Since this is my blog and I can say whatever I want I figured I'd weigh in on the Ghostbusters controversy. It's no surprise that in this day and age there would be a Ghostbusters reboot/update sequel whatever you want to call it. The big controversy for people came when it was announced that the cast would be all females and include none of the original actors. I think where it falls flat for people is that for years we were strung along by the fact that there were rumblings of a true Ghostbusters sequel featuring the original gang in the making. These dreams were dashed with the news that Bill Murray was in and then out multiple times and then of course the sad passing of Harold Ramis. Ok, ok, so you guys already know all of this because you're all so smart. So what's my opinion? I will tell you and I'm being completely honest here. I am in no way interested in seeing this movie. It has nothing to do with the fact that it's a female cast. My problem is that it seems more like a quick cash grab. Obviously I can't say for sure since the movie has not come out but sticking the hottest comedic actors at the moment in the roles which seem to be exact personality replicas of the originals just seems cheap. Will the plot further the actual universe or just be full of formulaic played out jokes? So far based on the trailers it seems like the latter of the two. I also feel like Melissa McCarthy is waaaay overrated. Sure she's been in some good movies but she seems to just be typecast in the same role over and over. I'm sure the movie will make tons of money and have 3 more sequels because people don't care about originality or quality anymore and that goes for a lot of movies not just Ghostbusters. Until moviegoers take a stand Hollywood will keep churning out bullshit for years to come. Maybe I'm forever stuck in a nostalgia haze and that makes me hate concepts like these but I'm ok with that. Just because I don't want to see it doesn't mean that others can't enjoy it and it also doesn't make me sexist either. People seem to forget that opinions are like assholes and assholes will always tell you you're wrong. Bottom line, sure some people might be boycotting the movie because they're women but not everyone is and we shouldn't be crucified and lumped into that category. Feel free to tell me why my opinion is wrong in the comments below!
Let's move on to the daily boring shit. Currently my tv volume is up to 20 which is actually pretty loud. The reason? My fucking next door neighbors who hold some kind of snake worshiping church in their barn are playing the loudest music ever. The snake part is pure speculation but I feel like I'm right because I seriously can't understand how they can play the same song for 3 hours and scream in another language. What the hell kind of church is this? The worst part is that it goes on almost every night sometimes until midnight. These people are crazy. Other than that I'm just relaxing. Gross medical alert for the next few sentences, look away if you don't want to know. I've been in severe pain today because of an abscess I have pretty much under my ass. If you don't know what an abscess is then google it because I'm not going to tell you here. Anyway, I had to sit in an almost boiling bath tub just for some relief. I'll be having a small surgery sometime in the next month hopefully to get this under control. This is just a small example of shit I deal with on a daily basis. I'm ready to relax for the night so feel free to leave me some comments and I'll talk to you guys tomorrow! Currently watching: Awkward. P.S How cute is this Ghostbusters plus I bought yesterday? It plays the theme song too when you squeeze his belly. SO CUTE.
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Happy June 1st everyone! I had a semi-interesting day which made me wonder about a few things. I'll get to that in a minute. First, I woke up at a little past noon today which I can do since I'm not currently working. It sounds great but it's really just because my sleep habits are sooo fucked up at this point that I'm lucky if I can sleep by 2am. I know when we work we all wish that we could do nothing. Speaking as someone who's been doing nothing consistently for a year,it's awful. You get stir-crazy,daytime tv sucks and you can only look at Facebook and Reddit for so long. At this point you might be saying "Alissa, why don't you just go back to work?" to which I say don't tell me what to do :) I will say with the utmost sincerity that if I could physically I would be there in a heartbeat. A lot of you probably don't realize this but if I could trade my situation for even just a year of normalcy and going to a normal workplace I would. I don't like this anymore than anyone else who might be in my position. But I digress. The rest of the afternoon was like any other, a quick shower followed by a few looks of disgust for the state of my hair in the mirror and some lunch. At about 3 I headed out with my brother just to be able to get out of the house for a few hours. This brings us to the title for today's blog.
Anyone who knows me in real-life knows that I work retail. A lot of my friends work retail. Basically anyone who works customer service knows that it sucks and we all constantly bitch about it. That's just a given right for people in this line of work. The long and short of my encounter was that I politely asked the cashier to not stuff two larger sized Ghostbusters plushies I found at Wal-Mart into the same small bag as they totally weren't going to fit and would have crushed the packaging. I wasn't rude about it and I said please. Since I know how customers can be I always make sure that I'm super polite to people who are behind the register. The lady had the worst attitude, she started muttering under her breathe and slamming her fingers on the computer screen. At the end she slammed my receipt down on the little counter and barely said anything to me. Aaron(my brother) goes next and decides not to ask for bags and she's all polite and tells him to have a good day. Honestly, what the fuck? Does she just hate bagging items because you might be in the wrong line of work if that's the case. Maybe she'd be happier at the supermarket where they have people for that. I wanted to give her the benefit of the doubt because everyone has bad days, I get it because I've been berated and called a bitch and everything else behind the register too. I guess my point is that if you can't put your displeasure aside for your job then don't do it. Find a way to do something that makes you happy. /rant And now with that off my chest let's talk a little about my medical drama. So as I mentioned I have Crohn's disease. I'm currently not taking anything for it since the meds I'm prescribed called Xeljanz just seem to hate my body. I've been trying to take them since Christmas and I can't get past a week on them without getting an infection or fever of some sort. My doctor is kind of shoving them down my throat though since getting them approved on insurance was a bitch. I get it but if my body says nah then there's nothing I can do. Because of all of this my health is on the down slide right now. The good news is that I'll be seeing my doctor on the 16th. I constantly feel like a walking disaster though so I'm not super hopeful that anything will get resolved. And I think that's an alright place to end for today. Like I mentioned yesterday if you guys have any questions about anything for me leave a comment! At the end of each one of these I'm just going to do a small run down of things I might be watching or reading! Have a great night and I'll "see" you guys tomorrow. Currently watching: The Mindy Project on Hulu Currently reading: Starting The Girl on the Train later tonight! P.S Aaron's fiance says this is me in cartoon form so enjoy. For those of you who don't know this is Chloe from We Bare Bears. This isn't my first blog and it probably won't be my last. I go into a blog or website with so much excitement to get it all set up and then when it comes time to maintain it I'm pretty much devoid of motivation. Maybe this one will be different and maybe it won't. I suppose we should start with a small introduction assuming anyone reading this gives a shit. My name is Alissa and age is just a number although I feel a lot older than I am. I live about 30 minutes outside of Boston. I super love cats, Disney, hockey, collecting pop figures and a lot of other things. This blog will most likely reflect a lot of these ideas and then some. One major aspect of my life is living with a chronic illness called Crohn's disease. I try to not let it define me or my life but I'll admit it does get hard. I've been diagnosed since 2002. For those of you who don't know or are just too damn lazy to google it, Crohn's disease is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease that affects my digestive tract and comes with a plethora of side effects. I'm hoping to give you all an inside look at the usually gross and painful things I go through on a day to day basis. I'm not going to sugarcoat it so if you are not into reading about medical things probably skip those entries. Normal entries will start tomorrow so in the meantime look at this picture of my munchkin cat named Misou and thanks for checking this out. If you have any questions pertaining to Crohn's feel free to leave me a comment below! |
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