Ok, I’ll go with “psyched”, since it’s what several emailers seem to concur over. It’s not that I disagreed per se, but more that when I specifically looked for a definition of “psyched”, I couldn’t actually see something valid. I’m worrying too much about this, only because I find it bizzarely fascinating. It’s part of my compulsive personality to care about this too much – as one of the engineers I work with pointed out (he’s also very obsessive), it suits certain people.
Anyway, I’m still up finishing bits off. Had a few late night calls, considered calling someone over in the States, but I can do that another time. I’m annoyed I didn’t try harder to work out a cunning way to make it to Portland, but the reality is that I need to keep a few days of holiday this year in the case that I do manage to go to my friend’s wedding over in India. It’s for this reason that I probably won’t be in Nevada for DEFCON this time around (annoying also). Anyone want to offer me a job in Ontario/California today?
Eric, Matt: Thanks for the emails. I’m going to arrange to be in Anaheim next time I’m in LA (not for a few months but who knows what I’ll do after the summer). I’ve mentioned your LUG Radio interest to various people, since I find it really cool that that show is reaching a worldwide audience.
Jon.
P.S. Listening to Enigma currently, it’s pretty cool stuff. I also seem to be around 13.5 stone again – that’s 189 pounds (originally, I made a typo here, due to multiplying by the wrong factor. Bah.) for those who aren’t British. Although the UK is slowly becoming metric in many ways, we still have “pints” and often refer to body weight in stones (where one stone is 14 pounds, but in North America they don’t use stones AFAIK). We also use gallons or litres for petrol (gas) but a British gallon is more than a US one. Anyway, I’m potentially still losing some weight even despite my regular meals.