January 2020
Summary: Dinner at Il Casaro with Patrick, Stephen, and Richard; SF Sketchfest: Sandra Bernhard Tribute at the Castro Theatre; Oakland Museum for No Spectators: The Art of Burning Man
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Wed Jan 1, 2020
Ran Highbanks Virtual Trail Run for 25 minutes via Treadmill TV on YouTube. Brunch: leftover sandwiches from yesterday. Patrick left to visit his mom. Dinner at home with Patrick: beef and green pepper with black bean sauce over steamed white long grain rice.
Thu Jan 2, 2020
Ran Highbanks Virtual Trail Run for 25 minutes via Treadmill TV on YouTube. Breakfast at home: toasted everything bagel with cream cheese and za'atar, water. Walked and rode Muni to UCSF Laurel Heights. Sprint standup. HTML email build: new year greeting all day. Linkchecking and other tasks in Siteimprove. Lunch: two clementine mandarins. Walked and rode Muni home. Dinner at home with Patrick: capellini with Swiss chard, burrata and bread crumbs. Successfully installed CAT 6 ethernet cables for significant speed improvement everywhere in our home network. Managed cables. Vacuumed. Shredded documents. Washed dishes.
Fri Jan 3, 2020
Ran Clifton Gorge Trail Run for 25 minutes via Treadmill TV on YouTube. Breakfast at home: leftovers from dinner on January 1. Walked and rode Muni to UCSF Laurel Heights. Virtual sprint standup. HTML email build: new year greeting. Linkchecking and other tasks in Siteimprove. Helped Jen M with questions about editing the Biophysics site. Helped Joshua and Jon with questions about editing the PharmD site. Filed pcard paperwork. Lunch: a few roasted, unsalted peanuts. Walked and rode Muni home. Dinner at home with Patrick: turkey meatballs with polenta and broccoli. Dessert: leftover bananas foster bread pudding with rum hard sauce. Arranged a new system for reminding us when the heater is on. Emptied the paper shredder. Washed dishes.
Sat Jan 4, 2020
Walked all day in the Presidio. Patrick remained at home working on edits to his first book. I walked and rode Muni to Presidio Avenue and Jackson Street, then walked into the Presidio. It took me only a few minutes to find one end of Andy Goldsworthy's Wood Line. I walked the entire length, taking a few photos along the way. Afterwards I walked to Presidio Officers' Club for a light lunch at Arguello: chicken taquitos (guajillo sofrito, tomatillo-avocado salsa, cotija cheese), Mayan toddy (anejo tequila, lemon, honey, xtabentun, served hot with a lemon skin pierced with three cloves). $26.05 before a $5 tip. Spent some time visiting Earth Wall and then visited the adjacent public living room called Moraga Hall before seeing the exhibits in the Presidio Officers' Club. With the help of a guide at the front I discovered that I had failed to find Tree Fall earlier because it didn't open until noon (and there is nothing indicating that you are at the correct location at other times of the day). Visited Tree Fall then the Presidio Bowling Center, which I learned is the least expensive place to eat in the area. Walked Ecology Trail (Upper) to Inspiration Point Overlook and encountered a woman wearing black leggings with wide, sheer strips from her ankle to her hip. Visited Spire, then the Presidio Golf Course Clubhouse. Walked out of the Presidio via a small footpath in the clubhouse parking lot to Arguello Boulevard, then rode UberX home. Dinner at home with Patrick: leftovers. Began watching The Red Turtle (2017) on Netflix DVD with Patrick.
Sun Jan 5, 2020
Rode UberX to 15th Avenue House. Met Phil, Drew, Danny, Peter, and Wayne. We drove to Cliff House for brunch. Danny and I shared a bacon mushroom cheddar scramble split. We enjoyed popovers with butter and beautiful views of the coast. Afterwards we hiked a bit in Land's End, first in paths around the golf course, then along the cliffs with the breathtaking views of the Golden Gate Bridge. We visited the Legion of Honor, starting with the James Tissot exhibit, which was very enjoyable. Returned to 15th Avenue House. I walked and rode Muni home. Vacuumed air filters. Dinner at home with Patrick: beef burgers with mushrooms and Swiss cheese and French fries. Finished watching The Red Turtle (2017) on Netflix DVD with Patrick. Cuddled in bed with Patrick. Skimmed and took notes on Malcolm Gladwell's Talking to Strangers. To bed late.
Mon Jan 6, 2020
Ran Angkor Wat Cambodia Virtual Run from World Nature Video via Treadmill TV on YouTube. Breakfast at home: one pear, one english muffin sandwich with cream cheese, black pepper, tomato slice, fresh parsley, za'atar; water. Walked and rode Muni to UCSF Laurel Heights. Sprint standup. HTML email template work: refresh font-face definitions. Analyzed our Mailchimp billing plan options. We recently crossed the threshold whereby the monthly plan is less expensive than the pay-as-you-go plan, so I worked with Eric to make the switch and begin resending the campaigns that had been canceled. Submitted a request to UCSF IT to whitelist Calpoison in Proofpoint. Sent a second request to be unsubscribed from the UCLA CashNET mailing list; no one replied to my first attempt. Installed Speedtest by Ookla for macOS after recently installing it for home. Apparently the app is more accurate than the same test run at speedtest.net in the browser; I never knew. Lunch: roasted, unsalted peanuts; one breakfast bar. Styling: secret project. Read from CSS Layout News and NNGroup news. Encountered a memory error: Your system has run out of application memory. I have never gotten this error before. Activity Monitor showed that memory pressure was indeed high. Quitting apps one by one failed to reveal any changes, so I restarted the computer, and that fixed it. Walked and rode Muni home. Dinner at home with Patrick: salmon enchiladas with roasted corn, guacamole, and black beans. To bed early.
Tue Jan 7, 2020
One clementine mandarin, water. Ran Sedona Arizona 360 Virtual Hike via Treadmill TV on YouTube. Breakfast at home with Patrick: cherry coconut muffins, water. Walked and rode Muni to UCSF Laurel Heights. Followup in Mailchimp to confirm that someone was on a mailing list. Corrected a page title error on the PSPG site. (Rebecca D's page had her former last name.) Prepped an email alerting some of our site owners about a pending migration. 1:1 with Eric. Webadmin team meeting. Answered a question from Eric about Active Directory Users and Computers and altering email forwarders. Audited QBC and grad programs news to determine which ones were SOP news and other news dupes. Followup with UCSF IT on globally whitelisting Calpoison domains in Proofpoint. Forwarded an email thread to Gina N about how to whitelist a Mailchimp sender with UCSF IT. (Basically, just submit a request for it in their website or email Mark B.) Linkchecking in Siteimprove. Followup with a Siteimprove ticket: false positive broken link. Prepped an image and a video for the QBC communication. Submitted the 24-hour performance report for Shalimar's MAK Seed Award Reminder campaign. Created a new Slack channel for email campaigns in our SOP Slack instance. Shared the QBC comm draft with Eric. Read CSS Layout News. Orgchart and person page work: Education Unit. Walked and rode Muni home. Dinner at home with Patrick: Moroccan chicken with preserved Meyer lemons, green olives, and couscous. Washed dishes. Trash maintenance. Vacuumed. Prepared a return. Updates for Patrick's MacBook Pro. Archived documents. Edited and uploaded photos to Flickr.
Wed Jan 8, 2020
Ran The Algarve Virtual Run - World Nature Video Ambient Collection via Treadmill TV on YouTube. Breakfast at home by myself: one very thick english muffin, toasted, then sliced into three pieces. I put peanut butter on two and fig butter on the other. Water. Rode UberX to multiple doctor appointments. Walked to lunch at Godzila Sushi. UCSF shuttle from Mt. Zion to Laurel Heights. Followup with Jen M and James F about Biophysics website edits. Forwarded a request to the Kidney Project team. Followup with Danica GF about an issue I reported to UCSF Profiles. Updated the Dean's email list with HR info from Diana K. Chatted with Eric about a request from Angela about Val C's miscategorized person page. Forwarded a followup with UCSF IT to Ruben and Terry about whitelisting Calpoison in Proofpoint. Began work on building the new QBC site on pharm: original image gathering. Styling for new QBC: slideshow caption. Walked and rode Muni home. Dinner at home with Patrick: italian sausage with tomato sauce and polenta and a side green salad, water. Patrick and I briefly played games on the iPad Pro: Mindsweeper and Ink, Mountains, and Mystery. Finished running The Algarve Virtual Run - World Nature Video Ambient Collection via Treadmill TV on YouTube. Home web updates. Printed new medic alert sheets. Washed dishes. Recharge Medical web work: changed the staff photo, sent questions about Alyssa's other requests.
Thu Jan 9, 2020
Ran Rome Italy Virtual Run from World Nature Video via Treadmill TV on YouTube. Breakfast at home with Patrick: mushroom omelette, half english muffin with butter, half sausage, water. Walked and rode Muni to UCSF Laurel Heights, dropping off a UPS package along the way. Sprint standup. Linkchecking and spelling correction in Siteimprove. Styling work for the new QBC site: slideshow captions. Met with Kathryn P and Michael D about TRANSPERS. UCSF shuttle from Laurel Heights to Parnassus. Ran an errand. Visited the OSACA, meeting Joshua L, chatting with all, and encountering Jon R on the way out. Walked and rode Muni to Market and Church Streets. Met Patrick. Drinks at Detour while watching Aliens on their big-screen televisions: skill shot for Patrick, pixie stick for me. Met Richard and Stephen at Il Casaro Church Street for dinner: we shared brussels sprouts, butternut squash ravioli, mushroom pizza. Dessert: we shared cannoli and chocolate mousse. Patrick had a bottle of La Nostra Chinotto citrus. Split bill: $36.18 before a $7 tip per couple. Service by Brian L was very good. Richard and Stephen biked home. Patrick and I rode UberX home.
Fri Jan 10, 2020
Ran 30 minutes of Rome, Italy - 4K Virtual Walking Tour around the City - Travel Guide via Treadmill TV on YouTube. Breakfast at home with Patrick: one pear for me, coconut-cherry muffins for both, water. Walked and rode Muni to UCSF Laurel Heights. Sprint standup. Linkchecking and spelling correction in Siteimprove. Theme work for QBC and grad programs on pharm all day. Lunch: some peanuts, some oil-free, salt-free popcorn from the microwave popcorn popper. I noticed that the popcorn I was using was not popping as well as when I first bought it, so I discovered that I probably need to rehydrate it. I began this process today. Walked and rode Muni home. Dinner at home with Patrick: farfalle with shrimp, broccolini, burrata and lemon sauce. Dessert: leftover pear tart that we had saved in the freezer, apple pie ice cream. Watched part of John Mulaney and the Sack Lunch Bunch. So far it's very funny. To bed early. Woke around 2 am and couldn't sleep, so I washed dishes then returned to bed.
Sat Jan 11, 2020
Washed dishes. Ran 30 minutes of Rome, Italy - 4K Virtual Walking Tour around the City - Travel Guide via Treadmill TV on YouTube. Breakfast at home by myself: coconut-cherry muffins, hot water. House chores: swapped light bulbs in the garage because one fixture had burned out; emptied expired emergency water storage, making room in the garage for us to store the new emergency water storage I had prepared in November; laundry; spice organization; repaired a Monoprice USB-to-mini-USB cable with a spot of glue. Lunch: leftover salmon enchilada with flax tortilla chips, hot water. Rewatched 6 Underground by myself while folding laundry. Back massage test for Patrick. Shower. Dinner at home with Patrick: yellow curry chicken with basmati and naan, water. Dessert: leftover buttermilk pie that we had saved in the freezer. Finished watching John Mulaney and the Sack Lunch Bunch.
Sun Jan 12, 2020
Ran 30 minutes of Rome, Italy - 4K Virtual Walking Tour around the City - Travel Guide via Treadmill TV on YouTube. Breakfast at home with Patrick: two eggs over easy with polenta and olives, baguette slice with butter, water. Sewing machine projects: repaired a fingerless glove of mine and a pocket in a pair of Patrick's sweatpants, original-hemmed a pair of black jeans. Cut my hair, showered. Snack: Honmas Chex mix. Nap. I gave Patrick a massage. Walked to dinner at Sunset Reservoir Brewing Company with Patrick: herb collins for Patrick, the shakes for me, we shared fried chicken with mashed potatoes and corn off the cob and the burger with american cheese and bacon. Dessert: hot fudge brownie sundae. Service by Michelle G was excellent, better than all the other times we've been here. $78.99 before a $14 tip. Walked home.
Mon Jan 13, 2020
Ran 30 minutes of Rome, Italy - 4K Virtual Walking Tour around the City - Travel Guide via Treadmill TV on YouTube. Ran Grand Canyon National Park Virtual Rim to River Run Down South Kaibab Trail 4k for 17 minutes until Ooh Ahh Point. Breakfast at home mostly by myself: leftover salmon enchilada, hot water. Walked and rode Muni to UCSF Laurel Heights. Sprint standup. Mailing list work with Eric: postal exclude, donors. Sent the True North new year html email greeting. Handled orgchart, web page, and person page edits related to new titles for Mitra B and Valerie C. Created, posted, and shared a new Orange shuttle schedule. Lunch: rehydrated oil-free, salt-free popcorn from the microwave popcorn popper. The rehydration process worked! Theme work for QBC and grad programs on pharm. More orgchart and web page work: archive. Walked and rode Muni home. Dinner at home with Patrick: black bean and corn quesadillas with mexican rice and side salad. Watched Superstore s5:e11 on Hulu Basic Plan with Patrick. Archived documents. Long nap while Patrick slept. Woke, washed dishes, ate two clementine mandarins with water.
Tue Jan 14, 2020
Ran Grand Canyon National Park Virtual Rim to River Run Down South Kaibab Trail 4k from Ooh Aah Point to a little past Skeleton Point (and the face) around 57:19. Breakfast at home: leftover yellow curry chicken with rice. Walked and rode Muni to UCSF Laurel Heights. 1:1 with Eric. Webadmin team meeting. Dean's Office page edits, people edits, and orgchart work for Susie. Theme work for QBC and grad programs on pharm. Revised my custom Orange shuttle schedule after Transportation reposted theirs with arrival times at Parnassus. Lunch: one clementine mandarin. Walked and rode Muni to a dentist appointment. Walked and rode Muni home. Dinner at home with Patrick: chicken parmigiana with spaghetti and toasted ciabatta. Recharge Medical email campaign work in Booker. This is the first time I'm trying to build a campaign in Booker, and it's disappointing compared to what Mailchimp offers, but Booker no longer offers integration with Mailchimp. The Booker tools are very limited: no way to change fonts, no way to edit source code directly, no way to add ordered or unordered lists, no way to create and use your own template—very primitive. Changed possibly compromised passwords that I was notified about by a report in my password manager.
Wed Jan 15, 2020
Continued running Grand Canyon National Park Virtual Rim to River Run Down South Kaibab Trail 4k via Treadmill TV on YouTube, passing the intersection at Tonto West and Tip Off and continuing until I saw a lake below. I passed a charming set of mule trains (at 1 hour, 42 minutes). The views are breathtaking, even at 1080p. Breakfast at home: one Chelan Anjou pear (very crispy), one banana, a slice of ginger-molasses cake that we had saved in the freezer, water. Walked and rode Muni to UCSF Laurel Heights, listening to the entirety of The Top Part by John Mulaney via Hoopla via SFPL. Sprint standup. More orgchart work (finad). Read CSS Layout News issue 233. For lunch I ate some roasted, unsalted peanuts. Then I tried making oil-free, salt-free popcorn from the microwave popcorn popper, but this second batch of rehydrated popcorn failed to pop properly. The kernels were twisted onto themselves in a strange way and tasted too tough. Too much water, perhaps? Lunch at Bean Sprouts at the JCC, my first time. I had a roasted veggie pizza (red bell pepper, onions, zucchini) and water. $10. The restaurant seems like it's designed to be fun for kids and barely acceptable for adults. Afterwards I visited Katz Snyder Gallery for Big Bellies, an exhibition of art by developmentally disabled artists. My favorites were the papier-mache grapes and the pointillismesque details of works similar to the cupcake dessert platter. Editorial style guide editing. QBC and grad programs followup. Created a sign promoting our screen and scientific poster presentation templates. Susie gave me a ride home. Dinner at home with Patrick: brined pork chops quinoa pilaf and side salad, water. Dessert: Patrick had a slice of buttermilk pie, I had a slice of red velvet cake, both leftover that we had saved in the freezer. Washed dishes. Hand mended a towel that was fraying. Password management. Edited Presidio photos.
Thu Jan 16, 2020
Finished running Grand Canyon National Park Virtual Rim to River Run Down South Kaibab Trail 4k via Treadmill TV on YouTube. The last 10 minutes were just wonderful. Next I began running Walking from Venice Beach to Santa Monica Pier in Los Angeles, California [4K] by Wind Walk Travel Videos on YouTube. Breakfast at home: various leftovers, water. Walked and rode Muni to UCSF Laurel Heights. Heavy rain this morning, and one 28R bus went missing. My commute riding the 28 followed by the 1 took one hour instead of the normal 50ish minutes. Upon arrival I discovered that my socks had gotten wet I think when I had stepped in a puddle. Sprint standup. Switched from Box Sync to Box Drive. It was very simple, took only a few minutes, and worked fine. The main benefit is better integration with your computer (aka macOS Finder), and a lot of tasks like sharing are faster and easier than before. Near the end BigFix incorrectly reports that the install status is failed. Met with Eric and Susie to discuss styling changes to the microsites home pages. Met with Eric and James to discuss the QBC and grad programs news syndication. Prep for QBC news syndication. Siteimprove policy work. The heavy rain had stopped in the afternoon. I walked to dinner at Mamahuhu with Patrick: sweet and sour chicken, beef with broccoli, jade fried rice. Patrick had a pu ehr tea soda, I had a jasmine tea soda. We did not order dessert. Counter service. About $60. Food and drink were both delicious, all employees were friendly and helpful. The heavy rain began again as we ate, then stopped when I donned my rain pants to leave. We browsed in Schubert's and Kamei before riding UberX home. We spent about 20 minutes reentering credentials on the Roku remote and trying to figure out how to watch Star Trek: Nemesis without paying more than we already were. It wasn't available on our CBS All Access subscription. It wasn't available on Hulu Basic Plan (despite what Just Watch told us). It wasn't available on Netflix instant watch. It wasn't available on Amazon Prime Video. It wasn't available on Hoopla via SFPL. We gave up and queued it in Netflix DVD. Watched Ronny Chieng in Asian Comedian Destroys America! on Netflix instant watch with Patrick and butter microwave popcorn. Washed dishes. Air freshener refill maintenance.
Fri Jan 17, 2020
Ran Walking from Venice Beach to Santa Monica Pier in Los Angeles, California [4K] by Wind Walk Travel Videos on YouTube. Ran Hiking 60 Miles Alone in Hornstrandir Iceland via Kraig Adams on YouTube. Breakfast at home: one banana, various leftovers, water. Walked and rode Muni to UCSF Laurel Heights. Sprint standup. Read WDRL 280. Siteimprove work: reviewed and resolved many potentially misspelled words on pharm. Eric said we could go home early. Walked and rode Muni home. Dinner at home with Patrick: mozzarella, tomato, and basil sandwiches on ciabatta with creamy parsnip soup. Watched Leslie Jones: Time Machine on Netflix instant watch with Patrick.
Sat Jan 18, 2020
Slept in. Ran Chiang Mai Thailand Virtual Run - World Nature Video via Treadmill TV on YouTube. Ran Örebro Sweden Virtual Run via Treadmill TV on YouTube. Breakfast at home with Patrick: raspberry pancakes with a squeeze of lime in the berries, served with butter and maple syrup; hot earl gray tea. Washed some dishes. Cleaned in the bathroom. Waxed the dining table. Vacuumed the air purifiers and multiple rooms. Pantry organization. Lunch: sweet potato chips with guacamole, water. Watched Superstore s5:e12 on Hulu Basic Plan with Patrick. Watched the trailer for Star Trek: Nemesis with Patrick in preparation for rewatching the film at a later date. Washed some dishes. Nap with Patrick. Read one page each of two new writing works by Patrick. Dinner at home with Patrick: delivery from Mahalo via Uber Eats: fried shrimp with white rice and macaroni salad, half and half bbq chicken and chicken katsu with white rice and macaroni salad, three potstickers. Condiments: tartar sauce and katsu dipping sauce. Patrick made us bloody mary cocktails with help from a prepared mixture. Edited five pages of new writing by Patrick: a story about a teenager named Tobias. Continued playing Ink, Mountains, and Mystery for iOS. More pantry organization. Watched various clips on YouTube.
Sun Jan 19, 2020
Slept in. Ran Upper Loop Crested Butte via Treadmill TV on YouTube. Breakfast at home with Patrick: Patrick prepared two eggs over easy, half english muffin, hash brown with ketchup, sausage, water. Submitted a claim for compensation as part of a class-action lawsuit against contact lens companies for competition restraint involving unilateral pricing policies. Submitted flexible spending account claims and ordered Patrick his own card. Washed dishes. Rode UberX to dinner with Patrick at Thai Chef: crispy egg noodles with pork, bbq chicken with sweet dipping sauce, steamed rice. Near the end of the meal I encountered several small pieces of eggshell in one dish. I wasn't going to say anything, but our server asked how everything was, and I told him. He gave us a 10% discount. $35.06 before a $6.50 tip. Afterwards we queued first in line for SF Sketchfest: Sandra Bernhard in conversation with Peaches Christ and followed by a screening of Martin Scorsese's The King of Comedy ($45 each). During the audience questions she was asked to scat (and did so beautifully), was asked what other film would she pair with The King of Comedy?, and was asked if she recalled writing an article having something to do with Stanford. I had forgotten that I had seen The King of Comedy before. The event was full but not completely sold out. Rode UberX home.
Mon Jan 20, 2020
Ran part of Procida, Italy Walking Tour [4K|60fps] via Treadmill TV on YouTube. Rode UberX with Patrick to Arsicault, Patrick's first time. Patrick got a mocha, an almond croissant, and a plain croissant. I got a kouign amman and a currant scone. They were out of savory scones. I had wanted a ham and cheese croissant but they said it would be a 15-minute wait which I did not want to do. About $25. We walked to the Presidio and ate near Andy Goldsworthy's Spire. While leaving, we encountered Tina and Fletcher who were heading in to the Presidio. We chatted for a few minutes. This was our first time meeting Tina. We learned that they live pretty close to where we live and that Jennie is living in Daly City. Patrick and I rode Muni to the Castro. Philz was too full, so we stopped at Saucy Asian to share an island poké bowl with tuna and a ginger beer. Errands including the hardware store for small screw eyes. We stopped at Weavers for a mocha and a water. We walked and rode Muni home. Nap. I gave Patrick a massage. Candle maintenance. Washed dishes.
Tue Jan 21, 2020
Walked indoors, ate one clementine mandarin and one navel orange, both of which had one seed each. Returned to bed for an hour. Walked and rode Muni to UCSF Laurel Heights, running a few errands along the way. Breakfast at desk: egg and vegetable burrito. Siteimprove work: misspelled words, broken links. Read CSS Layout News 234 and the NNGroup newsletter. Spam management in Proofpoint. Re-setup devices with a third-party security software solution. Email signatures for Plancomm work. More Siteimprove work: misspelled words. Lunch: oil-free, salt-free popcorn from the microwave popcorn popper; prunes. Walked and rode Muni to a doctor appointment. Walked and rode Muni home. Dinner at home with Patrick: saffron and mushroom risotto, pretzel roll, water. Washed dishes.
Wed Jan 22, 2020
Water. Continued running Procida, Italy Walking Tour [4K|60fps] via Treadmill TV on YouTube. Breakfast at home by myself: two eggs scrambled with Spice Ace fines herbes, diced leftover pork chop, hash brown without ketchup or salt, a handful of raspberries, water. Washed dishes while the meal cooked. Patrick woke from second sleep shortly after and ate leftover pancakes. Walked and rode Muni to UCSF Laurel Heights. Sprint standup. Styling work following QBC and grad programs news syndication. Read articles via UCSF Pulse Today. QBC and grad programs news syndication settings work. Lunch today was dried plums; roasted, unsalted peanuts; no-oil, no-salt popcorn; water. Walked and rode Muni home. Dinner at home with Patrick: ginger scallion and tofu lo-mein, water. Washed dishes. Troubleshot claim issues with WageWorks. Uploaded photos to Flickr and did some photo organizing.
Thu Jan 23, 2020
Ran in place while watching items in my Watch Later on YouTube. Breakfast at home with Patrick: we shared three pastries from French Bakery: plain croissant, chocolate croissant, kouign amman; hot earl gray tea for Patrick and water for me. Walked and rode Muni to UCSF Laurel Heights. Sprint standup. Met briefly with Eric and James to alter an admin view for microsite news syndication. Siteimprove work: misspellings. Continued QBC and grad programs news syndication work. Snack: dried plums. Edited and published four events for Carolina L for QBI. Attended two meetings online: CP department meeting, then all faculty meeting. Walked and rode Muni home. Patrick discovered today that our water heater was leaking, so he called our landlord who visited right away and decided it needed to be replaced. We'll be without hot water tonight until it is replaced sometime tomorrow morning. Dinner at home with Patrick: corn, rosemary, and red bell pepper pizza. Watched about half of Star Trek: Nemesis on Netflix DVD with Patrick and Twizzlers. I learned that you can soften hard licorice by microwaving it for a few seconds. Continued reading from I'm Sorry I'm Late, I Didn't Want To Come by Jessica Pan, which I started reading on Kindle on my iPhone X a few days ago.
Fri Jan 24, 2020
Ran Boracay Phillipines Virtual Run by the Travel Runner via Treadmill TV on YouTube. Breakfast at home with Patrick: toasted everything bagel with cream cheese, orange juice for Patrick, water for me. Walked and rode Muni to UCSF Laurel Heights. Sprint standup. More QBC and grad programs news population and domain access block work including styling. Siteimprove followup. QBC and grad programs staged site review with Susie and Eric. Lunch: two satsumas. Minor edits for Susie for the Office of Academic Affairs. Susie gave me a ride to 9th and Judah on her way to grocery shopping at Andronico's. In the end it didn't save me any time at all because upon arrival it was an 18-minute wait for the next Bus 66, but at least we got to chat about life insurance and a few other things. Cocktails and dinner: bloody marias, fried chicken sandwiches with aioli, heirloom tomatoes, and shoestring french fries, water. Finished watching Star Trek: Nemesis on Netflix DVD with Patrick and king cake, then watched Superstore s5:e13 (Favoritism) on Hulu Basic Plan with Patrick. Ran in place while watching items in my Watch Later and John Mulaney on Stephen Colbert's Late Night on YouTube. Washed dishes. Patrick recently received a king cake from Caluda's. The order had arrived earlier than we had expected, but we're not certain whose error it might have been. Patrick decided that instead of mentioning it we would use this one as a test or trial. It's delicious.
Sat Jan 25, 2020
Ran [4K] Walking in Tokyo Kamata via Rambalac on YouTube but got bored after about 10 minutes. Ran [4K] Walking Bogotá, Colombia, Centro Internacional - Museo Nacional de Colombia via Strolling Around Co and liked the architecture but also got bored and skimmed the whole video. Salvaged the ends of various candles by melting them in a bain-marie, removing the detritus, and pouring them into a makeshift candle prepared for this purpose. Washed dishes. Breakfast: two eggs over easy, hash brown with ketchup, brioche toast with butter, sausage, water. Patrick had a slice of king cake. Nap. Washed dishes. Lunch: meals made from mostly leftovers. Washed dishes. Nap. Over the course of the afternoon and evening Patrick made us several cocktails featuring banana liqueur. Rewatched John Mulaney on Stephen Colbert's Late Night with Patrick and popcorn with butter, garlic powder, parmsesan, and pink himalayan salt. Watched Comedy Central clips on YouTube with Patrick. Washed dishes. Dinner at home with Patrick: fusilli with pork and beef ragu with ciabatta. Began a new Time Machine backup of Patrick's laptop. Washed dishes. Archived documents. Washed dishes.
Sun Jan 26, 2020
Breakfast at home with Patrick: egg, sausage, and cheese on toasted everything bagel; orange juice for Patrick; water for me. Ran [4K] Night videowalk in East Shinjuku, Tokyo via Rambalac on YouTube. Trash maintenance. Cut my hair, showered. Nap. Lunch: Patrick had a toasted peanut butter and jelly sandwich; I had one pear, one satsuma. Later we were both still hungry. Patrick had french fries; I had noodle soup with tofu, mushroom, and red onion. Watched Star Trek: Picard s1:e1 on CBS All Access with Patrick. Edited a 17-page excerpt from a novel for Patrick before his submitting it to someplace. Nap. Dinner at home with Patrick: leftover fusilli in ragu with added leftover pizza sauce, water. Afterwards I ate a satsuma. Washed dishes.
Mon Jan 27, 2020
Ran [4K] Walking in Arashiyama, Kyoto - Kameyama park and bamboo groove via Rambalac on YouTube. Pre-breakfast at home by myself: one sliced pear, water. Walked and rode Muni to UCSF Laurel Heights, stopping at Rigolo for an order to go. Sprint standup, ate my toasted everything bagel with cream cheese during. Zaro Lab followup after Levi provided photos on Friday. Added a headshot photo to Yuki's profile. Digital business card exploration work. Zaro Lab followup. Walked and rode Muni home, stopping at Bryan's for a few groceries along the way. Dinner at home with Patrick: creamy polenta with fried eggs and wild mushrooms. Watched various clips on YouTube including Comedy Central clips. Dessert: one chocolate-coconut cookie we had stored in the freezer.
Tue Jan 28, 2020
Ran Burano, Venice Walking Tour [4K|60fps] via Prowalk Tours on YouTube. Breakfast at home by myself: one sliced pear, yogurt with raspberries, water. Walked and rode Muni to UCSF Laurel Heights. Zaro Lab site followup and begin final review process. Replaced a headshot photo for Yuki W. Read CSS Layout News. 1:1 with Eric. Webadmin team meeting. Various Asana task followup, including the editorial style guide. Followup with Neliza P about adding a Facebook Pixel to the CPCS site. Followup with Marco M and Lawrence L about broken links on their sites. Followup with Desiree K about streamlining The Kidney Project support requests. Digital letterhead template work for Svetlana K. Walked and rode Muni home. Over the course of the day I ate two satsumas and a small handful of roasted unsalted peanuts. Dinner at home with Patrick: grilled vegetable and mozzarella sandwiches on ciabatta, side of sea salt potato chips, water. Dessert: one small piece of dark chocolate with salted caramel. Recently finished reading Sorry I'm Late I Didn’t Want To Come by Jessica Pan on Kindle on my iPhone X; loved it.
Wed Jan 29, 2020
Walked and rode Muni then BART to Oakland. Brunch at Bakesale Betty (510-985-1213, 5098 Telegraph Ave, Oakland): we each had a buttermilk fried chicken sandwich. I had a La Croix lime. Patrick didn't have a drink. We also got a ginger-molasses cookie to go. $26.80. We ate at the only ironing board that was indoors. The sandwiches were good but too spicy for me. UberX to near the Oakland Museum to run an errand. Walked to and visited Oakland Museum for No Spectators: The Art of Burning Man (October 12, 2019 to February 23, 2020). We enjoyed the many exhibits. Everything was great, and it was hard to pick a favorite. We stopped at the museum's cafe for beverages and consumed the ginger-molasses cookie from Bakesale Betty. The cookie was perfect. Drinks at Peet's Coffee in the Cathedral Building (1615 Broadway, Oakland): mocha with whipped cream for Patrick, chai tea latte for me. We read from books or ebooks. We walked to and browsed in a bookstore called Wolfman. Dinner at Brown Sugar Kitchen (2295 Broadway, Oakland) with Patrick: two pieces of white-meat-only chicken, collard greens, corn bread, gumbo and rice, two cocktails. Dessert: chocolate pecan bar. They were missing one ingredient for the cocktails we ordered. We agreed that the drinks could be adapted to be similar. In exchange our server generously gave us a small discount on our bill. $69.81 before a $12 tip. Service by Jaclyn C was very good. Walked and rode BART then Muni home.
Thu Jan 30, 2020
Ran [4K] Midday Kyoto - Fushimiinaritaisha via Rambalac on YouTube. The crowds were suffocating to me, but otherwise I enjoyed the beauty of the site. Ran [4K] Midday Nara - playing with deer via Rambalac on YouTube. I thought this deer park was rather sad since the deer seem to exist solely for human entertainment despite being considered wild and free to roam over a large space. Breakfast at home: Joe's O's, water. Siteimprove: linkchecking: continued resolving broken links on pharm even tho site owners are supposed to do this on their own. Susie drove from Laurel Heights to Parnassus with Eric, James, and me. Dean's Office New Year's Celebration and Staff Luncheon with food from Nopalito, including tacos, enchiladas, tamales, tortilla chips, salad. UCSF shuttle from Parnassus to Laurel Heights with Eric. More Siteimprove broken link resolution. Walked and rode Muni home. Dinner at home with Patrick: shrimp tempura rice bowl with seaweed and avocado, water. Patrick also had a bloody maria. Afterwards we watched Awkwafina is Nora from Queens - Pilot - Full Episode on Comedy Central on YouTube. It was hilarious and nasty! We also watched various clips on YouTube. Snacks and dessert: two small pieces of dark chocolate with almonds, toffee, and sea salt; a few cashews; a few corn chips. To bed late.
Fri Jan 31, 2020
Woke late. Breakfast at home by myself: leftovers from last night, water. Walked and rode Muni to UCSF Laurel Heights. Siteimprove: linkchecking: continued resolving broken links on pharm even tho site owners are supposed to do this on their own. Reviewed and submitted comments on a team planning document provided by Susie. Snack: oil-free, salt-free popcorn from the microwave popcorn popper. Upgraded Docker Desktop to 2.2.0.0. Lots of orgchart work due to Cynthia Z taking over as interim director following Rebecca M's last day today. Walked and rode Muni home, stopping to run some errands along the way. Dinner at home with Patrick: red beans with andouille and rice. Dessert: two each tesoro chocolate cream-filled puff pastries by Matilde Vicenzi—delicious! Watched Superstore s5:e14 on Hulu Basic Plan followed by Star Trek: Picard s1:e2 on CBS All Access with Patrick. Washed dishes. Prepped Patrick's computer for service.