Time flies when you're having fun

Well it's been nearly a month since my last blog post and I apologize to those who have stuck around, but don't have anything to read. The new job has been keeping me very busy, I only surf during lunch and don't have much time to write anything after I get home due to a class I'm taking.

Basically, everything has been going great. The people I work with now are all nice and very helpful. I've learned a lot from them about the area of immigration law and I know there's a lot more to learn. The class I'm taking is very time consuming, but it has been helpful and I'm definitely learning something from it. Not much other than that for the past month.

I got an iPod (4 Gig mini) and it's been working very good so far. I finally decided to purchase it after the firm gave me a gift certificate to Target for staff appreciation day. What happened was that I started the job and that Thursday they had staff appreciation day. They started recognizing those who had anniversary dates and then said that they had gift certificates for everyone in appreciation. I did expect to get one since I had only been at the firm for for 3 days. Amazingly they gave me one anyway. It wasn't as much as everyone elses', but I totally appreciated the gesture. They really appreciate their staff here. Anyhow, it was enough for me to finally justify an iPod purchase.

Tracy's wedding is coming in two weeks and I'm looking forward to the trip. I'm flying in to Syracuse Wed night with Nate and Leanne and on Thursday we'll drive up to where the wedding is being held. We're heading out early so we can participate in the wine tour. Should be a great weekend.

Other than that, I was able to watch the final installment in the Star Wars saga (I contributed to it's record $160 million 4-day record) and was not disappointed. It's a dark movie, but what do you expect when Anakin is supposed to turn into Vader? I had a few questions about general story inconsistencies, but no biggie it's still a good movie. The dialogue could have used some serious work; it was a little disjointed and Christensen spoke the lines like he was a log. But overall the plot, action and story were all well put together. The reviews have so far been good. There are a few bad/mediocre reviews, but I still recommend it. Sal Paolantonio of ESPN has a good article about how he felt about the tone of the movie and a good idea on how to put the third movie into perspective. There are some minor spoilers in the article, no big revelations, but it does bring up a few scense. I didn't do what he recommended, but it sounds like a good idea, so check it out.

Well at the very least I'm going to try to make weekly updates, so stay tuned and thanks to those who have stuck around.