Friday, February 18, 2005
I dreamt my hair was long like in the past—around ear length. I couldn't figure out how my hair grew so long since I had done my (now-)normal haircut only a few days ago. I also dreamt that it would be neat if a library database stored the physical dimensions of every book so that if you needed to reorder or redesign the shelving units you could simply write a computer program to do it for you. After I woke up I realized it would be even neater to scan in the front and back covers and the spine so that you could write the program to work in 3-D. Updated a listserv for a student organization. Reviewed e-mail naming decisions with Cindy. Updated current students news. Lunch with Joel. We got takeout from Courtyard Cafe and went to N-225 to watch a movie called Freedom to Marry which was about giving GLBT people the right to marry. San Francisco couples who got married in February 2004 told their stories of why and how and what. It wasn't brilliant filmmaking, but I applaud every manner of education on this issue. Chatted online with Tony A. Met with Nika S. Chatted with Julie B about symlinks and getting the new server online. Julie B did a quick fix for the symlinks. Helped Cindy create an announcement about e-mail migration to faculty. Shared a Photoshop original for a graphic on our e-mail migration web pages with the Student Computing Committee. (Bill) dropped off a thank you note and an employee recognition coupon for helping yesterday. Chatted with James about photo editing. Chatted online with Chris De Lay. Melissa drove me home in exchange for helping her get her giant bouquet of flowers in her car. Patrick had wanted to go to Karen Joy Fowler's reading at A Different Light tonight, but the rain kept him away. Dinner at home with Patrick: spanish rice from a box, leftover coconut fried chicken, steamed carrots. After dinner, we edited a wiki for the first time. Patrick knew that muffalleta was spelled wrong on the wikitravel.org page for New Orleans, so we edited the page with the correct spelling—muffaletta—and within seconds we had contributed in a very tiny way. More coconut cream pie for dessert. Patrick and I watched the first hour of Doctor Zhivago (1965) taped from PBS. I realize late this evening I had been calling (Bill) by the wrong name. Oops! I thought his name was Bill. Replaced a light bulb for the Chinese lantern in the kitchen.