Jen's Artists of the Week

Banksy (Street Artists)

http://www.banksy.co.uk/

Trip to Memphis

I've just returned from our first trip of the summer. We went to Memphis to visit the family and to see my sister-in-laws new baby. He sure is cute but he loves to stay up at night and feed every two hours or so. I remember those days with Jack. Its just a part of being a baby. There sure was a lot of family tension there. Maybe two weeks is to long to spend with relatives. I really enjoyed hanging out at the pool with my sister-in-law. She is pretty funny and we have so much in common.

THE DARK NIGHT

While I was in Memphis, I went to see this movie. I thought it was really good. I love the special effects and it seemed pretty intense. I give it *****.

STEP BROTHER

Another Will Farrel movie. It was pretty funny and a silly sort of way. I give this one ****.

I quite my Job last week.

Yes, you heard me right. I just walked out after having a meeting with my supervisor. Apparently a co-worker of mine really doesn't like working with me. The feeling is mutual. She is a big complainer. All of a sudden I was surrounded my complainers and the place just got real negative. It’s hard to sit in a negative environment for 8 hours a day. They would complain about stupid things like other co-workers or little stupid problems that are solvable on projects. Part of the problem is that they do not understand what we do. Not once did I complain back so I was very surprised when I thought I was up for a annual review and a raise and then all of a sudden there was a problem. So, I just walked out because I felt I was being setup since the company has had little business in the past 6 months.

Not only that, I just dumped about $3500 on new computer equipment and updated software that the company could not afford to provide me. On top of that, they promised to send me to a conference once a year as part of my compensation and that never happened. They kept telling me that we didn't meet our revenue goals. I even supplied a second computer so my department could access the shared drives from home so we could work late at night. I loved that company and was so dedicated to it and I feel like I was treated so unfairly. It is really disappointing to me and I feel pretty hurt. Oh well, I guess I will go to the pool and work on my tan now.

Next week I will be in Memphis for two weeks and then Cancun for another two weeks.

Bill Viola: Video and Sound Artist

Check out this video. It is long but there are some really incredible effects gong on in it. It is really fun to watch the movement of the water and the reflections that appear there. It appears that this video goes on for hours. Its just incredible!

Bill Viola, Reflecting Pool