Thanks for the work support. I forwarded the voice mail to my manager, and went into her office, and she rolled her eyes through it, and said she'd call her back on speakerphone with me there. She did, and got the girl's voice mail. She was far more apologetic and conciliatory than I would have been, but I suppose that's the best way to be with clients...I was pretty frazzled by that time, and not sure I could have been civil to her. But I guess the fact that she knows the girl is completely unreasonable and wrong makes up for that.
A good manager knows how to handle those situations, yeah. She sounds fantastic.
(I wouldn't be surprised if she was probably coming up with a few choice words for the girl in her head, though
)
You'll always have things that make you remember him.
Indeed. I just worry about the closeness thing you alluded to. But forgetting him...no, never. He'll always be there in my mind and heart.
hopefully thast will stay
sss
and thanks
Agreed.
once again (that's really shitty about your roommate, too, by the way-my god, she sounds like a pain in the ass. But yeah, you want to get some of your feelings on the whole thing out that you feel you kept bottled up, you know the place to do it
).
In my experience, many young people grasp on to things from the past, and idolize, like you say, and overanalyze, and just make it plain tiresome. Maybe once you're away from those people, and that sort of influence, you can listen to it with fresh ears, and come to your own conclusion. And for gods sake, stay away from internet know-it-alls, that can ruin any band or listening experience before you even start.
This.
The Beatles are before my era, but my brother is 13 years older than me, so he made sure I was well versed in that era (I'm more of a late 70s - 80s kid, those were my formative years). What pisses me off now is how internet hipsters totally discount the early Beatles catalogue. As you say, they have some AMAZING pop songs, and their importance shouldn't be overlooked. They may seem quaint now, but they were innovative for the time.
YES. I too find that irritating as hell. I love songs from throughout their entire run. I love "Eight Days a Week" or "I Saw Her Standing There" as much as I love "Eleanor Rigby" or "Strawberry Fields Forever" or stuff of that sort.
For the record, I don't idolize any of them, and the whole John Lennon idolization in particular pisses me off. From stuff I've read (in my early teens, I read a shitton of Beatles bios) John sounds like an asshole who was barely tolerable and abusive to woman. I do like Paul though. Ringo is...Ringo. Sadly, almost a non-entity. George with his Eastern philosophy was kind of...out there. But yeah, they're just a group of boys who got together at the right time in history, and honed their skills tremendously by playing a bazillion Cavern Club shows, and became a very tight, talented band.
It doesn't surprise me at all to hear that Lennon wasn't the nicest guy in the world, but abusive? Like, emotionally only, or physically, too? 'Cause if so, that's...kinda depressing. And I agree yet again with you on the Yoko thing-I honestly can't believe people brought into that whole "She broke up the band" thing. I read a thing in
Rolling Stone a couple years ago about the band around that time, and it sounded more like guys with egos and very different creative visions not getting along and acting like children being the reason for the breakup.
I do like many songs from Lennon's solo career, but yeah, no question he wasn't a saint by any stretch of the imagination. I've always been particularly fond of George's solo music-his voice alone is very sweet and soothing and the songs are so uplifting. His songs just tend to make me happy.
I agree with that, too.
I think the smartest thing Bono ever did was to stay attached to people he grew up with, people that would call him on his BS (which, undoubtedly, there has been lots over the years) and not let him get too big for his britches. As much as I hate to admit it (because I am an envious, petty bitch) Ali probably has a lot to do with that, too.
Ali has a remarkable patience about her, it sounds like-she seems like a really cool, classy woman. I also like that when Bono's out doing whatever he's doing she's not the wife who just sits around at home waiting for him, instead she's out doing her own things that interest her.
From the last thread (holy hell, you ladies work fast!)
Yes.
We do!
What's the movie about?
I really love this picture. That is all.
: Bono, do you have any idea what I'm gonna do to you after this awards rot is over with?
: If it's anything like last night... I think I do
