There are three flowers in a vase...

I know this news will come as a shock to anyone reading this blog, but I am something of a Joss Whedon fanboy. Anyone who interacted with me last summer assuredly dealt with my incessant ramblings about Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog in my own personal attempt to aid Joss Whedon's project.

I do so again.

This time I am not shilling for Dr. Horrible or Captain Hammer, but for Echo, Topher, Boyd, Ballard, and even Miss DeWitt. I am attempting to rally everyone I can around Dollhouse, another brilliant Whedon creation that Fox is poised and ready to terminate before it's time.

Those following me on Twitter have seen my nonstop series of tweets about Dollhouse, and will continue to see them for the rest of this week, because the Internet has unofficially declared this week Watch Dollhouse Week. I know all of my attempts are likely futile and have almost no hope of actually swaying the Fox executives one way or the other, but I will continue to try my best and utilize what is available to me to at least try to help.

So help me in the fight. Watch Dollhouse, preorder the first season DVDs, tell your friends, loved ones, neighbors, strangers on the bus to do the same. The rallying cry of the faithful was enough to resurrect the Firefly 'verse in movie form, perhaps we can save Dollhouse.

If I wanted schooling, I'd-a gone to school

It's over. It's finally over.

After 20 years, my scholastic career is finally at an end. No longer, when asked what I am doing with my evening will I respond "homework", and I am sure all of my friends are particularly glad to never have to hear me respond "thesis" (or listen to my incessant whining about said thesis).

I would like to thank every single person who ever offered me words of encouragement this semester. I am honestly not certain if I would have been able to finish my thesis without all of your support, and I know that I was constantly grateful that I've managed to surround myself with such wonderfully badass peoples.

I would also like to congratulate my good friend James, who has also achieved this auspicious milestone.

While I know it may sound somewhat out of character for me to say nice things (especially about people I actually do like), I realize that it is on occasion important for me to remind everyone I care about that I really do care, and I really do value your friendships. Without you I would both literally and figuratively not be where I am today, and I can never truly thank you all enough.

(I know it is unlikely that anyone much cares, but I will likely be posting up my entire thesis sometime soon, so if it strikes your fancy you too can learn about Ambient Environments and Agile Software Metrics)

My food is problematic

Sure has been awhile since I've done one of these...

So it's been over three months since my transition into the pescetarian lifestyle, and I have some updates and confessions to make.

About a month or so ago I had terriyaki chicken from Kyoto Terriyaki in Boulder, then the next day I had a hamburger from Thunderbird Burgers, and the day after that I had steak in my Pho.  These slips in my moral fiber have actually been quite beneficial.  I have discovered that I've lost my taste for chicken enough that it no longer outweighs the feeling of guilt I have over eating it.  I felt terrible after dinner at Kyoto.

I have also learned that red meat is TOTALLY FUCKING WORTH THE GUILT.  I can't help it, and maybe it speaks poorly to my moral constitution, but hamburgers and steak are seriously so damned good I can barely stand it.  I have therefore somewhat revised my dietary description.  While I suppose it is still somewhat valid to call myself pescetarian, I just don't think I can fully eliminate red meat from my diet for the time being, and will thusly be occassionally indulging in a steak or a hamburger, though only once or twice a month at most.

I also recently discovered the amazingness that is Morningstar Farms.  While there are a lot of meat replacements that are worse than not eating meat, Morningstar Farms so far has failed to let me down.  Their Corndogs, veggie dogs, and buffalo chik'n are what I've tried so far, and they're all amazing.  Honestly, I recommend all of you give them a try and see how you feel about em.