Here’s a picture of yours truly at age ~10-11 (I’m the guy in the middle). My younger sister (the one wearing green) decided to “baptize” her doll and convinced our mom to “throw a party”… and that’s what she got!!! I was the “priest” and the “couple” to the left were the “godparents.” We had lots of real food and drinks… everything decorated too!!! Man, how great were those days! Not a single worry on my mind and lots of playing time!

Thanks to our President visiting NYC for that U.N. meeting “thing,” it only took me one extra hour to make it to work! Since our company’s policy doesn’t allow us to “make up” for lost time by staying late or coming in earlier, his visit just cost me 1 hour off my salary!

Yesterday I completed my first year of work at this NYC departmental agency… That’s 365 days of 2-3 hours commute… approximately $11 parking, $10.50 tolls daily… 365 days having to buy this watered down, taste-like-piss liquid they insist in calling coffee… 365 days of being constantly reminded (directly and indirectly) that I don’t belong here and am “just a consultant” with no rights or say in anything… and worse of all, 365 days of getting home very tired and not being able to enjoy the few hours I have (from around 7pm to 10pm) with my young daughter and wife!

Spent my lunch break doing (finally) some Gtk# / Mono hacking today. I basically started porting a Window program I’ve been tinkering with to remind me of my bills. So far it’s been a lot of fun! Hope to be able to find more time and even spend some time on IRC to pick up a few tricks.

'nough said!

About 2 weekends ago I had the privilege of meeting up with my good friend Supertoadman at a diner! He had come down to my neck of the woods to visit his “special friend” and managed to take some time off to hang out. We mostly talked about our last camping trip and, as expected, about computers! He ended up picking up the tab, which made me wish I had order the filet mignon!

I meant to post this early this weekend but had too many things happening simultaneously and didn’t get a chance. I’m an avid reader of several Open Source blogging “planets” and religiously read them every day in order to keep up with new developments or just to pick up a few things here and there. I’d say that most of the time I really enjoy the posts that get published but every now and then come across a few posts which I find inclined to post a reply.

Imagine yourself off on a bus going on a business trip at some far away place. This being a far away place, you eventually fall into a very heavy sleep and loose track of time and direction. Several hours later (or maybe even days?) you are awaken by someone who, speaking a different dialect seems to be telling you that the bus has reached its destination. Still a bit groggy from the sleep you shrug off this incident, grab your bag and step out of the bus and… To your surprise, you realize that the bus station seems somewhat odd and different from what you had expected… and when paying closer attention you also notice that every thing, people, stores signs, even trees, look different.