Busy January!

Hello all-

I totally suck for not keeping this blog up to date - it really is my
intention to post more often.

January has been busier than I had expected. I think that's because
it hasn't really been busy in the way that I am used to. Instead of
lots of shoots, I've been busy with people visiting, catching up on
office work that I've been meaning to get caught up on for ages now,
and actually doing some housework.

Anywho, my brother came and visited a few weeks ago, and since he's
moving to Manhattan this summer, he figured that we should all take a
tour together. While now I feel like I've only been spending time
with my brother on tour buses lately, it was a great idea. He was
smart and got us on a five hour tour, complete with a quick trip on
the Staten Island Ferry, so we could see the whole city from a
distance, including Ellis Island. I took a quick series of photos
with the intention of laboring through the tedious process of making
a panorama of it, only to learn that my new version of Photoshop
(CS3) does it for me now. I can't complain really, it did a much
better job that I could, and MUCH faster.

I have to say, that the weather here is much milder than in Chicago.
Which I especially appreciated when I was back in Chicago last
weekend for a job and it was -4 degrees, and like 34 degrees at
home. Lindsey made sure to point this out to me. It was so nice the
other day that I took a walk on the beach. I'm looking forward to it
actually getting warm, because I've been learning that there's a lot
to do on the island when the weather is nice, and not much when it
isn't.

Other than that, our new couch finally came, so we spent this weekend
repainting the living room. We decided that we should touch up the
spackle and scuffs before the couch came, and when we did, we found
out that the paint that we found in the basement that we thought
match, really didn't. Oops... so we've spent the weekend repainting,
and our new couch is currently in the kitchen until the paint dries.
Fun!

Well, that's about it for now. I've actually got some New York jobs
coming up for Stony Brook University, so I'm very excited to have
work that doesn't involve flying somewhere.

Take care, bye4now.

-Sam