poor things
Feb. 10th, 2024 01:23 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
neonanimaSaw Poor Things last night by myself. There was a woman a few rows in front of me, also alone, with gray hair up in a braid. I thought, "Me and me in 30 years, seeing a movie by ourselves." Eventually, a couple around the same age as her came in and sat a few rows behind me. I was the only one who laughed. The charm of Emma Stone acting like a toddler and Mark Ruffalo's whole-body frustration were lost on them, I guess.
It was all right. I expected more. Enjoyable, but I don't see myself wanting to rewatch it anytime soon. I was a bit irritated at the depiction of sex work as this easy, obvious choice for women, with only the stigma of it being in our way. It touched on the dangers of the profession with the madame saying "Some of them prefer that you don't like it," yet Bella is never in danger and is only shown having the time of her life, despite the fact that she's not allowed to choose her johns like she suggests.
I finally caught the KG freeleech, right as I was sure it was the one year it wouldn't happen purely because I was actually on the ball. The wifi behaved, too. The internet tells me that choosing a VPN located closer to you usually results in better performance. I've been using a Florida location that's served me well. I got so many files. Two or three short film collections including Peter Hutton, the long home-movies film As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty. A lot of things I'd already downloaded before but lost in various computer and hard-drive deaths.
I think my CMO is going to quit soon, for real this time. Being sexually harassed by the CFO wasn't enough to do it, or even for her to report him to anyone. The CFO is also the head of HR, but she could report up to our VC firm, who she has a good relationship with. When I asked her why she didn't do this, she said "You're going to judge me," then told me it's because she has stock in the company. Slimy, slimy.
But finally they pushed the right button to insult her pride. She snapped and yelled in an ELT meeting a few days ago-- it was quiet on the floor and everyone heard her through her office even with the door closed. The CEO said he was going to train her to get her to an "executive level." He said she needed work on her presenting skills and that's really stuck in her craw, too. She keeps mentioning that she and the CRO gave the best presentations at our conference last month. He said she was his "project" for this quarter. She sees herself as the smartest and most high performing executive and she may not even be wrong, so I don't know if her pride will let her take this much longer. The CEO is bringing in someone to help us with product marketing copy and she thinks he'll be her replacement.
I'm curious how my life would be under a different CMO. Someone less of an emotional and mental terrorist, who makes a decision after careful thought and then sticks to it. Someone who doesn't overestimate all of their talents because they live in the pretty bubble, and doesn't think that every nasty thing they say is "radical candor" or "just being honest."
My biggest concern is the $15k stay-bonus they're supposed to give me in July. I was planning to start looking for a new job as soon as I got my hands on it, but I've actually been really motivated and engaged since we moved to the new office. The bonus is signed by her and my manager at the time (who's still there but on a performance plan, which I shouldn't know about but CMO tells me everything). I'm wondering if it would be invalid with neither of them employed at the company anymore. I had big plans for that $15k, namely to finally replace my upstairs carpet with hard floors.
It was all right. I expected more. Enjoyable, but I don't see myself wanting to rewatch it anytime soon. I was a bit irritated at the depiction of sex work as this easy, obvious choice for women, with only the stigma of it being in our way. It touched on the dangers of the profession with the madame saying "Some of them prefer that you don't like it," yet Bella is never in danger and is only shown having the time of her life, despite the fact that she's not allowed to choose her johns like she suggests.
I finally caught the KG freeleech, right as I was sure it was the one year it wouldn't happen purely because I was actually on the ball. The wifi behaved, too. The internet tells me that choosing a VPN located closer to you usually results in better performance. I've been using a Florida location that's served me well. I got so many files. Two or three short film collections including Peter Hutton, the long home-movies film As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty. A lot of things I'd already downloaded before but lost in various computer and hard-drive deaths.
I think my CMO is going to quit soon, for real this time. Being sexually harassed by the CFO wasn't enough to do it, or even for her to report him to anyone. The CFO is also the head of HR, but she could report up to our VC firm, who she has a good relationship with. When I asked her why she didn't do this, she said "You're going to judge me," then told me it's because she has stock in the company. Slimy, slimy.
But finally they pushed the right button to insult her pride. She snapped and yelled in an ELT meeting a few days ago-- it was quiet on the floor and everyone heard her through her office even with the door closed. The CEO said he was going to train her to get her to an "executive level." He said she needed work on her presenting skills and that's really stuck in her craw, too. She keeps mentioning that she and the CRO gave the best presentations at our conference last month. He said she was his "project" for this quarter. She sees herself as the smartest and most high performing executive and she may not even be wrong, so I don't know if her pride will let her take this much longer. The CEO is bringing in someone to help us with product marketing copy and she thinks he'll be her replacement.
I'm curious how my life would be under a different CMO. Someone less of an emotional and mental terrorist, who makes a decision after careful thought and then sticks to it. Someone who doesn't overestimate all of their talents because they live in the pretty bubble, and doesn't think that every nasty thing they say is "radical candor" or "just being honest."
My biggest concern is the $15k stay-bonus they're supposed to give me in July. I was planning to start looking for a new job as soon as I got my hands on it, but I've actually been really motivated and engaged since we moved to the new office. The bonus is signed by her and my manager at the time (who's still there but on a performance plan, which I shouldn't know about but CMO tells me everything). I'm wondering if it would be invalid with neither of them employed at the company anymore. I had big plans for that $15k, namely to finally replace my upstairs carpet with hard floors.