Well, I guess I started a weblog.
I figure I owe it to society. When you get right down to it, my life is just too exciting to not be shared with other people via the Internet. In fact, I was watching Star Wars the other day, and I had to stifle yawns because epic space adventures in a galaxy far, far away seem kind of mundane in comparison to the everyday activities of Rob.
To illustrate, let’s play a little game; I’ll describe to you two scenes, one from my day today, the other from 1980’s The Empire Strikes Back. See if you can guess which is mine.
Ready?
Scene A:
It was a rainy Thursday morning. Against a backdrop of grayish-beige cubicle walls, I focused on an exception my code was throwing. Well, I focused as well as I could, considering the guy in the next cube over was constantly clipping his fingernails. THIS IS AN OFFICE NOT A BATHROOM WILLIAM! Looking at the stack trace, it was obvious the overflow had to be the result of an infinite recursion. This didn’t really make sense, unless — could there be a loop in the network flow? Of course. I had been thinking the network was structured acyclically, but I’d forgotten about some switching scenarios. I made some modifications to my code and recompiled; the tracing now worked correctly.
Scene B:
As the Imperial Stormtroopers were escorted down the corridor, the Wookie wheeled to face me and put his paws around my neck. Ever since the arrival of the Galactic Empire had disrupted life on my small mining outpost, I had found myself pushed into a deal that was getting worse all the time. Seeing Han’s twisted expression in the freezing chamber was the final straw; I knew I had to find a way to rescue him. The Wookie’s grasp on my neck tightened, and I felt my feet rise from the ground. Grabbing his massive forearms, I managed to find enough air to speak. “Han…,” I gasped. “There’s still a chance to save Han!” I directed the Princess to the East Platform, unaware that it would be many months and hundreds of light years before he would again be free of his carbonite encasement.
Go ahead and take some time to decide. I’ll wait.
Give up? The answer is Scene A. Well, originally I had intended Scene A to be the answer, but now that I think about it, I’m pretty sure I’ve done that second one too. Really, either choice is probably correct.
See what I mean about my life being so exciting? And now you too can share in the adventure, just by visiting this site.
You’re welcome.