and I thought 2005 was bad...

2006 is off to a bit of a dismal start. One member of our team at work committed suicide over the holidays and our supervisor just lost her father. Things have been a bit chaotic in general in the office and everybody has a good case of the grumpies. Myself included. But I still love my job. It's as close to acting as I can get. The other day I was teaching a seminar that had three lawyers in it - one lawyer in a seminar is one too many. They always seem to do a hostile takeover. But one of the lawyers came up to on one of the breaks and said, "So, clearly you have years of experience - have you ever run into 'this' experience?" It's a good thing I don't believe in hell - with all the lies I tell with a nice straight face...

Tomorrow I am flying up to the Oakland area. Soooooooo excited about Wednesday night - finally a new Veronica Mars. I'm going to head over to Erin's apartment and join them in watching VM. And there had better be some great Logan stuff.

Saw Brokeback Mountain. Yes, it is a simple story and even a melodramatic one. But that doesn't mean it isn't extremely well crafted. Because it is - cinematography, editing, music - all good. But really, Heath Ledger is the reason everyone must see this film. He IS a Wyoming cowboy. It is an amazing performance. Other guy is also very good - but Ledger is the main attraction.

Now I must go watch some cheesy TV and prep all my files that I couldn't get done at work today.