Weekend Realizations, Superman Style

So this past weekend I was listening to my Fisher CD and actually reading the lyrics on some of the songs I don't listen to as often.

I found Lana's theme song. Literally. Personally, I don't think I could ever find a song more appropriate for Lana or Smallville.

( Breakable Lyrics )

So what do you think? Appropriate? So freakishly accurate that you can't help but wonder if, in fact, Fisher is psychic and was channeling the Smallville fandom's thoughts?

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This weekend I also busted out the Superman movie. Really, my only concern was seeing up to the "You've got me? Who's got you?" line. I have my priorities after all.

First, I'd like to say I never remember just how long the beginning of this movie is, or how long the setup is. Damn. It took an hour to get to that line. But I did figure some things out by rewatching the beginning. Watch the Martha and Jonathan find Clark scene in the movie, then watch it from the Smallville pilot. The red truck nearly getting hit by the ship, Martha and Jonathan's personalities, their dialogue. I swear, it's like it's almost the same scene. *floves AlMiles*

It's funny because looking back now, rewatching the Superman movies? Things that made me love them as a child now piss me off, and things that I wasn't crazy about back then make me happy now. The actors I love more (except Gene Hackman's Lex, but then again Gene gets a pass because he was told wrong and got stuck with that characterization), especially Lois, which was a shocker. And Chris' Clark is still the best one ever, as is his Superman. But I have more and more issues with the way the Clark/Superman parallel was worked out through the movies. Darn it, I hate hate hate the concept of Clark being a nonentity disguise, with Superman being his personality. Clark is who he is. Clark! Superman is the disguise, although certain traits of Superman are also part of who he is.

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Wal-Mart Sells Anti-Smut DVD Player

Anybody else want to go out and buy it and try watching Smallville: The First Season on it? Just to see if the DVD player can catch the subtext?

Pardon me while I giggle incoherently.

You mean lunch is an *hour*?!?!?!?!

There seems to be a forgotten concept in my office called lunch. It's a vague concept, open for interpretation. Some think it means a Slim Fast whilst reading research. Others think it means a two-hour shopping excursion. Somewhere in the middle is the confusion over who actually is expected to go to lunch, and when.

*sigh*

All I wanted was lunch. A hot sandwich, the newspaper, maybe a curl up on the couch in the kitchen for a mild snooze. Instead, about the time I get back with my sandwich I get bombarded with "have you proofed this yet?" Um, I went to lunch. I'm still at lunch. I have the sandwich, which is getting colder by the second, in my hand. No, I have not proofed it because you didn't tell me at any point before lunch that you needed me to proof something before a certain time. Sorry!

Oddly enough, it really doesn't even piss me off. I'm just tired, and it was mildly irritating. Plus when I did look at it, there were no problems.

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SOmeone is supposedly handing me a budget to be done and bound by 3:00. Less than two hours, and still nothing.

I'm supposed to proof a website. Okay, so I actually have that, but I'm being lazy because the after lunch Coke hasn't kicked in yet.

I need to be working on school work, but I keep getting bombarded with "will you proof this"? Hey, let's try more pay first folks.

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We had a bit of fun this morning when one of our art directors, who's at the photography studio on a shoot, called and said that they needed our coffee maker for a specific shot. They were sending a courier. So my boss went to the back to unhook and it and prepare it for the trip.

In walked an old man to pick it up. We looked at him, asked if he'd been told what he was picking up, he said no.

Did I mention the fact the coffee maker is the industrial kind? That had to be unhooked from the water source and is really, really, really heavy?

They had to send another driver. (Our art director was at fault on that one. She didn't think it was that heavy.) This driver? Walked in without a hand truck after we had told the courier company to come with a hand truck.

Sometimes? I just sit back and boggle.

Just give me an excuse

I just came this close <-> to telling a woman on the phone that she wasn't allowed to breed.

The conversation went as follows:

"Thank you for calling XX Inc."

"May I speak to Jane Doe?"

"She's out of the office until next week. Would you like her voicemail?"

"When will she be back?"

"Next week?"

"Would that be early next week or late next week?"

*boggles at fact that woman is apparently brain dead*

"That would be MONDAY."

Because yes!

researchminion influenced me with her boredom. So here is my OTP related question for all of you.

I want an OTP of the famous variety. I'm already in an OT3 with sullivanlane and kryptonsite *ourloveissosmallvillian*, but I want a famous one. Cause I'm demanding that way.

So I'm taking nominations. Tell me who I should OTP with and why. The only rules are that they must be not married (long-term relationships aren't marriage, cause I said so) and they must be Patrick Stewart's age or younger (cause he's damn hot).

Make your case in comments! Entertain me! Tomorrow I will place the list in a poll and take votes before making my final decision. I do have the power of veto over certain kinds of candidates (for example, and you have been warned, Ashton Kutcher would get vetoed on grounds of him being an idiot).