Messin' with Texas

Current Mood: HappySince I don’t have anything of any real interest I feel like writing about, I figured I would give you all a little update on how work is going. Albeit a bit boring, it is nonetheless a large part of my life. For the ease of your reading, I have divided up into [...]

Current Mood: AngrySo I had another little run in with the police. You can read about my first run in with the police by clicking here. This time, it was completely retarded. Two weekends ago, was the first time I had the car for the whole weekend, all to myself. It was great! It felt [...]

Current Mood: SadThis past weekend was pretty great. For the first time we got all four Sigma Nu’s that are here from CMU together – Kutsal, Basar, Izzy, and myself. As was to be expected, we had a blast. All in all, the weekend was pretty great.
Next weekend is shaping up to not be so [...]

Current Mood: ConfusedNormally when I socialize, or interact with people, I am usually very aware of each thing I say, and what it says about me. I somewhat treat it like a game of Diplomacy, where it is important to shape other people’s perception of you in a favorable way. I always used to be [...]

My weekend was once again fantastic! Murat asked me how my weekend was when I got back last night (he stayed in Buyukcekmece) and when I told him how great it was he replied, “you always say that.” I went outdoor climbing, swimming at Tahsin’s house outside the city, partied it up on Saturday. I [...]

I was thinking about my last four plane rides and the people I ended up talking to. They were all quite lucky I suppose. Simply by being outgoing, friendly and by wearing a smile, I have managed to meet several interesting people.
First, on my flight back from the US, I met Leyla. She’s half Turkish [...]

Current Mood: CoolI finally got around to picking out a new theme for my blog. Like it? Notice anything about it? Mac users, this should be easy. The theme is called iTheme, and is designed to look like the apple OSX operating system. Go ahead, you can say it, I am a tool. If I [...]

Current Mood: Esctatic & Happy & PlayfulCe poste est pour ce qui parle français. Je suis désolé si vous ne le comprenez pas.
Alors, je viens de rentrer chez moi après trois journées a Sfax, Tunisie. C’était un voyage pour mon travail, mais c’était tellement bon. Il m’a relaxé beaucoup. J’ai visité une petite [...]