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Helen

What Do You Mean, C++ Does Not a Life Make?!

About Me

I live in the Garden State. I've also lived in Oregon, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, New York, and California. I write software most days.

My Interests

Baking, hiking, music, games, movies, cats, philosophy, cognition, hanging out with my friends.

I'd like to meet:

People who treat their friends well, and enjoy my sometimes esoteric, sometimes tangential, way of talking.

Music:

Three Days Grace, Mona Lisa Overdrive, Nine Inch Nails, Tool, SoundGarden, Tori Amos, Orgy, Blondie, Guns 'n' Roses, The Doors, Mozart, Bach, Liz Phair, Simon and Garfunkel, and others.

Movies:

Wicker Park, Kill Bill, The Incredibles, Back to the Future, Bourne, Boondock Saints, Batman Begins, ...

Television:

Right now: Angel, Buffy, 24, Alias, Heroes, Battlestar Gallactica, Rescue Me, Scrubs, House, ...

Books:

Wheel of Time, Lois McMaster Bujold, Douglas Hofstadter, Mercedes Lackey, Neal Stephanson, William Gibson, ...

My Blog

Because of Shanners

I have taken evidence of my Tool Experience(tm). The Tool Experience
Posted by Helen on Mon, 23 Jul 2007 03:24:00 PST

Yum

Home-made whole-wheat walnut bread, toasted, with spread and home-made strawberry jam. Really takes the sting out of a frustrating debug session.
Posted by Helen on Wed, 27 Jun 2007 10:09:00 PST

The Life of Leisure

    Wow, I had one of those strange days-- the kind that you ride your bike ~ten miles doing errands, and then do the dishes, start your unemployment claim, and then think of doing your...
Posted by Helen on Tue, 15 Aug 2006 01:57:00 PST

I'm Ugly

Or so thinks faceless Robert from Fort Worth, Texas, who has no friends. He had no constructive criticism or corroborating arguments.  Aged 23, a Sagittarius and single, it seems he's so scared t...
Posted by Helen on Wed, 15 Mar 2006 06:21:00 PST

Kicking the Caffeine

I'm giving up coffee and tea for Lent.  No, I'm not Catholic.  I wouldn't even call myself Christian (something having to do with not believing basic tenets of the faith...).  But, I ag...
Posted by Helen on Wed, 01 Mar 2006 09:38:00 PST

Why I Miss Portland

1.  Clearing 6 inches of snow off your car isn't normal.  When it happens, the city shuts down. 2.  Powell's, and the culture that keeps it in business. 3.  Coffee that can't be co...
Posted by Helen on Mon, 13 Feb 2006 07:19:00 PST

Reality Check

Just started a full-time job researching and fact-checking for a real-estate title company...40 minutes away.  Wednesday I start a part-time job on top of that.  And I'll still be broke.&nbs...
Posted by Helen on Wed, 19 Oct 2005 07:20:00 PST

It's Supposed to be Therapeutic

But, when your breadboard keeps slipping, kneading ain't that much fun.  BUT, I have a great loaf of bread!  It's been years and years since I made scratch bread, and it's just utterly yummy...
Posted by Helen on Wed, 05 Oct 2005 01:34:00 PST

Good for the Soul

I've lived a sheltered life.  I have no idea what it's like for most people.  So, I've applied for a couple minimum-wage manual-labor jobs.  It'll do me good to actually have to work my...
Posted by Helen on Wed, 21 Sep 2005 08:56:00 PST

Yay!

Finally found Liz Phair's Exile in Guyville, lost since a move two years ago.  Also got some new books at Powell's
Posted by Helen on Tue, 20 Sep 2005 07:25:00 PST