Took me less than 12 parsecs to buy this one.

Well, Mr. Lucas has once again been able to drain more money from my pockets. Yesterday I (as I'm sure many others as well) purchased the much coveted DVD box set of the original Star Wars trilogy. Now there are at least two sets of this trilogy in my apartment. Two "VHS" sets. To me, I might as well be watching cave drawings interpretting this cinematic epic. So when I got wind of this DVD collection last year I quickly moved it to the top of any movie purchase I had planned. Am I Impressed? Well unfortunately I haven't had much time to watch the set...but what I did watch on the special features disk is very impressive. A good portion of the archived footage included on the disk is amazing. It gives a glimpse into the history of the creation of this movie like I've never seen before. If you're really die-hard you can scan through the multiple movie/tv commercials. Let's just say trailers sucked in the 70s. As well, having just completed my first DVD interface, I am blown away with how they were able to construct such a beautiful navigational flow. So was it worth forking more money over to George Lucas? Very much so. If you're a fan of this series, check it out.

The weekend is too short

What a weekend. Two nights of drink, music and good friends. Referring to my last post, this weekend was a going away / reunion party. It almost had an air of a "last party of summer" night. Saturday was the best of the 2 nights though. There must have been about 20+ people there. Old friends and new sending my good friend Dave off to TO. As far as my reflection on my current status goes....nothing conclusive from this weekend. I'm sure I'll look things over in the months to come as I get closer to the end of my contract and get a better idea of what 2005 will hold. All-in-all though....a memorable weekend.

Time flies

I was just informed that next weekend will be a be a time for asking myself "where did everyone go?" I first came to Charlottetown in 1995 to attend the Graphic design course offered by Holland College. Since graduating in 1997, I've moved away and have come back twice. So more or less I've been based here for close to 8 years. But as I look around now and within a week or so I must ask myself.....what's keeping me here? A large section of friends that I've developed in that wonderful 2 year course have moved off. This coming week sees one of my best friends making the leap to the big city. To celebrate that big move, 4 other classmates (3 who I've not seen in some time) are visiting from Halifax as sort of a reunion/send-off party. But come Monday, the reasons for still being on this Island seem a bit emptier. There certainly are other reasons I stay here, and there may very well be a big reason coming up that will keep me here. I'll be reflecting on my future and deciding what my next move is in the months to come. Stay tuned.

Let's try this again

Well, It's been ages since my last post. A couple of reasons (or excuses for that). One of those is that I wasn't as interested in the blogging thing at the time....but a bigger reason was the time that I made the decision not to post. Times were tough and Summer was on the door step. Since that point though, life has turned a complete 180. I'm currently employed and have lost 40 lbs. So now that Summer is pretty much over (let's face it, Labour Day signals that end), I've decided to fire this blog up again. Charlottetown is a great city for this sort of thing. The blogging community provides information that one may normally miss. So here I pledge to try to post regularly. Stay tuned.