While she won't directly tell you her age, she'll likely admit she's old enough to have programmed on a TRS-80 back in high school.
She also recently found her old website, which was dated only a few years after the first webserver was installed in CSE (click to enlarge). Her newer web page is here.
She will admit she is old enough to have a very cute Grandpuppy named Sadie.
She may or may not like the color purple. She does, however, love riding her bike and will begrudinginly run to keep in shape for said bike riding. She recently did complete the Grouse Grind in Vancouver BC.
In her "copious" spare time she likes to do a lot of art work, particularly ceramics, knitting, or playing with her new toy, a laser cutter.
She can often be found at a beach. Any beach.
Your instructor has a mammal cloud, although many of them have chosen to leave the nest.
She has two cats that often get in the way of her getting any work done by insisting on sitting in her lap at all hours or between her computer and monitor. Jack, who we think is 16, is mostly 8 lbs of fur and a resonating chamber... and not very much brain....
and Winnie - a 1 year old daredevil with a 80 grit tongue.
She has an incredibly supportive partner who takes care of a LOT of things, including feeding said cats when she is tending to her Geek Generating duties.
She has two kids, one is a UW CSE grad, and one is a UW Chemical Engineering grad. Both will sometimes acknowledge her existence, particularly when they want to borrow the car for a frisbee tournament or the like. Both live in Seattle.
Stephen also has two kids: one graduated from UW Bothell and works at Card Kingdom, and one who is exploring options, including art, writing, and music.
Have Fun! You'll learn a lot in this class and it will be a great place to also express yourself!
Make use of all of your resources including lectures, sections, office hours and your TAs, and office hours.
Give yourself enough time on every assignment. This includes giving yourself enough time to practice the concepts you learn in class. Don't wait until the last minute to start homeworks, these are VERY complicated assignments.
You really don't want to be on the receiving end of this face...
... or this one...
Although this one is just Majestic AF
