I'm a software guy at a trading company, though I still have one year left of my loooong 5 year degree program before I become an "official" employee.

I'm jealous / in awe of cicadashell. I read the blog about the ride and it sounded like a great (even if difficult) time.

Riding home through some deadlocked rush hour traffic is even more fun than people usually say. I was on the verge of laughing just weaving through all of the stopped cars. Then again, maybe I was a getting a bit delirious due to the heat plus all of the heat coming off of the cars. But I made it home all right and my lady friend came over with all of the ingredients to make a delcious vegan curry recipe provided to me by someone on the forums. I'd say I ate about 8 pounds of curry last night.