Because you don't need anything:.

My master thesis is starting to take shape. This week, Dr. Rafael Lozano and Dr. Bárbaro Ferro agreed to be my advisors, I was really happy when they confirmed it!!. Now I know this is going to be really interesting, because anyone who has ever taken one of their courses won't let me lie, they're excellent teachers but best of all, they're really hardcore in they're speciality areas. It's going to be challenging, I didn't choose an easy thesis topic and I risk failure if I don't get my self together, but hey, that's what I came here for, a challenge!!:.

Last Friday I attended an excellent night of blood and war, it was so successful that next Friday we'll be having another one!!. I'll just keep in mind that the more I drink the less skillfull I am:..

In a matter of time, it would slip from my mind,
In and out of my life, you would slip from my mind,
In a matter of time.

By withstanding the indifference:.

Back when I worked in QuarkSoft I could afford two hours for meal, those were good times!. Anyway, a couple of friends and I used to have meal in just one hour so we could go to a nearby place to play Call of Duty 2!!, that was real life!!. After an hour of killing each other we would come back to work with renewed energy, which in the end was a good thing for the company. They wouldn't let us play in work hours, but one day we asked permission to use the work computers for a so-called night of blood and war, where we could play Call of Duty on a Friday's night. It was a huge success!!:.

Well, tomorrow I'll be attending a new edition of the night of blood and war, with two original members of the very first one. They have they're own company now, and best of all, they recognize the value of letting your employees relief stress by killing everyone else in a harmless videogame:...I can feel the adrenaline already!!:.

The loneliest people,
Were the ones who always spoke the truth,
The ones who made a difference.

Every streetlight a reminder:.

I'm still looking for a thesis advisor, nonetheless, today a great teacher accepted to be one of my co-advisors, Dr. Gutiérrez Tornés!!. Last semester I took his Software Quality course, and it was really good, he's got plenty of experience with Quality enforcement and Software Engineering in general. I'm really glad he accepted to work with me:.

I've been assigned my first programming homework, time to practice some Scala skills!!:.

I'm not sure all these people understand
It's not like years ago,
The fear of getting caught,

I see your face and I let you unwind:.

If you fancy a good movie give Zombieland a try, it's simply amazing!!, definitely one of the best movies of the year. It could use some more zombies, but it's hilarious, I can't remember the last time I actually had a good laugh in the cinema:.

I'm still refining my thesis topic. I've found excellent papers describing the state of the art of architecture enforcement, and I'm pleased to see this area is not as immature as I thought it was, what's more, I feel there's a real chance I can be part of this community soon!!:.

Patience, patience,
It’s safer for you now.

Mentira que dude y que no quiera ver:.

These days I've been reading a lot of academic and scientific papers related to the Software Architecture area. I'm impressed by the huge amount of knowledge out there, but I'm more impressed by the gap between theory and practice in this field. I'm not naive, I knew the gap was there, I just didn't think it would be this big. Let me explain, I've been programming for a living for over 4 years now, I've worked for different companies, with colleagues from all around the world, developing software for a wide variety of customers, and in all this years there's been one constant, at some point chaos emerges!!, among other things because of the lack of a useful software architecture. I know this isn't how things are supposed to be, that's why my thesis topic is going to be all about architecture enforcement. The things is that there are some really good ideas and projects published out there, but to be honest, not easily available unless you're in the academia. If they're not read by the ones taking the design decisions out there, they just turn into anecdotes, which is really bad because in the end it's programmers who get affected the most:.

Esas alas que no acaban de llenarse de mañana
y te urgen siempre a continuar.

Sin pararme en los detalles:.

...

Tú no tienes alma,
Y yo no tengo valor para ver cómo te marchas.

Y descubrí un mundo nuevo y fácil:.

Well, though it's only Wednesday and I've only attended to two of the five courses I'll be having this semester, I'm really tired!. Truth be told, I've also been doing some research for my thesis, well, trying to define the theme actually. I haven't been assigned an advisor yet, let us hope I find one soon!!. If you're interested, here's a link describing my goals, any comments will be greatly appreciated: Thesis Proposal

Let's talk about music. I truly recommend you listen to the 31 canciones de amor y una canción de Guaripolo and Yo Nunca Vi Televisión albums, you won't regret it!!:..tu tu ru tu, tu tu ru tu, tu tu ru tu tu....

Con el control ejercitaba solo el dedo,
no me bañaba y comía porquerías,
hasta que un día explotó el televisor.

The winner takes it all:.

Two weeks ago I went to the theater to watch Mamma Mia!. It was either that or go watch Luchas at the Arena Mexico, needless to say my family voted for the play, though I protested. At first I was skeptic because I had seen some scenes from the movie and I didn't like them at all, I was afraid the play would be just like that, boring. I must admit I was wrong, it's an excellent play, with some great songs, though sometimes the actors were out of tune, but nothing serious. Without a doubt, the best part is when they sing 'The Winner Takes It All', that's actually ABBA's best song. You really feel sadness and despair in the singer's voice:.

The loser has to fall,
It's simple and it's plain,
Why should I complain?

And all my instincts, they return:.

These days I've been much more grumpy than usual, maybe it's because I'm starting a new semester at the University and there are still things left to be done, most importantly, left to be decided!!. First of all, I'm taking the pre-thesis course and the first thesis course at the same time. I know, it's weird, but it's the only way I'll be able to finish the master degree on time. It's a different kind of pressure, not like the one you get at work, but for me this is really important because I'm not here just to pass some damn courses, I'm here to figure out ways to apply what has been my passion for the last years, Software Architecture. I can't fail!!:.

Then, there's the little inconvenient of my slowly-dying machine. I'm not sure how much more I can rely on her, but it's replacement is not ready yet:.

Without a noise, without my pride,
I reach out from the inside.

With one deep breath, and one big step:.

One year before I graduated from college I bought my second Thinkpad. It could've been an unwise decision, being that I had already passed most of the hardcore courses and wouldn't probably need a very powerful computer for the courses left. Five years later, watching my loyal computer finally giving up, I can tell I made the right call then. Everywhere I've been, she's been with me, (almost) never failing. People come and go, but I tend to think of my machine as my constant, just like the guys from Lost.

I'm looking for a replacement, but it's not that easy:.

I check my face,
I look a little bit older,
I look a little bit colder.

I just disguised it in a song:.

It's funny how simple things from your childhood remain with you no matter how old you get or where you are. For instance, on the summer of 2008 I went with a couple of friends to Aegina, a Greek island, and there I found the impossible, a cookie that tasted exactly like a Cochinito, a pig-shaped Mexican cookie that's specially delicious in my home town, Texcoco. It was quite a discovery, and it brought back so many good memories. Today I had a similar experience, but now with a Rosca de Reyes made with Guava...simply amazing!!:.

And songs are never quite the answer,
Just a soundtrack to a life,
That is over all too soon.

Underneath and unexplored:.

For the last five years or so I've read comments all over the net bragging about Java's slow death, and for what it's worth, it's still here, perhaps not as sexy as ever, but still!!. For me, the future of the platform is not in the Java language per se, but in the JVM and the community support that took plenty of years to be built. Considering this, one of my short term goals is to master, to some degree, Scala, using it as my main programming language. It was either Scala or Groovy, but despite Groovy's advantage in the framework area, my humble opinion is that Scala will prevail in the long run!!:.

New year, new hopes!!:.

Islands and cities I have looked,
Here I saw something I couldn't over look.