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I read the whole archive of Elf Only Inn the other day, mostly at the impersonal behest of Tycho, who's on comic has left me somewhat empty these days. This archive reading of course reminded me that I haven't read the Thin H Line/Sexy Losers in a while, so maybe I'll eventually get to doing that.

Unlike Lorde Omlette, having a blog doesn't help me remember my past any better, and as such I have no idea what I've been doing the past week. I picked up my graduation tickets and worked lots; I'll start full time on monday, which is good. Nico (my boss) told me that he could find me an RA-ship, which makes things all the more interesting. Oh my, what to do? Well, I know what not to do at least; a PhD at drexel.

I'm finding that the math I did not care about as an undergrad will probably make grad school a bit harder, and that I would have to take comp arch. That prospect alone is giving me second thoughts. Still, being an RA would be fun, and at least give me a taste of what its like. If it's more agreeable than coorperate work, which I'm sure it is, I might stick around a bit longer. In any case, if I get an MS, I can teach in New York, which might be possible, too. I wonder if they'd still take me in Japan.

I've been coding solely in python for a few months now; I can't even remember the last significant C program I wrote. I still haven't finished anything, which is a problem, but I have the first levels of software development down pat, so in just a few days at work I was able to cook up some python/qt sweetness at work.

What I have been finishing, contrary to my actions since college started, is video games. I had the pleasure of beating Eternal Darkness, whoose story was a joy that I cannot convey without simply giving you the game. I've beaten Shikigami no Shiro countless times (mostly with dev), recently on "Hard" difficulty using 0 continues. I also had the pleasure of completing Prince of Persia - The Sands of Time. While I wouldn't call the game's ending masterful, I'd have to say it is very good. Sorry ubisoft, you won't get more than that out of me.

I've been having some political conversations lately, and they've reminded me that I need to both read more and to keep up on current events a bit more. The "me" of last year would have been reading the red cross reports about Abu Ghraib for the last 6 months, making everyone else around me know about it before the pictures came out.