Who Am I & What Am I Doing?

I joined the blogging culture earlier this year when Andrew at Bound By Gravity got into it and pulled me in. I often find new things by word of mouth from friends, something worth analyzing in the future.

Since I started reading blogs and posting myself as a guest, I've been forced to face some of my basic assumptions and philosophy and question my beliefs in a way I've never been asked to before. For the most part I found myself to be on solid ground, but in some cases I was disappointed.

I have learned a lot about myself in the process and I think I want to continue to explore who and what I am. This blog is a record of that exploration. So, with that said:

Who am I today? I am a 30 year old software engineer for a company in Ottawa, Ontario. I am happily married with no children, but we own three geckos. I live in a town called Carleton Place west of Ottawa, and grew up south of Ottawa before attending Carleton University in Ottawa. Expect for a brief two year stint living in Barrie and working on Toronto, I've spent my entire life living in Eastern Ontario.

For fun I do the usual computer and consol gaming, and I participate in a hobby called Warhammer which involves miniature wargaming. Don't expect to hear much about that here, I have another massive outlet for that stuff.

Finally, I am overweight and joined Weight Watchers Online at the end of September after being inspired by Andrew (notice a pattern yet?). I've successfully lost 25 pounds so far, with the goal being to lose 75 more pounds by October 2005. We'll see how that goes. Expect progress reports as time goes by.

What am I doing? I want to continue to investigate my basic assumptions and beliefs and to do that I want to make a record so I can go back and read my thoughts as they occur. Examine myself from a distance so to speak. This blog is going to be my running record, a public introspective of who I am and what I think. It may evolve over time, it may not. We'll see.