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Ahh, so I spent a week away in-between jobs, I got to travel to the Cape and spend some time with my gf, her parents, and some other related parents.  On the trip there, I stopped at a glorious Italian restaurant in the Northern Italian section in Boston, for my cheese-less pizza and pasta–the pizza they had a hard time with and didn’t end up giving it with any red sauce either.  It was still excellent.

Ahh, the week away, I spent windsurfing, kayaking, swimming, playing on the beach, biking, cooking, and hanging out with the gf.  I’ve never actually stayed with anyone’s parents like that on a trip, and it took some getting used to, although they were very nice and we pretty much did our own thing.  I did get heat stroke/sun stroke a little bit, when it was excessively hot and we didn’t really have any shade.  That didn’t feel good at all.  I just needed to stay out of the sun and rest–it is still terribly hot in DC.

The thing I noticed more than anything else was that when I came back I missed the gf.  This is a pretty rare feeling for me, I usually don’t miss anyone, and not like that…

What can one say about the prospect of new things?  On the one hand, going into new situations puts you at incredible risk.  And tying your fate to a new someone/thing can put things out of your control.  But, at the same time one could argue that the joy you’d feel would never be higher.  So, you’ve got to take the leap sometimes, even if you know you might fall.

A couple of side notes:  1–I highly recommend reading Good Omens–the Nice and accurate prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett.  It’s like a Douglas Adams book, but in a different vien, more straightforward.  2–A number of interesting ideas for companies: Adult camping, software estimating for BI, forecasting, we’ll see if any pan out.  3–If you have a large shower but would also like to take baths in it, you do have a solution in a large rubbermaid tub, which can be found at target, although it’s not anywhere near as comfortable as a regular bathtub.

So far it’s been a good summer–ahh, aside from needing to rest my heel and getting bonked on the head in the pool, by my girlfriend, yes, i do have a girlfriend now–i’d say everything has been going swimmingly :) 

It’s been different having a girlfriend–relationships are kind of like juggling things, you don’t have the freedom to do whatever you want whenever you want.  I really enjoy my freedom, so that’s probably been a big reason, why I haven’t done them, and also, if I didn’t feel it was right, then I don’t see why you would do it.  Also, it’s good to go slowly, I really lack patience, but for the right person, if you can get some, somehow I’ve found that’s much better, at least for me. 

I also recommend finding/meeting the person naturally if possible, that seems to have worked better for me, not that the other avenues don’t work, but they are definitely more contrived and it’s hard, I found those avenues worked better for  making friends.

So, one of my good fellow vegetarian friends is in India—here is what he Imed me recently, "so much vegetarian indian food, soooooooooooooooooo much,
sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much
and my stomach is like.. whoa there".  Yes, I agree, I told him to pack the pepto

Life has been good, I can’t complain-ahh, many things in the works possibilities for a new job and well, we will, see what else happens.

Ahh, I’ve been very busy lately–well, with grad school, soccer(got a tourney coming up), and life in general.  I helped my dad setup a fish tank–I highly recommend the eclipse tank if you have the means. 

Work, has been a bit slow, but maybe a change is coming soon.  Well, change is coming at any rate–with my quasi-switching roles, it’ll be interesting to see if i find better takers out in the marketplace.  I went to a thing where a colleague went on her way, it’s always a learning experience.

Otherwise, I can’t complain, I need to work more on grad school stuff, but I still have until next weekend. 

I’ve been eating some more of the veggie meatball subs–those are good.

Well, it is a big question–does it exist or does it not?  I tend to think that something does exist.  I believe we do go out, and go somewhere else–and that while we do have new experiences, the primary one is as of an observer.  Even if we aren’t alive we most likely aren’t able to influence what happens from that point on.

But, I also believe that this is the world where things are happening–so when we cease to exist, we’ve left this world hopefully to go on to a better place.  What do we leave?  Well, we leave our energy, actions, and people to carry us on. 

It seems as though you have conflicting points–that the soul is separate from the body and mind, that it leaves and rises out.   Near death experiences–don’t happen everytime that people are clinically dead, but people do say they’ve had them.  Is it just the chemical response of the body being dead, with a flash of light, or do our souls/beings move on?

So, I"ve been down in C-ville for grad school stuff these past couple of weeks.  It’s been very busy with work/stuff going on/but also really fun.  I still have some friends down here, most of whom left and then moved back–my old boyz from back in the days.  Bluegrass music, very good times, beautiful weather, great food, chilled out place.  I"ll be back here for good someday..

Wow, it’s been a rough soccer season–I can’t remember losing so many games before.  I sprained my left wrist, and then my right one.  No serious injuries, just hurt pride–I think each of my teams won a game each on the weekends.  Riddled by poor passing, lack of people in shape, and of course lack of skilz. 

But, at the same time, I can hardly remember a more humbling season–where I felt like I just couldn’t do anything to change the outcome–no matter how well I played–how many goals I scored/stopped or saved.  Well, it’s always good to be humbled

So, I’ve been reading up on RFID for grad school–its’ about putting small sensors and feedback on different objects to track performance/find issues.  Then, after reading about all of the metro problems that they’re having(read the post front section these next couple of days). 

It’s clear that the Metro could use this technology of small sensor chips to help them understand the issues.  The Metro, or Tro as some like to call it, manages to throw away a ton of money–here is a way to save some…

Spontaneousnes(not really a word), try it sometime–take a suggestion/idea or anything that someone recommends that day–and then go do it

Ahh, I wasn’t really planning on going–but it ended up rocking to see the Gypsy Kings, and I ran into an old friend of mine from UVA–one of my coolest old friends that I hadn’t been in touch with for 4 years!  Lately, I’ve been running into old friends a lot–well, i did know a lot of people at some point, and am starting to again..

Then, I raced off, after some excellent sangria, and as it was Tuesday–played some soccer–we just pulled it off, so it was an excellent ending for a fantastic night.