I went with Andrea and Christine to see Zack and Miri Make a Porno yesterday. I'm a huge Kevin Smith fan, and I thought the film was funny, but I was left with the sense that I want him to start getting into other territory. Kevin's an intelligent guy and a great writer, but he's notorious for calling himself a shitty director. He doesn't have a lot of faith in himself, and I think it prevents him from breaking out of the comedic mold he's been in for a few years now. It's still good stuff, but he really needs to move on to the great stuff that a movie like Dogma suggested he's capable of producing. I know he's got a horror flick in the pipeline and I'd be very interested to see how he can expand his repertoire a bit.

Clocks went back and I'm having a hard time adjusting. I think Andrea had a pretty good birthday overall. Her birthday/Halloween party was fun while it lasted. A lot of people turned out. The next morning we went to the diner and later on we watched Peep Show and had dinner at the Royal Oak during what I'm going to term "homeless karaoke" - the karaoke of the indigent looking for a warm room.

I'm set on finally finishing Headhunter this week. I also got a bit of writing done. Hopefully I'll be hearing about the job tomorrow.

It's All Hallows Eve, the scariest of scray holidays, right behind Labour Day (ooooo, Labour Day). I watched Halloween at Andrea's place while she carved a wicked pumpkin and tortured her cat, all while wearing her sexy Halloween costume.

Kat's party was fun. I kept my mask on for the first half and freaked out a couple of people who didn't know who I was. I had the weird feeling of sitting in a friend's apartment a year and a half after hanging out with her on a regular basis. Kat's made a lot of new friends. And good for her, of course. But it was strange sitting there, looking around, not knowing so many faces.

Tonight: another party celebrating the holiday and Andrea's 21st birthday. That's right, by tomorrow morning she'll be legal everywhere.

It was gorgeous outside today. I went for a walk to the Beer store and the weather was incredibly fair. Halloween deserves a great autumn day. The sun hitting dead leaves.

Orson Welles will always be the man. Just finished listening to Mercury Theatre's War of the Worlds broadcast, and Welles' performance of Professor Pierce is dynamite. That man could read a pile of road signs and make it sound as though the human condition were being placed under a microscope.

It's been a lazy day. I find myself continually coming up with excuses for putting off things I would like/need to get done. I did get in an hour of reading. I think by this time next week I'll have a much better idea of how I should go about scheduling my days.

I picked up a pumpkin at Hartman's today, one of the few they had left. I'll probably leave for Kat's place in about an hour.

My record with job interviews has been pretty damn good since I entered the world of employment. There have been occasions in which I've gone into an interview and not secured the job, but I'm usually quick with the responses and good with the attitude and never say the wrong thing. Today was no exception. Great test scores, great interview, great feeling, great results.

"I'd be crazy not to hire you."

They're going to let me know officially early next week, once interviews are through, but I'm very confident it's a lock. I'd be working at least 30 hours a week at a fantastic pay rate. I'll be making more money than I ever have at any job. Which means I'll start paying back my loan while worrying less about money. I'll be in a great spot.

Not a bad day at all. I received three new hardcover Oz books in the mail (Rinkitink, Scarecrow and Tin Woodman), so I only need three to complete my Baum collection. I watched the director's cut of Amadeus, a movie I'd never seen all they way through, and hadn't seen pieces of probably since junior high. Tomorrow is Kat's birthday/punkin carving party, and I'm wearing a mask that Andrea brought back from London. It's pretty freaky looking.

Things to do over the next couple of days: listen to Orson Welles' performance of The War of the Worlds broadcast (70th anniversary!), and watch Halloween. And party.