Random Thoughts

And that has been the story of my life...I always hated taking orders.  Oh, I did take them...but what I did with them was another story.  I have always complained and hated working for "the man" and yet I did do just that all my life.  I can't say there was any one specific job that I liked...they were all about the same.  Just a job.  But I will say that every time I left one job I had another one lined up and the benefits and pay were always better.  Over my life time as working in the secretarial field I have had seven different work places.  The four prior to my daughter's birth were as a secretary...the three jobs I had after her birth were all in the transportation (trucking) field.  That is how I met my current husband (I divorced my daughter's father).  I have been out of the work force for some time now and my last day of working for the man was a new beginning for me...refreshing, wonderful, magnificent, and just plain fantastic.  I guess you can tell I was happy to not have to work for anyone anymore.

Yesterday my husband and I went to see The Revenant about Hugh Glass, a trapper and explorer in the early 1800's.  Leonardo DiCaprio plays the main character.  When my husband and I saw the trailer for the movie weeks ago on TV we both looked at one another and said, That looks like it will be good.  I made up my mind then and there that when it came to our theater we would see it.  That day was yesterday.  What a great movie.  I'm not a big DiCaprio fan, although I have seen him in Titantic and Django Unchained, I didn't let that stop me from seeing the film.  It is what the film was about that got my attention...not to mention all that magnificent scenery throughout.  The main filming site was in Alberta, Canada.  Just gorgeous.  My husband isn't up on movie goings on or movie stars per se but he did say after the movie was over that he felt DiCaprio should get an award for his acting.  I totally agree.

Before yesterday's main attraction, we saw a preview of a movie called The Free State of Jones starring Matthew McConaughey (now, him I like), coming out this March.  We both agreed that it, too, looks like a good one to see. It's set in the time of the Civil War which is one of my favorite topics.  If we do go, that will mean we will have seen two movies in three months.  We usually only see one movie a year which means there haven't been many that both of us want to see together.  Last year we saw Fast And Furious Seven and the movie we saw prior to that was The Lone Ranger starring Johnny Depp (now, him I drool over). 

I am looking forward to the next GOP debate next week.  Things are starting to really get quite interesting.  To be honest with you, I thought some of these wanna be presidential candidates would have dropped out by now.  Some are hanging on by a thread and do not seem to want to give up.  The great Iowa Caucus will be here soon and then we can really see where most of them stand and how many will keep plugging away spending money that isn't theirs.  Except Trump, of course...he doesn't need anybody's money.  

One last thought -- if this stock market crap doesn't start picking up and getting back to how it should be, then I am all for dumping Wall Street and their stupidity.