I promise to make this page more enlightening some day, but for now I've
just picked out a couple self description codes that may or may not be
tell somthing about me.
Iceland
I was born in Reykjavik, the capital city. Iceland is a very small country
of about 270,000 people. All of Iceland could live comfortably in one tower
of the World Trade Center. I had a lot of freedom there because my parents
rarely worried for my safety. The only time I heard of
a robbery the thief didn't use a gun, and two hours later turned himself
in. I also remember the horror that the adults around me experienced for
those two hours. This is a country where the national phone book lists
people by first name, crimes do not happen.
We lived near the outer edges of a fast growing city. Life was full
of little adventures. I remember growing peas in with my friend in a secret
little wilderness less than a mile away. One time our some other kids had
picked our peas, I decided our new adventure was to climb over one of the
mountains that surrounded our valley. It doesn't take much for two 7 year
olds to get lost in an uninhabited valley. By the time we had made it over
it was getting dark. Two panicky little brats fighting over which direction
to take isn't such a pretty sight. Thankfully we ran into some horseback
riders who took us back to the outskirts of the city.
New Jersey
My parents decided to find the roads paved in gold. I missed living among
people, if you've never been out there let me assure you suburbia is the
worst punishment you could ever inflict on a child. I learned English,
survived High School, and left.
New York City
How can you not love a place with a deli on every corner, ten thousand
restaurants, and more bookstores than I have books? I came to New York
University as a freshman because they had really cool advertisements posted
on the walls of my high school, and of course, like so many others in southern
Jersey, I did not get into Princeton. :)
New York is an electric place, the first year I took a few courses and
felt guilty if I didn't go out at least three times a week. This changed
when I started learning things in my classes, but I still enjoyed
New York City a great deal.
Hoboken
After three years at NYU, I transferred to Stevens Institute of Technology
for another two. The idea was to learn Electrical Engineering in addition
to the Computer Science I had learned at NYU. I really disliked the place
and the complacency of the people there. Say what you will about the "Rat
Race" in New York, competition may make people less polite but there is
little in this world more noble than someone inspired to better themselves.
Because I am a bit too stubborn, I stuck it through and now have the two
degrees.
My not so secret pleasures were the courses I took in New York, even
if I had to run to the tunnels to catch the last regular train back to
Jersey by midnight.
New York City
I'm now living in the far reaches of the East Village, tiz a nice 20 minute
walk to NYU, but I spend most of my time at the CAT lab.