyes checked and ordering new glasses, writing out Thank You cards, and otherwise getting back to life as usual. Things don't feel that much different; since we lived together beforehand, we don't have that adjustment to go through. Neither of us had to move or anything like that. I've begun the paperwork for my name change, but that's the only outward change.

On the inside, though, we feel different. The commitment we made to each other those many months ago, when we knew we would be together always after only three weeks, has solidified; it truly feels permanent now, more than it ever has. We laugh more and smile more and just feel more comfortable around each other because we know neither of us is going anywhere anytime soon.

And my new favorite word to hear in the morning is "wife."

accidentaljulie @ 2004-03-15T08:17:00

2004-03-15T15:18:04Z

*does the happy PowerBook dance*

Mmm, mmm, mmm... 15 inches of beauty, it is.

For the curious

2004-01-20T05:07:12Z

001. The Godfather (1972)
002. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
003. The Godfather: Part II (1974)
004. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
005. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
006. Schindler's List (1993)
007. Casablanca (1942)
008. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, (2001)*
009. Seven Samurai (1954)
010. Star Wars (1977)
011. Citizen Kane (1941)
012. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
013. Dr. Strangelove (1964)
014. Rear Window (1954)
015. Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
016. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
017. Memento (2000)*
018. The Usual Suspects (1995)
019. Pulp Fiction (1994)
020. North by Northwest (1959)
021. Amelie (2001)
022. Psycho (1960)
023. 12 Angry Men (1957)*
024. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
025. The Good, The Bad and The Ugly (1966)
026. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
027. It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
028. Goodfellas (1990)
029. American Beauty (1999)
030. Vertigo (1958)
031. Sunset Blvd. (1950)
032. The Matrix (1999)*
033. Apocalypse Now (1979)
034. The Pianist (2002)
035. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
036. Some Like It Hot (1959)
037. Taxi Driver (1976)
038. Once Upon a Time in The West (1968)
039. The Third Man (1949)
040. Paths of Glory (1957)
041. Fight Club (1999)
042. Spirited Away (2001)
043. Das Boot (1981)*
044. Double Indemnity (1944)
045. L.A. Confidential (1997)
046. Chinatown (1974)
047. Singin' in the Rain (1952)*
048. Requiem for a Dream (2000)
049. The Maltese Falcon (1941)
050. M (1931)
051. All About Eve (1950)
052. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
053. Se7en (1995)
054. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
055. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
056. Raging Bull (1980)
057. City of God (2002)
058. Rashomon (1950)
059. The Wizard of Oz (1939)*
060. The Sting (1973)
061. Alien (1979)
062. American History X (1998)
063. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
064. Leon: The Professional (1994)
065. Life is Beautiful (1997)
066. Touch of Evil (1958)
067. The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
068. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
069. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)*
070. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
071. The Great Escape (1963)
072. A Clockwork Orange (1971)
073. Reservoir Dogs (1992)
074. Amadeus (1984)*
075. Annie Hall (1977)
076. Jaws (1975)
077. Ran (1985)
078. On the Waterfront (1954)
079. Modern Times (1936)
080. Braveheart (1995)
081. High Noon (1952)
082. The Apartment (1960)
083. The Sixth Sense (1999)*
084. Fargo (1996)
085. Aliens (1986)
086. The Shining (1980)
087. Strangers on a Train (1951)
088. Blade Runner (1982)
089. Metropolis (1927)
090. Duck Soup (1933)
091. Finding Nemo (2003)*
092. Donnie Darko (2001)*
093. The General (1927)
094. Toy Story 2 (1999)
095. The Princess Bride (1987)
096. City Lights (1931)
097. Run Lola Run (1998)*
098. The Great Dictator (1940)
099. Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
100. The Seventh Seal (1957)
101. Notorious (1946)
102. Full Metal Jacket (1987)
103. Cinema Paradiso (1989)
104. Rebecca (1940)
105. Princess Mononoke (1997)
106. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
107. The Big Sleep (1946)
108. The Graduate (1967)
109. Manhattan (1979)
110. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
111. It Happened One Night (1934)
112. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)*
113. Patton (1970)
114. The Searchers (1956)
115. The Deer Hunter (1978)
116. Glory (1989)
117. The Bicycle Thief (1948)
118. The Philadelphia Story (1940)
119. Yojimbo (1961)
120. The African Queen (1951)
121. Bringing Up Baby (1938)
122. Forrest Gump (1994)*
123. Ben-Hur (1959)
124. Cool Hand Luke (1967)
125. The Green Mile (1999)
126. Shrek (2001)*
127. Talk to Her (2002)
128. Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
129. Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
130. Unforgiven (1992)
131. Stalag 17 (1953)
132. Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
133. The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
134. Gone with the Wind (1939)
135. The Night of the Hunter (1955)
136. The Wild Bunch (1969)
137. The Straight Story (1999)
138. All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
139. A Christmas Story (1983)
140. The Elephant Man (1980)
141. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
142. The Hustler (1961)
143. Platoon (1986)
144. Young Frankenstein (1974)
145. Back to the Future (1985)
146. His Girl Friday (1940)
147. Die Hard (1988)
148. Grand Illusion (1937)
149. Monsters, Inc. (2001)*
150. Amores Perros (2000)
151. The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
152. Almost Famous (2000)
153. The Gold Rush (1925)
154. Spartacus (1960)
155. The Conversation (1974)
156. Charade (1963)
157. Life of Brian (1979)
158. Gladiator (2000)*
159. The Celebration (1998)
160. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
161. Wild Strawberries (1957)
162. Being John Malkovich (1999)*
163. Battleship Potemkin (1925)
164. Magnolia (1999)*
165. Sling Blade (1996)
166. Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
167. Toy Story (1995)
168. The Insider (1999)
169. Roman Holiday (1953)
170. Mulholland Dr. (2001)
171. A Night at the Opera (1935)
172. Brazil (1985)
173. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
174. The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
175. All the President's Men (1976)
176. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
177. The Exorcist (1973)
178. The 400 Blows(1959)
179. To Be or Not to Be (1942)
180. Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
181. The Killing (1956)
182. Lost in Translation (2003)
183. Mystic River (2003)
184. Ed Wood (1994)
185. The Terminator (1984)*
186. Red (1994)
187. Adaptation (2002)
188. Nosferatu (1922)
189. Stand by Me (1986)
190. Twelve Monkeys (1995)
191. Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
192. Harvey (1950)
193. This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
194. The Right Stuff (1983)
195. Gandhi (1982)
196. Trainspotting (1996)
197. Network (1976)
198. Midnight Cowboy (1969)
199. The Lion in Winter (1968)
200. Miller's Crossing (1990)
201. Minority Report (2002)*
202. Hero (2002)
203. Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
204. The Others (2001)
205. Rain Man (1988)
206. Laura (1944)
207. Groundhog Day (1993)
208. Stagecoach (1939)
209. 8 1/2 (1963)
210. Snatch (2000)
211. King Kong (1933)
212. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
213. The 39 Steps (1935)
214. Traffic (2000)
215. La Strada (1954)
216. The Untouchables (1987)
217. Rio Bravo (1959)
218. Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
219. Henry V (1989)
220. Whale Rider (2002)
221. The Big Lebowski (1998)
222. Beauty and the Beast (1991)
223. All About My Mother (1999)
224. Joan of Arc (1928)
225. In the Heat of the Night (1967)
226. The Thin Man (1934)
227. The Killer (1989)
228. Planet of the Apes (1968)
229. Good Will Hunting (1997)*
230. Fantasia (1940)
231. Being There (1979)
232. Red River (1948)
233. Clerks (1994)
234. A Beautiful Mind (2001)
235. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)*
236. Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
237. M*A*S*H* (1970)
238. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
239. Road to Perdition (2002)
240. The Man Who Would Be King (1975)
241. The Quiet Man (1952)
242. Sleuth (1972)
243. X2: X-Men United (2003)
244. JFK (1991)
245. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
246. O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)*
247. Heat (1995)
248. The Sweet Hereafter (1997)
249. The Birds (1963)
250. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)

*Movies we own

accidentaljulie @ 2003-12-05T06:53:00

2003-12-05T13:46:02Z

Mustering all the courage I had, I went to my supervisor and asked to at least be paid what the temp agency was paying me. And the supervisor consulted with Human Resources and agreed to those terms. My benefits will also start right away -- they're waiving the 90-day waiting period -- and my doctor is "in network", so my health care coverage is free. Which is nice. So, I'm officially employed permanently, as of yesterday. I even discovered one of those fancy faux wood name plates on my desk as I plowed through all the work that had collected in my absence. They sure know how to make a girl feel welcome.

Also, Alex got a PowerBook, and that really pisses me off.