Yes it has been a while. Yes a lot has happened. No, I'm not going to try to say it all ( Read more... )

I have returned. Alert the media. Though I suppose I should have alerted the media that I was leaving in the first place. I got more phone calls this weekend while I thousands of miles away than I've gotten in a good long while. Rhett called to hang out and I'm heartbroken that the one free weekend he's been able to muster fell on the same ( Read more... )

I think I really do like my coworkers. Me and my fellow testers are getting along swimmingly thus far. Rafe is a little spastic, but he and I get along quite nicely. Sometimes he can be a bit critical, but he catches himself doing it and recants more often than not. Ryan is a cool guy. Got a funky goatee and a droopy look about him. Fun to ( Read more... )

The job is going good. My boss wasn't thrilled none-too-much by my having to pick up and go to Alaska. It's especially a bad time because we're about to start implementing a new software testing strategy that will carry over for the next few years, and he wasn't happy that I'll be out a few days at such an integral juncture. So far, I really ( Read more... )

Working out is healthy for me in the long run, but I'm not accustomed to being this tired all the time. Last week, I averaged about 30 hours at work, seeing as how I did a full day on Monday and have only taken lunch twice. And now that I'm lifting again, my muscles shake and tingle when I stretch. It feels very good. But like I said, I'm not ( Read more... )

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Tonight was an interesting PhilSoc. It dealt with the conflict between Phenomenalism and Realism, two feuding theories in epistemology. But that is just indicative of the larger problem of analytic philosphy sectioning itself off from the world of qualitative reasoning, the world of metaphor, and the world of passion. Most analytic philosophers ( Read more... )

Jesus. This is going to be one big-ass entry. It'll take me at least an hour to type it all in, no doubt. And as much as I might like to express myself through interpretive dance, I must remember that I'm white, and as such, dancing isn't a good idea. So I'm just going to grit my teeth and get this thing done. I just put on "Labyrinth", a ( Read more... )

Anxiety. Lots and lots of anxiety. Shit ( Read more... )