It's been a week since I last posted. I can't seem to find or make time to write. Or, maybe there's just not a whole lot to write about (or to write about safely, cognizant of the fact that pretty much anyone who wants to can read this).
I'm liking my new job a lot. In the past two weeks since the reassignment/promotion, I've spent a good deal of time with campus colleagues I seldom see. IT staff, IT directors, deans, faculty, librarians, and more. Some have asked for assistance and others have simply shared their successes and frustrations dealing with central IT. Some I've been able to help, for some, assistance is on the way, and for others, it could take quite a bit of time and attention to address their concerns. I spent about six hours yesterday (Saturday) trying to catch up on my email. I thought having a smart phone would help, but until or unless I can proficiently type on its tiny touchscreen keypad, I think all it's going to do is make me a little more anxious than I would normally be by keeping my abreast of the email that continues to pour in while I am making my campus rounds. I'm not complaining; I knew in advance that this was what I was signing up for.
On the non-work front--well, there really hasn't been that much of a non-work front this week. Last night, Evelyn and I went out with neighbors to our favorite nearby Tex-Mex restaurant, Fajita Coast (http://www.fajitacoastrestaurant.com/). It's at Four Corners, and we can walk there if we want to. Yesterday, because we were meeting friends, we drove. I ordered one of my usual meals: tortilla soup and pechuga de pollo, a chicken dish that you can hear and smell before it arrives because of its loud and savory sizzle. Oh, and there was also the frozen margaritas, a half pitcher full.
After the meal we rendevouzed back at our house for a film, "Moon," starring Sam Rockwell. It's an extremely low-key sci-fi film with many references to earlier films in the genre, including "2001," "Alien," "Silent Running," and "Outland." Kevin Spacey voices the resident computer whose responsibility is to take care of the facility's caretaker. I highly recommend the film. The Blu-Ray has two commentaries and several featurettes, but it suffers from the irksome insertion of hard to skip over previews in advance of the disk's menu. I can't imagine what manufacturer's are thinking, and I'm seeing more and more reviews derisively include mention of this "feature" in their reviews of Blu-Ray disks. Hopefully, it's simply a temporary misstep.
Hopefully, there will be more substantive grist for the writing mill this week.
Sunday, February 13, 2011
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