I'm trying to get out of Tennessee by this summer (not including a short stint I'm doing in Iowa in April) and it's been more time consuming than I expected. I'm pretty comfortable with the conclusion that my skill set is not highly sought-after, but I walk around town with a permanent "somebody farted" look because people here seem literally unaware of existence of the few things I'm good at. That's just not a good way to be, at least not daily.

Ideally, we're DC-bound after this.

I liked "Hero" and "Crouching Tiger" quite a bit, but don't really have any base of knowledge about how they were received here and elsewhere. Though I did see the latter at a theater at the Mall of America, which makes it one of maybe less than a half-dozen subtitled movies I've seen in a big, fat movie theater and not someplace artsy that makes me look smart. But that's not really what you're asking.

How're you doing? How is Boston treating you?