Friday, October 12, 2012
Weight training: reverse crunch, reverse push-up. Breakfast at home: oatmeal with diced gala apple, cinnamon, soy milk; hot water. This morning I tried to get to the UCSF Sharecase technology conference from my home in the Sunset, but it didn't happen. I waited 10 minutes at Taraval and 26th and caught an L train but all passengers were forced to alight at 22nd Avenue where several hundred people were already waiting for shuttle busses. One bus arrived, and perhaps a third of the crowd boarded and departed. Muni staff were directing people but they did not announce anything about what was happening except that shuttle busses were coming. The scene was very disorganized because there were so many people waiting. I overheard one of them tell another that many people had been waiting much longer than others who had just arrived, and that was my cue to start walking. I walked to 19th Avenue, waited about 7 minutes, and a 28 bus that was nearly full took on some of the crowd that had gathered that like me walked from Taraval and 22nd. I didn't want to be smashed in with other people because I was wearing my suit today, so I started walking up 19th. At Rivera I waited a few minutes for the next 28 bus. It was fully packed and didn't even stop. I started walking again, and at Quintara I thought maybe I could catch the 66 bus, so I turned right and walked 2 more blocks and the 66 bus arrived just as I arrived at the bus stop. I took it to 8th and Lawton where I immediately caught a 43 bus which took me to work. I learned later that a 4:40 AM fire at Squat & Gobble across the street from West Portal Station cause the station to close for about 6 hours, causing significant delays for thousands of commuters. Shuttle busses in place of missing trains were too few and NextBus would not track them, of course, so it was impossible to know how long you'd have to wait—safer to just give up on Muni where possible. Spent pretty much the whole morning working on a response to Chapter Three to an inquiry of theirs regarding the status of our project. Followup on email address change issues for entering students. Supp app project work in Drupal: followup on reported problems. Very quick lunch to go from the cafeteria: hummus with assorted vegetables. White Coat Ceremony. Light issues. Chatted briefly with Don K at the reception about Mexico safety. Dinner at home with Patrick: small pizza, coconut shrimp, hot water. We didn't have cocktail sauce, so we used marinara instead before I realized that for coconut shrimp you really need some kind of sauce made with a tropical fruit. Mango salsa, pineapple dipping sauce, papaya dipping sauce. Patrick also thought you could use peanut sauce, and I agreed. Dessert: small brownie wedge, Mudslides. Updated my journal entry for Friday, October 5. Weight training: crunch. Late meal: leftover portobella and cheese sandwich.