Oh how people change…

HOW MUCH HAVE YOU CHANGED? (I stole this from niece Elizabeth!)

****10 YEARS AGO (1999)****


1) How old were you? 12
2) Who were you dating? None
3) Where did you work? I didn’t work
4) Where did you live? Marietta, GA
5) Where did you hang out? Home
6) Did you wear contacts and/or glasses? Neither
7) Who were your best friends? Friends? What was that?
8) How many tattoos did you have? None.
9) How many piercings did you have? None
10) What kind of car did you drive? My dad brought me everywhere I needed to be
11) Had you been to a real party? No
12) Had you had your heart broken? No
13) Were you Single/taken/Married/Divorced? Single
14) Any Kids? No

****5 YEARS AGO (2004)****
1) How old were you? 17
2) Who were you dating? None
3) Where did you work? Assistant to the IT guy at Marietta High School
4) Where did you live? Marietta
5) Where did you hang out? School
6) Did you wear contacts and/or glasses? Neither
7) Who were your best friends? Erin M, Thiago Z. Dwidnel V.
8) How many tattoos did you have? None
9) How many piercings did you have? None
10) What kind of car did you drive? I didn’t have my license yet, but I did have a 1992 Ford Taurus GL
11) Had you been to a real party? No
12) Had you had your heart broken? Yes
13) Were you Single/taken/Married/Divorced? Single

14) Any Kids? No

***3 YEARS AGO (2006)***
1) How old were you? 19
2) Who were you dating? Shelley Grey
3) Where did you work? EyeWonder, Inc.
4) Where did you live? Kennesaw, GA & Marietta, GA
5) Where did you hang out? Work, SPSU
6) Did you wear contacts and/or glasses? None
7) Who were your best friends? Erin M, Thiago Z, Dwidnel V, Shelley Grey, Sarie, Jenny F
8) How many tattoos did you have? None
9) How many piercings did you have? None
10) What kind of car did you drive? 2006 Mazda 3 — red
11) Had your heart broken? No
12) Were you Single/Taken/Married/Divorced? Engaged (exactly 3 years tomorrow)
13) Any Kids? No

****TODAY (2009)****
1) Age? 22
2) Where do you work? EyeWonder, Inc.
3) Where do you live? Marietta, GA
4.) Who are you dating? Single
5) Who are your closest friends? Kirstea, Sarie, Thom, Shelley, Jenna, Holly, Tony, Thiago, Erin M
6) Do you talk to your old friends? yes, often
7) How many piercings do you have? None
8) How many tattoos? None
9) What kind of car do you have? 2006 Mazda 3 – red
10) Had your heart been broken? Yes, broke up with my fiance of 3 years
11) How many kids? None
12) Are you Single/Taken/Married/Divorced? Single

Best Musician Ever

I am under the firm belief that Johnny Cash is the best musician ever. His career has spanned decades and genres, and he’s been inducted into both the Country Music Hall of Fame and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

To anyone who disagrees: check out his work. He’s produced over 96 albums, with his older stuff leaning country and his newer stuff leaning alt rock, but all uniquely Johnny Cash. He could sing any song, including covers, and make it his own. “Hurt”, originally by Trent Reznor, and “Personal Jesus” originally by Depeche Mode are classic examples of this ability.

T-Mobile is Kicking Ass and Taking Names

T-Mobile USA, the 4th largest cellphone carrier in the United States, isn’t content with being number 4. They plan to become number 3 (overtaking Sprint PCS) with several initiatives, some of which have already started:

  • Rapid Expansion of T-Mobile 3G (and since its using AWS instead of PCS, they don’t sacrifice 2G quality to go to 3G.. unlike certain other carriers)
  • Upgrade to 21 Mbps HSPA+ with existing 3G rollouts
  • Potential new $50 unlimited everything plan (similar in price to MetroPCS, etc.. and dramatically lower than their national competition)
  • Significant phone upgrades (which they’ve already started to do — even TMO’s feature phones are pretty “advanced”)

TI fiasco

I used to be heavily involved in the TI programmer community. In fact, many friends of mine I met through this still vibrant community. During that time, I never thought TI would resort to a false DMCA take-down request to get people to stop reprogramming their calculators. Yes, calculators. People do reprogram them. and TI sent a take-down notice for the signing keys (2 prime numbers) for doing so. Yep.. kinda sad.

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