Tuesday, December 5, 2006
Usual oatmeal breakfast. James announced the winner of the admissions guessing game—it's me! Each year members of our office guess how many applications we'll end up with after the application window closes, and I came closest without overbidding this year, guessing 1278 and we had about 1397 this year. The prize is a (I think) $25 gift certificate, and I chose Macy's. Set up Alyssa with e-mail. Flickr work (NIPSA). Met with student LQ about computer problems. Reported a problem with downloading Sophos to OAAIS. Lunch with Joel. We wanted to eat on campus but the cafeteria, the MU food court, and Palio were all lines out the door. Strangely enough we went downstairs and there was no line at Subway, so we ate there. Joel not only complimented me on my jacket but also asked where he could get it and do they have his size? Mine is a Dainese Intruder tex black 46. UCSF shuttle to Laurel Heights campus. Shot some work photos of the campus for Flickr. Attended Steve L's class on information security. Chatted with Tiki who I hadn't seen in a long time. The class was excellent. Afterwards I chatted with Michael K and Geordie E, who work at Mission Bay, about Flickr, computer support, IT, computer gaming, restaurants at and near Mission Bay, the Mission Bay recreational facilities. Shuttle back to Parnassus where we said our goodbyes. Stopped briefly at the hospital gift shop, picked up some greeting cards. Back in the office. Revised my exiting employee form, send old and new versions to Steve L. Home. Dinner at home with Patrick: pig loin, Kraft organic macaroni and cheese (it tasted like day-old mac and cheese to me and Patrick and I had an amusing discussion about how weird it was for Kraft to be selling organic foods (and for Patrick to be buying it)), steamed broccoli. For dessert, Patrick made a dish from Celebrate Cuban called plátanos dulce which they say means sweet plantains. These look like bananas but when they ripen they turn sweeter and they don't turn mushy. Patrick served it with Häagen-Dazs vanilla bean ice cream and the dish was quite delicious and an interesting combination of flavors, textures, and temperatures. Dainese research for Joel. Caught up on some old e-mail. Late night run: about 15 minutes. I started running again last Saturday (and forgot to mention it) after not having run for a long time because my knees were hurting. My calves have been sore ever since—I didn't ramp up like I should have. Knees are not bad right now. Weight training: front raise, push up. Tonight after Patrick went to bed I found a very small cricket in the spare room and removed it with the spider catcher.