My friends are smart!

At the risk of sounding like a broken record, the friends I've made from high school, from summer camp, from university... from all over really, are all going places.

Sometimes I wonder how it is that everyone I know is doing so well. Then I realize the common denominator. Me. I must be very inspiring.

Anyways, back in undergrad, I remember my friend Omar skipping computer classes to play GTA in our house all day, and then pulling all-nighters for any one of the myriad campus publications he wrote/edited/produced/lorded over.

While it may seem odd for a computer science major to spend so little time on his actual degree (The story regarding his honours thesis is probably best left untold...) and so much time on "extracurricular" events, this evidently all payed off.

Omar has been nominated for a National Newspaper Award!

Imagine rising to the top of your field just a few years after leaving university! I'm so proud.

Also, a quick note to my mother: Please be aware that I have streaked my hair purple.