It's been a long time. Much has changed ( Read more... )

At the end of the week I will be going on the biggest adventure I've ever undertaken. I'm going to be flying across the United States to visit my friends in ceg_lylat in shiny Las Vegas for the hacker convention DEFCon. This is a convention that for years my friends have been trying to get me to attend, and now finally, after everything I've gone through, ( Read more... )

What a difference that first mapping makes!
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( Observations and windbagging inside )

On May 3rd, I went in for Cochlear Implant surgery and had one installed in my right ear. Everyone I talked to felt it was the right course of action, except for me, right up until the end. However, the alternative, the healing ministry that I was considering going to...Well, I was lead to a place of enlightenment about that by reading the ( Read more... )

This has been one hell of a year already, and it is only the end of March.

In mid January my hearing changed. Following a pattern that has been ongoing since (at least) the last two years of college, it got worse over the winter, but the difference this time is that it got worse than it's ever been before. I went to the audiologist to make sure my ( Read more... )

I suppose I should update with what's been going on in my personal life more often. My whims on the Internet tend to shift with certain changes...like my reading a front page article in the life section of a major American newspaper saying that Facebook was tracking it's users in a manner which I found to be a serious invasion of privacy...so I'll ( Read more... )

I've been doing well lately. Still plugging away at work. I paid off my hearing aid bill, so got that knocked out of the way. Dwindling down my personal expenses to a possible pair of concerts while I work on knocking out the rest of my bills so I can focus on buying a home.

The first concert is this weekend. Journey, Forienger, and Night Ranger ( Read more... )

What I really need to do is stop worrying about my future and have more confidence in myself and my ability to command my own destiny (or at least give things little shoves in the direction I want them to go).  There are indeed things I could to that would make my life goals much more attainable (yes, all of them).

It's probably a truth that only ( Read more... )

It's been a long time, livejournal. Much has changed ( Read more... )