I survived my first week!!! The days were spent in training, learning the ropes. I got a lot of information dumped on me but I think I am processing all of it okay. Monday is my first cold calling day and then we do more training to reduce the bumps that I ran into on Monday. I think everything is going to be fine. I feel good about it.

Has anyone watched the TV show, The Mentalist? Simon Baker reminds me so much of a young Geraint Wyn Davies! If I was a big time producer I would cast Simon as Nicholas (Knight) de Brabant in a REMAKE of Forever Knight. Ever since I had this idea I’ve been trying to decide who else to cast. Unfortunately I am not coming up with anything realistic since last night I watched an old movie and had the thought, “Vincent Price would be perfect as LaCroix… too bad he’s dead.”

Speaking of that old movie, holy cow it was creepy! It’s called The Long Night. Henry Fonda kills Vincent Price and barricades himself in his little apartment and the flashbacks he has comprise the rest of the movie. Fonda loves Barbara Bel Geddes but she’s under the spell of a MAGICIAN portrayed by (who else?) Vincent Price. Vincent’s hair is died gray but it’s clear he’s really a young man. Yeah, that was Hollywood magic back then folks. He keeps trying to seduce Barbara but then out of nowhere tells Fonda that he’s actually her father. It turns out it’s a lie and Fonda eventually just kills him because Vincent is a huge douche bag. Yes, I loved it but it was really just very silly. I mean, is it no wonder Barbara was drawn to Vincent? Her boyfriend, Fonda, was clearly a loose cannon.

I feel lucky that when I think of a magician, I am aware they were once tuxedoed men wearing capes and pulling rabbits out of top hats and not just long-haired dancers with wind machines.

Speaking of douche bags, this is only the second time in my entire life I have used that term for a person. The first time occurred just a few weeks ago when I was watching Celebrity Apprentice. Donald Trump’s son appeared on the screen and in a total reflexive action I said, “That guy looks like a total douche bag!” I felt horrible saying it but I do feel it is the perfect adjective to describe him. There are a few reasons why I have never used that word prior to seeing Donny Trump. I had a girlfriend named Usha and all the boys in 4th grade used to call her Usha the Douche Bag. I could tell it hurt her and so I pretty much vowed never to call anyone that name. Plus Usha got a restraining order on those boys and I realized that douche bag was a much stronger term than jerk or idiot especially if you could get a restraining order because of it. Perhaps Donny Trump isn’t a douche bag but he really looks like one.