So, with a new blog naturally comes a narcissistic, pretentious introduction. My only hope is that after a few days, this will be forever buried in the archives. But until then, judge not lest ye be judged and all that shit.
I've been involved in the intarweb in one form or another for a long-ass time (I'm for reals here: before I was born, I had some CAT5 strung into the womb), so why did I just now decide to start blogging? Health reasons, mainly. I had so much hate and snark stored up inside me, that it gave me an ulcer. My doctor suggested pouring this rage and sarcasm into the cesspool that is the internet, so here I am.
Out here in the real world, I'm a recent graduate of the College Of William And Mary and I'm a software engineer for a small financial services firm in Northern Virginia. In my brief stay out here in the real world, I've found that college prepares you for two things: 1) to drink and 2) to want to go back to college. I kid, of course. I actually love what I do: a friend of mine once said that giving someone who is truly into computer science a job writing code is like giving a fat kid a job eating candy and I've found that to be very true. And it's a good thing I like my job, because I spend entirely too much time at work. I won't go into what my company does or what technology I use because no one cares about the first and the second will probably make up the vast majority of the content on this site.
I also watch a lot of TV: I'm an obsessive fan of Grey's Anatomy, Nip/Tuck, Prison Break, Battlestar Galactica, and . . . *cough*Veronica Mars*cough*. Alright fine, I said it, VERONICA FUCKING MARS ON THE U-P-FUCKING-N. I'm card-carrying Man and I'm sure that I'll catch a lot of flak for that admission, but it's cool because I understand where you're coming from: I was once in your exact same position. When a friend of mine suggested that I check it out I laughed in her face. But, she didn't give up and finally forced me to watch the first six episodes that she'd burned to VCD. I was IMMEDIATELY hooked: it has the sharpest dialogue of any show you'll find on TV, ridiculously good writing, great actors, and a plot that you will guess at and obsess over for an entire season. Seriously people, I can't recommend this show enough: there's a reason that Joss Whedon, Stephen King, Damon Lindelof (one of the creators of Lost), et. al. say that this is one of the best shows they've seen.
Finally, I'm an obsessive D.C. area sports fan. I idolized Cal Ripken as a kid and have watched O's games my entire life. I bleed Redskin burgandy and gold during football season. I've played soccer for pretty much my entire life and am a season ticket holder for the D.C. United: if you look carefully during the home games that make it onto ESPN, you'll see me above and to the left of the Screaming Eagles (I'll be the tall, drunk white guy).
So, expect a lot of tech, TV, sports, and beer-related content, with maybe some politics thrown into the mix (after all, I'm a rabid liberal, but isn't that the case with everyone with a blog?). Sound good? Good. I'll see you clowns later.
