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I am officially homeless. I just turned in my keys to the (former) apartment at 12224 NE 8th St, #205.
My boss is letting me stay on the boat for a week, then I'll be headed down to San Diego (perhaps by way of Boise (to visit Ralph) and Vegas (for DefCon's White Ball).
I've been asked why I would attend DefCon... people say something like: "Really? I didn't know you were into hacking." My answer is... that, while I'm not a hacker, my current job role/title (Director of Application Security) has made me marginally competent to carry on relevant security-related conversations with hackers. A few months back, I managed to fall in with a whole big group of Seattle security guys and hackers. And yes, they are almost entirely guys. There are only a few girls in the group and, as far as I can tell, I'm the only one that isn't dating any of the guys. They are good guys though. All of 'em are super smart and very kind. And they aren't evil identity thieves either. While some of them may have done some black-hat stuff in the past; I'm pretty sure everyone in this group is on the right side of the law currently.
Anyway... back to my upcoming plans. By Monday Aug 10, I should arrive in San Diego. I have a warm and generous offer from Carl to use his guest room until I find a place in San Diego. Hopefully, I can get that situation figured out quickly since fish and houseguests stink after just a few days.
When I do figure out a place to live, I will have my Door-to-Door storage container delivered. It has all my stuff in it and it is packed to the gills! I got rid of a lot, but I still have a lot of stuff.