Blind Prophecy

Today was my annual review at work. I’m glad it’s over. Despite getting a lot of positive feedback and constructive advice, I was really beating myself up over personal and departmental goals that were not met in 2007. I knew I wasn’t going to meet some of those goals as early in the year as April, and it’s been frustrating knowing that I would be evaluated based on objectives I would have happily revised 9 months ago.

Anyway, I promised to start my comic book diet this week, but cutting down to 5 titles doesn’t mean I’m dropping all my interests, just waiting for the trade paperbacks. So, I ended up buying Uncanny X-Men: Rise and Fall of the Shi’ar Empire and Watchmen (yeah, I know, I’ve been putting it off) today and spending as much money as I usually do on Wednesdays.

To make things worse, I needed to buy a new binder for DVDs post-Giftmas, so I stopped at Best Buy on the way home. Almost $100 later, I have plenty of room to reorganize my DVDs, file away software discs, a bargain bin copy of Cruel Intentions (forgot how much I love that movie) and the ridiculously high-priced Director’s Cut Xodiac. I should just go ahead and cancel my Netflix account for a while. I now have about 35 movies in my collection that got opened and alphabetized but never viewed.

Edwards dropping out of the race hasn’t affected me much, although I am a bit disappointed. You know why? I was secretly hoping that the Democratic Convention would turn out like the season 6 finale of The West Wing. Everyone complains that the convention no longer serves any purpose other than a week-long commercial for the Democratic Party. What if it was an absolutely riveting commercial where three candidates had to continue differentiating themselves, pleading their cases, earning their delegates, and all the while sharing Democratic values and providing exposure to other party members? I’m just saying, that would have been sweet. And no one would be able to complain that the convention doesn’t serve a purpose anymore. I’m a political geek, I know.

Filed under: comic books, movies, politics, work by Jere Keys