Minato Namikaze (speedy_recovery) wrote,
@ 2010-01-22 01:45:00

Current location:	New Apartment...which I guess is home now.
Current mood:	grumpy
Current music:	Aerosmith - Walk This Way
Entry tags:	business suit, first day, i like yellow..., ic, this is revenge take it

[001] First Day Bliss. Only not.
((ooc:This is take 2 on this, since Scribbld ATE my first one, the bitch.))

While I doubt many people will read this, I suppose I should comply with company policy and update it. I'm really not too certain what to say, honestly. I've kept a paper journal since I was a kid, but it's kinda different when other people are supposed to read what you write, I guess. Ah well, introductions should work well enough for now.

I'm Minato Namikaze and I've just started in the Setting and Props department. I'll be working hard to make sure your scenes aren't the generic crap you usually see in porn, but something to add to the...visual experience, I suppose. If you have anything constructive to add about previous sets I'm all ears. Actors, directors, camerapeople, and editors alike, really. Do some props just get in the way? Are some angles made difficult to capture because of the setup but it can't be moved around without disrupting the scene? Extra or less lighting needed? Poorly placed reflective surfaces that either reflect the wrong thing(such as...the crew) or cause glare on the actors, either of which would need to be edited out? Drop me a line and I'll see what I can do to not repeat past mistakes.

Right, so, I'd love to say I had a wonderful first day and my coworkers are such lovely people. However, I hate liars and I'm rather fond of myself, so I'd hate to have any conflict there. Let's just say Murphy's Law had a field day with me today when it came to directions and props. ~~I am so glad to be home and not afraid of getting hit with a used condom anymore you have no idea.~~ And really, checking my ID that many times was far from necessary. I know for a fact that I no longer look like frickin' jailbait. I've come to terms with the fact that I will likely never look my age, but honestly guys. I'm almost certain it was an attempt to simply annoy me. I at least look as old as the rest of you, though I recall being far more mature at your age than you are being. Alas, I will still have my revenge.

Have fun with eye-blinding yellow. ♥ And my apologies to those who were not involved.~~..though I think I rather like this color.~~

There was one upside to my day, though. Saw this one guy in a business suit walking down the hall near the end of lunch. Didn't get a chance to see the front of him since he walked by so quickly, but I was quite content to continue looking at the back of him as he walked away. Well, until I fell off the wall and onto someone else. Sorry again, miss, if you're reading. I was going to try chasing him down to have a chat, but sadly he was gone by the time I got back up. While I guess most people would look to the actors for eye-candy, but I guess I'm a little more old-fashioned. Plus, the fact that he was wearing a nice suit means he's likely closer to my age than the majority of the people I've met while working on the second floor, which is a definite plus. So thank you, Mr. Business Suit, for being a bright moment in my day.

Hmm. Being rather new in town I'd normally ask what restaurants around here are good, but anybody who's kept reading to this point would probably recommend me poison in revenge for the death of their retinas. Luckily I have a strong stomach. ♥

[Private to Self]

No sign of Naruto today. ...Though that could be a good thing, given how my day was. I've heard a few stories, though. Not sure how much to believe or not just yet, but I'll keep it stored anyway. Maybe I'll see him at some point tomorrow.

...I still have no idea what I'm going to do. Which terrifies me.

[/Private to Self]

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	... No. Just pointing out... runs last_to_know 2010-01-22 11:48 pm UTC (link)
	I don't. Because I am none of those above stated things so I obviously do not need to keep one. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

speedy_recovery
2010-01-23 05:06 am UTC (link)

Part of the reason I was so good at my last job was my ability to read people. But, hey, I won't push when it's not necessary. Some people are self-conscious about it. ...Probably because they don't want to get lumped into that first category you described. (And just because someone doesn't fit into any of the categories named doesn't mean anything. Also, there is a difference between 'need to' and 'want to' I've noticed.) [gringrin]

But hey, I'm not here to antagonize. Might I ask who you are? ;)

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	last_to_know 2010-01-23 05:09 am UTC (link)
	No you may not. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	speedy_recovery 2010-01-23 05:21 am UTC (link)
	So...you get to come to my journal and not introduce yourself, huh? Oh hey, would'ja lookit that. Your username links back to your journal. ♥ (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	last_to_know 2010-01-23 05:35 am UTC (link)
	My name is not anywhere on my journal. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

speedy_recovery
2010-01-23 07:03 am UTC (link)

Not by you, no; by those who apparently know you, yes. But since you seem so adamant about not giving out such information...

[Private to Izuna]

...I will have discretion.

Your name is Izuna Uchiha. This guy is apparently your elder brother, and dislikes being called "Maddy" and whom you are slightly taller than. You are nicknamed "Bunbuns," which is apparently a derivative of "Chubby Bunny"; your brother also threatened to start calling you Hot KoKo instead. You dislike turkey stuffing, but apparently like Maine lobster sandwiches with vegetable slaw and cayenne mayonnaise. Pole dancing is a recent hobby. You are injured in a way that would make it hard to walk. Also, your residence is a decent distance outside of the city.

All of this I got just from skimming the most recent post, amusingly enough.

From a prior post, I also see that you do not enjoy being addressed by your given name due to your heritage - which, from your name, I assume is Japanese. A question I have for you then is...do you really prefer Mr. Uchiha, or would Uchiha-san be more welcome?

That being said...you seem interesting. I'd actually like to make an attempt to earn the right to use your given name, if at all possible.

[grinning again, yes.]

[/Private to Izuna]

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last_to_know
2010-01-23 07:22 am UTC (link)

... Are you a stalker? Was there some point in going through all of my old journal posts to tell me things that I already know about myself or are you trying to point out that there is an extreme security flaw in my journal settings and that creepy, old men like you can just go through it and find out everything that you need to know.

If you and that Senju are in this together, I will make sure that I make your lives hell working here. Is that what it is? One failed trying to get the information through so the other one is trying to take the place, by throwing that at me.

How about this for a piece of information for you. I hate being called Mr. Uchiha. This is the wrong country for be using a prefix at the end of someone's name and so your best option is not to address me at all.

Got that? Do you want to take a note? Need to write it down in your journal so you don't forget?

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speedy_recovery
2010-01-23 07:53 am UTC (link)

Stalker? Not at all. Simply amused that you sought to withhold information that was easily attainable, and then some. It wasn't my intention to get under your skin, but merely to gently tease. If my intention was mistaken, I do apologize. ...And that's the first time someone older than four has called me old, which amuses the hell out of me really.

I have no idea who this Senju is. Obviously he wasn't very bright if he failed to see any of that.

...Uchiha-san it is then. And who the hell cares if it's not this country's native tradition to use polite suffixes, since it's rather harmless in and of itself and is possibly more comfortable to you? If there's a choice between myself looking mildly odd to others to make someone else more comfortable versus complete normality that leads to hostility, I would rather be odd. And, if I'm not mistaken, you were the one who commented on my journal, thusly forcing recognition. It is within my rights to attempt to address those within my own journal.

[so prickly, you are.] Not that it fazes my wish to attempt to build rapport. Especially since that one post showed a severe dichotomy in your associations with others; I suppose you could say I'm more motivated to attempt. I can be rather persistent when I wish to be. [there needs to be a smirky smiley, damnit.]

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last_to_know
2010-01-23 01:39 pm UTC (link)

It is not the point of withholding the name when you can find it quite easily as you pointed out. Knowing a name and being told it directly are two different things. Some people will want to freely throw their name around and good for them, I don't.

Given your little fit about being ID checked for your age, I would say that you are old. Most people being called younger is a compliment but exacting your revenge against people because of it, that drags the mentality down to that of a teenager. Do you really want to be recognized for your true age or not?

Since you are looking through my journal, you should also be directed to comments that will place me as a manipulative asshole who likes to torment people for his own personal enjoyment. Now that you are aware of my name, you can start researching around with other staff members who will provide affirmation to this. Now whatever you think you have seen, what you think there may be there to me or not, none of it matters. Persistent or not, you are just wasting your time.

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speedy_recovery
2010-01-24 01:00 am UTC (link)

I rather enjoy challenges, and your grumpy, prickly attitude of earlier seemed like one. As such, I accepted it in a light-hearted nature. As stated, my intention was a gentle ribbing, not to impose insult. Text is a little harder to gauge that sort of thing in, I suppose; and though I'm good at reading between the lines, I more than willingly admit I'm nowhere near omnipotent.

Finding out and being told are indeed different, yes. However, I'd never met anyone before who was insulted when you were willing to put in a little extra effort to find out about them. Well, unless they'd done something wrong, but I figure that doesn't apply here. You caught my attention, and I followed it.

Haha! I'm thirty-five, which really isn't all that old, especially if you don't plan to let yourself fall into the sedentary mindset of being old. It's just that I still look like I'm in my early twenties. And it took until I was about twenty-eight for people to actually believe I was an adult on first meeting. I still have a hard time being taken seriously, despite the fact that I do indeed have a fair amount of life experience, and it's frustrating. So...it's more just a bit of a sore spot for me, and when it's poked too much I get grumpy. And the revenge thing? In truth, yellow's my favorite color. And I figured the only people who would read my journal would be my immediate coworkers who previously made me grumpy, so if attempting to stare at my journal scheme irks them at all then it's a rather amusingly harmless strike back. While there are definitely things in life that deserve full sobriety and seriousness, if you live the rest of life steeped in such then you really will be old before your time. Thus, if people poke fun at me about something that isn't serious, I very readily poke right back.

Actually, I only really looked all the way through the first post. I'd opened the last several figuring that the name thing was more of a game and that it would be challenging, so was slightly surprised when it wasn't. While what I did find only made my curiosity grow, your response to it made me rethink looking further into your journal. You apparently don't take it as a compliment when someone takes interest enough to do the research and aren't simply making a game of it, and much prefer to tell people about yourself instead. As such, I'll respect that and refrain from delving into past entries further or reading others' replies to any future posts you make - despite my curiosity - alright? And hearsay is the sort of thing I'd rather not believe, thank you kindly. I let a person make their own impression, not blindly believe idle gossip.

If I am wasting my time, then it is free time that is mine to waste if I so choose. And my attention is still caught.

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	Re: [Private] last_to_know 2010-01-24 01:13 am UTC (link)
	The last person that said I was interesting and wanted to know me, left me looking like a fool and feeling like I was nothing more than a game to them. Excuse me for not believe anything you say. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

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speedy_recovery
2010-01-24 01:33 am UTC (link)

That...was seriously fucked up of them. I'm sorry such a thing happened to you. I sincerely hope you will not dwell on it for long and can forgive the rest of the human race for one person's idiocy. He or she surely missed out.

While treating much of life as a game can be fun, people's emotions aren't toys.

I understand, and I am truly sorry if I made you feel that way myself. It was not my intention. I'll...stop chattering at you, for now ~~but not forever~~. I don't take back my words, though.

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