So it has been a long time since I was here in this area and a number of things happened and changed in no chronological order:

Finished off degree, made new friends, met with old ones, went to the west coast twice in one month for a week, submitted thesis, got engaged, thought about schools for a PHD, moved again, experienced one of the most frightful things that I have in my life to come out OK.

I fell sick with this bug that has been going around here and it is taking a while to get used to the change in weather and temperature. It is milder compared to the crazy cold that I was in but a bit more windy. The transition has been mostly smooth and I am not going to talk about it a lot.

I have decided to apply for a PHD starting in the next year. Lets see, the more I think about it, it seems like it is something I really want to do. I have started some of the initial search for the schools and am finalizing the general area of study in my head. The thesis and the subsequent conversations have really got me motivated and seems like the next logical thing. I am planning to work on the side and do the study so it will be a big challenge but I have done it before

I updated the back end here and it now runs on Movable Type Motion. I am still very far behind being able to take on all the capabilities and the fun stuff. Apparently, with all the money I shell out for this hosting, they still don't have the proper PERL modules for what I want to do. I am trying to see what else I can do with PHP or just move to another host, both of them are a pain. Ugh!

I wanted to change a few things here: the format, shorter entries but don't want to go to Twitter and the likes, instead of long entries, I am trying to include a bunch of things like my delicious bookmakrs, lastfm music notes, Facebook status and other small entries into this to experiment with the format. I reluctantly chose Tumblr, and it is still not off the table.

I have a bunch of working vacation planned for the next month and I am very excited to be in the Sun again. This time I am going to really take it easy and relax and enjoy the time there since the last time was a bit hectic and this time I am a bit more familiar. But I am very excited about hitting the beach again!

In the mean time I discovered Makezine and Buzzfeed is the new coffee replacing The Superficial in the morning.

I promise a few changes here and they should be coming soon!