So it’s been a bit of a dry spell here on yovanoff.com. Here’s my list of excuses (there are probably more, but I can’t remember back that far):

Last weekend (two weeks ago?) was a trip down to the NNJ/NYC area(that’s Northern New Jersey for those not in the know) for a number of things, including but not limited to:

• Seeing The Gates. My first and continuing impression being that they (it?) are incredibly, logistically impressive. Managing to bring that project from concept to fruition could not have been easy. Regarding the gates as a piece of art, I’m still on the fence. It just doesn’t do much for me. At the bear minimum though, it got a lot of people into the park and interacting with each-other, which is neat-o.
• Also making an appearance for the weekend were Chris and Allison, of University of Delaware fame. We ate sushi, made fun of each other, and had a great time. That a year had passed since we had all been together wasn’t even noticed.

Pictures of the above mentioned events may be forthcoming, but I am currently connecting via a high speed cellular connection that works surprisingly well, except for some high-latency issues, and I’m opting to hold off on attempting to upload 10+ megabytes of photos.

Which reminds me, I got a new cell phone and cell phone provider (thank you, Verizon. T-Mobile, you, well, suck.) which allows me to do such things as get an internet connection just about anywhere, and more importantly, hear people when I talk to them, which is a nice feature. Don’t worry though, the number hasn’t changed.

And that of course brings me to my next excuse for not updating. OK, it doesn’t really bring me to my next excuse, other than that I wouldn’t be doing this if it weren’t for aforementioned high speed connection. So I guess it does. Good talk. Moving on.

• I’m currently lying in a large bed in a big house in a small suburb of Chicago. Two of my aunts, a couple cousins, and a grandparent or two are all doing some serious moving and re-arranging this weekend, so I decided at the last minute that it would be a good thing to come out and lend a hand. Thanks to ATA, a mediocre airline with not too absurd last minute flight costs, I have hung pictures, drilled holes, set up wireless networks, moved (gigantic) furniture, and will soon be packing up a basement or two. Aside from all the work, it’s also been great seeing my mom’s side of the family, which I haven’t seen in quite some time.

A bulleted list really loses its effect when there is only one bullet. Again, moving on.

So that’s the last two weekends. The time in-between those weekends has been full of work. And I mean full. Three full weeks of being at work before 8AM and after 9PM on many occasions really does suck the life out of you. Not only that, but I’ve been trying to get a haircut for the last two weeks and just haven’t had the time. You should see what’s growing on my head, it’s ridiculous.

Anyways. Boston, I’ll be home tomorrow morning for a few days - then it’s off to Santa Fe for a long weekend and down to Washington DC for a long day. But we’ll talk about that later.