X-Men Apocalypse

I saw "X-Men Apocalypse" this past weekend. This was my first movie in 2-3 years that I've gone to the theater to see. I thought the theater would have been really packed since this was the 2nd weekend the movie has been out. I went around 10 am to the AMC theater because I was hoping it wouldn't be packed; plus I love the reclining chairs. The theater was somewhat packed with people scattered throughout. There wasn't a lot of noise or people using phones. I find that takes away from the movie. The trailers weren't anything to get excited about. I had already seen every trailer they showed before the movie online.

I was surprised by the movie. I didn't go in with any preconceived idea of what the plot would be besides Apocalypse trying to kill everyone. I also didn't expect the movie to be as incredible as the animated series "X-men Evolution" Season 4. After being majorly letdown by Iron Man 3, I decided not to watch all the trailers and media coverage of the movie. I saw the 1st International trailer and left it at that.

I have to say I really enjoyed the movie. It reminds me a little of the "All-New X-Men" comic series with all the young X-Men. This movie starts to introduce more of the core X-men that we know today. I was pretty pleased with the story line. I was glad that we had a new Storm. No offense to Halle Berry, but I wanted the real Mohawk Storm. We saw some of the Phoenix. We know what a bad-ass Jean Grey is so seeing her be unsure about her powers and feared by the other students was pretty cool. Her scene with Wolverine was awesome. Scott getting his powers was cool. He's not a leader yet. I don't see him as a leader at all so the next movie will probably show how he has grown. Nightcrawler had some funny lines, and he was doing more saving in the movie then anyone else besides Mystique. They brought back Moira McTaggert. I felt Magneto's pain just like Charles. Professor X losing his hair was smooth, I loved it!!

I'm hoping in the next movie The Brotherhood of Mutants forms. I want to see Mystique join back up with Magneto. The Blob was shown for a minute so I have a feeling it's coming soon. There are so many ways they can take the next movies. I realize this movie reference a lot of the first X-Men movies so I'm sure the whole universe will tie in together.

I didn't see X-Men Days of Future Past in the theater, but I did purchase the digital download from Amazon. I'm definitely going to purchase this digital movie. It was worth every penny I paid to see it, and paying $9-$15 for the digital copy is worth it.

Old Man Syndrome

Today has been one of those days. I loathe Mondays. I'm the only female in a group of 12 guys. In my time in this position, I've learned to listen. Guys do gossip and sweet Lord in the morning do they complain. There's one guy in our group who I have diagnosed with the "old man syndrome." He likes to bring up old stuff.

I walk in today. I haven't even sat down at my cubicle before he's asking me about an issue I worked. Was this last week? No. Last month? No. This wasn't even last year. It was September 2013. WTF!! I don't remember what I did last week. I snapped a little, but before I did I asked for a little more information. Come to find out. he was the one who had worked the issue in 2013, and I guess in that same year, he asked me about this same issue. Now even then he had forgotten he had worked the issue. I sent him an email reminding him that he had worked it that same year. The kicker is the current issue he's working is not even related to the 2013 issue. This was the first 30 minutes of my workday. Minutes of my life I will never get back. Meanwhile, the issue had been resolved last week by another coworker. That's old man syndrome (OMS). They don't know when to let shit go.

Another symptom of OMS is when you're talking to a coworker about say last night's episode of  "The Game of Thrones," and you have someone walk up and ask you about a ticket you worked last year. You go and review your emails and notes about the ticket, and again you find out this is completely unrelated or something your group doesn't even handle.

Another OMS symptom is when the day is quiet. You're not being bombarded with tickets or calls. You are relaxing and surfing the net. You see a ticket hit your queue, and you start working it. You resolve it. Here comes the old man asking you about the ticket. You inform them you've already resolved it. The old man is still telling you stuff to check for even after you have confirmed the issue is resolved. Now the stuff he is telling you to check for has nothing to do with resolving the issue because the old man read the ticket and interpreted the issue as something else. WTF!!

Sometimes you just want to avoid people with OMS. Sometimes you can, and sometimes you can't. I've found a great pair of noise cancelling headphones that help me avoid people with OMS. I also watch Netflix and Hulu. I listen to music and read comics. Don't get me wrong. I love my job, but you deal with all kinds of personalities on any job. If you have anyone on your job with OMS, you have all my sympathy and empathy.

Deuces!!