Changes
Hello dear readers. I just thought i'd give you a life update, since
it's been nearly a year since my last post. In no particular order, some
things that have happened since then:
- I've been dating a lovely young woman for the last eight or so
months who actually gives me a reason to go home from work at the
end of the day. Which is a refreshing change!
- I got some new musical instruments and computers and things (my
custom shop '52 reissue tele is pretty much the most pleasant guitar
I've ever played, even if it is ridiculously …
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Debt Free Since 2012
As of today, February 10, 2012, I am now officially debt-free. I decided
to use my tax refund to pay off the rest of my student loans, which have
been sucking down thousands of dollars a month since I graduated. Here
are the results:

Yep. It took a few days longer than expected, because Sallie Mae is
terrible at ACH. And, of course, their obnoxious rounding means that at
some point in the next six months, I'm going to get a cheque from Sallie
Mae for 80¢ (presumably plus 6.8% interest). But it's pretty nice to be
free…
This …
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Merry 2012
I know I'm a bit late to the party, but Merry 2012. As a sort of
celebration, here's my favorite animated GIF of all time (courtesy of
Evan a long time ago):

Maybe I'll actually write some useful content this year.
n+1 years
One year ago tomorrow, I graduated from college. As my younger
friends graduated today (thanks for the quasi-livestream, Skye), I
actually realized this fact: it's been a year. A year as one of the
dead. A year in the real world. It's bloody strange. On some level, it's
unbelievable that I've been out for a whole year. Graduation was just a
couple of weeks ago, wasn't it? I can still remember lectures good and
bad, evenings in the muddhole, nights working in Platt, as though it
were all just yesterday. On another level, though, it almost feels like
I've been …
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A word on dreams
We use the terms "bad dream" and "nightmare" almost synonymously. I
contend that this is a frightfully naïve perspective. When we wake from
a nightmare, we shortly realize that the floor isn't made of spiders,
that all of the clowns are safely at the circus. But a dream in which we
are happy… ah! Such a dream can color the real world world a darker
shade long after the dreamer has awoken. These are truly the bad dreams.
Graduated
So, Sunday was my college graduation. I'm now a college graduate. Wow,
that's weird to write. If you're curious about we details, I hold a
Bacheleor of Science in Computer Science from Harvey Mudd College
with overall academic distinction and with departmental honors in
two departments. Woo.
It's really weird to be done. I keep expecting that this will just be a
break, that things will be back to normal soon. I'd really gotten used
to things at Mudd, I was really happy there. Mudders: I already miss
you. In retrospect, there are a lot of things that I should …
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