I moved to Santa Barbara in July 2000 after discovering that I didn't like my job in San Diego. Actually, I suppose a stronger statement applies: I didn't like where my career was headed. I talked to a guy who had a lot of experience in academia. He seemed to think I didn't belong where I was, describing the place where we worked as a "mill". He meant, supposedly, that they were interested in the cheapest means of software production, which ends up being fairly mediocre. Looking back, I agree that that wasn't the right place for me. I need quite a bit more creative freedom than that place could bear to give me. So now I'm studying at UCSB in the Media Arts and Technology Program and getting a paycheck from my work in the ATON project. Fall quarter here was fun. I became acquainted with Curtis Roads and Stephen Travis Pope, two widely known people in the academic computer music arena. They're really humble people despite having a lot to be arrogant about.

	This is me at Mammoth after I just woke up. Don't I look smashing? Geeze, I hope my nose isn't always that red.

This is Tuesday, the cat that used to live with me. It's so hard to find housing here in Santa Barbara that I had to make do with a place that didn't allow pets. My mom and I took her to a shelter that doesn't put their pets down. They said she's really cute and won't have any trouble finding a home.

	This is me again, because you can never have too much of a good thing. (smirk!) I had trouble getting Tuesday to sit still while we took this picture because she was afraid I'd try to clip her nails, which she absolutely hates. Oh, well.