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Today I cleaned out bedroom to the tune of taking out a full bag of what turned out to be trash, and two boxes of stuff. I found 3 books I thought I lost and the disc for a project I didn't even remember agreeing to do. Sorry about your resume, Steve.
I also came up with a cool idea for a story that could potentially become a short film. I think i know of a few filmmakers with a little time on thier hands these days. if I can use my free time to scare the bejesus out of someone special, I'd like that very much. My roomate![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
uterdic came home from that non-gay trip he takes with his special male freind every year. He borught me back a coloring book, a Spongebob Pez, and some multicultural crayons. I asked for the crayons so I can stop using the old school rascist ones that assume everyone has the same color "flesh".
Later tonight I'm going to clean out my desk and organize it. I have to try really hard to leave the TV off in the evenings. I'm so damn susceptable to just sitting aroudn watching reruns and before I know it I've been out of work for a month and haven't written a damn thing.
I applied for jobs as a veterinary receptionist, a secretary and a customer service rep for the movers i use when i move. I also posted my new and improved resume at all the big sites and applied for a few things online. if all else fails, it seems the Chuck E Cheese is hiring for anyone who thinks they can stand typical american families for 8 hours at a time. I don't think I can, but I may have to if it comes to that.
The important things are convered: I'm not wallow in sorrow or weed. I'm not wasting away in front of the TV. i'm no succumbing to depression. Oh, andcivil is sending me more lemon curd, which is AWESOME (not to be confused with adolesent robot AWESOME-O).
Madstone Theaters closed
Briarwood location wasn't living up to expectations, owners say
Wednesday, June 2, 2004
BY BRYCE G. HOFFMAN
News Business Reporter
The curtain has come down for the last time at Madstone Theaters.
From Our Advertiser
The Briarwood cinema, which offered an eclectic mix of art house, foreign and mainstream Hollywood motion pictures, closed Tuesday as part of a corporate restructuring plan, according to Erin Owens, manager of marketing and publicity at Madstone Theaters LLC in New York. She said the company is also closing two other theaters in Atlanta and the Phoenix suburb of Chandler, Ariz.
The announcement came as a surprise to Karl Kasischke, general manager of the local theater.
"I found out today," Kasischke said Tuesday afternoon. "It's closing immediately."
The recorded message at the theater still listed show times through Thursday as of Tuesday afternoon.
The theater employed about 25 people, according to Kasischke. Owens would not comment on what compensation, if any, would be offered to those workers.
"We're disappointed," said Ida Hendrix, general manager of Briarwood Mall, who also expressed surprise at Madstone's decision. "They've been doing pretty good here. Their sales were up."
But they were not up high enough, according to Owens.
"We have certain expectations that we expect each theater to meet," she said. "Ann Arbor was just underperforming."
Kasischke said the whole movie industry is suffering right now.
"There haven't been a lot of good films released," he said.
Russ Collins, executive director of the nonprofit Michigan Theater in downtown Ann Arbor, agreed that the industry is trending downward, but said Madstone may have been grappling with more challenges than most movie houses. He said Madstone had embarked on an ambitious business venture that involved making movies, distributing movies and showing movies at company-owned cinemas.
Owens said the company now is concentrating solely on maintaining its remaining cinemas. The firm operates six other cinemas nationwide.
Hendrix said Madstone's departure will leave a big hole in the mall, but she said the shopping center's owners are already looking for ways to fill it. One option is to divide the cinema complex into smaller spaces, though Hendrix said that is unlikely.
Madstone took over the space, formerly a United Artists cinema, in 2002.
The theater's closing is likely to prompt questions from customers who bought into Madstone's membership program. Owens said Madstone will offer some form of alternative compensation to those who took advantage of that offer, adding that members will be contacted by the end of the week with more details.
Bryce G. Hoffman can be reached at bhoffman@annarbornews.com or at (734) 994-6932.
And despite my rantings to the contrary, I'm going to miss my Hot Hot Boss.
I also came up with a cool idea for a story that could potentially become a short film. I think i know of a few filmmakers with a little time on thier hands these days. if I can use my free time to scare the bejesus out of someone special, I'd like that very much. My roomate
uterdic came home from that non-gay trip he takes with his special male freind every year. He borught me back a coloring book, a Spongebob Pez, and some multicultural crayons. I asked for the crayons so I can stop using the old school rascist ones that assume everyone has the same color "flesh".Later tonight I'm going to clean out my desk and organize it. I have to try really hard to leave the TV off in the evenings. I'm so damn susceptable to just sitting aroudn watching reruns and before I know it I've been out of work for a month and haven't written a damn thing.
I applied for jobs as a veterinary receptionist, a secretary and a customer service rep for the movers i use when i move. I also posted my new and improved resume at all the big sites and applied for a few things online. if all else fails, it seems the Chuck E Cheese is hiring for anyone who thinks they can stand typical american families for 8 hours at a time. I don't think I can, but I may have to if it comes to that.
The important things are convered: I'm not wallow in sorrow or weed. I'm not wasting away in front of the TV. i'm no succumbing to depression. Oh, and
civil is sending me more lemon curd, which is AWESOME (not to be confused with adolesent robot AWESOME-O).Madstone Theaters closed
Briarwood location wasn't living up to expectations, owners say
Wednesday, June 2, 2004
BY BRYCE G. HOFFMAN
News Business Reporter
The curtain has come down for the last time at Madstone Theaters.
From Our Advertiser
The Briarwood cinema, which offered an eclectic mix of art house, foreign and mainstream Hollywood motion pictures, closed Tuesday as part of a corporate restructuring plan, according to Erin Owens, manager of marketing and publicity at Madstone Theaters LLC in New York. She said the company is also closing two other theaters in Atlanta and the Phoenix suburb of Chandler, Ariz.
The announcement came as a surprise to Karl Kasischke, general manager of the local theater.
"I found out today," Kasischke said Tuesday afternoon. "It's closing immediately."
The recorded message at the theater still listed show times through Thursday as of Tuesday afternoon.
The theater employed about 25 people, according to Kasischke. Owens would not comment on what compensation, if any, would be offered to those workers.
"We're disappointed," said Ida Hendrix, general manager of Briarwood Mall, who also expressed surprise at Madstone's decision. "They've been doing pretty good here. Their sales were up."
But they were not up high enough, according to Owens.
"We have certain expectations that we expect each theater to meet," she said. "Ann Arbor was just underperforming."
Kasischke said the whole movie industry is suffering right now.
"There haven't been a lot of good films released," he said.
Russ Collins, executive director of the nonprofit Michigan Theater in downtown Ann Arbor, agreed that the industry is trending downward, but said Madstone may have been grappling with more challenges than most movie houses. He said Madstone had embarked on an ambitious business venture that involved making movies, distributing movies and showing movies at company-owned cinemas.
Owens said the company now is concentrating solely on maintaining its remaining cinemas. The firm operates six other cinemas nationwide.
Hendrix said Madstone's departure will leave a big hole in the mall, but she said the shopping center's owners are already looking for ways to fill it. One option is to divide the cinema complex into smaller spaces, though Hendrix said that is unlikely.
Madstone took over the space, formerly a United Artists cinema, in 2002.
The theater's closing is likely to prompt questions from customers who bought into Madstone's membership program. Owens said Madstone will offer some form of alternative compensation to those who took advantage of that offer, adding that members will be contacted by the end of the week with more details.
Bryce G. Hoffman can be reached at bhoffman@annarbornews.com or at (734) 994-6932.
And despite my rantings to the contrary, I'm going to miss my Hot Hot Boss.
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Even though he lives across the street from me, it's not like we travel in the same circles.
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i <3 multicultural crayons
Re: Crayolas, flesh, et c.
1. Chinky-Dinky Yellow?
2. Scheming Nip Bronze?
3. Slant-Eyed Ochre?
4. Uppity Servant Brown?
5. Houseboy Beige?
6. Master's Daughter Taupe?
7. Black As Satan's Hooves?
8. Eyes And Teeth In A Dark Room Ivory?
Damn. I'm gonna sharpen all my racist crayons one last time, then I'm putting them in a hermetically-sealed vault for posterity's sake. They'll join my phrenologist's tools, my flat square globe, and my timeline of the universe that starts with 'Created By God: 5000 years ago.' Thanks; all I can think to say is:
'OBSOLETE!'
Love you.
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I'm sorry you'll miss my goodbye to madstone party.
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