Hey, thanks for the welcome! I like your suggestion about the blog idea. Yeah, I generally don't write this long - I just felt like I had to write this long for my intro post.

"Also, your description of the kind of people you like to chat with sounds a bit like me. I'm fairly easily findable by this handle on several major IM systems, though my plate's a bit full these days and I might not have much time or energy to share."

Ah nice. I'll look you up (although the same is true for me, at least while I'm still in undergrad).