So, I just got my Peace Corps Invitation in the mail today - I found out midday when my dad called me on my cell to convey the news - so I skipped my regular Taekwondo training after work to rush home to check it out.

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For the last couple months, I’ve been running the 5.10 (”Breezy Badger”) release of Ubuntu Linux, a relatively new-to-the-scene Debian-based distro that’s made incredible strides toward becoming a serious top-dog contender in the general-purpose Desktop market, along-side Red Hat Fedora and Suse. I’m just going to say a few things about it, just some thoughts that I’ve generated over that timespan, and put them out here for anyone who gives a damn.

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WOO HOOO!!!! I just got the most precious, coveted, Peace Corps Application Status Update email today! It reads, and I quote, “Congratulations! You have been invited to become a Peace Corps Volunteer.”

MY INVITE’S IN THE MAIL!!

And I’m not supposed to be leaving until September, this is really early! Now I get to sit by my mailbox like a cat at a mousehole. I just can’t explain how incredibly excited I am right now… How in the world am I going to concentrate on anything other than this for the next week?