Day 1: Introduce yourself

Oh cripes, I've re-written this thing about 12 times now, and it's all long-winded and annoying and utterly utterly BORING.  Maybe that says something about my life.  More likely, it says something about my lack of writing skills.  This does not bode well for my thesis writing. 

Or maybe it does because I keep breaking my life down to the boring boring facts.

Anywho, I'm trying this one more time, keeping this short and sweet (instead of the mammoth book it keeps winding up being), mostly because you'll hear more about the details in the coming days. 

( Who am I again? )