This Year So Far In Review?

not only have i slacked on caylin posts, since i haven’t posted a caylin post since her last birthday, i’ve slacked on everything else. i never wrote about shmoocon, or disney. never ever going on a holiday weekend again! need to write a post just for the last…

DEF CON 23

breaking up all my trips since august into separate entries. the original was just way too long. sooo.. DEF CON 23.. in short: * met a ton of people i’d been wanting to meet for a while * hung out with my con friends * made it the whole trip without puking…

2 Incredible Years, Surgery, Recovery, Etc

caylin turned 2 saturday. two. TWO. T – W – O. sweet jesus, WHERE HAS THE TIME GONE. this has been… the wildest, most unexpected 2 years of my life. i’ve said this probably hundreds of times at this point, but being a mom is nothing like i ever imagined or…

11 Months, And Exhausted

i hate that i’ve only been posting once a month lately. i have allowed myself almost no down time in the last few weeks. i have stayed up past 3 AM more times in the last month than i have in the last like 2 years combined, at least.…

A Few Highlights From Defcon 19

in no particular order :) all external links open in new window, images open in colorbox. * making the best of the epic badge line with camelbaks o’ beer * finally GETTING my defcon badge * dan kaminsky’s talk * sizzling apple pie at the rio’s all american bar & grille * acquiring my first…

There Are No Words

let me start out by saying that… my weirdness is not random. at all. my mom is weird. my dad is weird. my weirdness was, unavoidably, inherited. and i can never thank my parents enough. HOWEVER, they still catch me off guard from time to time. i received an e-mail…

2010? Already?

i woke up this morning and actually forgot it was new years eve. almost no one is at work. i can’t believe i’m even at work on new years eve. i have no idea where this year went. it flew by in the blink of an eye, and…

Defcon 2009

defcon was freaking amazing. i made a lot of new friends, was wined and dined by goons and geeks, even got handcuffed (and learned how to get out of them). my eyes seriously welled up when i hugged everyone goodbye and got in my cab to the airport. :cry: one…