Lethality Engineer

I like the sound of that. This morning I got teleconferenced while I was in the shower by three engineers in Colorado Springs. Turns out they're looking for somebody to blow stuff up, or something. I took notes, but I'm too lazy to read them now. It's a missile defense group, a small group in a huge company. They tell me I'm on their short list for the position, even though I hardly remember applying for it.

As soon as that was finished, I went in for my second interview of the day, with the recruiter for the administrative/clerical staffing section of the place I went the other day. Not great money, but better than what I'm doing now. If I didn't need a job so bad, I'd have asked the interviewer out. We got along great, and she was definitely into me. We talked about the economy, education, demand for jobs, social security, what to do when all the baby boomers are in a persistent vegetative state (hint: it rhymes with "mull the slug"), and other clever nonsense.

It looks like I've got some new readers in Boston, to whose email I'll reply tomorrow, and who need to weigh in on the quantum singularity vs. Holy Trinity question. They're both astrophysists, and one of 'em's a Catholic to boot. Oh, and congrats on being engaged, getting degrees, and enduring the locals.

My costume for the 8:30 showing. I was trying to out-geek Leia, and according to her I succeeded.

And for those of you still in the dark, I went and spelled it out on the back.

These two were watching Episode II on their iBook while waiting for Episode III to start. Don't get no better'n that.

Remember, this is a 12:02 AM showing. I don't know how that kid's dad convinced his mom to let him out that late on a school night. What's funnier is the fact that the dad split his two kids up so that he could get a better seat than the ones in the front section of the theater.

Our resident Jedi master, who defended us against Green Light Saber Guy. (OK, so I talked him into instigating a battle, but the crowd loved him.) The plan here was to take the picture with no flash, using the Light Saber as source lighting. Looks like it worked.

Last Minute Plea

This picture makes me happy and sad at the same time. Kinda like the movie.

Queen Amidala and her escort. My only complaint is she didn't have the two-tone lipstick.

Priceless.

Showtime

This is one of those pictures I took to make me feel better about buying a digital camera. I figured I'd break even vs. 35 mm after 3000 or so pictures.

I went to the 12:02 theater, and the line next to mine was for the poor suckers who had to wait until 12:03. We ripped on them as the ushers let us in: "Why not just wait for the DVD?" Of course, it goes without saying that the 12:01 crowd was equally obnoxious to us.

The one on the right is a local celebrity, or would be, if anyone watched UPN. The other girl is a publicist or other hanger-on. This was just as they were finishing up doing a video feed outside the theater.