June 11, 2014

When I got to work this morning the manager wasn't there. Or maybe he was but I couldn't find him. And he hadn't unlocked the door to get upstairs. I could have sat around and waited but I didn't want to so I decided to check the windows in the theaters where the projectors are. On the old side they are big and close to the seats and if they aren't shut all the way you can slide them open and crawl through. In the first theater I tried the window was locked shut but I got lucky in the second theater and was able to climb through into projection. I was then able to make my way over to the desk in the dark, turn the lights on, and open up the door. A few minutes later the manager showed up, so I probably went to too much effort, but it gave me something to do.

My day at work was no different than yesterday. For the most part. Yesterday I ended up watching about a half hour of A Million Ways To Die In The West and pieces of The Fault In Our Stars. Today I did the same thing but small pieces of both. I need to stop watching The Fault In Our Stars because I can't watch it without crying. I think I have said it before but they did such a good job at adapting the book. I haven't read the book since it was released, which is good because I can't pick the movie apart for everything difference, but I remember a lot of it and I remember how it made me feel. When I watch bits of the movie, all of those feelings I had during the book come rushing back. It is just so sad.

I also continued reading from the five books I was reading yesterday. It would be nice to dig into one book at a time and knock it out but I've got at least six hours to kill and it is hard for a book to keep me engaged for that long. I'm enjoying all the books I'm reading but after a chapter or two I need to switch things up so I don't fall asleep. There are books I can marathon for hours and hours on end but I'm currently not reading one of those. I also need to start taking my cross stitching stuff because there are several patterns I want to start working on.

I forgot my phone at home today and it was nice. It was a little glimpse back to the month where I basically gave up using my phone. In general I don't use my phone that much, which is why I'm glad I switched to Ting because now my bill is a better representation of my phone usage. Despite my lack of activity, I still check it frequently throughout the day to see if I have missed a text, even though I rarely have. After my month hiatus I turned off email notifications because those were unnecessary. None of my emails are ever important enough that they can't wait until I get home and check my email on my computer. And seeing the notification light always kind of got my hope up that it was a text message. Even though I think they are different colors. So turning off email notifications was good but I still check for text messages too often. Especially compared to the number of text messages I actually receive. I can go days without getting any. To the point where I start to question if my phone is still working. It always is. The lack of messages means that I can easily leave my phone at home or leave it in my pocket or backpack and not miss anything. Which is tempting to start doing again. I'm not missing out on anything and my friends really aren't missing out on my random text messages.

My mom wasn't feeling well over the weekend and after a brief respite yesterday, she is back to feeling like crap today. This meant that she was not interested in participating in Chipotle night but my sister and I still had it. The combination was just right and my total ended up being twenty-dollars even. That was pretty cool.

After dinner I watched YouTube videos and read some library stuff. It was not a very exciting night. At the moment I'm not very tired, which kind of sucks because I have to get up earlier tomorrow for a kid show at the theater. That starts at ten o'clock, which means that it will be over two and a half hours until the next movie starts. Which is a long time. Not really any different than the normal sets at the moment because there are two and a half hours of downtime between the first and second set and at least the same for the the last two sets. It just sucks more having to get there earlier than normal, adding another long break in there. But I'll have more time to read. And do whatever else I end up doing if I get tired of reading.

And one more thing. The actor who plays Isaac in The Fault In Our Stars has always looked vaguely familiar. Not enough to make me think about it more than just in passing, but the feeling was always there. Last night I learned that he looks vaguely familiar because he was in The Naked Brothers Band. A ridiculous show back in the day but one that I still watched more than once. So, mystery solved. Also, he is going to be playing the lead in the adaptation of Paper Towns, another John Green novel, and I'm pretty excited about that. Not only because that was the first John Green book I read and I am glad he is getting another movie made (after the Looking For Alaska movie went nowhere (although it might now after the success of The Fault In Our Stars)), but also because I think the kid did a good job with the Isaac role and I want to see him playing a character that isn't so tragic, and in a movie that I won't be afraid to watch. Speaking of Paper Towns, I need to read it again. An Abundance Of Katherines is still my favorite but I remember liking Paper Towns. I can't remember if I previously said The Fault In Our Stars was my new favorite. It is John Green's best book to date but it also takes me to a very sad place. An Abundance Of Katherines is fun and it helped me get over a girl, so I think it will always be my favorite, even if The Fault In Our Stars was incredibly good.