July 2022
Summary: Room redesigns, escaped jury duty, July-August staycation begins
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Fri Jul 1, 2022
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, roasted pecans, cacao nibs, and diced peach; water. Rode Muni to UCSF Parnassus. UCSF shuttle from Parnassus to Mission Bay. HTML email campaign work all day: KMG announcements. Helped Edgar M with setting up imagery for an AIDS Walk team page. Lunch at desk: leftover whole wheat spaghetti with cauliflower, green olives, and toasted almonds; water from my water bottle. Online training: UC Cyber Security Awareness Fundamentals. Watched part of the UCSF town hall. UCSF shuttle from Mission Bay to Parnassus. Rode Muni home. Dinner at home with Patrick: mushroom farro risotto, white wine, water. Afterwards we watched about half of Stranger Things s4:e8 on Netflix instant watch. I walked in place for part of it. Patrick went to bed. I washed dishes.
Sat Jul 2, 2022
I ran in place to White Hot: The Rise & Fall of Abercrombie & Fitch on Netflix instant watch. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, roasted slivered almonds, toasted shredded coconut, and sliced half banana; water. Lunch at home with Patrick: I prepared for myself leftover pizza. He prepared for himself two breaded cod sliders. Water to drink. Nap for me only. We finished watching Stranger Things s4:e8 on Netflix instant watch with Martha Stewart's Movie-Theater-Style Popcorn. Water to drink. Dinner at home with Patrick: arugula, egg, and charred asparagus salad; water to drink. Afterwards we watched Stranger Things s4:e9 (season finale) on Netflix instant watch.
Sun Jul 3, 2022
Ran in place to various YouTube videos. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, roasted slivered almonds, cacao nibs, and sliced half banana; water. Nap. Lunch at home with Patrick: leftover mushroom farro risotto, water. Rearranged stuff and removed a bookcase to the garage with Patrick. We watched Bullitt (1968) on Netflix DVD with whole wheat crackers and hummus. I vacuumed in the small bedroom. Dinner at home with Patrick: delivery from CreoLa via Caviar: buttermilk-brined fried chicken (breast, cream cheese grits, green beans and garlic), shrimp po boy with red beans and rice. While waiting for the delivery, Patrick made us quarter horse cocktails. Afterwards we watched various YouTube videos. Patrick went to bed. I washed dishes.
Mon Jul 4, 2022
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, roasted slivered almonds, toasted shredded coconut, and sliced half banana; water. Patrick and I spent a few hours with Sam at his place to evaluate his technology. He now has significantly improved internet speeds: about 50 Mbps down and 6 Mbps up via AT&T. Afterwards we got sandwiches from Lou's and ate them at our place. Sam left. I napped. Dinner at home with Patrick: leftovers. Patrick washed dishes. Afterwards we watched various YouTube videos. Patrick went to bed.
Tue Jul 5, 2022
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, roasted slivered almonds, cacao nibs, and sliced half banana; water. Rode Muni to UCSF Parnassus. Bus didn't show, so it took me 40 minutes to get to work. html mail work all morning. Read NNGroup's email newsletter. Helped Joel with finding and importing transparent images into PowerPoint. Chatted briefly with Liana about mobile hotspots. Lunch from Carmelina's: beef taco grande, water from my water bottle, ate at desk. Worked with James on a request from Marley to mock up new fields for person pages. Created and posted a closure notice on the student lounge for Lucia and shared the template with her. Created an instructional video on how to remove a view from Google Analytics. Accidentally recorded the whole screen rather than just the browser. Tried and failed to crop it in QuickTime Player, macOS preview, and iMovie. Installed Adobe Premiere Rush which did it easily enough. Uploaded it to Microsoft Stream and added autogenerated captions. Submitted a help request on behalf of Neliza E. Rode Muni home. Dinner at home with Patrick: Mexican veggie quinoa with avocado, white wine, water. Afterwards we watched Rick Steves: The Best of Slovenia and various other videos on YouTube. Patrick went to bed. I washed dishes. Late snack: two stalks of celery with peanut butter, water.
Wed Jul 6, 2022
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, roasted slivered almonds, cacao nibs, toasted shredded coconut, and diced peach; water. Rode Muni to UCSF Parnassus. Followup with yesterday's email campaigns. Followup with Rodney about door access. Chatted with Lawrence L and Karen G. Sharon was also in the office today. D9 front-end work: views build: upcoming events. Lunch to go from Carmelina's: chicken enchiladas a la carte. Water from my water bottle. Began SOP Zoom background preliminary work. Team meeting over Zoom. Dinner at home with Patrick: slow-cooker vegetarian red beans and brown rice, water. We watched Ms. Marvel s1:e5 on Disney+ then Loot s1:e1 on Apple TV+ then various YouTube videos. Patrick went to bed. I washed dishes. Butcher block wood butter treatment. Late snack: tortilla chips, water.
Thu Jul 7, 2022
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted shredded coconut, and diced peach; water. Worked from home. All day: minor web edits, d9 views build, orgchart updates, mailing list updates, zoom backgrounds, a-z list maintenance, and granted new web editor permissions for Pam S. Also met with Eric, James, and Chris O about technology issues and the possibility of scaling and marketing our web offering to others outside the school. Afternoon snack: small bowl of Rainier cherries, water. Dinner at home with Patrick: warm whole wheat pita with leftover mushroom farro risotto for Patrick, leftover Mexican veggie quinoa with avocado for me. Patrick washed dishes. We watched Star Trek: Strange New Worlds s1:e10 (season finale) on Paramount+. Patrick went to bed. Late snack: tortilla chips, plantain chips, water.
Fri Jul 8, 2022
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, roasted pecans, and diced half banana; water. Rode Muni to UCSF Parnassus. Zoom background builds. More change of dean web edits. Lunch at desk: leftover Mexican veggie quinoa with avocado, water from my water bottle. D7 styling work for new fields on person pages. Met with Eric and Anne to talk about Asana and task triage. Followup with a request from Alfonz about Xin C. UCSF Town Hall. Rode Muni home. Dinner at home with Patrick: shrimp with zucchini and couscous, water. Afterwards we watched part of Star Trek Strange New Worlds - Episode 10 Breakdown & Review, Easter Eggs! via Sci-Finatics on YouTube, pausing a few minutes in to watch Star Trek: The Original Series (Remastered) s1:e15 Balance of Power on Paramount+. Patrick went to bed. I washed dishes. Late snack: small bowl of Rainier cherries, water.
Sat Jul 9, 2022
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, roasted pecans, toasted shredded coconut, and sliced half banana; water. Room redesign work all day in the small bedroom. Patrick has been wanting to do this to make space work better for him. We moved the rug southeast, moved Patrick's desk from the north wall to the east wall, and moved the mule chest from the west wall to the north wall. This necessitated removing and remounting power strips, removing and or rehanging artwork, and so on. Lunch: leftover shrimp with zucchini and couscous, water. Did some eyeglass frames purchase research. Dinner at home with Patrick: leftover slow-cooker vegetarian red beans and brown rice, paprika-garlic sourdough-spelt toast, water. Afterwards we finished watching Star Trek Strange New Worlds - Episode 10 Breakdown & Review, Easter Eggs! via Sci-Finatics then various other videos on YouTube. Patrick went to bed, and I joined him for a while. I arose. Did some tidying following the small bedroom changes. Late snack: small bowl of Rainier cherries. I continued reading from The Jungle Around Us by Anne Raeff. I washed dishes. Did some pantry organization. Later snack: plantain chips, water.
Sun Jul 10, 2022
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, roasted pecans, toasted shredded coconut, cacao nibs, and sliced half banana; water. Patrick recently bought a mini waffle iron, and this morning for second breakfast he made some mini waffles for us which we served with two kinds of syrup: maple and smoked cinnamon maple. Water to drink. More room redesign work all day, this time in the large bedroom. Lunch: leftover red beans and rice for Patrick, leftover shrimp with zucchini and couscous for me, water. Nap. Dinner at home with Patrick: delivery from Mahalo via Uber Eats: fried fish and fried shrimp with brown rice and mac and cheese for me, bbq chicken and fried fish with white rice and mac and cheese for Patrick, strawberry lilikoi soda for Patrick, water for me. Afterwards we watched Everything, Everywhere, All at Once on Netflix DVD. We loved it.
Mon Jul 11, 2022
Staycation day 1 of 5. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, roasted pecans, toasted shredded coconut, cacao nibs, and sliced half banana; water. Doctor appointment by phone call. More room redesign with Patrick in the small bedroom: installed an extension cord behind the mule chest to power two lamps and a small air purifier. Rode Muni to Powell Street Station. Explored Union Square for the first time in a long time with no specific goal, shocked to see so many stores closed and replace by lease signs. Shopped at Nike, Zara, and Arcteryx but didn't buy anything. Stopped at a CVS to buy hand sanitizer but exited after a few steps in because there was a long line (9 people?) and only one register open. Lunched at The Bird: fried chicken sandwich, bottled water. Found a Walgreens and had a much better experience and made a purchase. Continued wandering up to Chinatown gate and down through the Tenderloin. Some entire blocks I walked smelled strongly of urine, but no liquid could be seen on the ground—so disgusting. Rode Muni home from Civic Center Station. Rested. Dinner at home with Patrick: egg "noodle" (strips, really), broccolini, and mushroom stir-fry; water with lime juice. For dessert Patrick reheated a previously frozen large pancake and topped it with grated Valrhona chocolate and smoked cinnamon syrup. I had just a few bites. We watched DVD extras from Everything, Everywhere, All at Once on Netflix DVD. Patrick went to bed. I washed dishes. Late snack: very small amounts of leftover fried fish and leftover bbq chicken, water with lime juice.
Tue Jul 12, 2022
Staycation day 2 of 5. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, roasted pecans, toasted shredded coconut, cacao nibs, blueberries, and sliced half banana; water. Our landlord stopped by with a handyperson to repair a drip in the bathroom tub and to recaulk it. They left to obtain something they needed at the store. I reinstalled a headphones hook for Patrick's desk. Added screw hooks and picture wire to Patrick's phoenix painting, and prepped it for mounting on the north wall of the large bedroom left of the large mirror. The landlord and handyperson finished and left. Patrick returned home. I ate lunch: leftover shrimp with zucchini and couscous, water. We confirmed the phoenix painting placement, and I installed it. I repositioned my Michelle Bates Helter Skelter photo on the east wall, moving it a few inches to the right to center it better now that the linen bookshelf is in the northeast corner. Midafternoon meal: I made for myself a fried fish sandwich using leftover fried fish from Mahalo and a previously frozen hamburger bun and some tartar sauce. Water to drink. Dinner at home with Patrick: chicken salad sandwiches on whole-grain bread, water. I washed dishes. Afterwards we watched various YouTube videos about Everything, Everywhere, All at Once and about Michelle Yeoh, then Loot s1:e2 on Apple TV+ then various YouTube videos about John Mulaney. Patrick went to bed.
Wed Jul 13, 2022
Staycation day 3 of 5. Slept in. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, roasted pecans, cacao nibs, blueberries, and sliced half banana; water. Rode Muni to Chestnut and Divisadero: 48 to M to 24 to 22 to 30—it took about 90 minutes. Walked business districts along Chestnut, Union, Fillmore, and Polk Streets. Oops, I forgot to wear athleisure. Visited Gap Kids, Herman Miller, Madewell. I stopped for a delicious lunch at Saiwalks: beef pho, lychee limeaid. Complimentary shrimp chips are a nice touch. The bone broth is really good. Rode the 22 to Filbert Street then alighted to see the (new?) Shake Shack (but did not enter). Browsed Union Street. I stopped at UNTUCKit and tried on a small slim shirt and it was still too large for me. Bought nothing. Ruby Livingdesign. Stopped at Walgreens for more hand sanitizer. Walked to Recharge Medical, chatted with Kim then Drew and briefly saw and chatted with Phil. Stopped at Bob's Donuts before riding UberX home. Dinner at home with Patrick: cauliflower and chickpea pitas with cilantro yogurt sauce, water, white wine. Dessert: one custard-filled chocolate bar. I ate a quarter and Patrick ate the rest. We watched Ms. Marvel s1:e6 season finale on Disney+ then a few trailers and then Loot s1:e3 on Apple TV+. Patrick went to bed. I washed dishes.
Thu Jul 14, 2022
Staycation day 4 of 5. Slept in. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, roasted pecans, cacao nibs, toasted shredded coconut, and blueberries; water. Tidied and organized and prepared items for sale or donation. Decided today that although I'll keep my Hoka One Gaviota 3 shoes, I won't buy this model or perhaps brand again since pieces of the sole on the bottom of the shoes became unglued and broke off. But I do think they are comfortable and have a design I like. Lunch at home: I prepared for myself a fried fish sandwich using leftover fried fish from Mahalo, which I realized today is probably what leaves a slight sick-to-my-stomach feeling for a few hours after I eat it, indicating that it's a bit too rich for my belly. I added lettuce and tomato to the tartar sauce spread. Water to drink. Cut my hair, showered. Dinner at home with Patrick: I had leftover bbq chicken and white rice from Mahalo with instant brown rice from a pouch. Patrick had leftover egg "noodle" (strips, really), broccolini, and mushroom stir-fry. Water to drink. I washed dishes. Afterwards we watched The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel s4:e1 then 35 minutes of Eddie Izzard: Wunderbar, both on Amazon Prime Video. Patrick went to bed.
Fri Jul 15, 2022
Staycation day 5 of 5. Slept in. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, toasted and slivered almonds, cacao nibs, toasted shredded coconut, and diced white peach; water. Rode Muni 66 to 9th and Judah then 44 to Calacademy. Walked to the Japanese Tea Garden, which has free entry from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. on Wednesdays and Fridays. I arrived at 9:26 a.m. and there was no line. I went to the restroom then joined a free guided tour started at 9:30 a.m. Don McLaurie was terrific, giving a history and overview lasting a little over an hour. The pagoda was like Laura Palmer. Afterwards I gave a small cash donation. I was the only one wearing a mask in this all-outdoor setting with almost entirely still air. Rode Muni 44 to 9th and Irving. Had a breakfast sandwich with egg, sharp cheddar, local greens, aioli, and bacon and a coconut water at Tartine, sitting in the outdoor area under a heat lamp that was partially blocked by tall greenery. I walked to 9th and Irving then caught a Muni train to Embarcadero Station. Walked to the Ferry Building Marketplace and spent about an hour browsing. Rode Muni underground to 5th Street. Browsed at The Container Store searching for a lidded box to put bedside but bought nothing. Rode Muni home. Dinner at home with Patrick: mushroom barley soup, water. Afterwards we finished watching Eddie Izzard: Wunderbar on Amazon Prime Video then Loot s1:e4 on Apple TV+. Patrick went to bed. Late snack: medium bowl of bing cherries, water.
Sat Jul 16, 2022
Slept in. Ran in place to various YouTube videos about John Mulaney. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, toasted and slivered almonds, toasted shredded coconut, and blueberries; water. More organizing of stuff at home. Today Patrick unpackaged and assembled a painter's easel and some home gym equipment, and I helped some. Lunch from El Burrito Express: el burrito super meat grilled chicken not spicy and horchata for Patrick, el flaco not spicy and water for me. For dinner I prepared for us Martha Stewart's farfalle (brown rice) with cream cheese, dill, smoked salmon, red onion, and capers. Water to drink. I washed dishes. Afterwards we watched The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel s4:e2 on Amazon Prime Video. Patrick went to bed. I organized stuff.
Sun Jul 17, 2022
Slept in. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, toasted and slivered almonds, toasted shredded coconut, and diced peach; water. Patrick and I visited the Sunset Mercantile farmer's market. We snacked on a flat latte from Sunset Roasters and malasadas from Ocean Malasada: one mango and one haupui—all delicious. We bought a bunch of peaches from Thao Family Farm and a set of frozen Chinese buns from BunBao. I stopped at the hardware store. Patrick stopped at Grubbin for a sandwich. Home. For lunch Patrick had a spicy chicken sandwich, and I had the remaining third of my burrito from yesterday. Milk tea for Patrick. Water for me. More organizing and room redesign in the small bedroom. I tried resolving a problem with capturing keystrokes on my journal website to implement a few keyboard shortcuts—still not yet successful. Dinner at home with Patrick: six steamed BunBao buns: bok choy, pork and shrimp, teriyaki chicken, traditional char siu pork, red bean, egg custard (lava). All the buns were delicious, and we were impressed by the quality. They didn't fall apart when you picked them up. The fillings were evenly distributed within. The bun was light, spongy, and evenly colored. The fillings were perfectly prepared. Even the teriyaki flavor was subtle and not sickly sweet as some teriyaki sauces can be. The red bean bun had a decorative panda face design on top. In all, a very nice discovery. Afterwards we rewatched Everything, Everywhere, All at Once on Netflix DVD until the 1h:24m mark. Patrick made for himself Martha Stewart's Movie-Theater-Style Popcorn. During a break I washed dishes. Afterwards, Patrick went to bed. I washed more dishes then continued my journal website work. What finally worked was David Mauro's Keypress script. I had to wrap the example code like this: document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", function(event) { EXAMPLECODEGOESHERE }); as suggested by Ozzy Walsh in "JS Input keypress event - Cannot read property 'addEventListener' of null [duplicate]" on Stack Overflow. Pushed these changes live. This resolves a problem in my journal in which you begin a selection of text with your pointer and then expand it with the Shift key and left or right arrow keys. Also upgraded jQuery at the same time.
Mon Jul 18, 2022
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, toasted and slivered almonds, toasted shredded coconut, cacao nibs, and blueberries; water. Rode Muni to UCSF Parnassus. Caught up on email after a week away. Various web edits and task followup. Read two NNGroup email newsletters. Met with Jingjing, Nadav, Eric, and Chris O about a web database Jingjing and Nadav want to make available. Lunch at desk: leftover Martha Stewart's farfalle (brown rice) with cream cheese, dill, smoked salmon, red onion, and capers. Water from my water bottle. Briefly visited PharmD orientation at the Nobel Wall, chatting with Lucia, Joel, and Edgar. Dinner at home with Patrick: blistered green-bean and corn frittata, water. Dessert: Patrick prepared a whiskey peach clafoutis. I accompanied mine with a shot of Fireball cinnamon whiskey. Afterwards we finished rewatching Everything, Everywhere, All at Once on Netflix DVD. Patrick went to bed. I washed dishes. Fletch and Tina stopped by to pick up some clafoutis. I let them borrow the DVD. I performed some LED light mitigation on various devices in the bedroom to promote better sleep. This involved using pieces cut from a heavy, black paper bag with electrical tape to cover LED lights on things like power strips and foot warmer battery chargers. Made a small edit to the footer of my journal to exclude the note about keyboard shortcuts from the bookmarks page.
Tue Jul 19, 2022
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, toasted and slivered almonds, toasted shredded coconut, cacao nibs, and diced peach; water. Rode Muni to UCSF Parnassus. UCSF shuttle from Parnassus to Mission Bay. Various task followup. Meeting with new Dean Kathy. Levi and Deborah were both on vacation. Lunch with the meeting group at Spark Social. I invited Jim L to join us. I got a half chicken bowl from Upper Cut ($12.11) and drank water from my water bottle. We returned to the office. I spent an hour on the phone taking care of a financial matter. Created more Zoom backgrounds. Jim shared cookies and fruit that he had brought; I had a jasmine tea shortbread that was delicious and not too sweet. At 4 p.m. Anne and I helped Eric load his car with three displays to take to Parnassus. Anne took the cart back and remained at Mission Bay. I rode with Eric to unload at Parnassus. Google Maps took us there on a really strange route, but it worked and seemed quick—17 minutes. We used the hospital circle, and it was quick and easy enough. Rode Muni home. Dinner at home with Patrick: seared sesame tofu and soba warm salad, water. We watched Loot s1:e5 on Apple TV+ then The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel s4:e3 on Amazon Prime Video. Patrick went to bed. I washed dishes.
Wed Jul 20, 2022
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, toasted and slivered almonds, toasted shredded coconut, cacao nibs, and diced peach; water. Rode Muni to UCSF Parnassus. Various task followup. Resolved a 502 bad gateway problem with D7 local by restarting my computer. (Funny, I did a restart yesterday and that didn't fix it.) Lunch from Carmelina's. New alumni page work. Met with Anne about PDF links on the CPCS Materials page. D8 styling: tweaks to main menu. Dinner at home with Patrick: delivery from Ocean Indian via Uber Eats: garlic naan, pudina paratha (whole wheat), vegetable pakora, vegetable momo, tandoori salmon, cumin rice, butter chicken masala, raita. We also had ordered two chai but they were missing, and we got reimbursed. All food was delicious. We watched Loot s1:e6 on Apple TV+ then various YouTube videos. Patrick went to bed. I washed dishes. Today Patrick received and set up seven small houseplants we purchased from Bloomscape. They were immaculately packaged, and every one is in perfect condition. We are very happy with them.
Thu Jul 21, 2022
Ran in place to various YouTube videos. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, toasted and slivered almonds, cacao nibs, and sliced half banana; water. Worked from home. Spent most of the morning responding to a logo request from student TN. D9 front-end work. Midmorning snack with Patrick: toasted rye bagel and toasted whole wheat bagel, each topped with cream cheese, sliced cherry tomatoes, and diced green onions. Water to drink. Lunch at home: leftover Martha Stewart's farfalle (brown rice) with cream cheese, dill, smoked salmon, red onion, and capers. Separately Patrick had leftovers from last night. Water to drink. Short nap. Gave Eric info about my laptop that he requested. Reviewed the telework agreement. Midafternoon snack: Patrick prepared a whole-wheat-flour, dairy-free chocolate cake, and we shared a slice with milk. Had a great chat with Levi about the new alumni page miniproject. Dinner at home with Patrick: leftovers from last night. Dessert: we shared a slice of chocolate cake. Afterwards we watched We watched The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel s4:e4 on Amazon Prime Video then Loot s1:e7 on Apple TV+. Patrick went to bed. I MacGyvered drawer stops on two sets of bamboo organizers drawers and put the second one newly in service bedside. Fletch and Tina stopped by to pick up a slice of chocolate cake. Wood butter butcher block treatment. I washed dishes. Recharge web work: updated the new Drupal site still in progress, lots of various web edits for the current non-Drupal site. Late small meal: leftover Martha Stewart's farfalle (brown rice) with cream cheese, dill, smoked salmon, red onion, and capers. Water to drink. Washed dishes. To bed late.
Fri Jul 22, 2022
Swapped bamboo drawer boxes due to needing a large drawer bedside. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, toasted and slivered almonds, cacao nibs, and diced half banana; water. Rode Muni to UCSF Parnassus. D9 front-end work all day. Met with Anne about the new alumni page. Orgchart work. Upgraded Docker from version 4.4.2 to 4.10.1 and nothing bad happened. Lunch: leftover Martha Stewart's farfalle (brown rice) with cream cheese, dill, smoked salmon, red onion, and capers. Water from my water bottle. UCSF town hall. Rode Muni home. Snack: tortilla chips. Lateish dinner at home with Patrick: braised zucchini and cannellini beans on polenta, water. Dessert: we shared a slice of chocolate cake, milk to drink. We watched various movie trailers on YouTube then The Simpsons s33:e3 Treehouse of Horror XXXIII on Hulu Basic Plan. Patrick went to bed. I washed dishes.
Sat Jul 23, 2022
Deep-cleaned the dish rack. Ran in place to a YouTube video of John C interviewing Michelle B. In the 1990s my first art purchase was Michelle's roller coaster Holga photo called Helter Skelter which I encountered in a Pioneer Square gallery near 411 First Avenue South where I worked at Aldus Corporation. You can see an image of it by searching Google Images on michelle bates helter skelter. The image spoke to me, reminding me that life has its ups and downs and to remember to have fun. The image's border from the Holga negative is unevenly blurry, then there is the cardboard cutout border around that, then there is the precisely straight metal frame border, and these multiple levels of framing remind me that there is beauty in both randomness and order and that there are multiple ways to simultaneously view or frame things. The interview was fun, and I enjoyed it very much. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, and diced half banana; water. Tested a new 50-foot stereo audio cable made by GearIt to replace one that was providing spotty sound at times. It worked, but the jack end was noticably quite too loose, and I feared this would cause us problems later, so I prepped it for return and ordered a similar item from Monoprice. Lunch: Patrick had oatmeal. I had leftovers from Ocean Indian. Water to drink. Patrick took a nap. Installed and configured a new OWC Thunderbolt 4 dock for Patrick's computer to resolve some problems that inconvenienced us and to simplify cabling. Resolved a problem with error message ending in "...because the iPhone disconnected" when backing up to a Mac by turning on airplane mode and low power mode, backing up, then turning off airplane mode and low power mode. Tested AirPlay from Patrick's computer to the television in the living room. It worked, but it was noticeably choppy. The new OWC Thunderbolt 4 dock seems to work perfectly except for the ethernet port, and after some digging I resolved that problem by installing a driver found on Realtek's website in a file called RTUNICv1.0.22_Update4.zip. Confusingly, the file said it was only for Intel chips, but it resolved the problem on our 2022 MacBook Pro with an Apple chip. I migrated network storage and one backups process from the entertainment computer to Patrick's computer, now realizing that perhaps we don't need an entertainment computer anymore. Midafternoon snack: a bowl of cherries, water. Recently I discovered that the acoustic version of Jane Wiedlin's Tangled was missing from our library, so today I restored it and a bunch of other music with artists starting with F, G, H, I, and J from an old hard drive that I had long thought no longer worked. Dinner at home with Patrick: Patrick had leftover braised zucchini and cannellini beans on polenta. I had corn on the cob, leftover corn off the cob, leftover seared sesame tofu over leftover polenta. Water to drink. Dessert: we shared a chocolate mug cake. Afterwards we watched various YouTube videos then The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel s4:e5 on Amazon Prime Video with microwave butter popcorn. Patrick went to bed. Late small meal: one Amy's bean and cheese burrito from frozen, water.
Sun Jul 24, 2022
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, and blueberries; water. Patrick and I spent today out of the home. We rode Muni to Noe Valley, starting at Diamond Street and walking east along 24th Street. At 24th we turned north to 16th then returned to 19th, turning left. We stopped for an iced coffee-and-chicory drink called Match Made in Heaven at UpForDayz. We lunched at Media Noche (which means midnight in Spanish): Patrick had a cubano and an iced cafe con leche. I had a salad with fried chicken which they served on the side and a guava-lime agua fresca. Afterwards we walked to the Castro and stopped at The Castro Fountain for two scoops of ice cream in a cup: one was malted peanut butter cookie, the other was salted caramel turtle pecan. Nap. Dinner at home with Patrick: delivery from Sushi Genki: miso soup, negihama maki, unagi roll, new york roll, godzilla roll, spider roll, inari. Decaf green tea not from the restaurant. Water. I washed dishes. Afterwards we watched various YouTube videos, mostly from recent ComicCon announcements and Michelangelo's David: Great Art Explained. Patrick went to bed. Migrated Handyprint and Plex Server from the entertainment computer to Patrick's computer. Troubleshot problems with no thumbnails in Plex Player.
Mon Jul 25, 2022
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted and slivered almonds, and blueberries; water. Rode Muni to UCSF Parnassus. D7 styling work: remove :after offsite icon for (media or pdf) links that in #content-area that are not actually offsite. Responded to Carolina L's question about web accessibility. Read NNGroup's email newsletter. Lunch from Panda Express: bowl with chow mein and beef with broccoli. Ate at desk since it was too cold outside. Water from my water bottle. My fortune: Your next act of kindness will reveal a new friendship. Orgchart work. Began watching online training called Teamwork Foundations via LinkedIn Learning. Rode Muni home. Dinner at home with Patrick: brown rice veggie burrito bowl with avocado crema, water. Afterwards we watched a little more than half of Cristela Alonzo: Middle Classy on Netflix instant watch. Patrick went to bed. Began a repair of my 2015 grey Sawyer belt by Arcade Belts. Late snack: small bowl of cherries, water.
Tue Jul 26, 2022
Ran in place to more than half of HBO’s Barry: A conversation with Bill Hader and John Mulaney via The 92nd Street Y, New York on YouTube. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, toasted and slivered almonds, diced half banana, and blueberries; water. Worked from home. Finished watching online training called Teamwork Foundations via LinkedIn Learning. Orgchart work: EEPD. D9 front-end work: resolved error 'Cannot use string offset as an array' in a time-handling function in the theme by adding a bunch of is_array() and array_key_exists() checks. Lunch: leftovers from last night, blue tortilla chips with avocado crema, water. Rode Muni to an eye doctor appointment which ran long. Rode Muni home. I was slightly nauseated and not sure why. Dinner at home with Patrick: whole-grain brown rice spaghetti alfredo with lemon and asparagus, water. Patrick also had a glass of white wine. I was exhausted and still somewhat nauseated, so I went to bed early. Patrick washed dishes. Was in bed for about 10 hours.
Wed Jul 27, 2022
Felt much better than I did last night. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted and slivered almonds, and diced half banana; water. Rode Muni to UCSF Parnassus. Various Asana task followup all day. Siteimprove webinar: alt text and multimedia. Lunch at desk: leftovers from last night. Completed online training called Building a Better To-do List via LinkedIn Learning. Rode Muni home. Dinner at home with Patrick: shrimp and corn succotash, side of whole wheat heart-shaped biscuits topped with Maldon salt, water. Dessert: we shared a chocolate mug cake that included a peanut butter swirl. We watched What We Do In The Shadows s4:e1 and s4:e2 on Hulu Basic Plan. I walked in place while we watched. Patrick went to bed. I washed dishes. Late snack: small bowl of cherries, water. Continued troubleshooting what seemed to be a corrupt database in Plex. Failed to resolve. Switched to Emby, got it working in a few minutes.
Thu Jul 28, 2022
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted and slivered almonds, and diced half banana; water. Worked from home. Various task followup. Patrick made rose-pistachio-cardamon shortbread today, and we shared one cookie. Lunch: leftover shrimp and corn succotash, side of whole wheat heart-shaped biscuits topped with Maldon salt, water. Orgchart work. Replaced a faulty audio cable in the living room. Dinner at home with Patrick: Italian grilled cheese with provolone, cured meats, and green olives; water. Dessert: iced shortbread cookies. Afterwards we watched What We Do In The Shadows s4:e3 on Hulu Basic Plan. I walked in place while we watched. We took a break, and I played various games on Apple Arcade on Apple TV. We watched Italy's Great Hill Towns via Rick Steves' Europe on YouTube then trailers on Apple Trailers and YouTube. Patrick went to bed. I washed dishes.
Fri Jul 29, 2022
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, toasted and slivered almonds, and diced half banana; water. Rode Muni to UCSF Parnassus. Various task followup. D9 front-end work all day. Lunch at desk: leftover succotash. Team time with Eric and Levi. Rode Muni home. Dinner at home with Patrick: leftovers and salad, water. We watched about four-fifths of Fantastic Beasts: Secrets of Dumbledore on Netflix DVD with mint juleps and Martha Stewart's Movie-Theater-Style Popcorn. Patrick went to bed. I washed dishes. Continued repairs on the 2015 grey Sawyer belt.
Sat Jul 30, 2022
Staycation day 1 of 9. Woke with a headache. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, toasted and slivered almonds, and diced peach; water. Unmotivated and headachey, I took a long nap. Lunch at home with Patrick: we ate three remaining bao from the variety box set of nine from BunBao.com: traditional pork, cheeseburger, and spicy crawfish. I didn't eat the spicy crawfish one since it was too spicy for me. Water to drink. Did some technology purchase research. Patrick took a nap, then I joined him later, then he arose. Dinner at home with Patrick: delivery from Calibur via Uber Eats: cheeseburgers and vegetarian fries, 2-for-1 chocolate shakes of which I drank only a small part of one and froze the rest which likely Patrick will have later. We finished watching Fantastic Beasts: Secrets of Dumbledore and its six-minute extra on Netflix DVD then What We Do In The Shadows s4:e4 on Hulu Basic Plan then The Simpsons s33:e4 on Hulu Basic Plan. Patrick washed dishes and went to bed.
Sun Jul 31, 2022
Staycation day 2 of 9. Ran in place to various YouTube videos. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, toasted and slivered almonds, and blueberries; water. Patrick and I rode Muni 48 and 24 to Castro and 18th Streets, then ambled to find brunch at someplace not too crowded. We settled on Thorough Bread where we enjoyed decaf coffee, a mango-pineapple-coconut croissant, and a slice of cauliflower quiche. We visited Kerry and Mom Ryan at their place in the garden, chatting for some time. We left them and explored Inner Mission for a long time, eventually stopping at Joyride Pizza sharing two half-slices: one Zoe 'Roni Pepperoni and one Bacon Me Crazy. We shared a Boylan cream soda. The pizza was perfectly executed and very filling. We couldn't finish it all. We walked to Castro Street Station and rode Muni home. I took a long nap. Patrick prepared dinner: bulgur wheat salad with cucumbers, red peppers, and chickpeas; water to drink. We watched The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel s4:e6 on Amazon Prime Video. I washed dishes at a break in the middle. Patrick went to bed. Late snack: butter on sprouted multigrain and seed bread. A while later, another snack: Amy's enchiladas from frozen.