For starters my reading plan is in shambles. I have not finished a single book. I am enjoying the book I have been on all year but I am having difficulty buckling down and finishing it. I suppose I was not expecting the impact balancing a job and school would have on my secondary interests. With any luck this month should prove the end of my six month battle with my current book.
Also I have been working at Staples since February. It is not difficult, challenging, stimulating, interesting, or high paying but it is a start on my tech career. I am probably just being too harsh in my midnight mood. In reality the money is good enough to cover my limited expenses and I do enjoy the people I work with.
That seems to be all the updating needed. At least, in my debilitated state that is all the changes I can recall. Now onto other, less boring, topics.
This memorial day Travis and I went to Arlington to see President Bush. I only took three pictures. I felt that taking pictures of the graves would be somehow wrong. It seemed like I was going to turn it into a tourist attraction, which left a bad taste in my mouth. Unfortunately, others did not have the same sentiment. Seeing the President was exciting. He had a good speech and to my most pleasant surprise the crowd was strongly in favor of him. Below are the three pictures I took. One of the snipers ascending too their perch, one of the President arriving, and one during his speech. They are all from my Cellphone so forgive the quality.
The only other thing I wanted to discuss was Voyager. I finally finished watching all seven series of the Star Trek show. I know many people will say it is one of the weaker series, but it was what made me fall in love with ST. I came a little too late for TNG, and DS9 never interested me. I never particularly cared for Janeway, but the rest of the cast are great. I don't know if I am unusual in this sense, but whenever I finish something like this I feel a real sense of personal loss. It sounds silly saying it, or rather typing it, but it takes me a day or two to recover from finishing the Lord of the Rings, and now I am feeling much the same way about the end of Voyager. I guess I just don't like the end of anything. So finite, so complete, it bothers me. And yet, interestingly enough, this is where I end my post.
