For all none of you that will read this, today is my one year anniversary at Boeing. To celebrate, I'm going to go do homework after I finish blogging.

In one year, God has opened my eyes to see how faithful He really is. He precluded my taking a job with a company that isn't doing that well financially now (and has fired people from the group I would have worked in) to a company that is more stable, closer to home, and I think is a better fit overall. For the most part, I'm challenged at work (in a good way) and enjoy what I'm doing. So much so that I spent a few hours there today (Saturday) for fun - or well to make up some hours.

Furthermore, He's graciously provided a corporate program to pay for my graduate school classes (and textbooks!), which is working out fairly well. I'm learning everything I should have learned in undergrad but was too dense to understand. And now that I have a job, grades aren't nearly so stressing - not that they should be, but I'm speaking as a realist, not an idealist for the moment.

Spiritually, I feel like I've definitely been growing, but still have so far to go. I've been attending a mostly-Korean church, which has been different, eye-opening, and well, good overall. We're going through some significant changes at the moment, though.

And I guess that's it. Work, school, church. They take up about 90% of my waking hours. The rest goes to house hunting and video games, which I won't be discussing here.

1 year has come and gone really quickly, and from what I hear it only gets faster as the years go by.
Ebenezer.

Since apparently enough Americans have been living under a technological rock for the past 4 years - I thought I'd write an unofficial guide to the DTV transition. After all, those of you who actually read this have NO CLUE about it. [/sarcasm]

1. If you receive your TV signals over cable, satellite, or fiber optics, the DTV transition will not affect you. If you watch TV over an antenna (or aerial if you speak that version of English), including an antenna your (apartment) building has on the roof, then you MAY need to do something about it.

2. If you bought a (HD)TV after March 1, 2007 - you will not be affected by the DTV transition - even if you use an antenna. Your new TV (even a pocket/handheld TV) will be fine. If you bought your TV sometime between say 1998 and Feb. 2007, you may already have a digital tuner. Look for those words or alternative "ATSC Tuner." If you have one of those, you're good to go.

3. If you have an older TV without a digital tuner and receive signals through an antenna - you'll have to spend money on something:
a) you could buy a new TV - if you've been waiting so buy a new plasma. Go for it. =P
b) you could subscribe to cable or satellite or fiber optic TV delivery
c) you can buy a digital to analog converter box

The government was handing out $40 coupons - but they're out of money. There's a bill to include $650 million for more coupons to protect your constitutional right to free OTA TV - it may or may not get passed. You'll have to ask Congress about that. In addition - those coupons expire 90 days after they are mailed, so if people don't use them then more will get mailed out. Go to www.dtv2009.gov to get on the waiting list.

Side note: if you get a converter box - you have to use that box's remote to change channels - not your TV. Similarly, if for some reason you tune channels on your VCR, you'll have to tune it with either the box or your TV's built in digital tuner.

Chances are that you didn't need to read this. If for some reason you haven't prepared yourself for the DTV transition yet (you've had 4 years already..), then chances are you're not going to do anything in the next 3 weeks either. When your TV goes black, just remember I wrote this handy little guide. If you're all set, why on earth did you read this far down? Do something useful with your time! You won't regret it! =P