I started my new fulltime job today ... that's right, my full-time job! A job!!! The product of four months of exhaustive searching, a handful of disappointing interviews, being broke, and sending out literally hundreds of resumes. The position is at a documentary film production company in Chelsea, screening and taking notes on documentary video clips and assisting the producers / editor. Many of the films are World War II-related, which is great because I was beginning to think a BFA in Cinema Studies and minor in history from NYU were somewhat useless in the current job market in New York City.
The outcome of having found a fulltime position is overwhelmingly excellent. I am very, very happy!
I took a short break from writing my paper about Cold War subtexts in Splash tonight to watch part of "She Spies." Yeah, I know. As campy and cliched as it may be, it's really a goofy, fun television show.
My standards have really dropped, I think, since finishing film school.
Speaking of movies, I watched the Coen Brothers' Fargo tonight. Having never seen it before, I had to see what all the fuss is about. To tell you the truth, it didn't completely live up to my expectations. It had a superb script, great acting, and was shot extremely well. But in the grand scheme of filmic things, it felt like something was missing. I can't quite put my finger on it, though. As much as I enjoy Raising Arizona, I'm not a big fan of Blood Simple or O Brother, Where Art Thou? Maybe the Coen Brothers are an acquired taste.
Jeremiah and I saw Spike Jonze's new movie, Adaptation, this weekend. It was really amazing. I wish I had more energy to write something thoughtful about it, but I will say it is one of the best films I've seen in a long time. I was quite surprised I liked it so much because I did not enjoy Being John Malkovich.
I had three interviews last week - one at Barnes and Noble, one at a documentary film production company, and one for an assistant to a television producer. I think they went fairly well, but I won't know for another few days. We've also been busy doing a little feng shui to ye olde apartment, which has been pretty fun, but time-consuming. Additionally, I've been trying to work on my application for grad school. Shudder. To quote Walter Kornbluth (Eugene Levy) in Splash: "What a week I'm having!"
Duran Duran, Pop Trash
Gary Numan, The Pleasure Principle
Cyndi Lauper, She's So Unusual
Alphaville, Forever Young
The Vaselines, The Way of the Vaselines
Juliana Hatfield, Only Everything
P.J. Harvey, Is This Desire?
The Rolling Stones, Hot Rocks
Frente, Marvin the Album
Destiny's Child, The Writing's on the Wall
The Cars, The Cars
The B-52s, Cosmic Thing
Duran Duran, Arena
The Doors, The Soft Parade Saturday Night Fever soundtrack
L7, Hungry for Stink
The Dandy Warhols, The Dandy Warhols
The Beach Boys, Pet Sounds
Ace of Base, The Sign
The Waitresses, The Best of the Waitresses
Belle & Sebastian, Lazy Line Painter Jane
The Fad, The Fad The New Wave: Pop Music of the Early '80s
Goodbye Girl Friday, Mr. & Mrs.
Naked Highway, Hyperbollocks
Duran Duran, Pop Trash Classic Alternatives: '80s 12" Extended Rare Mixes
Phil Collins, Hits
Genesis, Turn It On Again: The Hits
Ladytron, Light & Magic
Ladytron, 604
The Go-Betweens, Before Hollywood
Beck, Midnight Vultures
Duran Duran, Seven & the Ragged Tiger
Abba, Arrival
The Cardigans, Long Gone Before Daylight
The Psychedelic Furs, All of This & Nothing
Air, Moon Safari
The Knack, Round Trip
Blondie, Parallel Lines
The Psychedelic Furs, Forever Now
The Donnas, Spend the Night
Nancy Sinatra, California Girl
Tatu, 200 KMH in the Wrong Lane
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Organisation
John-Manuel Andriote, Hot Stuff: A Brief History of Disco
Bret Easton Ellis, The Rules of Attraction
Tom Wolfe, The Bonfire of the Vanities
Jean Kilbourne, Deadly Persuasion
Nick Hornby, High Fidelity
Bret Easton Ellis, American Psycho
Eric Schlosser, Fast Food Nation
