It's been a pretty dull past couple of weeks. I've spent the past two weekends in Chicago with nothing particular to do, but that's been fine by me.
My first weekend here didn't start off so well, because I spent most of the Friday afternoon in line at the local Social Security office trying to apply for a card so I could do my taxes. It was ridiculous how long it took me and how slow they are. In the end, they can't even mail it to my home address, so they are going to send it to my hotel. What if I wasn't working in the USA anymore? How would I do taxes? Grr ... Anyways, the day wasn't all bad because me and Mike and Nick (both from work) went to Frank's Place (the hotel lounge) and had some beers and food after work. Nick ended up picking up the tab - thanks Nick! That weekend I watched Stuck On You, which wasn't "laugh out loud" funny but was still a very sweet film with very endearing characters, a Farrelly Brothers trademark.
Work has been going okay as of late. Although it's sometimes frustrating, I'm very happy we've got a good crew on the ground here, so nothing is unmanageable. I can't believe I only have two months left in Chicago! We had a couple after-work gatherings this past week, including an awesome trip to a local bar called Gator's, where they have bar none the best pub food I have ever eaten! The wings were huge and delicious, not to mention the other cool food they had, like "spudsters" - deep-fried mashed potatoes smothered in hot sauce!
This weekend was filled with football and movies. The football games were disappointing blowouts but the movies were pretty good. Mike from work lent me a couple DVDs so I watched them. I finally saw Pulp Fiction all the way though, and I am happy to report I enjoyed it. It wasn't "amazing" or anything, and in fact the first hour or so is pretty boring, but in the end it redeems itself. I do think that if Samuel L. Jackson hadn't bee in the movie it probably wouldn't have been good at all. Either way, this was the first Tarantino film I've liked. For the record, I don't like him as a person and I think he's one of the most over-rated people EVER. Reservoir Dogs was one of the worst movies I've ever seen! I even turned off Kill Bill Vol. 1 after 10 minutes, but I suspect that had more to do with the fact that I was completely wasted and still mad at him for Reservoir Dogs, although I doubt it. The other show I watched was From Dusk Till Dawn, which he wrote the screenplay for. It was kind of like two movies in one, because it really veers off once they get to the bar, but it was still okay. I wouldn't mind knowing how the first movie would have ended had they not turned it in a whole other direction.
This weekend I went into work for a half-day because I'm taking this Friday off to head to Mexico. I'll be getting my tux fitted for the wedding and spending some quality time with the fiancée. I'm also going to be picking up the wedding invitations so I can head back to Regina the weekend after to mail them!