Wow, so I'm really bad at updating. (c:

I'm sitting in front of my computer at 11:00 pm on a Sunday night. I'm only still awake because I'm waiting for the clothes I put in the dryer at 10:00 to finish drying so I can hang them up so they won't wind up sitting, clean, in the clothes hamper for the next two weeks, unlike the last load of laundry I did two weeks ago, which is currently waiting on my bed to be added to this load and hung up. Or not. Anyway, life is busy right now. School, master's thesis, working full time... But I'm too lazy to talk about it all. Someone call me. I love getting phone calls. And I'm in a weird mood, so here's a list of thoughts going through my head, as they go through my head:

My toes are cold.

My right wrist kinda hurts, which is odd, because I injured the left one a couple weeks ago. It oughta be the one hurting.

Come to think of it, it was three weeks ago. And a few days.

I really want one of those peanut butter Hershey's kisses that's sitting on the coffee table right now. But I'm lazy, and the laptop on my lap is warm, so I'm not gonna move it.

Digital forensics sucks.

But sometimes, it's not so bad. And it's providing me with a set of excellent opportunities, so I'm gonna stick it out. But as soon as I graduate, I'm leaving for parts unknown. Right now, I can't decide between spending a winter as a ski bum in Colorado or as a dance host on a Caribbean cruise liner.

I had all sorts of things in my head to write, but now that I'm writing everything that pops into my head, they're all gone.

I wish I were somewhere else. Not sure where, just anywhere but Huntsville. I had tons of friends and was having a blast when I first moved up here (despite what you may remember me saying to the contrary), but now they've all graduated and moved on, and I don't spend time with anyone anymore... And I can't even go out and do crap on my own conveniently, because there's nothing to do in Huntsville. You can only go to Shenanigans so many times before it gets depressingly monotonous. Especially since we used to have groups of ten or fifteen people that would crash the place, and now it's a struggle to find more than just my brother and me. And with my brother graduating and getting a job and being gone more, I'm gonna be sunk. I spend way too damned much time in my office, in class, or doing homework, and don't have any real opportunities to meet people, except at the bars around town that I'm tired of going to from all the times I went with people I already knew and wasn't trying to meet anyone... But on the bright side, my friend Dee told me a bout a Latin club in The Woodlands, so maybe I could start going there... It's closer than driving to Houston. But you know, I don't mind driving to Houston, it's just the drive back that kills me, since the bars don't close until 2:00 am.

Wow, that was a long thought.

My clothes finished drying about five minutes ago.

Going to New Orleans this weekend. It's gonna be insane. We somehow managed to find a hotel four blocks from Bourbon Street. Granted, it's $200 a night for a two-person room, but since we're gonna squeeze eight people into it, it's not such a big deal. It'll be a good crowd. I'm looking forward to it.

Unlike work and class tomorrow.

But there's a very nice, VERY pretty Chinese girl who I work with that makes going to work just a little bit more attractive a prospect. Except I don't really work with her, 'cause I'm the webmaster and have my own office (suck it, bitches!), whereas she's a graduate worker in the Publications office, so I have to make excuses to go visit her. But, when I invited her to go dancing with me, she seemed pretty keen on the idea, so that's a good sign.

Got a new job in the Center for Excellence in Digital Forensics. I'm gonna be the sysadmin, starting in May. Thankfully most of the hard work for setting up the network will be done by then by the current sysadmin, David Collins. So, my work will be more software and configuration-oriented, rather than designing the network setup from the ground up, which'll be nice. And, it's a 20% raise over what I'm making right now. And, I'll get to work on my thesis on the clock (when there's nothing else to do, of course). And it's a salaried position, so when work is light I can take long lunches, and I don't have to answer to a time clock. Of course, on the downside, it also means that when work is really piling on, I have to put in extra hours without getting paid for the overtime, but it's worth it. $36k isn't a boatload by any means, but it's not bad for a 23-year-old still in school.

And of course, there's the very nice, VERY pretty girl who works in the digital forensics front office who'll make that job a more attractive prospect, as well. (c:

Geez, I need to find a date. I'm gonna go hit bars and try to pick up women with Bryan. Ideally, I'd be the better looking of the duo, but since he's 6'4" and really ripped, I don't think that's gonna happen. But hey, at least him being a good looking guy ups our chances a bit. And you know, I've never gone out anywhere with the intention of trying to pick up girls. Maybe I'll discover I'm actually good at it. Prolly not, since loud social settings aren't my cup of tea, but maybe. Who knows. If nothing else, I'll get to dance with lots of (hopefully) pretty girls, and that'll be worth the effort.

And since my clothes have now been dry for fiteen minutes, and it's 11:30, I'm gonna go to bed. Kudoes to anyone who read all that. Call me, I'll buy you a beer.