My Life

What is my life like? I'm glad you asked!

I live in a house in Provo with my wife Tara. It's a green house. It's a good house. We're renting it for $475/month, which is an awesome deal. We have a dog named Annie who is a Maltese. I go to BYU where I am studying Computer Science. I also work at BYU in the Office of Information Technology as a Student Programmer. Tara just got a job at Pinnacle Security as a Scheduling Manager. She is really enjoying her new job.

My daily schedule is something like this:

wake up
shower
take Annie for a walk
ride my bike to work
work for about 2 hours
go to class for 3-5 hours
do homework/programs/tests at school or home until midnight or later
somewhere in the homework time I spend some time with Tara and have dinner
go to bed
repeat

On Fridays I usually ditch homework entirely, unless there's a pressing need, and Tara and I have a date night. On Saturdays we do errands and I do more homework. Sunday is our day for spending some real time together and relaxing after the arduous week. We have church at 11, which is awesome since I've had it at 9 for the past seven years. We also try to have FHE on Mondays, but sometimes my professors don't care if I have time for FHE or not.

For hobbies, I play around with my computer, play Magic the Gathering, and listen to music. My favorite music right now is The Decemberists, Interpol, Final Fantasy 12, and other various video game music.

The classes I'm taking right now are:

CS236 - Discrete Structure
CS252 - Intro to Theory
CS340 - Software Design and Testing
English 316 - Technical Writing
History 201 - World Civ

I really like CS340 because we're working in teams on one semester-long project. It's fun because we actually get to simulate the full design process of a complex program from start to finish.

I want to take Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning courses, but I'm not 100% sure what I want to do with that yet. I've always wanted to make video games, but there are other applications for AI that would also be really cool, especially in the area of robotics.

Let's play favorite things! A game where I spit out a random list of things that make me happy!:

Tara (duh)
pizza
Indian food
weezer
Magic
Civilization 4
compies
lappies
elliott smith
slashdot
ign
annie
our house
my speakers
video game music
hazelnut bread
more Indian food
more pizza
FF12
pell grants
tara's new job
my bicycle
my new keyboard (my hands don't get fatigued from typing so much)
firefox
ubuntu
linux
beryl (when it works)
my shoes
vegetarianism
world history
harry potter
one piece
roots
russian music
cayenne pepper
clear skies on cold nights
summer
church
family
finishing a program
gmail
amarok
x-fi
uccu
jeremy
isaac
staying up late doing compy stuff
my wii jar
fridays
a day without homework

Okay, I've done enough damage for one day. Later!