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seandcToday marks the sixth anniversary of my starting work for the Department. I still remember that first day even (sit down before you faint with shock, Rachel ;)), being shown about this big ol' wing of the building with a couple of other newcomers - the longest-serving of whom lasted about a year. I hadn't been introduced to the library then, and spent the entire day sorting papers by ID codes into a huge set of pidgeonholes - I think I may have been somewhat nervous since I didn't have much appetite that day (the muffin that saw me through was weird anyway).
Anyhoo, today I got some family research stuff for someone, following father and son teachers through the years, so that was good. It takes time if they keep moving round, but it's interesting going through all the old staff lists, seeing familiar names crop up (who'd've thought one of the country schools would be taught by none other than Captain Kirk?) - I'll miss doing that.
Oh, and some of the breakfast radio folks were talking about the prospect of Heath Ledger playing The Joker - I think they're a tad too used to the idea of Jack Nicholson's Mista J. Quoth: "He's not fat enough!" "Didn't he die in the first movie?" [Snob moment] Save me from the non-fandom masses...[/SM]. Since I've not seen... whichever one Jack was in, my Joker is the one from the comics, and to a small degree the animated one. This Joker has a much longer face than many people, so I don't think not being fat enough is a problem, except for stick figures. :lol: And of course anything that happened in any movie before Batman Begins doesn't matter (although fastforwarding to giving us our Robins and Batgirls would be nice) - I really need an off-switch for this nerd-mode!
It continues to be nice weather for the ducks - more and more are gathering on the park (which is returning to its swampy roots nicely) with this strange rain stuff that's going on this week.
Anyhoo, today I got some family research stuff for someone, following father and son teachers through the years, so that was good. It takes time if they keep moving round, but it's interesting going through all the old staff lists, seeing familiar names crop up (who'd've thought one of the country schools would be taught by none other than Captain Kirk?) - I'll miss doing that.
Oh, and some of the breakfast radio folks were talking about the prospect of Heath Ledger playing The Joker - I think they're a tad too used to the idea of Jack Nicholson's Mista J. Quoth: "He's not fat enough!" "Didn't he die in the first movie?" [Snob moment] Save me from the non-fandom masses...[/SM]. Since I've not seen... whichever one Jack was in, my Joker is the one from the comics, and to a small degree the animated one. This Joker has a much longer face than many people, so I don't think not being fat enough is a problem, except for stick figures. :lol: And of course anything that happened in any movie before Batman Begins doesn't matter (although fastforwarding to giving us our Robins and Batgirls would be nice) - I really need an off-switch for this nerd-mode!
It continues to be nice weather for the ducks - more and more are gathering on the park (which is returning to its swampy roots nicely) with this strange rain stuff that's going on this week.
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Date: 2006-07-24 08:13 pm (UTC)Congratulations! No fainting here. :lol:
Since I've not seen... whichever one Jack was in, my Joker is the one from the comics, and to a small degree the animated one.
That would be Batman that had Nicholson. In Batman Returns it was Catwoman and Penguin. In Batman Forever it was Riddler and Two-Face. In Batman and Robin it was Poison Ivy, Bane, and Mr. Freeze...although, Bane just grunted.
I really need an off-switch for this nerd-mode!
You can't turn it off. You're doomed to be nerdy to everyone. :D
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Date: 2006-08-14 04:00 pm (UTC)Heh. I never actually remember the order of the films. ;) (people like me are why films need numbers...)
Oh no! Doomed! Doomed to nerdiness! :lol:
Wait... that means you're doomed too! :P :D