Now I have watched 4 animated Batman movies today. Under The Red Hood is the best of the four, hands down!

I agree!

After Red Hood I kinda don't want to watch any more superhero movies because I'm afriad they'll suck by comparison.

Ya try to watch a French Foriegn flick, and they put the white subtitles over the white background. Hello! No can see. Don't they know I'm a dumb American, I only speak "English". Eh, it wasn't that great anyhow, so I stopped it.

Ya try to watch a French Foriegn flick, and they put the white subtitles over the white background.

The culturally sensitive term is "Caucasian subtitles". Whitey.

Hope people had fun trick-or-treating last night! I had a migraine, so my lights were all off, so the kids all went right past my house. This is a shame, although I had nothing to give them, so probably for the best. I'd have disappointed some small people. That's never good.

I went to a Lutheran church service today (for Tim's nephew's confirmation), and it was my first Lutheran service. Since today is when they celebrate the anniversary of the Reformation, the liturgy was different than normal, with all kinds of language that came across to me as very very VERY melodramatic, about how "we are miserable sinners who are not open to the word of God," etc.

Heh. That's funny, because us Anglican types celebrated All Saints' Day yesterday (and All Souls' Day tomorrow). Which is a festival that rather makes the opposite point. I hate the 'you are but a worm' stuff, and have had some major arguments with various clergy about it.

Have managed to get in early (for me) to the research student office. I am going to get through hundreds of books today, yes I am. Hundreds.

We had an early batch of trick or treaters last night, panicked that we might not have enough candy, bought more, and now have ALL OF THE CANDY IN THE WORLD left. I brought piles of it in to work this morning, but so did everyone else. So much for day one of my post-Halloween pre-Thanksgiving diet.

Zenkitty, is there a decent temp agency in your niece's area? If there is, that could be a good possible safety net. It would mean income, and some flexibility while looking for other work. The intermittend down time might not be a bad thing, either. Getting over that kind of protracted job trauma can take a while.

I'm sorry your uncle's doing poorly, Steph.

We didn't have any trick or treaters last night, but that's not unusual due to my apartment complex's location.

There was a time in my life when I would have poured the boiling water over it anyway, and made myself at least try it. This is how gronkified I am this morning: after opening the packets of instant oatmeal into a bowl, I got out a mug, opened a packet of hot cocoa, and proceeded to open into the bowl, on top of the oatmeal.

I dunno, Andi, chocolate oatmeal might be an improvement over the regular version.

Zenkitty, is there a decent temp agency in your niece's area? If there is, that could be a good possible safety net.

I'm sure there is, and that's a good idea, but I doubt she'd go to one, and I doubt anyone would hire her if she did. She has a good work ethic, but a crappy attitude - which is why I've no trouble believing her current employers want her to quit. Also why she needs to find a job she likes, stat. Kim's no good at just dealing with it and getting along - if she can't do it with her whole heart, she can't do it at all.