Harry Potter Premier

So, last night was the Harry Potter Premier. It was a big deal, at least for me, because this was my first actual movie premier.. You know, 12:01 showing, waiting in line, etc. And it was Harry Potter.

We were probably not the best prepared for the long wait (8:30-midnight) because we only brought a book and a pillow. Luckily, we sat inside the theater on carpet for a few hours. We both got sore sitting there as we read our book and watched all people walking up and down the hallway. True to form, there were quite a few people dressed up as Harry, Ron, Ginny, Cho, Snape, Dumbledore, Trelawney, Mcgongall, and Hermoine.

As far as the movie went, I don't want to spoil it for others, but it went much like the other films. There is just too much storyline from the book to include in a 2.5 hr movie. I liked the movie, but I like the books better. There is so much more left to the imagination in the books. I won't say what they included and what they left out, but the movies and books are two unique things.

Anyways, I better get back to work. Stay tuned for more.

My New Job

Yesterday was my first day at my new job. I now work in American Fork for a company called Gravity People, Inc. It is a recruiting service for senior and executive level positions mainly in the IT industry but have started to branch out into other sectors more recently. It was a lot to handle the first day: paperwork, orientation, training, shadowing other employees, etc. I did get to do some first-level screening by the end of the day, but I have lots more to learn.

The job environment is pretty good. Gravity isn't a huge company. They started in 1998 and have their main offices in San Francisco. The office in AF has less than 20 people, 12 of us who are researchers. We each have our own workstation and computer. Everything is computer based. I work M-F from 9 a.m. -6 p.m. (for now) and get an hour lunch break. My co-workers are pretty nice and easy to get along with. That's good. It's pretty casual too. We don't have to dress up much either unless exectutives from SF come in. Joel, the COO, came yesterday, but was casual too; he wore a polo shirt and jeans.

I get to ride the bus both ways. It isn't that bad. It takes about 45 mintutes each direction for a minimal fare. The same bus also stops at the State Developmental School in AF so we get some interesting personalities on the bus in the morning. All and all, I can't expect much more out of it.

I'm excited to learn more and become more comfortable with my job descritpion. But in the meantime, I'm making new friends and started down my new career path.