Compact Disco Says

Spoiler-Free Trek Review

Sun, 10 May 2009 16:45:04 GMT

....OH MY GOD I LOVED IT SO MUCH. A few minor leaps in logic, a few curiouser happenstances, but damn. This was just fucking fantastic. I grinned from ear to ear the whole time. This movie is BALLSY and genuinely funny, and moving.

Go see immediately if not sooner. I'm going to see it on IMAX again next Saturday. :D

Yeah! Who wouldn't??? (THIS IS HILARIOUS - WATCH OR I OWE YOU PAIN)

Sat, 11 Apr 2009 08:34:02 GMT

ILU Rachel Maddow. <3

So... (BSG SPOILERS OMG)

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 03:48:17 GMT

What did we all think of the BSG finale?

I'm not gonna write my opinion yet, because I want to hear yours first!

Oh, Happy Day!

Tue, 20 Jan 2009 17:03:19 GMT

I'd like to wish everyone a very happy Inaguration Day/GTFO-you-shitbag-warcriminal-mental-deficient-BUSH day!

IT'S FINALLY OVER!!!!!!!!!! A new day has come!

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Sun, 11 Jan 2009 00:08:26 GMT

Racial harmony :/
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BSG Webisode 1 - Face of the Enemy

Sat, 13 Dec 2008 21:00:04 GMT

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That is all.

View it at Hulu

Christina, darling...

Fri, 12 Dec 2008 00:27:00 GMT

Your result for Are You a Jackie or a Marilyn? Or Someone Else? Mad Men-era Female Icon Quiz...

You Are a Joan!

You are a Joan -- "I need to succeed"

Joans are energetic, optimistic, self-assured, and goal oriented.

How to Get Along with Me

* Leave me alone when I am doing my work.

* Give me honest, but not unduly critical or judgmental, feedback.

* Help me keep my environment harmonious and peaceful.

* Don't burden me with negative emotions.

* Tell me you like being around me.

* Tell me when you're proud of me or my accomplishments.

What I Like About Being a Joan

* being optimistic, friendly, and upbeat

* providing well for my family

* being able to recover quickly from setbacks and to charge ahead to the next challenge

* staying informed, knowing what's going on

* being competent and able to get things to work efficiently

* being able to motivate people

What's Hard About Being a Joan

* having to put up with inefficiency and incompetence

* the fear on not being -- or of not being seen as -- successful

* comparing myself to people who do things better

* struggling to hang on to my success

* putting on facades in order to impress people

* always being "on." It's exhausting.

Joans as Children Often

* work hard to receive appreciation for their accomplishments

* are well liked by other children and by adults

* are among the most capable and responsible children in their class or school

* are active in school government and clubs or are quietly busy working on their own projects

Joans as Parents

* are consistent, dependable, and loyal

* struggle between wanting to spend time with their children and wanting to get more work done

* expect their children to be responsible and organized

Take Are You a Jackie or a Marilyn? Or Someone Else? Mad Men-era Female Icon Quiz at HelloQuizzy

Thanksgiving! And my brain!

Fri, 28 Nov 2008 06:08:52 GMT

So, hey all. Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. old_age and I made a great big meal for the two of us. We did a 17 lb. turkey, my mom's stuffing (WHICH TURNED OUT AWESOME OMG YAY), green bean casserole, candide (typo but I kinda love the pun so I'm keeping it) yams, mashed potatoes, rolls and cranberry sauce. We're gonna be eatin this shit for DAYS. It was a really nice day. What did YOU all do? Please tell me!

Now... I'm just chilling while Chris is on the phone with his people, but I just stumbled onto this video for Kanye West's song "Flashing Lights" and I'm just stunned. This video is seriously like being inside my brain.

Let's do a rundown!
Hot tall bitch strutting in sexy clothes. Check.
The crazy starts coming out when she starts to strip and then burn her clothes. Oh hell yeah check.
More strutting.
Random violence with a shovel. Not my style, but impressive. Check.
Over and onto something else in under 3 minutes. Yep.

So now you all know what it's like inside my brain. SURVIVE BLACK FRIDAY MY PEOPLE. PEACE.

Yep, I bawled. And then I smiled... and then I bawled again.

Sun, 23 Nov 2008 16:39:14 GMT

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2008/11/22/jaffe.wa.boy.dying.wish.obit.komo

I think sometimes we forget that our problems, serious as they seem, are not nearly as dire as we imagine in the Big Picture. I think that if an (exceptional) 11 year old boy can deal with his reality with such wisdom, peace and class and helping to inspire the good in so many people he never met and likely never knew... I think I needed reminded that strength of the human spirit can do anything, touch anyone, inspire amazing things.

I needed to see this, and you do too. Have a tissue or two handy though.

Stephen Colbert and Dan Savage, you are my heroes today

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 20:44:05 GMT

Cross-Posted from old_age or What Kind of Fuckery is This?

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 18:59:04 GMT

So, Chris showed me this ad while he was netrawling for viable job ads this week, and I have to say, the shit that companies are doing to jobseekers these days goes way fucking beyond the pale here. I've had my share of WTF situations and hoops to jump through for jobs. I've interviewed for jobs that didn't exist. I've had multiple eight hour day long interviews for a job. I've had to contact my high school alumni association in order to procure confirmation that I actually finished high school for a contracting position after ALL of my previous employment had been vetted. So, I know a thing or two about bullshit hiring practices.

But, seriously guys, are you fucking kidding me? Let's take a looksie, shall we?

Seems normal eno---OH HELL NAW

I'm going to divide and conquer line by line, so be sure to hunker down and pray for daylight.

Data Entry specialist will be primarily responsible for support to the Brand Managers and Client Relations department. This position reports to the Vice President of Business Management.

So far so good. Seems normal enough. Interesting though that a data entry clerk would directly report to a senior VP, innit? But, I digress... now we get into the actual requirements they're seeking.

DO NOT APPLY UNLESS YOU MEET THESE REQUIREMENTS:
• 3+ years experience performing these job functions as well as misc admin duties
• Must have "strong" Excel, Word, PowerPoint & Outlook experience
• Positive attitude in stressful situations is critical!
• Strong organizational skills, follows directions without questioning the process/procedures
• Must work well in a small office environment- team player 24/7
• Accurate entries 99% and pays close attention to detail
• Arrives to work on time and available for 1-2 days overtime per month
• Temp to perm position

Hmm... okay, the first three items are perfectly understandable and reasonable to me, but on bullet four, we start drifting into murky territory. "Follows directions without questioning the process/procedures" -- Hmm, on ONE hand, I can see this... to a point, but based on things we'll see later on, it sounds as though questions of any kind are frowned upon...

Then we come to the bonus points:

Bonus points:
• Can you work with someone who is driven and not a big chatter?
• There are lots of perks in the food industry (coupons, samples,fun
team building activities, excellent benefits)

Not a big chatter? Translation: TALK TO ME AND YOU'RE FIRED. REMEMBER, DON'T QUESTION ME! But hey, coupons. And exactly how do you have team-building activities with a motherfucker that won't talk? But, yeah, coupons!

And now we come to special instructions for applying:

DO NOT APPLY IF:

1) You do not have experience entering ad promotions into the Safeway database.
2) You take things personal and/or intimidated by deadlines and start making mistakes

... ... ... Ok, so wait a minute. So I can't ask questions, I can't talk and I have to walk in knowing what to do already. Seriously? So only... what? People who already work for Safeway (more on this later!) who wouldn't need to apply for this from an internet ad, and... people who either left the job themselves or were fired are the only people who can apply for this job? So the basically placed an ad that at best would potentially reach... two or three people? Unless they have a super high turnover which, ha, doesn't exactly surprise me at the point.

So ridiculous. So ridiculous in fact, that I called the staffing company and inquired. Here's what happened: (My own response ganked from old_age's journal.

Ok, so I thought this was just fucking ridiculous so I looked up the ad and I contacted Michele over at Diversified Personnel who posted the ad. Here's what she had to tell me:

1.) You're not actually working with Safeway, but for a third party (Michele wouldn't tell me the name of the company, maybe Voldemort?) company contracted out to do all this entry shit for Safeway.

2.) Yes, only people who have done this before can do this again. They have no interest, desire, inclination or resources to train someone at all.

So when I asked "Wouldn't this just be for internal people or people who got fired?" she replied with "Well, not necessarily, maybe you left for a better job and that's gone so now you're ready to come back."

... Yeah, seriously. That's no joke.

Also, I know I start to make numerous mistakes when awareness of a deadline creeps up.

?!

For real? Maybe it's just me, but I get sharper and smarter the closer to the wire I get.

So basically, people they've either let go, or who left because they didn't want to work with Fingerman anymore are their only souce of manpower resources.

GTFO, Voldemort/Safeway.

I personally think this job doesn't exist. I think Safeway's trying to make it look as though they're full of financial vim and vigor in these trouble times, so they're posting job ads with impossible to meet standards. They look like they're hiring and don't ACTUALLY have to hire anyone. It ought to be fucking illegal.

Got a case of the Mondays?

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:15:44 GMT

Well, I have just what you need to chase those Monday blues away. If this doesn't make you laugh your ass off, there's something fucking wrong with you.

<3 <3 <3 <3 HOT DOG!

Charmed, I'm sure!

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 18:17:33 GMT

I've had this laying around for awhile now, but I defintely think it applies today for some reason. Maybe I just wanted a reason to post it. Who knows? ;)

How is everyone today?

Not good week for bart

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 17:14:24 GMT

Yesterday someone was shot at hayward station and today I'm stuck at lafayette station with no etr. I have a meeting in concord @ 11. Ugh.
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My face is still wet from crying... I laughed so hard.

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 23:36:52 GMT

Serious Fucking Business

16:25] Bendial80: LMFAO
[16:25] Bendial80: LMFAO
[16:25] Bendial80: LMFAO
[16:25] Bendial80: LMFAO
[16:25] id kickarus: that is INTENSE
[16:25] id kickarus: LOL
[16:25] Bendial80: thats fucking awesome
[16:25] Bendial80: im sure thats a mistake
[16:26] Bendial80: or canadian humor
[16:26] id kickarus: that is my favorite mistake ever
[16:27] Bendial80: LOL
[16:28] Bendial80: the actual unit itself is made by Honda
[16:28] Bendial80: lol
[16:28] Bendial80: its probably a commercial pesticide sprayer or something
[16:28] Bendial80: or a power washer
[16:29] id kickarus: ok, let's examine these options
[16:29] id kickarus: a... commercial pesticide sprayer
[16:29] id kickarus: LOL
[16:29] id kickarus: omg
[16:29] Bendial80: LMAO
[16:29] id kickarus: I am crying
[16:29] Bendial80: KILL IT
[16:29] Bendial80: KILLLLL ITTTT
[16:29] id kickarus: or... a ... POWER WASHER
[16:29] id kickarus: SANDBLASTED PUSSY
[16:29] Bendial80: LMAO
[16:30] Bendial80: NOBODY WANTS TO FUCK UNFLAYED PUSSY
[16:30] id kickarus: I am so posting this in LJ
[16:30] id kickarus: the WHOLE THING, LOL
[16:30] Bendial80: lol

Bart broke

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:40:32 GMT

So apparently, there have been multiple track fires preventing east bay services. Been here for almost an hour now.
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Gets dark so early now

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 01:50:22 GMT

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Thu, 09 Oct 2008 20:42:47 GMT

First mobile post
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This makes me so happy. Thanks old_age

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 22:35:47 GMT

from tygerversionx

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:29:04 GMT

What American accent do you have?
Created by Xavier on Memegen.net

Western. Like Midland, Western is another accent that people consider neutral. So, you might not actually be from the Western half of the country, but you definitely sound like it.

And if you're not from the West, you are probably one of the following:
(a) A Pittsburgher - the quiz can't tell the difference;
(b) Someone from Canada (probably southern Ontario) who doesn't have a Canadian accent;
(c) Someone from northern New England who doesn't have a New England accent; or
(d) Someone from Texas or the Heartland who was born after 1980.
You are definitely not from New York, New Jersey, Chicago, Detroit, the Deep South, etc.</font>

Take this quiz now - it's easy!

I am all over this song

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 02:41:28 GMT

Seriously. SO WHAT?!

Obligatory Dark Knight Post

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 10:30:22 GMT

Open Letters

1.) Dear Mr Bale: Great job. Go buy some lozenges for that raspy voice, though.

2.) Dear Ms Gyllenhaal: You are definitely a better actress than Katie Holmes, and this movie was all the better for it. However, you look like a basset hound. Sorry.

3.) Dear Heath: If ever there was a note to go out on (and man, did you go before your time), that was it. Bra-fucking-vo.

4.) Dear Nolan Brothers: Keep writing or I will send Beth Ditto after you.

So FUCKING GOOD omg. Want to see it again.

I think I've had my daily crazy - How about you?

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 19:24:47 GMT

Grace Jones' first single in nineteen (Yes, 19!) years. Worth it?

older_age

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:41:07 GMT

Happy 26th, CBM!!!!!!!!!!!

Dude, NO!

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:28:38 GMT

I can't quite believe it, but I read George Carlin died yesterday. He is one of my all-time favorite comedians, having started watching him with my dad as a kid. His 1992 Madison Square Garden HBO special is MANDATORY viewing for one and all. The man was hateful, bitter, sarcastic, but his satire and insight about people, politics and the state of shit going on was SPOT-fucking-ON. So I will leave you all with my final tribute to one magnificent motherfucker. RIP. PS, these are probably not safe for work so keep the volume down.