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(I thought about including code for a small C program that would print “Hello World!”, but I figured that it would be both a waste of space and rather pointless. This thought was shortly followed by the idea of attempting to write the classic hello world program in assembly, for no other reason than to see of I could. Of course, then the question is, PowerPC assembly, or x86? I already know PPC assembly, and it would be slightly easier (no direct memory operations), but x86 would be more relevant. I might have to try it sometime. Yes, I’m a geek.)

It’s certainly been a long time since I posted last, and for that I apologize, though I’ll admit it wasn’t something I was terribly concerned about. Life’s been busy, and I’ve been lazy. What more can I say?

So, in the interest of keeping this somewhat brief, I’ll try not to go into much depth about what I’ve been up to the last few months. (What that really means is that I can’t remember more than a week or two back…)

The first big thing is, I moved! No, not back to Michigan (sorry mom and dad). I moved in with a buddy of mine from church when the lease on my appartment was up, and it’s going well. I’m closer to work, closer to the beach, living in a bigger place, paying less rent, and talking to myself far less. I think it’s a pretty good deal.

Unfortunately, right around the time my lease was expiring and I needed to be thinking about moving (and the joys of packing, cleaning and actually moving that entails), I had to take two, one week long trips for work, in a three week timespan. Added on top of the moving stress was the usual exhaustion that comes from being away from home, sleeping in a strange bed, working in a strange office, being away from friends/family, and eating too much restaurant food. Needless to say, I was ready to be home by the time I got back. Since I did my moving before I left on the second trip, I didn’t exactly feel like unpacking when I got home. The end result is that my bedroom still has boxes and random junk lying everywhere. Good times.

Work is going well. The trips for work helped wrap up a project I’d been working on for a while, which meant that I’ve been able to move in to some new things, which is always nice. Summer has made me wish that my job entailed being outside (or working less than 40 hours a week, either way), or that my office had a window. Of course, then I remember that I don’t work in a cubicle, and decide it’s not so bad. I’m still jealous of my friend Jessi, who is getting her masters, working part time, has the summer off from school, works 4 hours a day, and spends the rest of her time surfing and enjoying the outdoors.

Let’s see, what else is new… After living out here for over a year, I finally have people from back home coming to visit me here in beautiful San Diego. Kelsey is coming out this week with her sister Amy, and my sister Jen is coming out in the middle of August! No luck on dragging the parents put yet, but eventually I’ll get them out here.

Anyway, that’s what I’ve been up to. There’s a lot more than that, but most of my time is taken up with hanging out, doing stuff with my church, an generally trying to stay out if trouble. So far I’ve been pretty successful. I got an iPhone, but I’ll save my thoughts on that for a separate post. Suffice it to say I love it, but at the same time I can’t wait for Apple to release the first software update.

Peace out.