life

I’ve always been really bad at setting personal goals. Or maybe all goals? I suppose I do manage to set milestones and deadlines for my work. There are outside pressures making sure I get things done. My faults are only most obvious when it comes to the things I do for myself. Things I want to do, but don’t necessarily have to. I want to write more. So I reopened my latest WordPress blog. I was inspired by a few personal websites coworkers had created and were creating, so I plopped down a nominal sum for this domain and some… 

Please be patient and considerate as most of us move to staying home. Every one of us is going through something similar. You may not think of us as your housemates, but we do share a home. These are uncertain and difficult times, and I understand if you’re more stressed and anxious than usual. Me too! I promise I’m not stomping around on purpose. I swear I can’t control my cats zooming around — yes, sometimes even during quiet hours. Ever since your first noise complaint the night we moved in, my housemates and I have tip-toed around in the… 

For the longest time, I believed that I would go to a top college, get good grades, end up in grad school, graduate with a Masters or a PhD, and make a bunch of money programming or creating art or writing novels or educating the next generation. I would get married to someone I loved, optionally have some kids, and spend my life’s earnings taking care of my parents and buying cool new technology and a lifetime of video games. When I was nearing my high school graduation, I narrowed down my career options to “computer science,” because my dad…