Thursday, September 25, 2003
I dreamt last night I went to Disneyland with my brother and 2 or 3 other people. Somehow we got separated from my brother even though I didn't want that to happen. I wanted to take Patrick to the Blue Bayou Restaurant (since he's from New Orleans) so we ran across the park because if you don't make a reservation in time you might be out of luck. The park was a little different in some ways than I remember. One part looked like a really huge food court. Patrick was already hungry before we started running, so we stopped to get him a snack to tide him over. However, despite the differences in the park, I knew exactly how to get us around—experience like I've grown up with just doesn't fade away. When we got to the Blue Bayou, the receptionist was extraordinarily rude to me when I politely asked if we could be seated. I was shocked. I looked at my watch and it was 9:20 PM—the park closed at 10:00 PM. I was thinking, "It wouldn't be worth it to rush such an experience," and the rude woman decided it for me. I was about to say no, and that's when I woke up. Completed Office Updates. Investigated problem with Sophos Admin not seeing Windows XP computers—still no resolution; the things Sophos support gave me to check all check out as they expect. Helped Mike Lemont install his work computer at home. Said hello to Steven, Benny, and Buster. Lunch at desk: leftover chow mein. Gave Joel my leftover chow mein from May Lee's. His new iBook also arrived today—that was extremely fast! He pretended to not know how to set it up—he's so cute! Set up the first-year instructors mailing list. Julie did a maintenance update on our development machine. Afterwards, I couldn't ping or traceroute to it. I also couldn't log in by tunneling or FTP but I could with SSH. Weird! I sent her a problem report. Cindy's husband Chris gave me a bottle of Murrieta's Well Vendimia 1998 to thank me for helping them out with Cindy's work computer at home—very sweet! Dinner at home with Patrick: mixed greens salad with heirloom tomato, ciabatta, leftover shrimp chow mein. Shopped for a car cover, new computer components. Confirmed I had the right cable for Aaron on Saturday. No bus problems today.