In Montreal to pick up my American Passport

I got to montreal yesterday, and this morning I went to the Consulate to pick up my passport, and Erika's. It was really fun to finally get it. Looking through the book you could tell that there is a lot more money in the USA then there is in Canada. The passport was really fancy.

At the back of the book there was an indication that I had to file a tax return at least declaring that I had no income in the USA during that year, so I guess there is something to the fact that as a US citizen you have to give some indication of whether you are liable for taxes or not.

Tonight I watched a movie called, defiance, in fact it was a pretty straightforward movie. It showed a group of jews hiding in the forest from the Nazi's, and there sympathizers.

I was of course emotionally moved by watching the movie. I felt that it showed that at least some jews did not just sit back and let the Nazi's kill them, some of them at least faught back.

I thought the director did a good job, showing the characters to be simple people motivated by a desire to surive. Although it was in many ways a typical american movie, in the sense that there was no responsibility attributed to any forces.

Although the fact that even the russian partisans and communisits hated jews seemed to be a very appropriate thing to point out. I like the line where the brother Zus says what are jews good for except dying.
It was pretty clear that everyone was out to get them.

It's quite a hike to come here from Toronto. I guess the 5-6 hrs drive is really something else.

Now that I have the passport I can apply to work as a JAG which should be really fantastic if I can get hired. I will also take the civil service test as soon as I have a chance.