Thursday, November 20, 2003
Morning abs workout. Cheerios and rice milk for breakfast. Updated Quicktime and checked speed issues on Chris's computer—no problems. Researched monitor arms for the student lounge computer to see if prices had changed since I looked several months ago. Helped Mike L with a problem connecting to the Internet—we changed his connection from SBC to UCSF RAS and he's okay now. Helped Cindy hang some artwork in her office. Joel and I moved Debrah's printer back into place after the painting had dried from Wednesday. I still don't have the last static IP I need from Mike R, so the printer can't be used yet. Lunch with Joel and Patrick at Pasta Pomodoro: I used my coupon for a free butternut squash ravioli appetizer (worth $4.95). Patrick had angel hair with shrimp in red sauce. Joel had a salad with no dressing and the special (something with broccoli and chicken) with no parsley on top. I had shells in cream sauce with spinach and tomato. Joel seemed amazed at the deliciousness of the ravioli—indeed, it's quite delectable. Joel's order arrived with the parsley on top, just as we predicted several minutes beforehand. A managery-acting gay boy was working—the first time we'd seen him there. He came over and sincerely apologized for the error—eventually taking Joel's entree off the bill—very nice. My office was freezing most of the day today. The facilities guy Pat who arrived to fix it took a reading and said my office was 60 degrees F. He said that other people doing construction work on our floor changed something in the vents which caused most of the floor to have the too-cold problem. Pat did something down the hall which got the temperature back up to 69 and said he would continue to see if other adjustments could be made to make it warmer than that. Organized cables and computer hardware and tidied my office, which is starting to look a lot less like I had just moved in now that all the art is on the walls. The wire loom arrived today, so I grabbed the scissors, some twist ties, and some cable clips and did some cable management for Kristina and Ena. The wire loom is pretty simple to install and it makes a big difference in creating a harmonious place to work. It just takes some time to do. Dinner at home with Patrick: leftovers.