So, here it is. My shameless tribute to posturing and egotism...

A man said to the universe:
"Sir, I exist!"
"However," replied the universe,
"The fact has not created in me
A sense of obligation."

--Stephen Crane

I am a staff researcher at CAIDA, the Cooperative Association for Internet Data Analysis. In addition to coordinating all CAIDA data collection and managing the UCSD Network Telescope, I study network security events, particularly the epidemiology of Internet worms including Code-Red, CodeRedII, Nimda, SQL Slammer, and Witty. I have a bachelor's degree in general biology (with programs of concentration in Deaf Studies and German) from the University of California, San Diego. On April 20, 2002 I married the love of my life, David Thomas Moore. Before UCSD, I attended Saint Francis High School, which was quite an experience. In my free time, I like to read, swim, garden, hike, orienteer, do triathlons, cook, study foreign languages, and, of course, spend time with my husband. I also am addicted to whitewater rafting and kayaking.

Rarely Asked Questions

• Age: 25
• Height: 5'10-11"ish
• Weight: 160 pounds
• Hair: Some sortof brownish maybe a little blondish ordinaryish color
• Eyes: Yes.
• Species: Classified
• Sink or float in water: Sink
• Astrological Sign: Gemini
• Operating System: Freebsd
• Favorite Ice Cream Flavor: Mint Chip
• Favorite Ben'n'Jerry's Ice Cream flavor: Cherry Garcia
• Chocolate Preference: Dark (white chocolate is an oxymoron!)
• Eat Leftovers, or let sit in fridge: Eat!!
• Toilet Paper over/under preference: Have better things to worry about
• Irrational Phobia: Ants
• Preferred Auto Transmission: stick
• Favorite B5 Character: Zathras, and Marcus, and Ivanova, and...
• Favorite Movie: The Princess Bride
• Second Favorite Movie: The Lord of the Rings trilogy
• Favorite Moon: Europa
• Favorite Star: Degenerate White Dwarf
• Languages Spoken: English, American Sign Language, German, Spanish, and (very badly) French
• Source of idea for list of irrelevant information: Ken Keys