update

First, a few small discoveries that make life a little easier:

1 - Alex and I finally discovered how to lock the bathroom doors - which was a little difficult without any obvious push buttons or twist knobs

2 - I found the option to turn on time/date notification on my voice mail! For the past 8 months I've been very frustrated not knowing when people leave me messages, or how old the message I'm listening to is... well, now everything will be clear!

I'm rereading Harry Potter book 5 in preparation for book 6 (which I haven't started yet).

Without an actual TV, we've been watching a lot of DVDs, including all of the existing HP movies. The first is my favorite. Although the third book was my favorite, the third movie is unfortunately my least favorite at this point. I wouldn't go as far as to equate it to the blasphemy that was Star Trek Nemesis (which doesn't exist in my mind), but it was pretty upsetting. You don't walk in to the middle of a franchise and start messing shit up! Anywho...

A new GOF trailer came out recently, and that looks amazing. I've learned my lesson though - don't reread the book before the movie. That only leads to great disappointment.

Work is good. Hopefully I'll have some pics soon. The office is across the river from downtown Pitt, so it's a really nice view, with a little trail people use for biking/running.

I got to observe a real surgery today! It was an abdominal panniculectomy (aka "tummy tuck"). It was really cool. There's an amazingly thick layer of skin/fat in the abdominal region.

Ok, back to book 5!