Monday, January 28, 2002
At work at our staff meeting, I receive a Bear Hug for my work on the website. A Bear Hug is a gift certificate to Macy's, usually about US$25. I helped Melissa with a problem printing documents with bullets. I rescheduled nightly backups to start at 6:00 pm instead of 10:00 pm. I updated virus definitions. Susie, Martha, and I meet to discuss last-minute things for the website. I learn at this meeting our live date has been pushed back again, this time to Thursday, February 7. We propose 3 ways to resolve the "Information For" section being too low on the page. We decide on new templates of templates for the School of Pharmacy. It's more work for me and Martha, but it will be worth it in the end. By the end of the day, I have the 3 "Information For" mockups ready for review. I've also put in the Research and Partnerships content for Susie to review. I reinstalled Retrospect for James, whose computer has not been getting backed up the past 3 days due to a failed connection. Tonight, Patrick has a class at City College (Homosexuality in Recent Cinema), so it's the first time I can remember that he's not home when I get home. He's left dinner for me in the fridge: beef with bok choy stir fry in black bean sauce. I create a new playlist: "Angsty Mellow Grunge" which contains Third Eye Blind, Matchbox 20, and all those other bands that sound just like them. (Patrick doesn't like that stuff, so I play it when he's gone.) On his way home from class, he rents Jurassic Park 3 on DVD, so we watch that before bed. It was very entertaining—not as bad as Patrick remembers some of the reviews.