besides, that, is it scary that i now put in a quick-launch link to minesweeper on my computer? (look just to the right of the start menu in the photo below)... i'm not addicted at all ;-)
it makes me happy, but probably is a sign that i play the game just a hair too much... :-P
all new season of apprentice tonight... as a whole, i like this group already better after day 1 than i liked last seasons's characters (this isn't to say there weren't individuals i liked last time).... this season will be interesting since instead of dividiing by gender to start, it's booksmarts versus streetsmarts,... while on the surface is another arbitrary way to divide things, i think it will make things interesting... not that 18 people on a TV show prove anything conclusive either, but both groups are pretty proud of who they are and it'll be interesting to see how it all works out.
another plus this season? one of the characters is from memphis! the short guy with a drawl and an askew bowtie (bren) is a lawyer from my city :-) see here
you can't tell that much from an hour and a half of them, but some already have some pretty strong personalities... danny, for instance... if tonight was even moderately realistic of how he is, then he's pretty self-confident, but also can screw things up by mentally being who knows where out there... if your dream of having a brilliant idea doesn't show up in time to meet a deadline, you still gotta try with what you have, no continue to sit there and play guitar... it seemed like he was saying to the camera at the end "i'm such a great morale boosting cheerleader, and then they gang up on me... not fair!", when he didn't really do a stellar job of anything and wouldn't own up to it... erin, if she was being completely herself tonight, surprised me when she burst into tears to her project manager after they lost... she couldn't handle the stress of having to ditch one of her team members... if she's that tense after week 1, how on earth is she going to make it through 16 weeks?... unless that was a fluke and she really can bite the bullet better than we saw on screen tonight... another one who will be interesting to watch for is kendra... she wasn't too much on camera *during* the task, but was working... but her comments in the boardroom... non-agressive, non-following-the-crowd... but to the point and astute... i was impressed with the 30 seconds of her on camera they did have and am curious if first impressions really are accurate... carolyn commented to the donald during the boardroom something to the same effect, that she respected kendra's comments.
so yeah, we'll see... todd really did not the best job though... you can't manage a fast food task without actually working in the middle of things (as opposed to his sitting in a booth with a clipboard when his team was trained to work)... so oh well...
it'll be an interesting season.
eric and me had lunch at subway today after dr. z.'s class... we're all good again. and we tell funny stories when at subway... while eric was telling me how he, scott, and mike were making fun of jared for being a klutz earlier in the week and jared managed to make a gesture with knock a spoonful of oatmeal all over the wall and all over mike in response... as eric was demonstrating, jared's motion that spilled the oatmeal, he hit his tray and knocked his drink cup in the air (luckily it was empty and had a lid on the ice!)... just ironically funny... and the blowup of 2 nights ago was discussed in detail and things cleared... it's good to be on good terms with your friends :-P
all that rambled off... class in 11 hours... reading myself to sleep and then getting up in 9 :-P
night y'all!
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