A New Meaning For Patriotism

So it's official. I've been accepted to George Mason University's Software Engineering program for this fall. Who knew that onc sentence could change my life so much. For at least (the very least) next 2 years I'll be living in and around Fairfax, VA. For those of you who don't know, that's right near Washington D.C.. Which is a very VERY big place. I've only been there twice in my entire life so the big thing I'm going to have to get used to is living without that SWVA friendliness and with that NOVA every-man-for-himself-ness.

Luckily I won't be completely alone there as I know several people from up that way. It seems like the more people I tell, the more say "Oh I used to live near D.C.", which makes me feel a little better.

The awesome thing is that I'll have my own apartment, which will be a first. I've never been by myself away from home before, so it will definitely be a HUGE adventure.

Element(ary) My Dear Watson.

And so another 5 months have passed with absolutely no blog post. Let me update you. First off, I'm about to graduate with my B.S. in Computer Science from UVA-Wise. This is both exciting and scary at the same time since I'll be officially in the "Real World" after May 19th. I've got a few options right now, and all seem to be leading in the direction of the Reston/Fairfax/Washington D.C. area. I'm not really worried about moving since I've got some friends up that way. It's really just the fact that I'll be away from the other 99% of my friends and family that I'll be leaving behind. I won't be able to just call everyone up and go play games or music or run to Wal-Mart like I always have.

In other news, I got a new vehicular! That's right, the parents helped me get a new 2007 Honda Element. It's absolutely the perfect car for me: enough space for all my guitar gear, hidey holes everywhere, everything is water resistant so I can throw my snowboard in there, and enough gadgetry to get my tech fix.

So, graduation soon and then probably a one-way road trip. Hope they have some good snowboarding up that way because I wanna get some use out of my new toaster on wheels.

-Ryan