Hey Bulldog

No, this is not going to be a rant on UGA athletics. I like this title because I've acquired a whole bunch of Beatles music, and Hey Bulldog was the first song that's not one of their most popular hits that I've really enjoyed.

Currently, things have been coming along well. I'm doing a LOT of Java programming for the Tennessee Department of Transportation, but I'm a lot happier working with Java programming from scratch than editing FORTRAN code that's far from efficient (using outdated techniques from FORTRAN 77 or something of the like). Plus, I'm understanding the underlying theory a lot more when you're coding up something from scratch like I have been doing. Classes are becoming more interesting as the semester is coming along, but I cannot say whether the switch to Industrial Engineering was a good one or not.

Things on the horizon look very interesting. Timmy and I are going to be going to our first home UT game at night. Finally, the fireworks that have been shot during the other home games can been seen for once. Then, we'll have three weekends in a row of visitors. First, it's two of Timmy's friends from Floral Park. Next comes my mother, which will be anticipated because I haven't seen her in a long time and Georgia's coming into town to take on the Vols. Finally, it's my better half that's coming into town for the second time, and I'll have myself a four-day weekend.

Until next time, keep out of trouble. Go Greyhounds! Go Hokies! and Go Vols!

Settling Well in Knoxville

So it's been about 3 weeks now since Timmy and I have moved down to Knoxville, and it's been a splendid time already! We've attended an Irish festival and a country music concert. Yes, I said country music, but it was a very good concert. Sugarland was a great opening act, but Keith Urban was the one that shook Thompson-Boling Arena (UT's basketball arena, which is an excellent venue). He was so good that I bought my first country album today, which was the album that he released this year (Defying Gravity)!

As for school, classes haven't been taxing thus far. We're into our third week of classes already. I have my research topic, which is a neat one. It's called highway cost allocation, which involves coming up with a fair and rational way of splitting up the cost of rehabilitating, repairing, and/or building a highway among the vehicle classes (passenger cars, two axle trucks, etc.), which are the people who use the highway.

This weekend's going to be an excellent one! Annette's coming in on Thursday morning. Timmy, Annette, and I have tickets to see Sara Evans on Friday. And Saturday's going to be a glorious day. The three of us have tickets to see the season opener for the Volunteers football team, where we'll be in a stadium that holds over 100,000 people!!! Not only do we have some football action at noon in Knoxville, the Hokies will be on national TV against Alabama. I'm hoping for a big win here since it'll be against a top 10 team.

Until later, keep out of trouble folks!