Personal Stuff
Welcome to my Personal Stuff pages. This is the place to be if you want to know more about me, my interests, the reason for my two last names, etc. There's also some funny stories around, because sometimes my life is just plain hilarious. For more details, feel free to continue reading below and follow the links to the individual pages in this section.
About Me
Used to be called "My Life In Two Hundred Words Or Less" but then I realized that I need more words because I talk too much, especially since I included my likes and dislikes in there. There's a bunch of pictures of me in here too, so enter at your own risk.
The "two last names" issue
Why yes, I do have two last names, and look at that, I've got no middle name at all! Both "Alicea" and "Muñoz" are surnames, and I get quite annoyed when people assume that one of them is a middle name. Clicky to bask in the glory of my rant.
Websites I've Designed
A few years ago I got interested in web design, so I've designed and maintaned a few websites over the years. Details about the older versions of "Emily's Universe" can also be found here.
Puerto Rico FAQ
This is my PR-FAQ, a compilation of questions about Puerto Rico that I've been asked frequently (and sometimes repeatedly) in the time I've spent in the US.
Funny Stories
Really, sometimes my life is just plain hilarious...
A Quote I Like
"Poets say science takes away from the beauty of the stars
-mere globs of gas atoms. I, too, can see the stars on a desert
night, and feel them. But do I see less or more?"
-Richard P. Feynman
Yet Another Sign That I Am A Nerd
Years ago, while going through my music collection, I was labeling tracks by artist and title, and I caught myself labeling the performers of the "Lady Marmalade" song as "C. Aguilera et al" ... And that, my friends, is how you definitely determine, without a shadow of a doubt, that you are a nerd (as if I needed more proof)...
And A Sign That John Is A Dork Too
Trying to figure out why the wireless signal kept going on and off, John comments: "I think the kitties are optically thick to wireless signals..."
Algunos Saludos...
Ahora unos cuantos saluditos para mucha gente que hace tiempo que
no veo. Besos y abrazos para Mami y Papi, que siempre me hacen
falta aunque no lo digo muy a menudo. Obviamente también
para el resto de mi familia: Titi Cely, Titi Norma, Mamá
Sofa, Tío Luis, Tita, Luzmary, Belmarilies, Luisito,
Luimary, Luimaricita y Yasira.
Saludos para mis amigos de la High de Guayanilla: Yessenia, Glorieli,
Edgardo, Edgar, Ailec, Laiza, Johnari, Robert S; saben que nunca me
olvido de ustedes aunque no estemos mucho en contacto. A mis
roommates en Mayagüez: Kathy (mi hermanita postiza),
María, Aida, Zuleima, Tamara P, Yira y Brenda; un abrazo
grandote para ustedes. Y la gente de Física y la SPS no se me
pueden quedar tampoco: Ángel, Angélica, Miguel, Carlos,
Yaítza, Yari, Font, Teddy, Evelyn, Alexandra, Ernie,
Cartagena, Orlando, Richard, Javier... Y los profes tambén:
López, Pablo, Erick, Jiménez, Ramos, Quiñones,
Castellanos, Mark, Leszek y Freddie.
En mis variados internados de verano también conocí a
muchas personas bien amistosas e interesantes. No voy a mencionarlos
a todos porque me cogería demasiado espacio, pero aunque sea
voy a incluir a unos cuantos aquí... En NIST en 2001 (Lisa,
Rebecca, Braden, Amarpreet...); en Harvard en 2002 (Robert, Mia,
Tristan, Elisa...); en Goddard en 2003 (Tali, Dan, Christina,
Justin...) y 2004 (Vanessa, Julián, June, Beau, Phuc...).
Y los más recientes son los de Penn State (Justin, Matt,
Judy, Cristian, Steve, Brendan, Stephen, Jason, Amanda, Michel,
Nikola, Bossi...) y los de Goddard/UMD (Cole, John B, Vanessa
L...). Espero que nadie se haya molestado si no le
mencioné...
Y obviamente voy a hablar aquí de John Wise, mi amado
gringuito chulito, a quien quiero con todo mi corazón.
Fueron casi tres años de larga distancia, pero ahora ya
estamos juntos todo el tiempo, y no me puedo imaginar lo que
sería estar sin tí. I love you :-*
Last Updated: 14 March 2008
