I am a little nervous about starting my new job tomorrow. Not very nervous, I did my homework, I researched my decision, I want to work there. I’m not scared that I won’t do well or that I won’t fit in. I am confident about those things. Its those other little unknowns. Where is the best place to park? Where is the bathroom? Will I get the hairy eyeball if I accidentally drop the f*bomb? These are things that will all be cleared up in the next day or two. Its just this is the first time in four years I’ll be going to work unsure about all these little things. So the stress might also be making me a little cranky, that and this cold I seem to have. I’m probably not much fun to be around right now.

I am going hiking this weekend. Just a short trip this time. 2 miles or so up the mountain and then spend the night and back down the mountain in the morning. A little cold weather camping. And I still don’t have any snow shoes. Of course this time it look like I won’t need them.

I watched a good movie last night, at least it seemed good through the cough medicine haze. It was called Girl with Pearl Earring. It was one of those subtle art-house kind of films. If you don’t like that kind you won’t like this one. But I am a dork for those artsy kind of films so I enjoyed. Scarlett Johansson is incredible. After seeing her in this film and Lost in Translation, I think she is one my favorite actresses. The basic idea of the movie is the (fictional, I think) story behind Johannes Vermeer’s painting Girl with Pearl Earring. The story itself is quite simple, but it is the subtle interactions between the characters that tell the real story. And the cinematography is sensational, light and color is emphasized again and again with obvious respect to the painter’s eye. Like I said, if you’re into that kind of thing, give it look.