todd blog

As a result of failing a class during the last semester of my senior year, I had to take a summer class. Accidents (bad class selection) happen. Computer Architecture was the only class available during the summer that would fulfill my missing requirement. For some reason I always end up with awesome grades in computer architecture classes even though the exams are ridic.

I kept thinking, oh my gawd, I'm going to fail this summer class. And then ended up with a B. Getting a 100% on the programming project made up for mediocre exam grades. I am so glad to be done with undergrad. Stress stinks.

Saw Obama driving by as I was walking to class.

So many memories in this classroom.

Common Data Bus *queue laughter*. The fat lady sang to signal the end of the final exam. Literally, she sang a Beatles song. Note: I feel bad calling someone fat, but she used the phrase herself, and without the fat word, the humor of the professor singing wouldn't make as much sense.

Done with academia foreva! (Until I decide to start grad school. Because a bachelor's degree is apparently the new high school diploma. Great...)

I moved to Alexandria, Virginia around the end of July. Still adjusting to life in a lonely studio apartment. Positive thought: it's only five miles or so away from work. I wanted to live as close as possible to work because traffic in Northern Verginer is terrible.

There's a trail that goes from my apartment to work, and it only takes about 20 minutes to get there by bicycle! Or I could drive a car on lame roads and get there in the same amount of time.

I'm never driving in rush hour again.

I started working full-time as an associate software engineer this past week. I think it'll be a fun job once I start getting more assignments and have words to contribute in meetings. I'm an adult now? Weird.

Cube life.

At first I thought, who the heck is jumping up and down? Then the building started to really shake. I stood up to look around, and an air vent near me came loose. "Get out!" -coworker *everyone runs out of the office and down the stairs*

Everyone left the building quickly. This picture shows some of the mixed emotions. Some people were smiling, some were pretty freaked out. Whoa, that was nuts. It's hard to recall exactly how violent the ten seconds of shaking was, but at the time I thought the building was going to collapse.

No one was allowed back in the building or the parking garage until the inspectors came to our building, which could've taken two hours. Luckily I parked outside. Got off early on my second day of work. Sweet.