Joan of Arcadia 2x01-2x03
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oyceterHaven't been keeping up with LJ lately, or I've been too lazy to comment mostly. Work is getting better, and slowly but (hopefully) surely, the nervousness is dying down. Although it still sort of freaks me out that there are going to be performance reviews and whatnot. Eep. And then thinking about bonuses and raises and promotions, and it is just horribly strange. I still miss the smallness of the bookstore and how there really wasn't a need for things like performance reviews because I was talking to the boss of the store everyday. Not like one goes around rubbing elbows with CEOs all the time.
And the people really are very nice. I probably sound like I'm damning them with faint praise... all the other people I interviewed with or informational interviewed with liked to emphasize working with brilliant people who were hard-working and incredibly smart, and I'm not saying that the people at the company aren't. But they're nice. The corporate culture feels nice. It's very strange for someone whose only other corporate experience has been ibanking, and I like it very much. People are helpful, and friendly, and don't perpetuate this culture in which you have to work yourself to death to ensure that you'll be kept on after two years of 100-hour weeks. And I'm starting to feel a little better because after I've pestered people to show me how to do things once or twice, I think I'm starting to get the hang of it. Hopefully I will not be too incompetent.
Also, my department issued a Spam award (for excellence in marketing, or some such), which is supremely cool because the award is actually a can of Spam (unopened) glued onto a wooden block with a plaque.
JoA: I really loved "Only Connect," and I think I like Joan's bangs. Mostly I liked them in the first few shots because they made her look like Emily the Strange. I like the palpable hurt Joan feels toward God, and her "break-up" with him (of course he was Cute!God), and nearly fell off the couch when I realized Grace had drawn up a contract for Luke. And Father Parking Lot has recommended Surfer Ex-Nun! Hee.
Too bad Luke didn't get to meet Rabbi Polanski though... that would have been interesting. And it's nice to see that Glynis is holding her own. It's interesting how both the Girardi romances involve the guy first falling for a rather strange or prickly girl.
Didn't like the second episode too much, it felt too message-of-the-week-ish, and Judith annoys me. So that is all I shall say.
This week's made me cry again! It was the moment when Helen finally started to go over her memories of Kevin's accident, and when she got to his sneakers and the blood... waterworks. And Kevin's bald assertion that he had to face up to the past. Kevin's very often a jerk, but then, he'll go do something like visiting Andy to make sure that Andy was ok.
Judith continues to annoy, but I was so emotional after the scene at the lawyers that I was kind of sniffly at the last scene too. Even though I think it was a little overboard... and for some reason, the acting behind Judith or something just doesn't feel like it fits the show. Also, Joan's garden is a little like the boat of the season.
Was a little weirded out by Grace and Luke making out, but really liked them in this episode. And Luke gave her a little sprout in a cup and made up political analogies! I love Luke.
And the people really are very nice. I probably sound like I'm damning them with faint praise... all the other people I interviewed with or informational interviewed with liked to emphasize working with brilliant people who were hard-working and incredibly smart, and I'm not saying that the people at the company aren't. But they're nice. The corporate culture feels nice. It's very strange for someone whose only other corporate experience has been ibanking, and I like it very much. People are helpful, and friendly, and don't perpetuate this culture in which you have to work yourself to death to ensure that you'll be kept on after two years of 100-hour weeks. And I'm starting to feel a little better because after I've pestered people to show me how to do things once or twice, I think I'm starting to get the hang of it. Hopefully I will not be too incompetent.
Also, my department issued a Spam award (for excellence in marketing, or some such), which is supremely cool because the award is actually a can of Spam (unopened) glued onto a wooden block with a plaque.
JoA: I really loved "Only Connect," and I think I like Joan's bangs. Mostly I liked them in the first few shots because they made her look like Emily the Strange. I like the palpable hurt Joan feels toward God, and her "break-up" with him (of course he was Cute!God), and nearly fell off the couch when I realized Grace had drawn up a contract for Luke. And Father Parking Lot has recommended Surfer Ex-Nun! Hee.
Too bad Luke didn't get to meet Rabbi Polanski though... that would have been interesting. And it's nice to see that Glynis is holding her own. It's interesting how both the Girardi romances involve the guy first falling for a rather strange or prickly girl.
Didn't like the second episode too much, it felt too message-of-the-week-ish, and Judith annoys me. So that is all I shall say.
This week's made me cry again! It was the moment when Helen finally started to go over her memories of Kevin's accident, and when she got to his sneakers and the blood... waterworks. And Kevin's bald assertion that he had to face up to the past. Kevin's very often a jerk, but then, he'll go do something like visiting Andy to make sure that Andy was ok.
Judith continues to annoy, but I was so emotional after the scene at the lawyers that I was kind of sniffly at the last scene too. Even though I think it was a little overboard... and for some reason, the acting behind Judith or something just doesn't feel like it fits the show. Also, Joan's garden is a little like the boat of the season.
Was a little weirded out by Grace and Luke making out, but really liked them in this episode. And Luke gave her a little sprout in a cup and made up political analogies! I love Luke.
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Sun, Oct. 10th, 2004 12:07 am (UTC)Was planning on leaving the bookstore, but wanted to have a job offer before I did that, so it was a very long period of horrible job searching.
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