I’m back, baby! I fell back into the old lines. It took a few months, but I went from “Okay, I’ll go into the blue team for some more calm and a stable work environment” to “Well, since the pentests are already there, mind if I snatch one up?” This is my comfort zone. This is my happy place. After all that happened in the last 3 months, it’s good.

Well, about 2 hours ago, my OSCP exam time ran out. At this point, I should be writing the exam report, right? Well, to tell you the truth, nothing would make me happier, except for one simple fact:

One week from now, I will be sweating in a lab. The OSCP, you know the one, 24 hours of ball-wrenching AD and other machines, made just for me. It will be purgatory, and I still feel woefully unready, but I’ll go for it. It’s a hill I wanted to climb for close to ten years now, so it’s only fair that I experience it and don’t chicken out. The failure is imminent, but every day in the labs, I am feeling a little more confident. Every box, every successful pwn is a thing I’m sure to remember.