It's been awhile without an update here, so I should do that.

Let's see, since hiking Timpanogos school has started again. I'm taking CS 611 - Advanced Computer Theory where we get to learn how to write proofs and then prove things about computability and complexity theory. I'm also taking CS 401R, which will be CS 479 Natural Language Processing. The classes are interesting, 611 is quite challenging, but I've had pretty good preparation by TAing CS 252 (the undergraduate theory course). I'm TAing 252 again this year and it's going well. I get to teach class this week because the professor will be in Spain for a conference. I'll be going over the equivalence of Non-deterministic Finite Automata with Deterministic Finite Automata on Wednesday, and on Friday we'll be discussing Regular Expressions.

I've finished coding the query collection program I'll be using to gather all my data to analyze my Thesis work. So once the headphones and mic stand arrive I'll be getting people to sign up to provide sample query data. So that's moving along.

I'm sure I've read a number of books since I've last written about them, but I'm sure I wouldn't be able to remember them all at this point. Right now I'm reading "A Passage to India" by E.M. Forster based on a recommendation. So far it reminds me of the 20th century fiction we read in high school.

I had my follow up visit with the Ophthalmologist today. The pressure in my eyes is lower than 6 months ago and there is no sign of any damage so currently I am glaucoma free. So that's good news.

The parking garage that was built with the addition to the Tanner building was actually finished for this Fall, which I think was earlier than originally planned. So there is Graduate Parking on the west side of campus again, which is nice since it's closer to the TMCB than the law building lot. It also doesn't seem to be widely known that the garage is open, so there's usually parking available, which is nice.

I went up to the State Fair last Friday. It was alright. I had a funnel cake (which almost did me in) and got to see the photography exhibit. I decided that I should definitely enter something there next year, some of the pictures we saw were exactly the same as some that I've taken, so I could definitely get in.

On Saturday I went up to the Orem Hospital to play Ultimate with Orem Ultimate Fall League. I signed up and paid my fees online, and then never heard anything back and the season started the first weekend in September. So I went up there today and, sure enough, they were playing. Apparently a handful of us had our payment go through, but our registration information disappeared so they didn't know how to contact us. So that's all sorted out and I should have a team assignment before next week. For this week I just played with my captain from Spring League who needed some extra players due to injuries and absences.

I think that's a sufficient update for now.

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