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Perry

Jesus walks among us... don't squish any cockroaches!

About Me

We lost a friend, a sister and a generally amazing person. She was one of those people you couldn't help but to admire, the world is a better place because of her and those of you who know me know that there aren't many people that earn that honor in my eyes.
Carson, you are loved, you are missed and you will always be my little sister.
April 30th, 2007
I guess it's been awhile now. I'm still surprised at the things that remind me of you... passing clouds, road signs, just random things. It is different now though, a bit more of a lonley pang of sadness and loss but overshadowed with good memories. I never know if I'm going to smile and cherish the memory or, like now, blink away the tears. I want to be more and do more in your memory Carson. You inspire me.
My blog can be found here .
I used to (until recently) live in Irvine with my cousin Adam (Richard) Kellis and my wife Kelly Lee Birch. Used to work at a big company as a software architect on govt. and corp. projects, with sec. clearance and all... Beware the G-Man!! But now am doing the independant consultant thing and getting ready to move in a month further up the west coast to San Francisco.
I AM married officially as of ..h 2006!! Sorry ladies, the pain will heal in time ;p
The ceremony was perfect, the clouds parted the morning of, the sun set just as we finished the vows and the reception was amazing!
Tahiti (specifically the island of Morea) was amazing. Total wake up call for anyone who has lived in the sheltered arms of So. Cal. their whole lives.
Shifting goals and priorities in life is kind of liberating, the new goal is 'Location Independance'... ahh to be able to travel without any geographical ties.
H2's are the ugliest things ever to disgrace the road, anyone who drives one needs help...
Wallmart is the definition of everything that I despise. Never shop there and tell everyone you know how dirty they should feel whenever in the presence of the scum. There is a cost for prices artifically low, don't be ignorant do some research and join the anti-Wallmart campaign!!

My Interests

The things I can never find the time for... Artificial Intelligence and Robotics / Hardware programming. I'm one of the lucky few who really loves their jobs, I get paid to do the things that I find most interesting.

I also play Tennis on ocassion was doing kickboxing but don't have time anymore b/c of work. I'm slowly working on a certification class for private pilots so I can learn to fly little helicopters (look ma, I can hover!). I/we watch alot of movies but as little tv as possible.

I'd like to meet:

Martin Fowler, Kent Beck, MS Patterns and Practices crew, too many to name... all people whose intelligence and knowledge I aspire to.

Music:

Basically anything... wait... boy bands aren't music... Rephrase:
Basically anything that requires actual talent to create.

Movies:

The best movie scene of all times was the bowler hat scene in Thomas Crown Affair.

Television:

Heros, which is comming to an end soon... then I can finally swear off the addiction all together, and find a new one :)

Books:

Sword of Truth Series / Orsen Scott Card / Patterns of Enterprise Architecture / Other equally nerdy, techie, sci-fi or fantasy-fi...

Heroes:

All the people who I would like to meet... (See above)