Monsieur N.

Last night I watched a French film called Monsieur N. It was an interesting flick, chronicling Napoleon's stay on St. Helena. It had an interesting premise as well, suggesting that perhaps the body exhumed on St. Helena was not, in reality, Napoleon's, but his half-brother's. The movie suggests that he won his final victory, ending his days peacefully somewhere other than St. Helena. An interesting movie, worth watching.

Apple Store

Last weekend, a manager from the Apple Store finally called me back, after not hearing from them for a month - I had basically given up hope. It appears that they now need some seasonal help. It would be the coolest job ever, but considering I've got only a month of summer left, I already have a good, flexible job, and it's a 45 minute commute, they would have to offer me some very good money to really consider it this late in the game. Of course, I would also do it for the experience of working in an Apple store, but I have a lot of preparations to make for law school, so a second job probably isn't the best idea right now. That, and my family is running low on cars. Oh well. At least now I can say the Apple Store offered me a job!

About the running low on cars thing...mom tried to drive the old van (you guys know the one, my pimpin' Voyager with the stick-shift and no seats in back) down to Delaware, and the clutch went kaputt. It's probably totalled, but no skin off my teeth...now I'll be takin' the Lexus to law school!

Batman...and Various Links

So, last weekend I saw the new Batman film. As a long-time Batman fan, it's definitely the best one ever made. Finally, they've returned to a dark Batman, rather than the schlock of the past two or three movies. That, and this one had the best villains of Batman lore.

Weekly Onion fun:

Marriage

Midwest

Bush

London

Quotes from World Leaders Concerning the Terrorist Bombings

Back to Work

I realize it's been quite a while since my last post. I've been quite busy with work - 5 double shifts in a row - and then I've had a fantastic 4th of July weekend. It was the first fourth I've spent in the U.S. in 3 years. I did a bit of travelling, and had an amazing week off from work.

Returning to work was fine, although my mad waiter-skills were a bit on the rusty side. I've made quite a few friends at work, so I really enjoy being back. Life in general is good. Many challenges approach, but I look forward to them.

I've finally joined the rest of the world and bought a digital camera! I got a great deal on a 5 megapixel Olympus that came with a free memory card and printer. Go to my Flickr account to check out a few of my photos.

That's most of the news for now. Till next time.