Work
Salt Lake City
22 04 09 17:52
Now I’m in Salt Lake City! Apple invited me to speak, for a second time, about my work with Podcast Producer. This time I will speak on a panel of three, each of us have been using Podcast Producer to support podcasting on our various campuses. At the University of Arizona, we have just invested a fair amount in a back-end to support the product as it seems to be one of the most cost-effective, standards-friendly ways to deliver video and audio over the internet for a University that is seeing 20% or more budget cuts this year. Ouch.
This is a pretty campus. I had some time to wander around. OK, actually, I had some time to get completely lost! Aargh! LOL. Some of the street names have changed or are not posted well, and there aren’t many campus maps around. That, plus I’m prone to getting lost. Oh well. Nice place to be lost, though. The mountains surrounding the city are stunning.
I don’t suppose you can tell from a panorama photo made small enough to fit on a blog page {smirk}, so you’ll have to take my word for it.
I did get to the workshops they were holding on Podcast Producer 101. Probably I should have gone to the iPhone application development training as the one I went to was too basic for me now that I’ve been working on it for a year. Oh well. It was fun anyway. It’s nice to be surrounded by technical folks interested in the same things I am.
This is a pretty campus. I had some time to wander around. OK, actually, I had some time to get completely lost! Aargh! LOL. Some of the street names have changed or are not posted well, and there aren’t many campus maps around. That, plus I’m prone to getting lost. Oh well. Nice place to be lost, though. The mountains surrounding the city are stunning.
I don’t suppose you can tell from a panorama photo made small enough to fit on a blog page {smirk}, so you’ll have to take my word for it.
I did get to the workshops they were holding on Podcast Producer 101. Probably I should have gone to the iPhone application development training as the one I went to was too basic for me now that I’ve been working on it for a year. Oh well. It was fun anyway. It’s nice to be surrounded by technical folks interested in the same things I am.
Seattle Photos
13 04 09 12:21
I just returned from a week in Seattle. I went for a training related to the Podcast Producer server back-end that my colleague, Bernard, and myself will be building for the University of Arizona campus.
Carl tagged along and we had some fun excursions in the city.
We had some great food! Most notably a Brazilian restaurant, Tempero Do Brazil, at the end of University Way, walking distance from where we stayed at Hotel Deca. We shared Feijoada, and I had Xinju, a black Brazilian beer. Yum!
Carl tagged along and we had some fun excursions in the city.
We had some great food! Most notably a Brazilian restaurant, Tempero Do Brazil, at the end of University Way, walking distance from where we stayed at Hotel Deca. We shared Feijoada, and I had Xinju, a black Brazilian beer. Yum!
Probably our best time was visiting with Garrett and Don. Garrett is a member of a Brazilian drum ensemble in Seattle called VamoLá! and we were able to see them perform on Saturday night at a festival of marching bands in Georgetown. Even better, Garrett and Don invited us to attend a birthday party for one of their friends, David, before Garrett, Carl and I headed off to the performance, and then we capped off the night with a beer at a local bar, C. C. Attle’s. It was a great way to end a week in Seattle!
I have posted some photos I snapped while in town. You have to check out the panorama I took of the cherry blossoms on the quad at the University of Washington!
Gamelan, Off to EDUCAUSE
27 10 08 09:24
YIKES!
On saturday we performed at the Chinese Cultural Center and did far better than I was expecting! Thanks goodness! I’m especially relieved because we have two more performances coming up: one on the 6th at the University of Arizona, and one on the 9th as the Grand Finale at the All Souls Procession. I’m hoping a bunch of friends come to see it. I think our group has managed to do an admirable job. It’s our first foray into Balinese gamelan, and although we play a bit more ‘muddy’ than true Balinese gamelan players, we have had only 6 months of practice (as opposed to playing in an orchestra with a lifetime of dedication!) There are musical moments where precision shines through, and the rhythms are a lot of fun!
As though that’s not enough stress, I am presenting for Apple and the University of Arizona at EDUCAUSE this week. I fly out tomorrow to Orlando, Florida where I am to present on Podcast Producer and how we have begun to use it here at the U of A. I’m nervous, even though I am as prepared as I can possibly be. Even so, I will be preparing at work all day.
This is going to be a fun week, even if it is a bit stressful!
On saturday we performed at the Chinese Cultural Center and did far better than I was expecting! Thanks goodness! I’m especially relieved because we have two more performances coming up: one on the 6th at the University of Arizona, and one on the 9th as the Grand Finale at the All Souls Procession. I’m hoping a bunch of friends come to see it. I think our group has managed to do an admirable job. It’s our first foray into Balinese gamelan, and although we play a bit more ‘muddy’ than true Balinese gamelan players, we have had only 6 months of practice (as opposed to playing in an orchestra with a lifetime of dedication!) There are musical moments where precision shines through, and the rhythms are a lot of fun!
As though that’s not enough stress, I am presenting for Apple and the University of Arizona at EDUCAUSE this week. I fly out tomorrow to Orlando, Florida where I am to present on Podcast Producer and how we have begun to use it here at the U of A. I’m nervous, even though I am as prepared as I can possibly be. Even so, I will be preparing at work all day.
This is going to be a fun week, even if it is a bit stressful!
Gamelan Twit
24 10 08 07:59
So a couple things I want to mention quickly:
Apple emailed and asked me to give them my Twitter account so that when I present at EDUCAUSE they can have a display that shows where each of their presenters is hanging out. I didn’t have a Twitter account, so I set one up. If you have Twitter, add me to your friends list! I downloaded an iPhone app so I can update Twitter wherever I am, and I have been trying to train myself to use it...
...and we have three Gamelan performances coming up. The first is this Saturday at the Chinese Cultural Center, but the more exciting one is that we will be performing Tucson's All Souls Procession Grand Finale! Here is a link to our upcoming performances page.
Apple emailed and asked me to give them my Twitter account so that when I present at EDUCAUSE they can have a display that shows where each of their presenters is hanging out. I didn’t have a Twitter account, so I set one up. If you have Twitter, add me to your friends list! I downloaded an iPhone app so I can update Twitter wherever I am, and I have been trying to train myself to use it...
...and we have three Gamelan performances coming up. The first is this Saturday at the Chinese Cultural Center, but the more exciting one is that we will be performing Tucson's All Souls Procession Grand Finale! Here is a link to our upcoming performances page.
Invited by Apple to Present at EDUCAUSE
05 10 08 04:16
I can’t believe I forgot to mention this: while in Hawaii I checked work email daily to keep up. I’m glad I did, because an invitation came through (with prompting from my friend Stuart in LTC) to present for Apple on my Podcast Producer server at EDUCAUSE in Orlando near the end of October. I have spent much of my time Friday and yesterday working on the presentation. I’m really excited about this opportunity! I’m astounded to have been asked, so I will be sure to do a great job.
Fish! Training and David's Heart Attack
04 10 08 15:12
This past week we facilitated a Fish! training at work. Rather than explain Fish!, I have provided a link.
I took lead on our group process focusing on ‘play,’ and I can’t remember which of my friends was in charge of ‘choose your attitude,’ but in the course of the conversation an example was thrown out that there are times when choosing your attitude is unreasonable, like when one has extreme health issues.
After the training, I was carrying supplies back to central computing with Melanie, Gretchen, and Catherine, and we were processing our successful inspirational training. As were were talking about ‘choose your attitude’ I told them about David’s heart attack on our vacation in Hawaii a couple weeks ago. Talk about an inspirational example of ‘choose your attitude!’ I think the story deserves to be told now.
On Friday of our vacation in Kauai, we were all tromping around having a good time. We visited the Kilauea lighthouse. David was having chest pain. Of course, with David, chest pain can mean something or not. Living with apparently chronic cancer as long as he has, his body sends all kinds of messages, many of which are misleading. Is pain related to medicine? chemo? that tumor that’s finally receding? one that’s growing? heartburn? heart attack? Who knows. What the heck, on vacation, it was a pain to ignore.
Saturday the pain continued.
Sunday we all drove up into Waimea Canyon and stopped several places. David was out of breath and in pain the entire time. On the way home, finally, the decision was made to stop at the hospital in Lihue. Carl, David Erhardt and I headed back to the house. Shortly after we returned, we got a call from Mark. David and he were to be airlifted to Honolulu. They needed us to bring them change of clothes and possibly pick up David’s mom, Elinor, and bring her back with us.
Driving was tense. It’s not good to speed, so we went speed limit, which is painful in Hawaii when you are in crisis. Carl was snippy, understandably, given the chemistry all of our bodies were pumping through our veins in response to our anxiety.
The hospital was socially clumsy. What to say or do? David E. suggested we find food for David, Mark, Patrick and Elinor who had been at the hospital for a while now. Off we went to a convenience store to buy the strangest assortment of sandwiches, fried dumplings, and water. Back to the hospital. More uncomfortable standing around. I felt like we were in the way of the four family members taking care of themselves, but I like to be left alone when sick. Finally, we left.
Well, they flew him that night to Honolulu. The doctors there put two stints in his heart, and sent him back with digital movies of his heart pumping dye through clogged, then newly unclogged arteries. Whew. There was some confusion about why Tucson surgeons had not dealt with these clogged arteries when they did bypass surgery weeks before, but then again, so what? David was back!
... I didn’t hear him complain once the rest of the trip. Remarkable. He reported feeling much better post-surgery, and off we went the 19th on our boat and snorkeling trip, David on board. No, David overboard - he went snorkeling too! He cooked us a full dinner of fresh fish from the Fish Market that night. Tromping around the island continued thereafter. Luau on the 20th. It was like nothing happened. No, it was better. It was better than as if nothing had happened - I think we all had a nice reminder how precious life is and how lucky we were to be in a beautiful place enjoying vacation time with good friends, beautiful land sea and air, and plentiful food.
At one point I asked David if he was really well enough to be running all over the island again. His response was that he felt, nay, *was* better health-wise than he was before surgical stints were applied, and if he was tromping around with us then, he might as well now. The way he phrased it demanded, ‘no arguments!’ None were given. Besides, I agreed with him. Life is too short not to enjoy every moment.
How’s that for a great ‘choose your attitude’ story?
I took lead on our group process focusing on ‘play,’ and I can’t remember which of my friends was in charge of ‘choose your attitude,’ but in the course of the conversation an example was thrown out that there are times when choosing your attitude is unreasonable, like when one has extreme health issues.
After the training, I was carrying supplies back to central computing with Melanie, Gretchen, and Catherine, and we were processing our successful inspirational training. As were were talking about ‘choose your attitude’ I told them about David’s heart attack on our vacation in Hawaii a couple weeks ago. Talk about an inspirational example of ‘choose your attitude!’ I think the story deserves to be told now.
On Friday of our vacation in Kauai, we were all tromping around having a good time. We visited the Kilauea lighthouse. David was having chest pain. Of course, with David, chest pain can mean something or not. Living with apparently chronic cancer as long as he has, his body sends all kinds of messages, many of which are misleading. Is pain related to medicine? chemo? that tumor that’s finally receding? one that’s growing? heartburn? heart attack? Who knows. What the heck, on vacation, it was a pain to ignore.
Saturday the pain continued.
Sunday we all drove up into Waimea Canyon and stopped several places. David was out of breath and in pain the entire time. On the way home, finally, the decision was made to stop at the hospital in Lihue. Carl, David Erhardt and I headed back to the house. Shortly after we returned, we got a call from Mark. David and he were to be airlifted to Honolulu. They needed us to bring them change of clothes and possibly pick up David’s mom, Elinor, and bring her back with us.
Driving was tense. It’s not good to speed, so we went speed limit, which is painful in Hawaii when you are in crisis. Carl was snippy, understandably, given the chemistry all of our bodies were pumping through our veins in response to our anxiety.
The hospital was socially clumsy. What to say or do? David E. suggested we find food for David, Mark, Patrick and Elinor who had been at the hospital for a while now. Off we went to a convenience store to buy the strangest assortment of sandwiches, fried dumplings, and water. Back to the hospital. More uncomfortable standing around. I felt like we were in the way of the four family members taking care of themselves, but I like to be left alone when sick. Finally, we left.
Well, they flew him that night to Honolulu. The doctors there put two stints in his heart, and sent him back with digital movies of his heart pumping dye through clogged, then newly unclogged arteries. Whew. There was some confusion about why Tucson surgeons had not dealt with these clogged arteries when they did bypass surgery weeks before, but then again, so what? David was back!
... I didn’t hear him complain once the rest of the trip. Remarkable. He reported feeling much better post-surgery, and off we went the 19th on our boat and snorkeling trip, David on board. No, David overboard - he went snorkeling too! He cooked us a full dinner of fresh fish from the Fish Market that night. Tromping around the island continued thereafter. Luau on the 20th. It was like nothing happened. No, it was better. It was better than as if nothing had happened - I think we all had a nice reminder how precious life is and how lucky we were to be in a beautiful place enjoying vacation time with good friends, beautiful land sea and air, and plentiful food.
At one point I asked David if he was really well enough to be running all over the island again. His response was that he felt, nay, *was* better health-wise than he was before surgical stints were applied, and if he was tromping around with us then, he might as well now. The way he phrased it demanded, ‘no arguments!’ None were given. Besides, I agreed with him. Life is too short not to enjoy every moment.
How’s that for a great ‘choose your attitude’ story?
Final Cut Pro Certification
21 06 08 17:04
I passed the Final Cut Pro certification exam yesterday! Yaay! To pass, you need a score of 80 or better. I took the training, and at the end of the training about half of us went ahead and took the test. I was nervous because the test costs $150, which I know limell’ (OSCR’s director) was willing to shell out for us, but I would have had a hard time telling her I needed to take it again. I would have probably paid for myself the second time, anyway, or at least offered to, but I still would have been embarassed.
Regardless of the certification test outcome, the training was great fun, partly because I continued to sit with Melanie and Catherine all week. In four days, we pretty much blazed through Diana’s entire book. Diana was an incredible instructor. If you want or need Final Cut Pro certification, I would recommend trying really hard to attend one of her own trainings.
Finally, I want to post a couple photos from my front yard. Enjoy!
Regardless of the certification test outcome, the training was great fun, partly because I continued to sit with Melanie and Catherine all week. In four days, we pretty much blazed through Diana’s entire book. Diana was an incredible instructor. If you want or need Final Cut Pro certification, I would recommend trying really hard to attend one of her own trainings.
Finally, I want to post a couple photos from my front yard. Enjoy!
Final Cut Pro Training
18 06 08 08:35
I am at a training all week. Mah co-worker and fwiend Patti arranged a Final Cut Pro training with Diana Weynand in one of OSCRs computer labs. That’s where I’m hanging all week, Tuesday through Friday, so basically this training is my work week.
I was a little lost at first, because I thought the Final Cut Pro training had something to do with circumcision. I half expected to arrive and find a room full of Rabbis and screaming babies. I was mistaken, however. Final Cut Pro is a video editing application published by Apple.
The first day was GREAT! It started slow, but we are learning all of the key commands as we go along, so by the end we will be Final Cut Pro keyboard jock geek experts! Yay! I can’t wait to use my newfound Final Cut Pro suerhero skills on the job... saving humanity from certain destruction... or, something like that. Here’s a pic of me at the trining with Catherine and Melanie:
I was a little lost at first, because I thought the Final Cut Pro training had something to do with circumcision. I half expected to arrive and find a room full of Rabbis and screaming babies. I was mistaken, however. Final Cut Pro is a video editing application published by Apple.
The first day was GREAT! It started slow, but we are learning all of the key commands as we go along, so by the end we will be Final Cut Pro keyboard jock geek experts! Yay! I can’t wait to use my newfound Final Cut Pro suerhero skills on the job... saving humanity from certain destruction... or, something like that. Here’s a pic of me at the trining with Catherine and Melanie:
Wild Fortnight!
18 05 07 19:30
This has been a roller-coaster week, for sure.
Last week I asked for and was granted a promotion and a raise, which made me feel valued to say the least. This at a time when the College of Education is having to significantly cut budgets.
The interview team that interviewed me last week for a position in the Office of Student Computing Resources called me back and invited me to a second interview on Monday. I half thought they would give me some type of functional test, so I prepared by downloading printer manuals for their large format printer, and reviewing as much as I could about OSX server, wishing I had the College of Santa Fe's server in front of me to play with. On Monday at 2pm, I headed to OSCR for the interview. I was right. They took me to one of their machine rooms and gave me a scenario to problem solve, a page of acronyms and terms to define, and sat me down in front of an OSX server and asked me to perform a variety of functions. It was really nerve-wracking. As usual after I finish with an interview, I thought I did poorly because I could think of a million ways to have improved my performance.
Then, on Tuesday, we had a staff appreciation luncheon in the College of Education. I headed over with the 'bye-bye Michael' DVD in hand to show our appreciation and goodwill for Michael, who will be leaving the Instructional Technology Facility in mid-June. The video was a hit. I think Michael appreciated that we took some time to recognize him, too. We will all miss him, for sure!
Well, I knew that I had been elected to SAC (Staff Advisory Council), so it was nice to be recognized for that. There was something else I didn't know about, though. I had been nominated and chosen for the Peer Recognition award. Wow! The letters made me blush. I knew I was the recipient as soon as the letters started being read, because Michael switched to 'gender neutral' language, and I was the only Y-chromo nominated! lol... The room applauded enthusiastically, which Michael noticed out loud. The award included a certificate, a trophy, and a check. I was on cloud nine by the time the luncheon was finished. Check it out in this newsletter from the COE...
When I returned to the computer lab, I received a call from Tom, who would be my boss at OSCR, and he offered me the position.
Oh my GOD! so now, not only did I feel great about what I had accomplished in the College of Education in less than a year, but I was also being offered an amazing career opportunity to work with a strong IT team that seemed extremely cohesive in interviews. I felt so badly accepting the position after so many accolades at the College of Education, but I simply could not pass it up, so I accepted. I can hardly wait to start!
Then, today, I got the most expensive parking ticket I have ever had in my life. They even booted my vehicle. I was charged $360 because I was using Carl and my only parking tag, which happens to be a 'retired' person's parking permit. I have been on the University of Arizona's Parking & Transportation's waiting list for a permit for almost a year, ever since getting hit by a truck commuting home from work on my bicycle, and because a permit seemed to take forever to procure, I had resorted to very occasionally using our permit. Who would have thought a spouse couldn't use it? What blows my mind is, 1: how did they know I was using it, and 2: how did they know it wasn't Carl using it even if I was using it? For example, what if I had just dropped Carl off at a building and parked the car for him? Or, what if I drove the car and parked it at the office for Carl to pick up after errands? Oh well. I didn't argue too much. I was worried the reason might be some homophobia and I didn't want to make a scene, so I just payed it. Now, if they will just allow me to purchase a permit for myself at the end of the summer like I have been trying to do for the past year, I will be all set!
In the final analysis, though, even though the cost was steep, the parking violation in no way offsets one of the most amazing fortnights I think I have ever experienced!
Last week I asked for and was granted a promotion and a raise, which made me feel valued to say the least. This at a time when the College of Education is having to significantly cut budgets.
The interview team that interviewed me last week for a position in the Office of Student Computing Resources called me back and invited me to a second interview on Monday. I half thought they would give me some type of functional test, so I prepared by downloading printer manuals for their large format printer, and reviewing as much as I could about OSX server, wishing I had the College of Santa Fe's server in front of me to play with. On Monday at 2pm, I headed to OSCR for the interview. I was right. They took me to one of their machine rooms and gave me a scenario to problem solve, a page of acronyms and terms to define, and sat me down in front of an OSX server and asked me to perform a variety of functions. It was really nerve-wracking. As usual after I finish with an interview, I thought I did poorly because I could think of a million ways to have improved my performance.
Then, on Tuesday, we had a staff appreciation luncheon in the College of Education. I headed over with the 'bye-bye Michael' DVD in hand to show our appreciation and goodwill for Michael, who will be leaving the Instructional Technology Facility in mid-June. The video was a hit. I think Michael appreciated that we took some time to recognize him, too. We will all miss him, for sure!
Well, I knew that I had been elected to SAC (Staff Advisory Council), so it was nice to be recognized for that. There was something else I didn't know about, though. I had been nominated and chosen for the Peer Recognition award. Wow! The letters made me blush. I knew I was the recipient as soon as the letters started being read, because Michael switched to 'gender neutral' language, and I was the only Y-chromo nominated! lol... The room applauded enthusiastically, which Michael noticed out loud. The award included a certificate, a trophy, and a check. I was on cloud nine by the time the luncheon was finished. Check it out in this newsletter from the COE...
When I returned to the computer lab, I received a call from Tom, who would be my boss at OSCR, and he offered me the position.
Oh my GOD! so now, not only did I feel great about what I had accomplished in the College of Education in less than a year, but I was also being offered an amazing career opportunity to work with a strong IT team that seemed extremely cohesive in interviews. I felt so badly accepting the position after so many accolades at the College of Education, but I simply could not pass it up, so I accepted. I can hardly wait to start!
Then, today, I got the most expensive parking ticket I have ever had in my life. They even booted my vehicle. I was charged $360 because I was using Carl and my only parking tag, which happens to be a 'retired' person's parking permit. I have been on the University of Arizona's Parking & Transportation's waiting list for a permit for almost a year, ever since getting hit by a truck commuting home from work on my bicycle, and because a permit seemed to take forever to procure, I had resorted to very occasionally using our permit. Who would have thought a spouse couldn't use it? What blows my mind is, 1: how did they know I was using it, and 2: how did they know it wasn't Carl using it even if I was using it? For example, what if I had just dropped Carl off at a building and parked the car for him? Or, what if I drove the car and parked it at the office for Carl to pick up after errands? Oh well. I didn't argue too much. I was worried the reason might be some homophobia and I didn't want to make a scene, so I just payed it. Now, if they will just allow me to purchase a permit for myself at the end of the summer like I have been trying to do for the past year, I will be all set!
In the final analysis, though, even though the cost was steep, the parking violation in no way offsets one of the most amazing fortnights I think I have ever experienced!
Michael is leaving us!
13 05 07 19:43
In mid June, Michael McVey, Director of the Instructional Technology Facility, is leaving Arizona! How sad for all of us in the College of Education. We decided to pull together a 'goodbye video' to show at the Staff Advisory Council luncheon on Tuesday. Yvonne Gonzalez and I ran around the college capturing people giving their best wishes to Michael, and I edited the video. Here is the result:
A day in the Instructional Technology Facility
27 04 07 11:13
I'm writing this blog to show to my LRG560 class, because I think I do a fair amount of 'Multimedia Literacy' educaton as part of my regular work week!
For example, this morning I helped George Mamboleo dump his video from a camera into a Windows XP machine, edit the video in MovieMaker, save the final product as a .wmv file small enough to playback over 340kbps LAN, and upload the final product to his blog so for a class project. Fun! Here is the link to his blog page with the video... The interesting thing I learned is that YouTube (where you can create an account to host your videos) allows you to paste either a link to the page that people can navigate to in order to view your video, or they provide you with the code you can paste into another website (like blogger) to embed the video in your offsite web site! Very nice feature!
I have been helping Yvonne Gonzalez to make a good-bye video for a certain person we all love in the College of Education... it's a big secret, though, so I can't post the final product yet.
Next, I helped a student to take a scanned .opd (OmniPage Pro 15.0) file and parse the pages into .jpg files which we then reduced in size (from 2000+ x 2000+ pixels to about 200 x 199 pixels on the first one, for example) so that they would paste into a Microsoft Word document.
Finally I was asked to help take a group of group photos and paste a coworker's face into the crown in each one. Interesting assignment! One resulting photo is shown above.
All of this 'Multimedia Literacy' training in the course of one work day in the Instructional Technology Facility.
I'm learning a lot!
I have been helping Yvonne Gonzalez to make a good-bye video for a certain person we all love in the College of Education... it's a big secret, though, so I can't post the final product yet.
Next, I helped a student to take a scanned .opd (OmniPage Pro 15.0) file and parse the pages into .jpg files which we then reduced in size (from 2000+ x 2000+ pixels to about 200 x 199 pixels on the first one, for example) so that they would paste into a Microsoft Word document.
Finally I was asked to help take a group of group photos and paste a coworker's face into the crown in each one. Interesting assignment! One resulting photo is shown above.
All of this 'Multimedia Literacy' training in the course of one work day in the Instructional Technology Facility.
I'm learning a lot!
Spring Break
15 03 07 07:03
• So far, not much is happening this week. It's Spring Break at the University, so the computer lab is extremely quiet during the day.
• I have meant to study for my classes a whole lot more than I actually have during Spring Break. So much for my best laid plans!
• Gamelan rehearsals are going well. We will be performing in May, so we are going to start practicing on the set of instruments we will be playing at the performance. This is nice for me because the Gamelan set is owned by Matt Finstrom at Bamboo Ranch, less than two miles from home.
We are gearing up to head to Ohio for Grandma's funeral next weekend.
• Carl and I have booked tickets to visit family in May... Mom and Dad are pretty excited to host us.
• My boss, Michael, has accepted a job at another University. I am really happy for him, but have mixed feelings about my job prospects. That's all I'm going to say publicly on a University blog, but needless to say I have a lot of opinions about this...
• My birthday is this weekend!
Actually, I guess that's plenty of stuff going on... later! -Gregory
• I have meant to study for my classes a whole lot more than I actually have during Spring Break. So much for my best laid plans!
• Gamelan rehearsals are going well. We will be performing in May, so we are going to start practicing on the set of instruments we will be playing at the performance. This is nice for me because the Gamelan set is owned by Matt Finstrom at Bamboo Ranch, less than two miles from home.
We are gearing up to head to Ohio for Grandma's funeral next weekend.
• Carl and I have booked tickets to visit family in May... Mom and Dad are pretty excited to host us.
• My boss, Michael, has accepted a job at another University. I am really happy for him, but have mixed feelings about my job prospects. That's all I'm going to say publicly on a University blog, but needless to say I have a lot of opinions about this...
• My birthday is this weekend!
Actually, I guess that's plenty of stuff going on... later! -Gregory