More to Say or The Futility of Banality VS The Banality of Futility

There seems to be a point at a job where it is so easy or boring that you give up. At one of my jobs, it is so uninteresting and pointless that I have pretty much given up trying. I end up wasting far too much time surfing the net when there is downtime. A feat I accomplish because I can get all my pressing work done so fast that I leave myself lots of free time. Now there are other things that I could do, but all of it seems so utterly futile in the end. Let's face it, most of the work I do for producer's never goes anywhere. That is mostly due to the fact that most of the projects we get across our desk never get made at all, let alone in Manitoba. It's hard to maintain an interest when you have numbers that tell a story of pointlessness. I can't really go into details but suffice to say that I've done piles of work that has no result. It's frustrating to spend hours/days/weeks on something that just gets shelved because the people behind it had no money.
We're looking to have some work done on our place. Kitchen, bathroom re-dos, new flooring upstairs, new windows, basement work, etc. A lot of people these days seem to do the work themselves, but I am not really into that sort of thing. I would much rather spend my time at home relaxing than doing home renovations. I know that I could save money, but it's not that big a deal to me really. I would rather be reading a good book, watching a good movie/show, playing a game, sleeping, working on my movies, writing, or any number of things that is not playing around with tools and such. Does that make me lazy? I don't think so, but maybe it betrays a lack of knowledge that a man should have? Nah, someone has to keep the contracting companies in business!
My dog ate a vintage Star Wars book the other day. I found a copy of "Splinter of the Mind's Eye," the originally intended sequel to Star Wars in 1978 at a used book store the other day. This books has basically been forgotten/removed from continuity due to the changes in put into the story that were removed, etc. At the time, Lucas did not know if the original movie would be a hit, so wanted something low-key to shoot after. Few locations, no Harrison For, no space battles. What resulted was a story that only has Luke, Leia, and the droids and revolves around a crystal that augments the force. There is also a lot of sexual tension between Luke and Leia, just more proof that the whole brother and sister thing was tacked on later. I don't know why Lucas could never admit that most of the stuff was pulled out of his ass. Why did he insist for so long that he had written everything beforehand. I understand that he recently told the producers of LOST that he was also flying by the seat of his pants, but that does not erase 30 years of claiming otherwise.
I purchased Scott Pilgrim Vol. 6 the other day after a minor trek to find one in town. At first I was a little wary of the series, but it grew on me after a while. I'm still not convinced that inundating you obscure video game and pop culture references is the best way to tell a story, but I will give it credit for being fresh and original. I had quite a few smiles cracked throughout the course of reading it and it was cool to see some of my favorite obscure NES games brought back to light, like "Shatterhand." The first script I ever wrote was filled with references to obscure games, shows, movies, etc. After a while I came to the conclusion that it was hurting the story more than helping so I moved away from that path. Maybe I could have gone the other way and upped them to the point of craziness like in the Scott Pilgrim comics. Eh, whatever. I'm pumped for the movie and xbox live game, so I guess you can call me a fanboy. I would never dress up like any of the characters though, that's just weird.
The big day where we will be parents fast approaches. We're at the picking name stage. I kind of want the kid to have R.N.R for his initials. That would give him the ultimate pick up line for the ladies. Think about it, he could say "Time for a little RNR" and it would RULE. That would have been tremendous to have that when I was trying to get the girls. Much better than what I had, a crippling shyness. The trick is to find a good R first name that is not shared by anyone we know. We have a few on a list, but have yet to really narrow it down.
A local eatery, The Kraut King, shut down today decrying the presence of drunks around the area as a force keeping customers away. Lee and I had gone before and enjoyed the traditional bavarian food so we figured that we'd go on the last day again. Half the freakin' city must have been there because there was quite a line up and the place was hoppin'. There was a brutal wait both to get seated and to get food, but it was worth it in the end as everything was tasty. Hopefully they'll re-open somewhere better and come back, as there isn't really anywhere in the city to get traditional schnitzel or bratwurst. Not that I am a huge nut for the stuff or anything, but it's a nice thing to have every now and again.
I should probably stop writing now as I should be doing some more pointless work here at my job.