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Virginia, Round Three

Tuesday August 28th, after coffee time

Going for a walk with Nathan I
Going for a walk with Nathan II

I've been back for all of two weeks, and it already looks like Semester 3 in Virginia is going to be rather busy. I think I've said that at the start of every semester in the past 3 years, so let me qualify this a little further: reaaaaaaly busy.

So the good news is I managed to get a paper published in Automated Software Engineering. The acceptance rate was under 15% this year, so that's Very Good News. The paper is titled 'Modeling Bug Report Quality' and I'll be presenting it in Atlanta, Georgia, in November.

The Room, furnished.
The Room, furnished (opposite direction).
FOOD.

The other good news is that I can finally eat normally. I managed to get sick during my last day in The Netherlands, and it was fairly intense for a day or two. It got better during my first week in Virginia, but it wasn't really until a day or two ago that I felt like I was eating appropriately sized meals. Being unable to really eat well put a bit of a damper on my 'back in Charlottesville' festivities, since celebrating typically involves food for me :)

My trip back to Charlottesville was not that bad. I had a direct flight from Amsterdam to Dulles, so there wasn't any trouble along the way (like Heathrow, say, which is where I got stuck for a bit last year). At Dulles, the immigration line was pretty much the longest I'd ever seen, so it took me over 90 minutes to finally get out of the customs and immigration area. The line took quite a bit out of me -- I was still a little sick and it was warm and crowded.

By the time I made it out, I was faced with blurry vision and about 600 people waiting outside the customs area. Fortunately, Isabelle found me quickly, and we finally left the airport around two hours after I had landed. The drive was a lot more pleasant than the flight. Arriving back in Charlottesville reminded me a little of getting back to Colgate for my sophomore year: ready to get back to work.

My first Saturday here marked an important milestone -- I got furniture. Isabelle and I made the trip to IKEA and ended up buying some more lights, a desk, some drawers, and some shelves. Up until then, my new room had consisted primarily of a bed and a single IKEA lamp. I now have enough shelve space to actually store stuff off of the floor. More importantly, even, I can do work at my desk. Unlike my office, said desk actually has a sizable window right next to it, making it surprisingly less headache inducing.

The latest addition to my room is a 24x36" version of Van Gogh's Starry Night over the Rhone, which looks moderately amazing on my 'pale orange' walls. All in all, I'm quite fond of the new room. It took a lot of work to get it this way, but it has a bit more personality than my previous dwellings.

This past week saw the arrival of the department's new grad students. This, too, was good news, mainly in the form of free food. (The new grad students were interesting too.) Last Friday my house mates and I organized this year's rendition of Nerd Bash, the CS grad students' traditional starting-the-year party. Among other things, it featured rather tasty Singapore Slings; perhaps a little too tasty. Either way, the party worked out well and the cleaning was relatively painless.

I'm mostly back to my routine food-wise. Today's dinner consisted of baked (i.e. microwaved) potato with butter, bacon, curry ketchup, and Dutch mayo. The picture provides indisputable evidence that I'm on a fine-tuned diet that cleverly combines the two major food groups: meat and potatoes. I'm starting to consider combining this Diet of Champions with some exercise; I'll let you know how that works out.

Comments:


  1. Hooimoeder:

    Singapore Slings, never heard of those before! So one never is too old to learn, that's clear! Your room looks kind of cosy, great picture too! We hope this year will be a good one in every way. You started well with the "Very Good News". Hopefully it will get better and better! Holland loves you :-)

    reply to this comment
    (2007-08-29 01:25:02)

  2. Arjo Hooimeijer:

    Nice, nice room :-) So um when _can_ you be reached by phone?

    reply to this comment
    (2007-08-29 11:10:40)

  3. Pieter Hooimeijer:

    inspired by Hooimoeder — #1 Thanks for the luck -- I'll be trying to pull off some moderately impossible things this semester (work wise).

    inspired by Arjo Hooimeijer — #2 Thanks. Saturdays seem to be my slowest days thus far :-p

    reply to this comment
    (2007-08-30 23:22:25)

  4. Bridget:

    The room looks awesome, and Nathan's got a pretty snazzy stroller!

    Sorry I had to go so quickly the other day - other phone rang and then I figured you'd be eating dinner.

    reply to this comment
    (2007-08-31 12:39:06)

  5. Arjo Hooimeijer:

    inspired by Pieter Hooimeijer — #3 K. I'll give it a go tomorrow night (UTC.)

    reply to this comment
    (2007-08-31 15:06:39)

  6. Hooimama:

    Everything ok over there?

    inspired by Bridget — #4 I hope I may ask something stupid: what is snazzy?

    reply to this comment
    (2007-09-06 00:53:16)

  7. Arjo Hooimeijer:

    inspired by Hooimama — #6 http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/snazzy

    reply to this comment
    (2007-09-06 03:19:51)

  8. Arjo Hooimeijer:

    Welcome back faldara.com.

    Seemed I forgot to re-allow DNS access when I replaced my modem ()

    reply to this comment
    (2007-09-06 03:20:32)

  9. Hooimoeder:

    inspired by Arjo Hooimeijer — #7 Thanks, Brigit, eh Arjo! I thought it was something like that :-)

    reply to this comment
    (2007-09-06 07:08:03)

  10. hooimama:

    It's rather warm over there, isn't it?

    reply to this comment
    (2007-09-06 14:45:47)

  11. Pieter Hooimeijer:

    inspired by hooimama — #10 indeed...

    When I walk into my office from outside, the air feels thick, cool, and productivity-inspiring. Unfortunately that's counteracted by the lack of daylight in my cubicle, so I'm stuck between daylight and coolness.

    reply to this comment
    (2007-09-06 18:13:08)

  12. Hooimoeder:

    inspired by Pieter Hooimeijer — #11 Poor son!

    reply to this comment
    (2007-09-07 00:56:34)

  13. hooimama:

    Pieter, we want to know for sure if you are/are not coming home for Christmas! I (your mother) am pretty sure, but ...

    reply to this comment
    (2007-09-07 11:00:48)

  14. Je Pa:

    G+P host niet bereikbaar

    reply to this comment
    (2007-09-10 08:40:29)

  15. Pieter Hooimeijer:

    inspired by hooimama — #13 You're right -- I won't be coming home this winter break. Hopefully I'll be able to stop by sometime after Quals though. Even more hopefully, it'll be because I passed...

    inspired by Je Pa — #14 Should be fixed.

    reply to this comment
    (2007-09-10 23:06:21)

  16. Hooimoeder:

    inspired by Pieter Hooimeijer — #15

    Of course you'll pass!

    reply to this comment
    (2007-09-14 00:50:15)

  17. Hooimoeder:

    Boy, it's really busy here, all those people placing comments ... :-P

    reply to this comment
    (2007-09-19 12:53:27)

  18. Hooimoeder:

    I feel so lonely!

    reply to this comment
    (2007-09-20 07:11:33)

  19. Hooimoeder:

    Zucht!

    reply to this comment
    (2007-09-20 15:02:08)

  20. Hooimoeder:

    :-(

    reply to this comment
    (2007-09-24 13:53:33)

  21. Hooimoeder:

    mdussss

    reply to this comment
    (2007-09-27 00:46:20)

  22. Sista Kim:

    Don't forget to sing tomorrow!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR NATHAN!

    reply to this comment
    (2007-09-28 15:26:20)

  23. Hooimoeder:

    inspired by Sista Kim — #22 I bet he'll be singing all day long!

    reply to this comment
    (2007-09-29 04:46:38)

  24. Pieter Hooimeijer:

    In unrelated news, Faldara recently turned 3 years old :-p

    reply to this comment
    (2007-09-30 16:57:23)

  25. Hooimoeder:

    Congratulations! That means it's time for an update, right?

    reply to this comment
    (2007-10-01 05:26:50)

  26. Arjo Hooimeijer:

    inspired by Pieter Hooimeijer — #24 I just read the father of Fal Dara, Robert Jordan, died on September 16th :(

    reply to this comment
    (2007-10-02 08:15:23)

  27. Hooimoeder:

    inspired by Arjo Hooimeijer — #26 Never knew there was a father of Faldara! I am really impressed!

    reply to this comment
    (2007-10-02 14:52:42)

  28. Arjo Hooimeijer:

    inspired by Hooimoeder — #27 Fal Dara is a city in the series The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan. It consists of 11 books (and a 12th one now left unfinished) and is claimed to be as epic as The Lord of the Rings. I never got round to reading it until this vacation, but it's really a long read worth every minute. As I was browsing the web for information about it today I stumbled across this announcement. I always did know faldara.com was named after a city in the WoT though, never occurred to me you didnt ;-)

    reply to this comment
    (2007-10-02 17:25:29)

  29. Arjo Hooimeijer:

    I put my vacation pictures online here.

    reply to this comment
    (2007-10-03 06:01:31)

  30. Arjo Hooimeijer:

    inspired by Arjo Hooimeijer — #29 And a little blog on it can be read here.

    reply to this comment
    (2007-10-03 12:45:43)

  31. Hooimoeder:

    inspired by Arjo Hooimeijer — #29 inspired by Arjo Hooimeijer — #30 Nice!

    reply to this comment
    (2007-10-04 07:25:48)

  32. Hooimoeder:

    What a deafening silence at the other side of the Atlantic!

    reply to this comment
    (2007-10-08 06:09:30)

  33. Hooimoeder:

    Hellowwwww, sunshine!

    reply to this comment
    (2007-10-15 10:15:12)

  34. Isabelle:

    where is an update? I know you have time right now...

    reply to this comment
    (2007-10-19 02:01:33)

  35. Hooimoeder:

    inspired by Isabelle — #34 I was wondering too! Thank you!

    reply to this comment
    (2007-10-20 12:43:15)

  36. SISTA KIM:

    Time for a new post dear brother. Dit you get our giftset yet?

    reply to this comment
    (2007-10-21 09:34:33)

  37. Hooimoeder:

    inspired by SISTA KIM — #36

    Kimpie!! "Dit" is a Dutch word!!

    reply to this comment
    (2007-10-21 10:50:44)

  38. Sista Kim:

    inspired by Hooimoeder — #37 OOPS, LOL.

    reply to this comment
    (2007-10-22 12:59:10)

  39. the mother:

    Happy birthday to me, happy birthday to me, happy birthday dear mehe, happy birthday to me :-)

    reply to this comment
    (2007-10-23 00:19:30)

  40. Pieter Hooimeijer:

    Gefeliciteerd :-p

    reply to this comment
    (2007-10-23 08:23:36)

  41. Hooimoeder:

    inspired by Pieter Hooimeijer — #40 Boy, you remembered, hahaha! :-)

    reply to this comment
    (2007-10-24 13:33:13)

  42. Arjo Hooimeijer:

    inspired by Hooimoeder — #41 Rememered what? Lol :-) So how's the face?

    reply to this comment
    (2007-10-26 05:25:44)

  43. Hooimoeder:

    inspired by Arjo Hooimeijer — #42 It's still m old tired one! You didn't think I already went to Thamar, did you?

    reply to this comment
    (2007-10-26 16:12:46)

  44. De moeder:

    Hang in there, Pieterson!

    reply to this comment
    (2007-10-31 00:47:49)

  45. de oudersch:

    Bon voyage, mon fils!

    Good luck in Atlanta!

    reply to this comment
    (2007-11-06 01:52:57)

  46. Arjo Hooimeijer:

    Pieter's going to Atlanta?

    reply to this comment
    (2007-11-06 04:43:37)

  47. BUG REPORTS GO:

    Tuesday, November 6 Flight: Delta 1733 Departs: 11:50 am from Richmond, Virginia Arrives: 1:34 pm at Atlanta, Georgia Seats: 31A Gate: B15

    Proof [pdf]

    reply to this comment
    (2007-11-06 09:01:31)

  48. Arjo Hooimeijer:

    inspired by BUG REPORTS GO — #47 Send me a copy of your presentation when you're done!

    reply to this comment
    (2007-11-07 12:48:48)

  49. Arjo Hooimeijer:

    inspired by Arjo Hooimeijer — #48 Hm, just realized you must be done by now :-) So how did it go?

    reply to this comment
    (2007-11-07 12:49:15)

  50. Isabelle:

    Inital feedback is the talk went well :)

    reply to this comment
    (2007-11-07 14:03:38)

  51. Pieter-s parents:

    inspired by Isabelle — #50 At least one person who keeps us informed ;-)

    Thanx

    reply to this comment
    (2007-11-08 01:07:40)

  52. Pieter-s Sister:

    :-) Time for a new post dear brother! With some new pictures!

    reply to this comment
    (2007-11-11 08:00:16)

  53. Hooimoeder:

    inspired by Pieter-s Sister — #52 Yeah!

    reply to this comment
    (2007-11-13 13:08:23)

  54. Hooimoeder:

    Shirley died :-(

    reply to this comment
    (2007-11-17 14:09:16)

  55. Hooimoeder:

    Nothing but silence over there ......

    reply to this comment
    (2007-11-20 12:55:59)

  56. SISTA KIM:

    Silence is golden lalalallaa

    reply to this comment
    (2007-11-22 14:07:35)

  57. Hooimoeder:

    inspired by SISTA KIM — #56 Lol!!

    reply to this comment
    (2007-11-23 01:07:57)

  58. KJ:

    Ik moest even een blij ei kwijt. Hier ligt-ie: O

    reply to this comment
    (2007-11-25 16:28:25)

  59. Arjo Hooimeijer:

    Mdusch..

    reply to this comment
    (2007-11-28 03:54:23)

  60. Pieter Hooimeijer:

    Oh I will have time to post here... so very sooooon...

    reply to this comment
    (2007-11-28 22:35:57)

  61. de moeder:

    inspired by Pieter Hooimeijer — #60 How exciting!!

    reply to this comment
    (2007-11-29 02:57:19)

  62. Arjo Hooimeijer:

    inspired by Pieter Hooimeijer — #60 Is that irony I smell? :-p

    reply to this comment
    (2007-11-30 05:42:20)

  63. De moeder:

    inspired by Arjo Hooimeijer — #62 Was it that obvious?

    reply to this comment
    (2007-11-30 06:40:22)

  64. Arjo Hooimeijer:

    inspired by De moeder — #63 No I'm that perceptive ;-)

    reply to this comment
    (2007-11-30 13:27:31)

  65. Hooimoeder:

    inspired by Arjo Hooimeijer — #64 Lol, you think so?

    reply to this comment
    (2007-12-01 06:10:31)

  66. Isabelle:

    This is how the Dutch recycle computer parts

    reply to this comment
    (2007-12-05 10:21:29)

  67. Hooimoeder:

    inspired by Isabelle — #66 I think I'm glad I don't understand, hahahaha!

    reply to this comment
    (2007-12-06 02:21:18)

  68. Arjo Hooimeijer:

    inspired by Isabelle — #66 Forbidden Your client does not have permission to get URL /s1600 from this server.

    reply to this comment
    (2007-12-06 06:17:11)

  69. Isabelle:

    inspired by Arjo Hooimeijer — #68 My jokes aren't very funny when the links don't work :(

    This is a working link

    reply to this comment
    (2007-12-06 11:10:59)

  70. Arjo Hooimeijer:

    inspired by Isabelle — #69 :-D

    reply to this comment
    (2007-12-06 13:01:46)

  71. Sista Kim:

    LOL

    reply to this comment
    (2007-12-07 05:54:28)

  72. Sista Kim:

    heey little brother! How are you doing? Can I call you tomorrow?

    reply to this comment
    (2007-12-15 14:10:34)

  73. Hooimoeder:

    inspired by Isabelle — #69 This I do understand! :-)

    reply to this comment
    (2007-12-19 03:35:41)

  74. SIsta Kim:

    Heey Pipi-san!

    Too bad you cannot spend the x-mas holidays over here. Dad told me you had great grades this week 2 x A and 1 x A-? What's up next? Nathan is now starting to talk a little: - mom - dad - hatsjoeh (sneeze) - lal (he means lamp) - nene (Nijntje) - myum myum lenna (yum yum, lekker means tasteful)

    Lovely isn't it. Your brother tries to teach him Arjo and what's worse: AJAX.

    LOL :-)

    Talk to you soon!

    XXX Kim

    reply to this comment
    (2007-12-22 13:46:08)

  75. KJ:

    inspired by SIsta Kim — #74 You forgot to mention Dikkiedi (the famous red cat) and dldendenden! (don't know what that means yet).

    reply to this comment
    (2007-12-22 17:19:59)

  76. Hooimoeder:

    inspired by KJ — #75 Isn't there a special Nathan dictionairy available yet?

    reply to this comment
    (2007-12-23 09:42:15)

  77. sista kim on the train:

    that dictionary is still being worked on! I am at this moment sitting on the train from Haarlem to home. AJ and I spent the afternoon shopping. We didn't buy that much. Aj saw a great coat, but it was far to big. I bought some clothes for nathan. Next size is coming up. How are you little brother. I am still quite impressed by the fact that you screwing up a test means an A-. Sigh. Also impressing: sitting on a train and browsing the net on your phone. Love kim

    reply to this comment
    (2007-12-23 11:41:21)

  78. sista kim:

    merry x-mas little brother! hope you have a nice x-mas holliday.

    reply to this comment
    (2007-12-25 14:48:14)

  79. SISTA KIM:

    Almost 2008! Happy New Year little brother/ big uncle! Talk to you next year ;-)

    XXXXXXXXXX Kim, KJ and Nathan

    reply to this comment
    (2007-12-31 14:56:42)

  80. Pieter Hooimeijer:

    Happy new year :-p

    reply to this comment
    (2008-01-01 01:12:35)

  81. de oudersch:

    Good morning, Pieterson!

    reply to this comment
    (2008-01-03 00:56:48)

  82. Bridget:

    New year = new post?

    reply to this comment
    (2008-01-03 16:39:57)

  83. De oudersch:

    inspired by Bridget — #82

    Hahahahahaha, we think it, you say it!

    Are you ok, Bridget?

    reply to this comment
    (2008-01-04 06:42:04)

  84. Hooimoeder:

    Good luck, toitoitoi, break a leg .... whatever wish there is for good luck we're sending to you, Pieterson!

    reply to this comment
    (2008-01-07 00:23:18)

  85. SISTA KIM:

    Good luck on your exams this week dear brother/brother-in-law/uncle! Will you let us know how they all went???

    LOVE, KIM,KJ AND NATHAN

    reply to this comment
    (2008-01-08 14:47:51)

  86. Arjo Hooimeijer:

    I'm guessing you have exams this week ;-) Gluck!

    reply to this comment
    (2008-01-08 15:10:31)

  87. Bridget:

    I'm good! Hope everyone else is well. Good luck on exams, Pieter.

    reply to this comment
    (2008-01-08 17:48:13)

  88. De moeder:

    You changed Faldara! But still no new post!

    reply to this comment
    (2008-01-11 00:45:05)

  89. Sista Kim:

    Hey Pipi-san! How did your exams go? The site looks good!

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