brian's blog

I haven't posted much lately, and I've posted even fewer personal details. So, time to quickly catch up on the past month!

• The Mathematics convocation ceremony in Waterloo was amazingly boring. I was dreaming of a cool convocation speech from somone like Jon Stewart or Steve Jobs or Will Ferrell, or someone. I would have even taken Oprah. We had a professor receiving an honourary doctorate give the speech instead. Nice guy, but terribly dull speech. (Yes, I feel guilty and selfish writing this.)
• Heather's back in Seattle, and is on the job hunt.
• I've been working at Microsoft for over 5 months now. This is longer than any co-op term. It's strange having omissions or bad decisions from February or March come back to haunt me! Before, I could leave comfortably knowing someone else would have to clean up after my slipshod work.
• Went Ikea furniture shopping on Saturday. I'm still resisting the jump up to a fancier furniture store for at least a few years (which should be about the same time the Ikea stuff falls apart).
• Did the 27 mile Burke Gilman bike trail (from Seattle, around Lake Washington, and all the way to Redmond) with Leo and a few other guys from work on Sunday:
• Great trail. Flat, large variety of scenery, and few very road crossings.
• Was offered free chocolate chip cookies from a lady in a park. We accepted.
• While we passed a drifter on a rickety bike on the trail, he shouted "Have a great day, at least until the earthquake hits!" Does he know something we don't? In movies, crazy people tell the prophecies that come true.
• The rest has been work. Busy, busy work. To all those I haven't spoken with in a while: Sorry! Will soon.