And yet another blog is born!

Um... how does one start off a blog exactly?

I suppose some explanation of its purpose for existence is in order. I am a student at the University of Texas at Austin working towards a Masters in Software Engineering through the Option III Schedule. I am also working full-time at a financial institute in downtown Austin.

Wow. When it's put in writing, it seems much more tangible and... ridiculous? While I won't go so far as reach Ludicrous Speed, don't think the enormity of the situation goes unnoticed by yours truly. So all I have to do is handle a full-time graduate student work load in the evenings and weekends when not working? Psshh, I can handle that. Hell, let's go ahead and add in a few other things too, like train for a triathlon, solve the country's energy crisis, and pick up Zilker Park post-ACL Fest armed with only toothpicks and snack-size Ziploc bags.

Having successfully completed my first semester just a few weeks ago, I can attest that it's not *that* bad. In fact, it was pretty good. Granted, I had to shake off a little rust getting back into the swing of things -- you'd think I'd have learned my "don't wait on semester projects till the last two weeks" lesson back as an undergrad. Ah, silly silly fool.

Over the next several weeks, months, and (hopefully) year and a half, I hope to catalog and chronicle my experience with grad school and working concurrently. Ideally, you'll get the good, the bad, and the ugly. However, the waiver I signed essentially giving UT rights to anything and everything related to me and this blog may have me thinking twice.

Naw, I'm just joking. What would I have to fear from one of the largest public higher education entities in the nation? I mean, how many connections can they really possibly have, right?

*gulp*