#i hate her so much rn. the last thing this franchise needed is another fucking controversy

[eliseliedl]

my disappointment is immeasureable

[one-of-us-blog]

Nobody Does it Better – A James Bond Retrospective and Final Thoughts

In his final James Bond-related post, not to mention the final post for One of Us! period, Drew will reflect on his time spent covering the James Bond franchise at Eli’s behest, summarize his thoughts on the franchise as a whole and the various adventures Bond and company have gotten into along the way, and answer the most important question of all: has he been converted into a diehard Bond fan?

Keep reading to find out…

I can’t believe I’m typing this post right now! It feels like One of Us! has been part of my life for a very long time now, but it also feels like the experience has gone by in the blink of an eye. I know the point of this post is to reflect on my time spent specifically with James, but since this is the last post I’ll ever write for this blog I feel the need to take a moment and reflect on this wild experience. First of all, I enjoy pretty much anything I go through with Eli because he’s my best friend in the whole world and just a great guy in general. Hell, I can even look back somewhat fondly on the time I threw away watching Zardoz because I got to watch it with Eli, and knowing his company can make an experience like that even a little positive made me pretty confident that I could get through One of Us! relatively unscathed.

On my end, things had their ups and downs. By the time we got to the Tenth Doctor I was actually pretty much onboard with Doctor Who, but my time with the Eleventh Doctor was not entirely pleasant and I’m not sure I would have stuck with the show if I weren’t participating in this project. I’m so glad I did stick with it, though, because I had a great time with the Twelfth Doctor and I’m already loving my time with the Thirteenth Doctor. By the way, I know in my big Doctor Who retrospective I said I hadn’t turned into a full-blown fan of the show, but by this point I can throw that out the window because I absolutely loved this last series. And I never would have even watched it if Eli hadn’t made me start watching the show in the first place! Thanks to One of Us! Doctor Who went from a show I had to watch to crank out a few recaps a week to a show I genuinely enjoy, and I’m already dying for the next series to drop in 2020. If that’s not a positive impact, I don’t know what is! And don’t even get me started on how much of a joy it was to revisit The Golden Girls through Eli’s eyes. Reading his post gave me a chance to enjoy these episodes and spend time with these characters I’ve spent so much time with through fresh eyes, and knowing that he’s coming away from this blog with positive feelings for my favorite show has made this all worth it. There isn’t anyone else I would have rather gone on this journey with than you, Eli, so let me say with all sincerity: Thank you for being a friend.

But enough of that, we’re here to talk about my time with the spy who loved me himself, Commander James Bond RN. This has truly been a wild ride! I think the easiest way to break my thoughts down would be to talk about my impressions about the different iterations of Bond before talking about my thoughts on the franchise as a whole. So, to start off, things were pretty rough with ol’ Sean Connery. I could only really remember having seen a few of the newer Bond films when we started One of Us!, but I already had a perception that Connery’s Bond was everything that was wrong with the character. And, well, I wasn’t wrong. My specific problem was his treatment of virtually every woman he interacted with, though to be fair movies in general haven’t been great toward women for a while now. I know a lot of people love Connery’s Bond, but what they describe as suave charm I just see as dull smugness. I mainly enjoyed Dr. No for the novelty of it being the first 007 adventure, but to give credit where it’s due From Russia with Love is a genuinely good movie and I enjoyed Goldfinger for the most part, as well. From there it was all downhill, though, and to this day I think Thunderball is one of the worst films in the entire franchise. It’s like, what is this, Zardoz but underwater? I’m sorry to keep going back to Zardoz, but, man, I really hated that movie.

Anyway, I thought things got interesting with George Lazerbeams for a second there, but then we got slapped with yet another not-so-great Connery flick and I genuinely wasn’t sure I was going to be able to make it through this whole franchise. But then I was saved by an angel from heaven above named Roger Moore. What a delight those movies were! Yes, most of them were dumb as hell, but they were so much fun! Any forced gravitas went right out the window, and I was able to just enjoy watching this goofy old guy skiing around and blowing dudes up with shark bullets. I’ll go to my grave thinking A View to a Kill is one of the best James Bond movies ever made, and I’m so glad I got the chance to see it. Roger Moore’s Bond was fun and charming and lovable even when he was dropping wheelchair-bound villains into smokestacks, and his run was a definite highlight in the franchise for me. We took a hard turn when the franchise overcorrected for all that silly fun with the dark, humorless, unnecessarily grim Bond of the Timothy Dalton era, but we didn’t have to deal with that for long before we got to one of the best films of them all, GoldenEye. I guess when you start off on such a high note there’s kind of no where else to go but down, but I was seriously not prepared for the roller coaster ride that was Pierce Brosnan’s term as Bond. His last two movies had all of the silliness of the Moore era, but none of the campy, charming fun that made those movies so lovable to me.

But after that mess we got to our incumbent Bond, Daniel Craig. I’ll go ahead and say that Casino Royale is the best Bond film ever made in my opinion, and I would be down to watch it again on a moment’s notice. I enjoyed Quantum of Solace and loved Skyfall, and while SPECTRE was a bit of a stinker in the end I’m still absolutely going to see the next movie with Eli when it comes out. And that brings me to my thoughts on the franchise as a whole! My feelings about the entire franchise are complicated. It came from a very dark place in a lot of ways with Connery at its heart, but I think watching the movies in succession like this has helped me appreciate the way it’s evolved and tried to keep up with the times. I think in a lot of ways it hasn’t succeeded in doing that, but the Daniel Craig movies make me think they’re getting there and they give me hope for the future of the franchise (especially with Cary Joji Fukunaga directing Bond 25).

To be honest, I wouldn’t watch a lot of these movies again. If I had my way a Bond marathon would consist of On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, Roger Moore’s entire run, GoldenEye, Daniel Craig’s run and we’d leave it at that. But even then, cutting out a lot of the movies still leaves you with a some really fun stories, lots of cool explosions and plenty of neat gadgets. This franchise isn’t perfect by any means and there’s still a lot of room for growth, but I’m genuinely glad to have watched these movies and I’ll definitely be taking all of this newfound Bond knowledge with me when Eli and I go to see Bond 25 in 2020. I’m very glad that Eli gave me this task, and I’m even more glad that I had this platform to get my thoughts onto. This has been an amazing experience, and I’m so grateful to have taken part in it.

So, with a wistful tear in my eye, let me say one last time: Thank you for being One of Us!

 Also, seriously, fuck Zardoz.

[blackrupee]

Wow your life sounds complicated right now I'm sorry for that. So you aren't gonna have any managers what the fuck? And OH MY GOD I hate when people come in to eat so close to close!!!! ( I work @ zaxbys) if someone is acting passive aggressive I would act even more passive aggressive- make that bitch regret it- regarding the 2 guys: 2 guys is better than no guys:))) wish the first one didn't pressure you though. How did the 2nd one hurt you? - and I care so don't worry about boring me

hi hello would you like to read a novel on my life thanks i talk too much (tldrs at end)

nah like.. we had been managing with a general manager and 3 assistant managers even though we really need 4 so as not to overwork anyone. we recently hired a new one from a corporate arbys (we’re franchised) and two just quit. like i mentioned, theyre not coming back even though the original plan was that their new jobs would be only temporary (6 weeks). sooooo now we have a general manager who only works weekday day shifts, one assistant manager who is relatively new (she had been working at this place for a while but was promoted to manager 6ish months ago) and another who is brand new but still has some experience. they said theyre looking to promote from within initially, but they might have to hire outside people if no suitable potential manager is picked. id love to get manager pay and its not like managers do anything hard so id be WILLING to be a manager..like the whole reason why i got trained on backline was because we have such a big turnover rate with backline people since it fucking SUCKS and i was wanting to be helpful and flexible. so like. thats what i offerred. but one assistant manager was like “lmao all youd do is swear at the customers” and im like bitch when have i ever?? i talk shit about them all the time but ive only sworn IN FRONT OF a customer twice and neither time was it directed at them. but i mean im sitting on a small handful of customer complaints so its not like the gm would even consider me probably. idk dude. i can be nice if you pay me to be nice. but i get paid to do food and do it fast……….so

but yeah literallyyyyyyyyy i have no idea how people can be so??? inconsiderate???? and they dont??? care??? im learning that my contant frustration with people in my personal interactions is due to a disconnect between what i value in  expectations and what actually happens. like. when i go somewhere i already KNOW what i want, so i say it quickly and competently. i preface a lot of my interactions with people im requesting food or services from with “i’m sorry but…”. i phrase things as “could i get” as opposed to “get me” or “i want” which sound HELLA rude tbh. id always have my money ready at the window or the register, im always trying to pay attention and not miss anything or just….be rude in any way bc i know fast food fucking sucks. i know some of the people i interact with probably hate their job as much as i do and i want to be the smallest burden i can be. and it seems like nearly no one else has these same values???? and i dont understand how people can just??? be? so? inconsiderate?

also yes bitch im the queen of passive aggression. literally the night before i was working a short shift and my friend was closing frontline and this bitch was closing drivethrough. i just got the okay to clock out and i was like “bye! have a beautiful night! just know that i love you so much and ive everything ive ever said has always been fake until this point! never meant anything ive ever said until now especially if your name starts with k or ends with ristin (drivethrough girl/the one whos being so difficult is named kristin) but just know that i love you!” and basically being really dramatic and extra as satire.

i guess for context the whole reason she decided to be mad at me was the other night when she was drunk and was like “do you even likeeeeeee meeee i feel like you hateeeee meeee wahh wahh wahhhh” even though im like…..yes bitch i enjoy your company? i joke/use hyperbole/satire/irony/whatever a lot but like occasionally id be like “ey yo you know its all jokes right u know i love u right” just to ensure that she knows but she fucking. ignores it all. i feel like she so desperately WANTS me to hate her and tbh i got fucking sick and tired of hearing her complain all the time about this shit! i fucking hate repeating myself! so sure. if you want me to hate you so fucking much there. i hate you. i fucking hate you so fucking much. like is that what you want to hear? is that validating? are you fucking happy?

its so fucking frustrating

but i will not be held accountable for her decision to be upset. because thats what it is. she wants to be upset, and she wants me to be responsible for it when its literally not my responsibility. i am absolutely not going to stand for this shit like i kind of want to say its emotional abuse lmaooo but im just so fucking sick of it. 

everyone knows that i take chicken tenders and turnovers that would be thrown out at the end of the night and she was closing frontline yesterday and made a point to throw out the turnovers right next to me without asking if i wanted any/leaving any for me. i mean i completely expected her to be that petty of a bitch so it was kind of funny tbhonestly. also im p sure she unfollowed me here lmaoo

with regards to the guys and this paragraph could get a bit tmi/nsfw: yeah the first one kind of sucked but i feel like a little bit of the New Person Nerves have worn down so id do better if we were to hookup again. because like i totally would love to have fucked him but…..anxiety. he was hot tho. like 10/10 body and ass holy shit. plus he complimented me on my ass eating so (assuming that was genuine and not a vapid ego boost haha paranoia am i right) hopefully he comes back for seconds. 

second guy ive had a longish history with. started talking to him at the beginning of last fall semester and we hooked up kinda regularly for about a month. things fell apart, we both understood that we wouldn’t be good dating wise but still enjoyed meaningless cuddles. whatever. it got to a point where he would only hit me up like once every month and a half or so and towards like january-ish he hits me up again. so im like nice cool lets chill. im getting ready for this but my phone is in the other room. while im doing this he drove by my place to pick me up (since he was on his way back from nashville), didnt get a response to an “im here” text (bc i was busy and tbh not expecting him to do that), and left. he lives within like walking distance tho so im like “?? sorry i was busy are you still out or should i walk over?“ and he texts me like “sorry hold up a thing just happened” and im like…….okay. so im just.. waiting around for him. periodically texting like “hey are we good for tonight and whats going on?” because like there was some drama with his friend? hes like.. apologizing and shit but this goes on for an hour. BUT. the ENTIRE time he’s dealing with this friend problem or whatever he’s literally on grindr. and at the end of this hour im like in full blown paranoia panic mode and i literally text him something mentioning this and he BLOCKS ME ON GRINDR so im like ??????!!!!??? and i text him (all while saying “not to be crazy or paranoid bc im probably coming off that way but like could i get an answer or something??”) AND HE LITERALLY SAYS HE DELETED HIS GRINDR. but thats a LIE because i have a secondary account to see like……if guys are still on grindr/if a thing with a guy might turn into something more like if i see he’s not on grindr as much?? thats prob incredibly stalkerish and probably really creepy but hey. thats me. so i KNOW he lied to me but i cant really say “hey ur a liar” without disclosing this weird creepy stalker part of me (funnily enough this isnt the first time a guy has lied to me and i caught it with my secondary account! so it proves to have some function use in the end. not totally crazy). so. yeah. that was the incident. after this i dont trust him at all, and i still dont, but i had it in my mind to like somehow get him to fall in love with me just so i could break his heart for doing this? never really worked out. so now im at the point where im like….eh he’s a piece of shit and i hate him but ill cuddle with him bc it feels good

back to nsfw/tmi: the sex was okay. he’s weird about people being near his like….dick and stuff because he was raped and i totally get it bc i was too but he was comfortable enough for me to finger him and my finger still hurts from where he clenched when he came lmaoooooo. was totally hot tho. and i got to east his ass so im like eyyyyyyyy. its been so long since ive eaten ass so having it two consecutive nights in a row has been cathartic.

tldr; we have 2 assisant managers and a gm rn. looking for more

tldr; bitch. same.

tldr; bitch. same.

tldr; he’s a liar