Appaloosa.

Here's another late entry: I saw Appaloosa last October 17!

I was really astonished to see it was going to be shown here, considering it was on limited release in the US -- at least that's what I learned from a Viggo board I lurk in. Good thing I went to the mall prior to my day off, so I knew what I was going to do then :-D

My, that's a mighty big gun you have, sir.

Of course, I'm biased, so I'm going to say it's a good movie. Actually it is considering you rarely see enjoyable Westerns lately. And Ed Harris really looks like Viggo's older brother, so I'm a wee bit crushing on him, too. Their acting rapport was excellent in A History of Violence, so it is a pleasure to see them working together again. I learned that Ed Harris actually handed the script to Viggo for he had him in mind to play Everett! He says it was a gamble for an actor to hand a script to another actor, but it paid off.

Also, Diane Lane was supposed to have played Renee Zellweger's character, but backed off because of production delays. Too bad! We all know, or at least Viggo die-hards know, Viggo and Ms Lane have worked on A Walk on the Moon and that was memorable! It would've been nice to see them together again also.

And the best-est surprise: Jeremy Irons!!! OMFG, I didn't even know he was in there. So I'm like, a Viggo-Jeremy-Ed ménage à trois?!? Are you kidding me??? If I didn't think I'd be wasting money, I would've died right there.

That was was an absolutely pleasant afternoon I had. (Too bad there was no nekkid Viggo, otherwise I'd be quadruple dead.)

Night out.

Two Fridays ago, I met up with Melody and Joy to have a belated birthday dinner for Mel. This was two weeks ago and I'm only writing about it now? In a way, it's good our dinner date was moved because if it happened earlier, then that would have made me look even lazier! Then again, I am lazy! Mwahaha!

But I digress. We had dinner at Cyma in Greenbelt 2. Mel and I had dined there some time ago and all I remember is that they have seriously good food and I was stuffed. This time I was bursting! I guess that happens when you take a leisurely meal with delicious food and never-ending kwentos. All we had was Roka Salata, Chicken and Mixed Meat Gyros and Solomos Angel Hair. That's it. To think only the salad was to share, and the rest were solo orders. But we were all hungry yet there were some left to take home. Plus we had a dessert, too, which I forgot the name, but it was unbelievably sweet we weren't even to finish half of it.

Anyhow, the biggest news is that Melody will be taking an early retirement. All I can say is she's getting a really really REALLY great deal from it. Joy was all go for it, even I wouldn't be able to say no. So it's quite funny that Mel is having second thoughts about it. The bright side is she'll still be able to start a new career, do something which she really wants to do. I admit I'm envious, but I'm really happy for her! Her loyalty and hard work to the company paid off handsomely ;-)

After dinner, we walked around Greenbelt 5. OMG, it's huge! And all the malls are connected now. At least it's classy. We went to Promod and Charles & Keith and I promptly coveted shoes and accessories! I was seriously thinking of getting the booties but I just made my printer purchase. Then again, who am I to stop me? Hahaha. Aldo had lace-up booties but the ones in Charles & Keith cost only half of that. We'll see....

Missing kittehs.

On a sad note, the new kittens are gone. The last time I saw them was on Wednesday afternoon when I left for work. :~( They're just several months old! They may be curious but still not that inquisitive that they'll leave to go exploring already; they're not at that age yet! It really sucks because they're all beautiful kittehs, just like their mom, they're black & white, but mostly black. I was partial to giving them "dark names" like Jack Skellington or Lock, Shock and Barrel. (I ♥ The Nightmare Before Christmas.) Especially this one who I was able to hold, the other two were still shy. He's so pretty and his fur is so soft. Plus they were all big kittens, I'm sure they're going to grow up bigger than my older cats.

I'm just so sad, they're too young to fend for themselves. I pray goddess Bast will look after them. Or please let them make their way home.

CUTs, like a knife.

I am so poor right now! This is what I get for going on undertime...nothing!!! I think I may have just gotten my basic salary (or less even), without the bonuses, etc. Ayayay. I only have enough to pay my bills; I don't even think whatever little is left will float me for the next two weeks. OMG, this is hysterical. I was aware the downside of going on undertime is the salary deduction, but this is prolly my biggest CUT, literally & financially, almost 2k! Methinks so, I'll still have to get my payslip later. Oh well. It was either I go on undertime and save my sanity, or be "rich" and lose my mind.

But this past pay period, I only went on CUT for one (full) day. They're not offering undertimes as frequently as before; AUT isn't even offered anymore! Yeah, kinda looking forward to next payday because I'll prolly have my full bonus also -- the last time I got this was way back when I was still in the morning shift. I don't know what I'm doing, but my stats were pretty good this October.

As I've said, I may be financially rewarded this time around, but it was absolutely exhausting. I'm not used to working a full work week anymore! And it was nice to see Tanji again. He traded shifts with Jen so we were able to make kwento. See, if it wasn't hanging around with him for a bit, I wouldn't be able to relax a bit, because when they left already I was back to hostile operator mode. Haha.

And my getting the barest of my wages doesn't even stop me from shopping! Hey, I do need this after all. I've had this new PC for almost a year now but it was only the other day when I plugged in my flatbed scanner and find out it is not compatible with Windows XP!!! Que horror! It says right there on their website when I downloaded the driver. It's interesting because now AOC only specializes in monitors, at least that's all the product I saw there.

I've been scouting for a new printer anyway because mine is older than the scanner, and it's wonky because the ink gets stuck in the heads from non-use. Meaning, if I use it again I have to have it cleaned or repaired first, and the last time I had it done it cost as much as a new printer. So might as well get a new printer.

I almost had an HP printer, it was the promo with new subscriptions to Smart Bro. But that was a crappy deal because they prolly only had limited printers to give and a gazillion new subscribers.

Anyway, so I'm doing my own research and I know I wanted a printer with individual ink cartridges, so it would be cheaper to replace them and more efficient, too. And that's what the new Epson printers come equipped with. I was leaning towards the Epson Stylus T10, which is just a basic printer. In hindsight, I'm glad I was able to check my scanner before making any purchases, because now I needed a new scanner, too! And just a few clicks away I see the Epson Stylus TX100, which is an all-in-one printer, scanner and copier! More importantly, it doesn't cost an arm and a leg! (Only two weeks' salary! LOL!)

I just purchased it yesterday at Octagon Computer Superstore. Sometimes I'm glad I'm mildly OCD. I was planning to buy it at Asianic, but I looked at the other shops first to check if they had it in stock, and I see it costs P200 less in Octagon. Not too much of a bargain, but still. Plus the clerk was overly eager to help me, so that was nice. When I went to the other shop, they looked at me as if I couldn't afford it! Their loss, haha.

So now I want to go print all the stuff I want to print, but I'm on a tight budget right now so better keep a check on myself. But OMG the copier! Who needs their personal photocopying machine?!? I did a test and it was way better than the piso photocopies you get anywhere. That was where I was pretty impressed with my new gadget, hehe. Luv it!

Note this purchase was necessary. What I really want to get is a digital camera as a present to myself (again). I don't remember getting me a present on me birthday.... did I? Or did I conveniently forget? Anyway, I'm leaning towards a Casio Exifilm EX-77, because uh, that's the one I saw at the mall. It's almost within my budget, too (the ones I really like are in the 10k range). Plus it's in this dude's best camera list, and that's a good review, too. But I'll still have to check if the other cameras are available here and do more research and comparisons.