Hello world,

I am back home this week for Illinois' General Primary Election on Tuesday.  I forgot to register in Chicago, so I took the train on Wednesday to vote and also participate in the election as an election judge.  Also known as elections inspector, elections officer or poll worker, basically I'm the person who hands out the ballots.  I have to be at the polling place by 5 am and I probably won't get back home until 9 or 10 pm.

In other news, I have decided to change my e-mail address to my initials at live.com [spam spiders have apparently found my e-mail address, so if you would like to know, please message me], so please add me to your contact/Messenger list.  I have made this change because I get too much junk at my Hotmail alias.  My new alias is synced up to my mobile phone through Windows Live for Windows Mobile, so I will be able to respond to messages on the go and also instant message.  My Hotmail alias will still be accepting mail, and I will still continue to check it, but I want to use the Live alias for all things personal.  That way I won't miss a message from you because there's too many newsletters or other junk.  If you would like to give Windows Live a test drive yourself, go to http://www.windowslive.com/.  TrueSwitch has an excellent service that can import your contacts, e-mail, and calendar!

I will be returning to Chicago on Thursday evening, and I can't wait to get back.  I've been busy pretty much everyday helping do things for my parents or friends.  My parents and I all got new Samsung BlackJack's because of an antenna issue, and they've all been upgraded to Windows Mobile 6, yay!

I'll be happy to relax once I get back to Chicago.

@Matthew