Happy Holidays

Current Mood: content
Current Music: Pioneers - Bloc Party

W00t to holidays and once again finding myself in Western New York. I am here for a much longer period of time (2 weeks) which will ensure that I will see everyone I want to see, and make my parents glad that I no longer live with them. AND... joy of joys, I am travelling straight to Tampa from here, so I cannot wait to bask in the warm sun. A nice little break before classes start again.

If I said I didnt miss anyone from DC, I would be lying to you. I'm not going to lie to you, I miss DC and my friends there. It's nice to get away from all of it, to step back and try and figure out what exactly you are doing what you hope to accomplish from whatever I left there. Hopefully I will come back resfeshed and ready to start running around like a chicken with my head cut off again. Hopefully also certain things will have been worked out...but I am not going to hold my breath.

Strangely I miss the gym, and I miss swimming, which is really weird. I have been jogging here, but that only works my legs. Still it's better than nothing.

Man I cannot wait to go back to DC... for many reasons.

Knife City

Knife City Made by the Metropolitan Police in London... guess knives are a big problem over there

In computer science, a growing gender gap - The Boston Globe

In computer science, a growing gender gap - The Boston Globe

It is true, there is the stereotype out there that women cannot parallel men in the CS field, which I believe is totally false. Although I am no CS major and never claim to be, I think I can hold my own and make knowledgable comments and back up my opinions on certain facets of the computer realm. I'm sure back in the day a woman laywer or firefighter was unheard of... now look at society.

Beaners....

Current Mood: sad
Current Music: Precious - Depeche Mode

Heidi, the dog we had since I was in third grade was put to sleep today. It was for the best, she was very old. Still, I wish I could have been there to say goodbye, of course I say that because there really was no way for me to get there, or maybe I don't mean that....

Oh beaners I will miss you so much. It will be weird to go home and have no friend to greet me when I open the door. Someone to listen to my problems, and not tell me what I should have done, just listen.

I feel horrible for mom, she must be devasted. At least she recognized that Heidi was not happy anymore finally. Must have been her toughest choice ever.

Love you beaners, you were my first dog, I won't forget you.

Penny Arcade! - One Day In The Future

Penny Arcade! - One Day In The Future

Haha.. welcome to knowing something about computers, and somehow everyone finds out....

9/11 panel faults government on cybersecurity | CNET News.com

9/11 panel faults government on cybersecurity | CNET News.com

So weird because a kid in my class mentioned a roundtable discussion with some of the top minds at DefCon discussing if an attack on US cyberstructures/infrastructures is probable. All said it is (how could they say it's not, some of their jobs are to hack into 'unhackable' systems). Now this crappy report card. If I was the US's mother, I'd be pissed with such grades. It's time we stop worrying about stupid beauracratic mumbo jumbo (even if our Commander in Chief can sometimes set himself up) and work this shizzle out, yo. Let's be proactive instead of reactive.

CNN.com - Study: Coffee reduces liver risk - Dec 5, 2005

CNN.com - Study: Coffee reduces liver risk - Dec 5, 2005

Yet another reason to drink coffee, so now not only does it help you lose more weight, it also reduces liver risk! Double bonus bum!