Guess who finished their exams and submitted their Senior Capstone on "The Influence and Impact of Racism on Startups?

CSCI-1100-990 Using Information Technology: A
CDST-4210-901 Senior Capstone: A

I've graduated, y'all. Summa cum laude. Interdisciplinary Studies major with double minors in Sociology and Trauma and Resilience.

It's official. Spring 2024 semester is over, and grades are in:

COBH 4357 - Thanatology: A
HDAL 4167 - Trauma Theory: A
HDAL 4227 - Evidence Based Trauma Techniques: A

Both my Trauma and Resilience and my Sociology minors are complete.

Very heavy semester on both content and workload. Making finishing my degree the priority has negatively impacted my work output. But you know, making work the priority for all these years is why my degree wasn’t completed in the first place.

I have to "demonstrate proficiency in information technology (basic computer skills) as a condition for graduating" my university by taking a class called "Using Information Technology" even though I've been a fully remote student for the past two years.

I'm going to put together an Experiential Learning Portfolio to try to get past this requirement.

Heh, ChatGPT just rhymed "Recover" with lover.

"In the realm where digital worlds collide,
Stands the NIST Cybersecurity Framework with pride.
A beacon of order in the cybernetic storm,
Guiding the way, a digital reform.

With its five pillars, a structure so sound,
In the realm of security, it is renowned.
Identify, Protect, Detect, Respond, and Recover,
A framework robust, like a steadfast lover."

But it didn't update the verses when I explicitly asked for 2.0.

I asked ChatGPT to write a poem about why I don't like FedRAMP:

"With stringent standards, it seeks to secure,
Yet in its grasp, frustrations endure.
A cumbersome beast, slow to comply,
In its complexities, many sigh.

For those who navigate its winding way,
Hours and days, their efforts sway.
A tangle of hoops, each one to jump,
In this landscape, many feel the slump."

I met up for coffee with an old coworker who I haven’t seen since pre-pandemic.

I need to learn to pull back on my intense pro-labor / anti-racist energy that early in the morning.

Or not drink two coffees in quick succession without eating breakfast.

Sorry, my friend.

I was on a first date Saturday night in Detroit. Someone yelled at my date “Go Lions” and got mad that my date didn’t yell it back.

I turned & said really loudly: “I should have said ‘Go Fucking Birds!’”

You can take the girl out of Philly, but you can’t take Philly out of the girl.