September 2023
Summary: Mom's health deteriorates, Golden Mile Project along JFK Drive in Golden Gate Park, Above It All: Labor Of Love Afternoon Rooftop Soiree at Charmaine's, 3-day Anaheim visit to see Mom and she passes hours before I arrive, We begin cleaning and purging, Sunset Night Market, COVID shots.
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Fri Sep 1, 2023
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted shaved coconut, toasted sliced almonds, diced half banana; hot water. Rode Muni to UCSF Parnassus. Calendar management. Various task followup. Siteimprove linkchecking and policy work. Staged and published a story that Suzan wrote. Met with Suzan to publish another news story. Unpublished two person pages for Angelie K. More letterhead work for Jaime F. Followup on an IT request for Shondell M. Walked to lunch at Underdogs: al pastor taco, Nick's way. Water to drink. Rode Muni home. Walked to errands in the neighborhood, stopping at the library to borrow a DVD of The Fugitive which I had never seen. Afternoon snack: one navel orange. Patrick made a small test batch of pecan pralines based on a recipe from Commander's Palace. Attended the UCSF Town Hall while troubleshooting a problem in which my AirPod Pros said they were connected but the sound still came out of the laptop. It took me a long time to figure out: Zoom has audio controls that are separate from macOS. Dinner at home with Patrick: fried crab cake sandwiches with cabbage slaw and tomato. Water. Afterwards we watched What We Do in the Shadows s5:e2 on Hulu. Patrick went to bed. I washed dishes.
Sat Sep 2, 2023
Stretches. Ran in place to a rewatching of Comedian John Mulaney Was Always Weird - Speakeasy via Made Man on YouTube. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted shaved coconut, toasted sliced almonds, diced half banana; hot water. Housecleaning most of the day. Lunch at home with Patrick: I prepared black bean burgers on brioche buns with lettuce, tomato, mayo, colby jack cheese; shoestring french fries; water. Patrick made ragu. Installed updates for home devices. Dinner at home with Patrick: beef ragu with spaghetti, water. I had a glass of red wine. Afterwards we watched Puss in Boots: The Last Wish on Netflix with Martha Stewart's Movie-Theater-Style Popcorn except using only one tablespoon of butter instead of three. Patrick went to bed. I rewatched John Mulaney: Kid Gorgeous at Radio City on Netflix.
Sun Sep 3, 2023
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted shaved coconut, toasted sliced almonds, diced half banana; hot water. More housecleaning. Lunch at home by myself: leftover spaghetti in ragu with a few cherry tomatoes added because they needed to be used. Water to drink. Rode Muni to Golden Gate Park and walked along JFK Drive to see the various art pieces in the Golden Mile Project and listen to the musicians performing and to see the beer and wine garden and food trucks. I walked along Haight Street mostly window shopping then stopped in Ritual for a chai before walking the panhandle then riding Muni to meet Patrick for dinner at Sunset Reservoir Brewing Company (aka SRBC aka BEER): tequila with salt for Patrick, sunset sea man (tequila, coconut milk, pineapple agave syrup, pineapple, lime, coconut shavings) for me. Mains: adobo chicken tacos (three small ones) for Patrick, steak salad (medium) for me. The tacos were a bit spicy. All food and drink were delicious. My steak was correctly cooked as ordered. Service by Shade K was better than usual for this restaurant. We walked home. We watched YouTube: finishing Lara Downes and John McWhorter: An Evening with Scott Joplin via Classical California then watching a bunch of Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox. Every song seems to have some delightful surprise in addition to the fantastic talent and perfect arrangements. Patrick went to bed. Late small meal: leftover steak salad, water.
Mon Sep 4, 2023
Labor holiday. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted shaved coconut, toasted sliced almonds, golden raisins; hot water. Walked and rode Muni to lunch at Gai (415-535-0451, 3463 16th Street): lean gai for both, hoi an sweet and tangy sauce and thai iced tea for Patrick, hainan onion ginger sauce and mango jasmine iced tea for me. $44.43 before a $3 tip even tho it was counter service. All food and drink were delicious. We walked to Kerry and Mom Ryan's to visit a while. Afterwards we walked and rode Muni to Above It All: Labor Of Love Afternoon Rooftop Soiree at Charmaine's at The Proper Hotel where we met Suzan R and company. Suzan was impeccably dressed in a black and silver sparkly jumpsuit. We met or encountered: Tim who wore the same high-reflective shoes Suzan wore and an equally sparkly black and silver-sparkly outfit, Simon who thoughtfully wore a blue worker's coveralls outfit inspired by the laborers celebrated by today's holiday, Codey who works in computer security, artist Steven S, Saturn, Julian who once lived in Maui for a year, colorfully-dressed small business owner Lizzie, Sarah, Robert from West Covina, Wayne who shared with us his knowledge of Mary Ellen Pleasant, and many more. Cocktails (slow and pricey): Patrick had two Fifi the Fleas, and I had a Big Cat followed by a Crookshanks. Music by DJ Hawthorne was great, occasionally mixing loops from oldies from the 1980s and 1990s with vocal house, soul, deep grooves, and disco. We loved hearing those recognizable clips. We enjoyed chatting with all. Afterwards we walked to dinner at Wilkommen, whose menu had changed since our last visit. Patrick had smoked sausage on pretzel bun with sauerkraut and kettle chips. I had gulf shrimp with pickled celery root slaw, sage brown butter, local corn puree, and oregano. Patrick enjoyed his meal. I like my shrimp but did not much enjoy the corn puree. We walked and rode Muni home. Afterwards we watched parts of BMW Keynote CES 2023 | Full Video | BMW i Vision Dee via BMWBLOG (the color-changing was interesting yet also gimmicky like the rest of the presentation) then The Hidden Lives of Pets s1:e2 on Netflix. Patrick went to bed, and I joined a while later.
Tue Sep 5, 2023
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted shaved coconut, diced dried mango; hot water. Walked and rode Muni to UCSF Parnassus. Siteimprove linkchecking and policy work all morning. Followup with Sushil C about listserv owner change requests sent to IT. Lunch at Kezar Pizzetta with Joel: we shared a caesar salad and a pepperoni-sausage (#4) 10-inch pizza. We had a great, long chat about all kinds of things, mostly parents. Drafted a faculty and staff announcement for CP. Rode Muni home. Dinner at home with Patrick: creamy polenta with ragù and toasted rosemary foccacia, water. Patrick also had a glass of red wine. Afterwards we watched Ahsoka s1:e4 on Disney+ then various YouTube videos. Patrick went to bed. Late snack: various nuts and dried fruit, tortilla chips with salsa from a jar.
Wed Sep 6, 2023
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted shaved coconut, diced dried mango; hot water. Walked and rode Muni to UCSF Parnassus. IT ticket followup. Siteimprove linkchecking and policy work all morning. Helped Paul D with a question about domain ownership. Responded to a report from Mandy B about Google incorrectly tagging our pages in search results with Pennsylvania State University. Helped Isaac K with a question about editing web content in the separate database they have. 1:1 with Eric. Lunch at Inle with Eric and Suzan: Suzan had coconut noodle soup and water, Eric had nan gyi noodle salad and lemon iced tea, I had silver (glass) noodle soup (kyarsanchat) and a thai iced tea. Back at UCSF, I gave Suzan a long tour of the Parnassus campus, which included stopping by the OSACA to visit Joel and Edgar. Afterwards Eric, Suzan, and I met to discuss various issues. We ended with me showing them Tech : We Are Apple (Leading The Way) via Alfred DiBlasi on YouTube. Another UFD edit. While leaving work, I encountered Michael C on the sidewalk, and we chatted for a while before I had to catch my bus. Rode Muni home. Dinner at home with Patrick: focaccia pizza with ground meat, green peppers, red onions, and mushrooms. Water to drink. Patrick also had a glass of red wine. Afterwards we watched What We Do in the Shadows s5:e3 on Hulu then various YouTube videos. Patrick went to bed. Late snack: dried pineapple, water.
Thu Sep 7, 2023
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted shaved coconut, sliced half banana; hot water. Worked from home. Siteimprove linkchecking and policy work. UFD edits. Yesterday I received a gift from Matt H and Lee Anne R for helping with their html email newsletter, so this morning I created a thank you card and sent it. Began prepping UFD html email. Lunch: leftover creamy polenta with ragù and toasted rosemary foccacia, water. Continued replaying The Room on my iPad Air. Afternoon snack: shrimp chips. Dinner at home with Patrick: dumplings (shrimp with chive and pork with cabbage) and green onion pancake from frozen from Asian American Food Company, water. Dessert for me only: a small piece of dark chocolate and one meyer lemon popsicle. We watched Foundation s2:e9 on Apple TV+ then various YouTube standup shorts. I walked in place while watching as I often do but fail to remember to record that here. Patrick went to bed. Late snack: rice crackers, water.
Fri Sep 8, 2023
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted shaved coconut, blueberries, golden raisins; hot water. Rode Muni to UCSF Parnassus. Followup with Will H about presentation templates. Followup with Akanksha about a request related to Active Directory. Notified a faculty member that some of their websites were down. Followup with IT about a stalled ticket for Shondell M. Eric and I met with Angelie to discuss various issues. Granted permission to Vicky V to edit our people pages. Arranged a meeting for people pages training. Followup with Lang N and Jill W about removing a site from Siteimprove. Lunch with Eric in Saunders Court: Eric ate a Factor meal he brought from home and heated in the microwave. I had small chicken noodle soup paired with a half egg salad sandwich from Ladle and Leaf. Water bottles. Siteimprove linkchecking, spellchecking, and policy work. UFD edits. UFD image processing and insertion with Suzan. Rode Muni home. In the afternoon my sister sent me an update about our mom, and I changed my plans to arrive for a visit a few days earlier. I leave in the morning.
Sat Sep 9, 2023
Anaheim trip day 1 of 3. Rode Lyft for an early flight from SFO to SNA. I had read before flying that there would be breakfast on the flight, but in reality there was none. I had a boxed water, a decaf coffee with cream, and snacks: boxed water, Karma toasted coconut roasted cashews, KIND milk chocolate chunk bar, Bavarian meat stick, decaf coffee with cream. Rode Lyft to Mom's house. Lani let me in and revealed that Mom had peacefully passed sometime during the night. She was 82 and 10 days shy of her 83rd birthday. We notified kin and hospice, inviting Mom's brothers, sisters, and other family in the area to visit and say their goodbyes. Jeanne, Joey (whom I first met today), Henry, Ah-bing, Kim, James, Chen-pou, Lilly, Shawn Shi Ru. The day was very hot—in the 90s. The house does not have central air conditioning, but there was a standalone air conditioner unit in the middle bedroom that had recently stopped working, and we also had many oscillating or power-circulating fans. Rob's childhood friend Eric arrived with a different air conditioner unit which he installed and got working. After Shawn Shi Ru arrived, Buddist traditions were followed including a sheath, holy water, and holy powder. Later, after almost everyone had left, Lani, Jeanne, Joey, and I enjoyed the El Pollo Loco food that Henry had brought as a gift. The mortuary people arrived to remove Mom. Later Alex and Carol arrived, then later Jeanne and Joey departed. Later Lani and I drove to Anaheim Packing District, which was busy. After many minutes we failed to find a parking spot in the parking lot and even in the neighboring streets, so we instead easily parked and easily were sat for dinner at Orange Roll & Sushi: California roll, tuna roll, tempura shrimp crunch roll, side of seaweed salad. Sushi and seaweed salad were very good, service was friendly, food was delivered quickly. Afterwards we walked through much of the Packing District, observing live music, many Instagram opportunities, smelling delicious crepes and other foods. We stopped at a gas station convenience store where I wanted a small slushie of Fanta wild cherry and Coca-Cola (since it's rarely warm enough in San Francisco for me to want a slushie), then Lani bought a pint of whole milk at Vons so that I could have milk with oatmeal in the morning. We returned home. Lani and I had a phone call with Dex that lasted several hours mostly to discuss legal documents and next steps. I created a new Asana workspace so that we could track forthcoming tasks for us following Mom's death. There is much to do. To bed late—1 a.m. I slept soundly without the air conditioner and with the oscillating fan, and it was fine.
Sun Sep 10, 2023
Anaheim trip day 2 of 3. After less than an hour of being awake I was surprised to hear and learn that it began raining at around 7:00 am. Rob, Kiana, and Akemi arrived around 10:15 a.m., and we all began purging and cleaning all kinds of unneeded things. Another very hot day in the 90s. Alex arrived a little before we broke for lunch at Pho Banh Mi Che Cali. I had bun bo xao and one veggie egg roll and peach tea (sweet but just right). Akemi had hong kong style noodles with thai tea. Lani had bun with pork, shrimp, and egg roll with oolong iced tea (sweet but just right). Kiana shared from Akemi's and Lani's dishes and also had green thai tea (which Lani tasted and described as grassier and lighter than thai tea). Rob had grilled pork bahn mi with green thai tea. Alex did not eat because he was imminently going to be called away to an appointment. Afterwards Alex left us, and the rest of us split up with Lani and Akemi getting gas for the car and Rob, Kiana, and I walking across the street to Target. The gas line at Costco was unbearable, so they abandoned that effort and soon joined us at Target. I bought some oatmeal. We regrouped then returned home. More cleaning and purging: refrigerator and more. At a break some of us looked through old yearbooks and other memorabilia. Rob got working a tennis-racquet-like bug zapper which we used with alarm and delight to kill flies and mosquitoes. Later Anne and Dave stopped by to pick up an air conditioner that had stopped working. Later: dinner brought by Ah-bing, Kim, Carol, and Jeanne: pumpkin salad, green beans, ribs, mi fun, sticky rice, iced tea. Dessert: sarsparilla floats. Everyone departed, leaving Lani and me. I purchased my return flight. To bed late—2 a.m.
Mon Sep 11, 2023
Anaheim trip day 3 of 3. Oatmeal with milk and raisins. Less hot today—maybe in the 80s. More cleaning and purging all day with only Lani and me home. Lunch: leftover El Pollo Loco. Carlos stopped by and chatted with Lani a while. Late dinner (7:00 p.m.) with Lani at Porto's Bakery and Cafe (7640 Beach Blvd, Buena Park, CA 90620): Cubano for Lani, various savory treats for me, guava lemonade for both. Returned home. Packed. To bed around 9:30 p.m.
Tue Sep 12, 2023
Oatmeal with milk and raisins. Aunty Carol picked me up for a ride to SNA, stopping in for a few minutes to chat. Early Alaska flight to SFO. Rode Uber Green home. Patrick and I ate the Porto's items I had brought: almond croissant, chocolate chip muffin. Coffee with milk, mine was decaf. I fell asleep on the couch in a sitting position. After a while I moved to the bed for a nap. After a while Patrick joined and we cuddled a while. Dinner at home with Patrick: tuna mac n' cheese with zucchini, water, red wine. Patrick washed dishes. Afterwards we watched part of Comedy Actors Roundtable: Jason Segel, Steven Yeun, Tyler James Williams, John Mulaney & Mo Amer via The Hollywood Reporter on YouTube then Ahsoka s1:e5 on Disney+. Patrick went to bed. I joined a while later.
Wed Sep 13, 2023
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted slivered almonds, toasted shaved coconut, blueberries; hot water. UFD web and email launch all day. Various task followup all day. Siteimprove linkchecking, spellchecking, and policy work. Lunch to pick up from El Burrito Express: carnitas regular El Burrito with tortilla chips, water. Weeded Google Drive. Dinner at home with Patrick: cobb salad, water. Afterwards we watched Extrapolations s1:e3 on Apple TV+. I washed dishes at a break in the middle. Afterwards Patrick went to bed. I unloaded photos from my iPhone 12 mini and uploaded them to Flickr.
Thu Sep 14, 2023
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted slivered almonds, toasted shaved coconut, raspberries, diced half banana; hot water. Rode Muni to UCSF Parnassus. Siteimprove linkchecking, spellchecking, and policy work. Handled an unsub request for the UFD mailing list. Unpubbed a page for Mandy B in Residencies. Began backporting new action link and link icons styling from D8 dev to D7. Got my flu shot. Lunch from Bellini Cafe: combo pizza slice, water from my water bottle. Midafternoon snack: an orange. Rode Muni home. Dinner at home with Patrick: Cobb-inspired spaghetti aka empty-the-fridge pasta. Red wine, water. We watched Foundation s2:e10 (season finale) on Apple TV+. Patrick went to bed. I washed dishes then weeded old Google Chat groups. Uploaded photos to Flickr. Late snack: wheat toast with melted provolone, water.
Fri Sep 15, 2023
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted slivered almonds, toasted shaved coconut, raspberries, diced half banana; hot water. Rode Muni to UCSF Parnassus. Siteimprove linkchecking, spellchecking, and policy work. Followup with Angelie about a directory fix for Beth AW. Prepped a mailing list and an html email. Continued new action link and link icons styling work from yesterday. UCSF shuttle from Parnassus to Mount Zion. Lunch at Pete's Deli: grilled cheese sandwich, french fries, sparkling water. Stopped at the doctor's office for labs. Team time with Eric and Suzan. Committed new action link and link icons styling work. Began changing Twitter bird icons to the X icon. Rode Muni home. Patrick and I rode Lyft to the first Sunset Night Market. We arrived when Martin Yan was doing a food demo of some kind. It was quite crowded, so we did not stay to watch. We browsed all the booths, but the food lines were too long to endure. We walked and rode Muni to Ebisu. Patrick had a chicken teriyaki bento. I had a chicken teriyaki donburi. Hot green tea for both. We shared a sake flight: Junmai: Miyasaka Yawaraka Junmai, Daiginjo: Koshi no Kanbai Muku (our favorite), Junmai: Sohomare Tokubetsu Kimoto. We rode Lyft home.
Sat Sep 16, 2023
Stretches. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted slivered almonds, toasted shaved coconut, diced small banana; hot water. I stretched and ate while rewatching parts of John Mulaney: The Comeback Kid and all of John Mulaney: New in Town on Netflix on my iPad Air. Weeded in the front yard. Lunch: leftovers from last night. Performed an emergency orchid repotting in order to resolve a gnat problem likely due to rotting material in the pot. Weeded and swept leaves in the back yard. Shower. Snack: one navel orange, water. Dinner at home with Patrick: steamed Chinese dumplings and chive pancake from frozen with dipping sauce, water. We watched The Fugitive on SFPL DVD. Dessert: one Trader Joe's pumpkin-spiced Joe-Joe's pumpkin sandwich cookies in a yogurt-flavored coating with sea salt each. I had mine with cold milk. I washed nearly all the dishes at a break in between. Patrick went to bed. I finished washing dishes.
Sun Sep 17, 2023
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted slivered almonds, toasted shaved coconut, diced small banana; hot water. Patrick and I visited Kerry and Mom Ryan at their place. Afterwards Patrick and I brunched at Dolores Park Cafe. We each ate a breakfast sandwich. Patrick had coffee. I had a chai latte. The breakfast sandwich is extraordinarily tall and almost cannot be called a sandwich because it can barely be eaten with hands. It's going to get messy. All food and drink were delicious, though. Later we ran an errand at Cliff's, then Patrick returned home. I stayed in the Castro and a bit later met Tony who was in town since yesterday. Tony got a small meal of lamb birria quesadilla and we shared chips and salsa. All the salsas were too spicy for me, but our server got the kitchen to make some pico de gallo for me. I drank a salted paloma. Food, drink, and service (our receipt said Wyatt R) were excellent. We walked more in the Castro and also stopped at Super Duper so he could get a swirl soft serve cone and at Lookout for a bit (but we did not drink). He gave me a ride home before heading home then to Merced. Rested a bit. Patrick and I walked to dinner at King of Thai Noodle Cafe: shrimp rolls to share, chicken pad kee mao and thai iced tea for Patrick, beef yellow curry and hot tea for me. All food and drink were delicious, and service by Kwar g was excellent. I had plenty of curry left over so we ordered rice to go with it. Walked home. We watched various YouTube videos, then the last 10 minutes of John Mulaney: The Comeback Kid. Patrick went to bed. I washed a small amount of dishes. Installed macOS 12.6.9 Monterey on my work laptop.
Mon Sep 18, 2023
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted slivered almonds, toasted shaved coconut, diced small banana; hot water. Rode Muni to a doctor appointment. Rode Muni to UCSF Parnassus. Siteimprove linkchecking, spellchecking, and policy work. Mailing list recipient prep. Lunch from Panda Express: bowl with chow mein and orange chicken. Water from my water bottle. My fortune: You set your sights high and enjoy striving for the best things in life. Sent html email for National Postdocs Appreciation Week. Styling work in Drupal: changed Twitter bird icon to X icon, undid recent changes incorrectly required by Siteimprove that footnote-links items be working links for only those sites that use javascript crawls. Committed icon links changes to D8 repo. Followup with a logo request. Followup with Akanksha T with unresolved IT tickets. Rode Muni home. Dinner at home with Patrick: Morrocan lentil and chickpea harira with warm pita, water.
Tue Sep 19, 2023
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted slivered almonds, toasted shaved coconut, diced small banana; hot water. Rode Muni to UCSF Mission Bay. Siteimprove linkchecking, spellchecking, and policy work. Followup with various tasks. Suzan had had a lot of IT trouble and had to spend a lot of time on the phone with various support engineers. Team meeting. Lunch at SF Kebab with Eric and Suzan. Met with Maria CO to work on adding a page to Burchard's website. Removed level 3 items for Pharmchem Research. Small styling fix for link icons appearing in admin menu when we don't want them. Eric, Suzan, and I attended the first WGVCV happy hour on the patio on 4. The air quality was noticeably bad today from forest fires I guess to the east and north. We could see smoke throughout the sky and smell it. I met a trio of instrument sterilizers on 1 and people from the EVCP office on (I think) 4, 5, and 6. I chatted a while with Bernard and his coworker from EVCP. Bernard had just started at UCSF yesterday. I saw but did not chat with Eric M from CTSI whom I recognized. Later while leaving I encountered and chatted briefly with Leslie Y from CTSI and met two others. Rode Muni to dinner at Xiao Loong (250 West Portal Ave) with Patrick: spring ho ya jasmine green tea, xiao loong bow (8), brown jasmine rice, garlic chicken, steamed garlic ginger black bean sauce salmon, water. The XLB here are giant and there is little to no soup inside. All food and drink were delicious. Patrick's fortune: A new adventure awaits you this weekend. My fortune: A modest man never talks to himself. Service by Jeff L was excellent. At the end of your meal, they pack remaining to go food for you instead of you having to do it yourself—so nice. Rode Muni home. We watched The Simpsons s33:e20 on Hulu Basic Plan. Patrick went to bed. I washed some few dishes then joined a while later.
Wed Sep 20, 2023
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted slivered almonds, toasted shaved coconut, diced small banana; hot water. Worked from home. Siteimprove linkchecking, spellchecking, and policy work. Followup with various tasks. More icons work. Lunch: leftover beef curry with steamed white rice. Dinner: veggie burgers with cheddar and fries, water. I also had a glass of red wine. Afterwards we watched Ahsoka s1:e6 on Disney+ then What We Do in the Shadows s5:e4 on Hulu then short videos on YouTube. I washed dishes at a break in the middle. Patrick went to bed. I performed maintenance on the Amazon item called "Swivel Faucet Head for Kitchen Sink, Kitchen Faucet Attachment with 2 Ball Joint, Sink Nozzle Sprayer Attachment, 360° Kitchen Faucet Aerator Replace" which we purchased a little over a year ago. In addition to routinely removing the attachment and washing it, I noticed that some of the spray strands were spraying in wayward directions, so I used a sewing needle on only those strands, and that seemed to resolve the problem. Upgraded d8 and recharge dev repos to Drupal 9.5.11. Late snack: one Gardein chick'n slider, water.
Thu Sep 21, 2023
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted slivered almonds, toasted shaved coconut, diced small banana; hot water. Worked from home. Siteimprove linkchecking, spellchecking, and policy work. Met with Travis V from Siteimprove. Design work in Custom Ink for Judy C all day. Lunch at home: leftovers from Xiao Loong and King of Thai Noodle, water. Met with Robin C, Phillip B, Eric, and Suzan about the Faculty Academic Affairs website and resources page project. Uploaded the video of the meeting to Microsoft Stream. Edited the project draft document. Predinner appetizers: sliced cheddar and sliced grape tomato on wheat crackers. I continued playing Myst III: Exile on my work MacBook Pro. Dinner at home with Patrick: linguine alfredo with toasted ciabatta, water. I also had a glass of red wine. We watched Sex Education s4:e1 on Netflix. I walked in place while watching. I washed dishes at a break in the middle. Patrick went to bed. Late snack: one navel orange, water.
Fri Sep 22, 2023
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted slivered almonds, toasted shaved coconut, diced small banana; hot water. Rode Muni to UCSF Parnassus. Styling work: topbar misaligned items, offsite icon too big for one element. Siteimprove linkchecking, spellchecking, and policy work. Designed a new program cover for commencement for Leslie CS. Created a new bylaws page for CCB for Arezou and made a screen recording. Troubleshot then reported problems uploading video to Microsoft Stream. Upgraded Docker Desktop. Midafternoon snack: one large banana, water. HR mailing list update. Populated a new mailing list for Nicole F. Rode Muni home. Continued playing Myst III: Exile. Dinner at home with Patrick: Rao's pepperoni pizza from frozen. Dessert for only me: one Trader Joe's pumpkin-spiced Joe-Joe's pumpkin sandwich cookie in a yogurt-flavored coating with sea salt. The inurnment date looks like it's going to be November 11, so I booked travel arrangements for Patrick and me. I washed dishes. Cutting board wood butter treatment.
Sat Sep 23, 2023
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted slivered almonds, toasted shaved coconut, blueberries; hot water. Repotted the orchid again in order to make the stems with flowers a bit less droopy and more vertical. Cleaned in the bathroom. Cut my hair, showered. Lunch: leftover Morrocan lentil and chickpea harira, water. Walked to the library to return a DVD (The Fugitive). While returning I stopped at Kentucky Fried Chicken / Taco Bell for a medium strawberries and cream slushie—delicious. Dinner at home with Patrick: Patrick had a hummus, lettuce, and tomato sandwich using homemade hummus he made earlier today. I had leftover brown rice and garlic chicken from Xiao Loong. We shared leftover dumplings from Xiao Loong with soy sauce. Water to drink. Afterwards we watched Extrapolations s1:e4 on Apple TV+ then episode 1 of Michelle Wolf: It's Great to Be Here on Netflix. Michelle Wolf is very funny. While watching we shared a Twisted cake donut (white frosting with rainbow sprinkles), previously frozen. Patrick went to bed. I installed tvOS 17 on our Apple TV that Chris and Nate gave us long ago. (It still works!) I completed a long survey from Apple about the HomePod we bought a while ago. I set up a slideshow of photos of Mom on my iPad Air. The hardest part was getting them from my work MacBook Pro to the Photos app on the iPad Air. Airdrop would only put them in Files or Documents and not the Photos app. I tried putting them in Files and then adding them to the Photos app, but that seemed impossible—no obvious way to do it. I then tried connecting the iPad Air to my work MacBook Pro with a USB-C cable but they wouldn't transfer that way, either, because my iPad Air was synching with my account on Patrick's computer, and I didn't want to change that. I connected the iPad Air to Patrick's computer, logged in as me, then copied the photos from my work MacBook Pro to my account on Patrick's MacBook Pro, then imported them into Photos on the Mac, then plugged in the iPad Air, then synched, and then it worked. I tested the slideshow and everything seemed fine except one photo wouldn't display properly. I decided it just needed to have a better crop, but Photos would not let me edit it I guess since it was synced, so I edited it on Patrick's MacBook Pro then resynced and then it was fine. Late snack: celery with peanut butter.
Sun Sep 24, 2023
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted slivered almonds, toasted shaved coconut, blueberries; hot water with squeeze of half lemon. Lunch: Patrick had toast with homemade hummus and one fried chicken tender with ketchup. I had leftover Morrocan lentil and chickpea harira, leftover garlic chicken, and one fried chicken tender with ketchup. Water to drink. I weeded and swept leaves in the back yard. Gaia blood orange popsicle. Uploaded photos to and edited photo metadata on Flickr. Showered. Continued playing Myst III: Exile. Dinner at home with Patrick: Mexican-style quinoa with grilled shrimp, water. Continued playing Myst III: Exile. We watched episode 2 of Michelle Wolf: It's Great to Be Here on Netflix. Patrick went to bed. I washed more dishes. Late snack: one navel orange. More dishes.
Mon Sep 25, 2023
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted slivered almonds, toasted shaved coconut, diced half banana; hot water. Rode Muni to Peet's in the Castro: medium chai latte. Worked at Peet's until an appointment to get a COVID shot at Walgreen's specialty pharmacy across the street. I had expected to pay around $200 and then be reimbursed later by my provider, but they took my insurance info and did not ask me to pay. This was the first time I asked a provider if they knew what SIRVA was and they said yes. Rode Muni to UCSF Parnassus. Siteimprove linkchecking, spellchecking, and policy work. Published edits to the commencement page for Julia S. Attended Active Threat Training over Zoom while eating a chicken mole burrito from Carmelina's. Rode Muni home: door to door = 52 minutes. Dinner at home with Patrick: bangers and mash with buttered vegetable medley, water. I had a glass of red wine. Dessert: one Trader Joe's pumpkin-spiced Joe-Joe's pumpkin sandwich cookies in a yogurt-flavored coating with sea salt each. Patrick washed dishes. We watched episode 3 of Michelle Wolf: It's Great to Be Here on Netflix then part of Life in Color with David Attenborough s1:e1 on Netflix. Patrick went to bed.
Tue Sep 26, 2023
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted slivered almonds, toasted shaved coconut, blueberries; hot water. Rode Muni to UCSF Parnassus. Door to door: one hour. Updated a Biophysics web page for Nicole F. Made door plate labels for Karen and Angelie. Lots of styling work all day: icons, remove FontAwesome. Lunch at Spark Social with Suzan, Bernard A, and Eric. I got a short rib sandwich and waffle fries and San Pell from KoJa Kitchen; messy and delicious. Rode Muni home. Door to door: 67 minutes. Dinner at home with Patrick: split peas (previously frozen) with boiled rice and warm bread. Afterwards we watched Ahsoka s1:e7 on Disney+. Patrick went to bed. I washed dishes. Late sweet: one dinner mint.
Wed Sep 27, 2023
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted slivered almonds, toasted shaved coconut, blueberries; hot water. Worked from home. Siteimprove linkchecking, spellchecking, and policy work. Met with Eric and CP team to review mailing list issues with respect to without salary faculty. Met with Suzan to publish an announcement to faculty and staff related to CTSI. Lunch: leftover bangers and mash, water. Met with Maria CO to walk through web editing for Asthma Collaboratory. Various task followup. Styling work in Drupal: more icons work: prep for removing FontAwesome in favor of SVG. Dinner at home with Patrick: cauliflower, bacon, and parmesan frittata with warm Italian bread, water. I had a glass of red wine. We watched the remainder of Life in Color with David Attenborough s1:e1 on Netflix then part of The Hidden Lives of Pets s1:e3 on Netflix. Dessert: homemade tiramisu which Patrick had made earlier today. Yum! Upgraded macOS from 12.6.9 to 12.7 on Patrick's MacBook Pro. Troubleshot problems with the Time Capsule disk aka hard drive. It was now showing errors when before I knew it had failed but it did not actively report errors. I erased it and the errors cleared, but the drive was clearly noisy, so I turned file sharing off and that seemed to quiet it. After all my futzing I don't think I effectively changed anything, and it now seems to be back in the state I found it today. So the router within it still seems to work. Just the drive is broken, and probably more broken than before.
Thu Sep 28, 2023
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted slivered almonds, toasted shaved coconut, golden raisins; hot water. Worked from home. Siteimprove linkchecking, spellchecking, and policy work. Granted web edit access to Sydney W for BAYS. Various ticket followup with IT and Siteimprove. Tried to meet 1:1 with Eric but there was something wrong with my internet connection. I spent most of my lunch hour troubleshooting it, and I think it's better now, though I'm not exactly sure what fixed it? Changed content for Arezou: Danica to Adam for CCB associate director. Built a spreadsheet of faculty titles for Eric. Styling work: remove back to top icon. Rode Lyft to dinner at Outerlands with excellent service by Julian. We shared the burger with regenerative beef, gruyere, caramelized onion, pickles, house potato brioche bun, fries and roasted chicken with levain crouton, chicory, fennel, fried caper, shallot vinaigrette. House sparkling water. I drank a high key cocktail. Patrick drank a sunset spritz non-alcoholic cocktail. Dessert: chocolate chiffon cake with creme fraiche, hazelnut praline, buckwheat mousse, fig jam. All food and drink were delicious. $109.93 before a 20% tip for Julian. Rode Lyft home. We watched Sex Education s4:e2 on Netflix. Patrick went to bed. I washed a few dishes. To bed early for me.
Fri Sep 29, 2023
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted slivered almonds, toasted shaved coconut, golden raisins; hot water. Siteimprove linkchecking, spellchecking, and policy work. Rode Muni to UCSF Parnassus. 1:1 with Eric. 1:1 with Anurag S to work on some unfinished IT requests. Lunch from Cafe Bellini: turkey, bacon, avocado sandwich. The sandwich had dutch crunch (my least favorite kind of bread) and was missing the bacon. Continued reading from Samantha Irby's Quietly Hostile on Kindle Cloud Reader on my MacBook Pro. Styling work in Drupal. 1:1 with Suzan to complete building a news story that she had mostly completed. Afternoon snack: one navel orange. Rode Muni home. Dinner at home with Patrick: chicken pot pie turnovers with side salad, water. I also had a glass of white wine. Afterwards we watched Extrapolations s1:e5 on Apple TV+. Patrick went to bed. I washed dishes. Late snack: a few honey-roasted citrus almonds, leftover leg of roast chicken from Outerlands, butter on ciabatta loaf toast.
Sat Sep 30, 2023
Ran in place while rewatching various John Mulaney videos on YouTube, including both of his and Nick Kroll's Film Independent Spirit Awards opening monologues. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted slivered almonds, toasted shaved coconut, diced half banana; hot water. Lunch: leftovers. Patrick had split peas and rice and added bacon. I had rice with roast chicken. Dinner at home with Patrick: Patrick had leftover burger and fries with a new side salad. I made carrot fusilli with leftover chicken pot pie innards in a cream sauce. Water. Patrick washed nearly all the dishes. We watched Neal Brennan: Blocks on Netflix. Patrick went to bed. I troubleshot problems with our wifi and upgraded from macOS 12.6.9 to 12.7 Monterey then washed the remaining dishes.