Wow! What a weekend! So much to talk about and so little space! Wait a min, I have the whole page for space. Ok well lets see, I guess we will start in order.
Friday: Work went great, we had the Workplace Chili Cook-off which was a lot of fun. Got to hang out with the people I will finally be working with. Had lots of good Chili, Had a “Meeting” on the Fourth Floor, (ask me and I might tell you. I then headed back home for a night of playin around on Galaxies while I waited for Doc to arrive. The plan was: Doc drives up on Friday night and Farpoint Con Sat. So I settle into a nice SWG session. Doc Arrives and We Crack open the Guinness and Cider!

Saturday: Farpoint here we come! This will be my First Con in this area (especially as a Single Guy) Doc knows one of the 501st guys so we plan on meeting up with them. We arrive at the Hotel and Head in to register. Do the standard run through the Dealers room and check out the Moichendise, I Totally fell in love with an Axe that was on Sale there. DAMN ME FOR NOT HAVING THE MONEY!!!! Also saw a Great 2 Foot long Biker Scout on Speeder bike Figure (Ironicly was the same price as the Axe) I am happy to say that I practiced Restraint and did not make any purchases. (grumble) Thankfully one of the other 501st guys bought the Biker and saved me from having to Buy it. Finally went out and changed clothes into my Jedi outfit. Was great fun playing around with the troopers. Got Hounded by the Masquerade people to enter the contest and finally did, Didn’t win anything (could be that I had no Music, and nothing planned) After the Masquerade Doc and I hung out in the Bar with the 501st (Storm Troopers get all the Chicks!) and Drank Until the Dance Started……

Saturday Night: Spent Saturday Night Dancing, and More dancing, And even more dancing. Before you ask, I changed clothes so I was not the Dancing Jedi (that thing is Wool Buddy!!) Doc found himself surrounded by his Groupies (most of which were under age) and I Was Accompanied by a Lovely Member of the 501st named Lori. Then, More dancing. I think we finished up at around 3:45am and Made it back to One of the rooms, realizing that We had not had a Drink in Quite a few hours, (and lots of dancing). we figured it was time to Go home. We Said a Fond Adieu to our new friends and Drove home. (I drove that is, Bastard Doc Slept the whole way) Finally got home at 5am and crawled into bed, While visions of Trooper Groupies Danced in my head.

Sunday (afternoon?): Waking up is one of the things I dislike the most. I think most of sunday was spent recovering. We managed to take out some of the Boxes that I had emptied from the move (some? there was like 50!) In the process we noticed that someone had thrown out a Nice 27″ TV! Well it beats my 20″ so we brought it back and tested it out to see what was wrong, it looked ok for starters but after leaving it on for a while it started showing some strange artifacts (not the Indiana Jones type) so it was back out to the dumpster with it. after some Nice Chinese food and a good rest, Doc finally headed home and I settled into a quiet evening.

Monday: Parade time!!! The City of Alexandria has one of the largest Presidents day Parades and This year the 501st and the Rebel Legion was invited to join! So back into the Jedi robes I go! Met up at Lori’s house and then headed to Crickets house (BTW, as a side note about Crickets house…. WOW!!!) Then it was off to the Parade. we had a Total of 3 Storm Troopers, 4 Light Jedi, 2 Dark Jedi, 1 Rebel Pilot, and One Very Lovely Princess Leia. (damn I need a Han Solo Outfit, I bet Smugglers get just as many chicks as Storm Troopers!) The Parade was a Hoot! Great Crowd reactions. After the Parade was over we headed back to Crickets house for the after Parade party, we hung out and had a great time. The Hour was late and it became time to head home. And then with my exhausted body, Pain stricken knee, and Dehydration headache, I went home and crawled into bed. WHAT A WEEKEND!

Ow, my back hurts. Spent the morning assembling a rack with 2 server machines, 1 firewall, 1 KVM, and prepping for a huge switch and Cable runs. Was glad to finally be doing something at work. Hopefully my stuff will be cleared up soon and I can start my real work. In the meantime I will continue doing what I can around the office. Home life is going good too. Got a lot more unpacked last night. I can actually walk in the den. Now it’s just a matter of finding a place to put everything. what a pain. Most of this stuff I don’t even want anymore. You know you just start having things to have them. Now I don’t want them anymore. I invite people from all over to Come take my stuff away!!! (: Maybe I should start selling stuff on E-bay. Anyone want an old 28.8 ISA modem?

Well Today is the day that I finally update my Webcam page and add a little more content. I haven’t yet ported over my Blog from the PDA, so I will add those entries to this one when I get the chance. The big change has happened! We are at the dawn of a new era! I have officially left the USAF and started my new life, Below is the mass e-mail I sent out that explains everything

Friends, Romans, Countrymen! Lend me your E-mail application.
It’s been far too long since I have done one of these updates that I almost don’t know where to start. Some of you know what’s been going on with me and some of you are completely clueless. The information held within this e-mail may come as a complete shock to some of you so I will ask that those with known heart problems or expectant mothers (erin), please consult a Doctor before continuing.
February marks a Huge transition in my life. As many of you know, I joined the USAF on Feb 14 1995, so this coming valentines day will mark my 9th year in the Military. This coming 19th of Feb marks my Last day in the military as well. Thats right, I have stood all I can stands and I can’t stands no more! Most of you know that I am not a very military minded person, Many of you with whom I have worked with can testify to that. I don’t regret any of the time I have served and would join again in a heartbeat if I were in the same situation I was in. But I really feel like I have outgrown the Military and there are much bigger and better things out there for me. One of those bigger better things just happens to be my new Job. I now work for a company called Crucial Security. They are an IT security company with a nice healthy contract to a Govt. Agency. I am working in the Infrastructure Dept, Mostly hardware repairs and network setup. I love it. The Job is based in Fairfax/Chantilly Area in Northern VA. Still pretty close to DC.
Of course what would a new Job be without a Fabulous new apartment! I couldn’t stand the 2 hour commute from where I was living (not that the military would have let me stay there) so I found a Nice little 2 bdr 1 bath apartment only 5 miles from the new job. The commute is 8 min. The most traffic I see now is a school crossing. (: For those who are interested, my new address will be included at the bottom of this e-mail.
More New things!! New home means new means of Contact! I have a new e-mail address, but to be honest, I think I am just going to use This one for Major attachments and Such, For much of my regular corresponding I would like to use my hotmail, changing addresses is such a pain you know.
So:
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I also have a new phone number, It’s my cell phone. I don’t plan on getting a home number, don’t see a need for it. 703-xxx-xxxx
One last major news breaking item. You may have noticed that I said I got a small apartment. “But Steve, How can you and your wife live in such a small apartment.” Easy, No more wife. Yes, the rumors are true, I am single yet again. Heather and I realized that Both of us had grown as people in the last 6 years, Sadly It was in different directions. The Good times we had together were slowly becoming grayed out by the bad times. So we have decided it’s in our best interests if we split up. She is still working for the Govt in South DC and has a nice apartment in Alexandria. We still talk a lot and I consider her one of my best friends.
And so I venture forth into a new life. Unto the world a new Steve is born! (maybe I should change my name too, go by Steffan or something)
I welcome your comments, you words of advice, and your updates!
Take care my Friends,

Wow, you will never guess what Happened! I am out of the military!!! I officialy outprocessed everything and I am done. Now, officialy I am not out until Feb 19th, But, barring any nationaly emergency, I am done!!! All thats left now is moving in to the new place, and that takes place on saturday. One can only hope that I have net connection when I get there.

Ok, here is the deal, The reason that most of these pages look so basic is because I am writing them on my PDA. What does that mean? That means that I really don’t feel like writing in all the code to make it look fancy. Also I don’t want the files to be too massive that when I test them on my PDA it looks like crap. So anyways. Today will be spent cleaning the house and getting ready for the move. Of course that would involve going to bed soon (: