What are you up to?

[iago]

There are a lot of people here who I haven't talked to 1:1 in awhile, and who don't post much. I knew a lot about everybody here a few years ago, but not so much anymore.

So, everybody should answer one or more of these questions!

* Where are you living? (City/State/Province)
* What are you up to? (where are you going to school? working?)
* What do you do for fun these days? (games/sports/etc)
* Are you dating/married?
* Did you go anywhere cool in the past year or two?

3....2.....1..... GO!

[rabbit]

* Where are you living? (City/State/Province)
Philadelphia, but I'm about to move back to New Jersey.

* What are you up to? (where are you going to school? working?)
Right now, not much of anything.  Looking for work, but it's tough.

* What do you do for fun these days? (games/sports/etc)
Starcraft!

* Are you dating/married?
No :\

* Did you go anywhere cool in the past year or two?
I went to Knoebles a few weeks ago

[Hitmen]

copying rabbit for lazinesss

* Where are you living? (City/State/Province)
Amherst, MA

* What are you up to? (where are you going to school? working?)
UMass Amherst! Enjoying being at a school that doesn't make me feel retarded.

* What do you do for fun these days? (games/sports/etc)
Avoiding WoW! Keeping myself busy without it is like a full time job.

* Are you dating/married?
divorced

* Did you go anywhere cool in the past year or two?
nope!

[Joe]

* Where are you living? (City/State/Province)
Just outside of Wisconsin Dells, WI.

* What are you up to? (where are you going to school? working?)
I attend Madison Area Technical College, pursuing their IT Programmer/Analyst degree, possibly double majoring with IT Web Analyst/Programmer since it has mostly the same courses. Next year I'll hopefully be working towards the iPhone Applications Development certificate, just for the experience for hobby programming. This summer I'll be training to become a Basic Emergency Medical Technician.

Outside of school, I'm a peon at a local furniture store on the weekends. They're going out of business soon though, but the pay is great for now.

* What do you do for fun these days? (games/sports/etc)
My "fun" is school, really. College can mop the floor with high school as far as the interesting factor goes.

* Are you dating/married?
I'm engaged.

* Did you go anywhere cool in the past year or two?
Other than meeting C0n at a coffee shop a few weeks ago, no. But this winter (I won't have a summer vacation, so I need to make the most of winter break) I'll possibly be driving out to Washington State to visit family for a week or two.

[Camel]

copying rabbit for lazinesss

* Where are you living? (City/State/Province)
Newton, MA

* What are you up to? (where are you going to school? working?)
www.airvana.com

* What do you do for fun these days? (games/sports/etc)
Fun is for losers!

* Are you dating/married?
No

* Did you go anywhere cool in the past year or two?
Went to Toronto last month, but it wasn't so cool cause it was for my grandfather's funeral.

[Towelie]

* Where are you living? (City/State/Province)
Annapolis, MD

* What are you up to? (where are you going to school? working?)
Naval Academy, majoring in Physics, planning on service selecting pilot

* What do you do for fun these days? (games/sports/etc)
Work out? lol. I can't really go out and have fun except on weekends, and there isn't too much to do here. Other than that I'm doing intramural handball right now, and next semester will be doing fieldball (kinda like handball, but full contact and more intense). I'm also in the men's glee club here, that's pretty fun.

* Are you dating/married?
No... kinda hard when you're stuck on a campus that's 75% men for most of the week.

* Did you go anywhere cool in the past year or two?
Yeah... I was in Norfolk, VA for a month this past summer, San Diego for the next two months, a week during that up in Laughlin, NV. Spring break I went to Argentina and Chile. I've been to Baltimore and Washington DC several times in the past two years too. Also I went to New York, New York. I'll be heading to Seattle for 5 days or so over veteran's day weekend, and will be in San Francisco area for this upcoming spring break. I'm probably forgetting a few places too.

[Chavo]

* Where are you living? (City/State/Province)
Wichita/Kansas/Midwest USA

* What are you up to? (where are you going to school? working?)
Working for LSI, at the moment I'm writing/improving/replacing tools to help automate/improve our test procedures for our Enterprise data storage products.

* What do you do for fun these days? (games/sports/etc)
Play Heroes of Newerth competitively (or as competitively as you can for a beta, but you'd be surprised)
Play frisbee golf & poker on a regular basis

* Are you dating/married?
1 year, 3 months

* Did you go anywhere cool in the past year or two?
Yes, but I'm not currently motivated to write about it.

[AntiVirus]

1. Where are you living? (City/State/Province)
     While enrolled in school I am living in Rolla, Mo.  During the summer I live in Springfield, Mo.

2. What are you up to? (where are you going to school? working?)
     Studying and a lot of it.  Go to school at Missouri University of Science and Technology (formerly UMR).

3. What do you do for fun these days? (games/sports/etc)
    Lead my guild in WoW and hang out with friends.

4. Are you dating/married?
     No.  I haven't dated for over 3 years.  I am in the same boat as Towelie (kinda).  My campus is also about 75% male. : /

5. Did you go anywhere cool in the past year or two?
    I went to Arkansas to Canoe with a bunch of friends.  It was really fun and Arkansas is very beautiful (aside from the ugly ass people with no teeth (not kidding) ).

[Camel]

3. What do you do for fun these days? (games/sports/etc)
    Lead my guild in WoW....

4. Are you dating/married?
     No.  I haven't dated for over 3 years.

Are these two facts related?

[iago]

Thanks for the responses so far! I guess I should post one too.

copying rabbit for lazinesss

* Where are you living? (City/State/Province)
Winnipeg, MB (still)

* What are you up to? (where are you going to school? working?)
Working for www.gov.mb.ca (provincial gov't)
Independent security work (people pay me to hack them, how can I lose?)

* What do you do for fun these days? (games/sports/etc)
Active Nmap developer
Miscellaneous security work
Penumbra (computer game -- it's a 1-player beat-it-once-quit type thing)

* Are you dating/married?
No

* Did you go anywhere cool in the past year or two?
Went to Vegas for Defcon
Went to Calgary for the hell of it
Planning on going to San Diego in about a month (for Toorcon -- I'm hoping to present there)
Definitely going to New York Oct 31 - Nov 8 (for a course)

And incidentally, while I'm in San Diego, I need to meet somebody who knows Towelie/Newby/whatever, just so we can trace a path between everybody!

[rabbit]

* Are you dating/married?
I'm engaged.

When the hell did that happen?

[Joe]

* Are you dating/married?
I'm engaged.

When the hell did that happen?

A while ago.

[iago]

Don't worry, it's just his WoW character to another.

[Towelie]

And incidentally, while I'm in San Diego, I need to meet somebody who knows Towelie/Newby/whatever, just so we can trace a path between everybody!

I like how when you finally go there none of us will be there Oh, and good luck finding someone who knows us.

[iago]

And incidentally, while I'm in San Diego, I need to meet somebody who knows Towelie/Newby/whatever, just so we can trace a path between everybody!

I like how when you finally go there none of us will be there Oh, and good luck finding someone who knows us.

No worries, I already arranged to meet Newby's mom!

<edit> For what it's worth, if anybody IS there, I should be getting an extra free ticket to the con, so if anybody wants to see me speak (and others, if they're interested), let me know.

[AntiVirus]

3. What do you do for fun these days? (games/sports/etc)
    Lead my guild in WoW....

4. Are you dating/married?
     No.  I haven't dated for over 3 years.

Are these two facts related?

Haha.  Actually, no.  Or at least think.  I am just picky and haven't found anyone I want to date yet. : (

[Towelie]

3. What do you do for fun these days? (games/sports/etc)
    Lead my guild in WoW....

4. Are you dating/married?
     No.  I haven't dated for over 3 years.

Are these two facts related?

Haha.  Actually, no.  Or at least think.  I am just picky and haven't found anyone I want to date yet. : (

"Lead my guild in WoW..." and "haven't found anyone" go hand in hand. Sorry to tell you ;P

[iago]

3. What do you do for fun these days? (games/sports/etc)
    Lead my guild in WoW....

4. Are you dating/married?
     No.  I haven't dated for over 3 years.

Are these two facts related?

Haha.  Actually, no.  Or at least think.  I am just picky and haven't found anyone I want to date yet. : (

"Lead my guild in WoW..." and "haven't found anyone" go hand in hand. Sorry to tell you ;P

Hey now, I lead my clan and I........ ah, crap.

[Ender]

3. What do you do for fun these days? (games/sports/etc)
    Lead my guild in WoW....

4. Are you dating/married?
     No.  I haven't dated for over 3 years.

Are these two facts related?

Haha.  Actually, no.  Or at least think.  I am just picky and haven't found anyone I want to date yet. : (

There's DEFINITELY a connection. Playing WoW is like admitting that you have no penis.

[Quik]

copying Hitmen for coolnesss

* Where are you living? (City/State/Province)
Saigon,... uh, I mean, San Jose, CA

* What are you up to? (where are you going to school? working?)
DeAnza Community College at the moment. Looking for a job.

* What do you do for fun these days? (games/sports/etc)
Work on and enjoy both cars and bikes.

* Are you dating/married?
Recently single and ready to mingle ;]

* Did you go anywhere cool in the past year or two?
I went on an adventure to Southern California, in order to meet Newby and Towelie..

[Tuberload]

Where are you living? (City/State/Province)
Davenport, Washington State. A small town just outside of Spokane.

What are you up to? (where are you going to school? working?)
I am preparing to begin going into Sudan as a missionary in the next year, or possibly two. Biblical studies and prayer, and soon cultural studies are my primary focus right now. Besides that working, and making moves to go into business for myself; I work for a friend, so he is gracious enough to let me phase out as my customer base grows.

What do you do for fun these days? (games/sports/etc)
I think I need to invest a little more into the fun arena. I can't say I really have a hobby right at the moment. I try to avoid games as much as possible because they annihilate my time. I have a regular exercise routine, but I can honestly say it hasn’t become exactly fun yet, although I do like the results. I am learning to play the guitar which is nice. I enjoy paint balling but I only do that a couple times a year. Just played two weeks ago and still have bruises. That was fun.

Are you dating/married?
Married

Did you go anywhere cool in the past year or two?
Memphis, Tennessee. Dallas, Texas. I also spent some time in several towns/cities on the central Oregon coast two times this year. I’d have to say this is about it.

[rabbit]

copying Hitmen for coolnesss

But he copied me, which means you're only getting 1/2 the awesome.

[AntiVirus]

Lol.  Leading a guild in WoW is not nearly that time consuming.  Especially when you aren't the only one leading it.

[Towelie]

Lol.  Leading a guild in WoW is not nearly that time consuming.  Especially when you aren't the only one leading it.

Yeah... playing WoW in general is ;P

Basically playing WoW instead of going out to meet people is the problem!

[AntiVirus]

I suppose that is true. =/

[MyndFyre]

* Where are you living? (City/State/Province)

Tempe, Arizona

* What are you up to? (where are you going to school? working?)

Still working at Terralever.  Recently got a promotion to "Technical Director" which I think will have high RoR.  We'll see.

* What do you do for fun these days? (games/sports/etc)

On my off days I like to go four-wheeling, play sand volleyball, or referee ice hockey.

* Are you dating/married?

Nope.  I have someone in mind but we'll see if she and I hook up.

* Did you go anywhere cool in the past year or two?

I went to Australia over Christmas last year!

If you look closely you'll see Santa hats:

This is my favorite (favourite?) photo from there - note how it's on the wrong side of the road.  Also, this was in an 85kph zone:

[Falcon]

Where are you living? (City/State/Province)
Richardson, TX

What are you up to? (where are you going to school? working?)
Going to school at the University of Texas at Dallas

What do you do for fun these days? (games/sports/etc)
Don't have much time but whenever I do I like to play football.

Are you dating/married?
Nope.

Did you go anywhere cool in the past year or two?
Went to Matamoros, Mexico 2 years ago.

[zorm]

* Where are you living? (City/State/Province)
Norman, OK

* What are you up to? (where are you going to school? working?)
Finishing my senior year at the University of Oklahoma. And then onwards to grad school! Also working part time at NSSL and racking up the referred publications.

* What do you do for fun these days? (games/sports/etc)
Party, football, tinker with programming things, storm chase, etc.

* Are you dating/married?
Negative

* Did you go anywhere cool in the past year or two?
Uh, lots of places, I'll just do this year though!
Phoenix, AZ in January
Toronto, Canada in May
Boulder, CO in June
Disneyland & Vegas in August
Going to Williamsburg, VA at the beginning of October
and Kyoto, Japan in November

[Lead]

* Where are you living? (City/State/Province)
Cleveland, Ohio. I work in the hood

* What are you up to? (where are you going to school? working?)
Working at an engineering company called URS, doing tools development for on of their ECM systems. Going to school full time at nights and, being a "playa playa!!"

* What do you do for fun these days? (games/sports/etc)
Going out in general (not drinking). Since I was diagnosed with Crohns, I can't drink anymore, which really doesn't bother me but when you are always the DD it gets annoying. But Bowling, Putt-Putt, just hanging out in general.

* Are you dating/married?
Women?!??!?!? They exist?!?? 

* Did you go anywhere cool in the past year or two?
I went to Windsor in Ontario to gamble and party before I knoew I had Crohns. It was a great time.
There was also a place we went to called Seneca Caverns here in Ohio, which is this big cave that goes way way way underground.
(http://www.senecacavernsohio.com/)

[rabbit]

* What do you do for fun these days? (games/sports/etc)

On my off days I like to go four-wheeling, play sand volleyball, or referee ice hockey.

There's ice in Arizona?

This is my favorite (favourite?) photo from there - note how it's on the wrong side of the road.  Also, this was in an 85kph zone:

Isn't that like...3 mph?

[Joe]

52mph. I guessed 60mph, so I guess I was pretty close.

[warz]

Where are you living? (City/State/Province)
Richardson, TX

I used to work in Richardson.

[truste1]

Going to Williamsburg, VA at the beginning of October

Why? Go to Hallowscream!

[Ergot]

* Where are you living? (City/State/Province)
Berkeley, CA although still in San Jose, CA when not in school

* What are you up to? (where are you going to school? working?)
Undergraduate at University of California, Berkeley. Major: EECS (Electrical Engineering and Computer Science).
Working part time for Residential Computing as a Residential Computing Consultant (I fix people's computers). Looking to be a Unix Systems Administrator next year though.

* What do you do for fun these days? (games/sports/etc)
Movies? Games? I don't know I don't have much time for that, (see above.) QQ

* Are you dating/married?
Sadly still no .

* Did you go anywhere cool in the past year or two?
Define cool? I went back to China two years ago I believe. Nothing extravagant since then though.

[Camel]

Define cool?

neither warm nor very cold; giving relief from heat

[Falcon]

Where are you living? (City/State/Province)
Richardson, TX

I used to work in Richardson.

Really? Where at?

[Sidoh]

Where are you living? (City/State/Province)
Colorado.

What are you up to? (where are you going to school? working?)
In my last year of undergraduate.  Finishing up a BS in Computer Science / Mathematics.

What do you do for fun these days? (games/sports/etc)
Err... reading, programming, internet-ing, etc.  Over the summer, I went to the pool a lot.

Are you dating/married?
Dating.

Did you go anywhere cool in the past year or two?
Worked in Maryland over the summer, so I went to a few cool places in DC (with while1!), visited Princeton, etc.  I went to DEF CON in Vegas and met iago!  Lots of fun... a really great summer indeed.

[d&q]

* Where are you living? (City/State/Province)
Berkeley, CA although still in San Jose, CA when not in school

* What are you up to? (where are you going to school? working?)
Undergraduate at University of California, Berkeley. Major: EECS (Electrical Engineering and Computer Science).
Working part time for Residential Computing as a Residential Computing Consultant (I fix people's computers). Looking to be a Unix Systems Administrator next year though.

* What do you do for fun these days? (games/sports/etc)
Movies? Games? I don't know I don't have much time for that, (see above.) QQ

* Are you dating/married?
Sadly still no .

* Did you go anywhere cool in the past year or two?
Define cool? I went back to China two years ago I believe. Nothing extravagant since then though.

Are you planning on going to the Big Game?

[Newby]

Cal vs USC? We might even go out here at Davis.

[while1]

Where are you living? (City/State/Province)
Maryland

What are you up to? (where are you going to school? working?)
Working... software engineer.  Exactly what I expected... not my ideal job, but it does pay the bills and more.  I don't hate going into work every morning, but I don't jump out of bed excited either .

What do you do for fun these days? (games/sports/etc)
Sew, internet, watch TV, touch myself, shop, visit friends... also started reading recently at Ender's suggestion.  Need to build my new computer so I can start gaming again...

Are you dating/married?
Currently single.  Unless you count Palmela.

Did you go anywhere cool in the past year or two?
Went to DC (with Sidoh!)... paintballing... Otakon (met rabbit!)... ummmm went camping too.  

[Towelie]

Are you dating/married?
Currently single.  Unless you count Palmela.

Palmela Handerson?

Where are you living? (City/State/Province)
Maryland

You should definitely hit me up if you are ever going to be in my area

[warz]

Where are you living? (City/State/Province)
Richardson, TX

I used to work in Richardson.

Really? Where at?

Nortel. Off I-75 by all the other large buildings.

[skip]

Where are you living? (City/State/Province)
East Lansing, MI

What are you up to? (where are you going to school? working?)
First year of undergrad at Michigan State University majoring in Economics and Philosophy.

What do you do for fun these days? (games/sports/etc)
Typical college stuff  .

Are you dating/married?
Dating my best friend from high school.

Did you go anywhere cool in the past year or two?
I went through Canada a few time. I drove through Hamilton and Toronto on my way to NYC.

[zorm]

Going to Williamsburg, VA at the beginning of October

Why? Go to Hallowscream!

Attending a radar conference. Doing the Hallowscream adventure tomorrow too!

[truste1]

Definitely. Hallowscream is fun. I'm guessing you've never been to Busch Gardens so it's probably even better.

[dark_drake]

* Where are you living? (City/State/Province)
Laramie, WY.

* What are you up to? (where are you going to school? working?)
University of Wyoming. Finishing my BS this December. My non-thesis MS in May.

* What do you do for fun these days? (games/sports/etc)
Oh, I don't know. Video games from time to time, going out to bars on random weekdays, and other stuff.

* Are you dating/married?
Dating, DUN DUN DUN!

* Did you go anywhere cool in the past year or two?
Las Vegas for my 21st, Grand Canyon, Carlsbad Caverns, Walnut Canyon, a giant crater, Sea World: San Antonio, Corpus Christi, TX over the summer. I'd like to repeat the road trip now that I can go to clubs. Fort Collins from time to time.

[zorm]

Definitely. Hallowscream is fun. I'm guessing you've never been to Busch Gardens so it's probably even better.

Yes on both counts! Busch Gardens was sooo much fun, I rode everything but the griffin 'cause I'm too much of a pansy to be suckered into doing that without a hot chick being present.