Wednesday, December 17, 2003
Since I had finished (re)reading Timeline, I now started reading Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson. Actually, the back of the book contains an excerpt from Quicksilver, so I started with that. History has never been my favorite subject in school, so I wasn't sure I'd like Quicksilver, but his writing is such a pleasure to read. I already have my suspicions of who the Ben character will turn out to be. (But maybe his Wired interview tipped me off subconsciously and I don't remember now.) I did enjoy Sarah Canary by Karen Joy Fowler awhile back and that had a lot of history in it. Mike R left me a message saying he'd send someone to fix the phone jack problems. Our office neighbor Kim Bivens dropped off holiday treats: delicious cookies from Biscoff—very sweet of her! She's so nice! More admissions changes for James: Outside Evaluations, Info for International Students, Verifying Course Work for Foreign Schools. Added notes indicating that our current forms were not to be used for the fall 2005 application cycle. WebCT meeting. Lunch at Pasta Pomodoro with Ena, Joel, and Melissa. Ena and I had a chicken salad with minestrone soup. Melissa had penne with puttanesca. Joel had conchiglie with broccoli, sun-dried tomatoes, and no sauce, no olive oil. We enjoyed a free warm chocolate cake with cherries and amarene sauce and some whipped cream on the side because I had given my personal information to Pasta Pomodoro. If you want to get in on the scoop, let me know and I'll tell you how. Uploaded updated schedules for Debrah. Sent James a file he needed—he worked from home today. Began coding the pages for calendars for the 2004-2005 school year. Dinner at home with Patrick: spaghetti alla carbonara. Finished that drama piece from yesterday. When the entire play is printed out, it's 119 pages. The code for it was 7,801 lines. And that's just one play. I hope someone out there appreciates that stuff. Need more sleep than I've been getting the past few nights, so I went to bed early tonight—10:30 PM. Today's music listening: Netscape Radio: Jazz Holiday, R and B Holiday, House, Hi NRG Dance. I never heard back from Mike R or the person he said would contact me.