| She's up in arms and down at heel; but it's getting out of hand, she has the heart of Danielle Steel |
Aug. 6th, 2007|08:08 pm |
Are you sure you thought through the things we said that Thursday
You were on and off my doorstep but you’re often on my mind
And I’ve still got the alarm clock that you bought me for my birthday
And I wake up at nine
There's no present like the time
Come 'round, if you're not too busy
Come 'round, and we'll throw the frisbee
Come 'round, tell me that you've missed me...
I got stuff done today. Perhaps not as much as I could have, or as much as I wanted to, but I still got a fair bit of my intended tasks completed.
I got going but took it slow this morning; checked my websites, then breakfast before heading to Uni. No hanging around on the Internet till midday. I did, however, spend a little time tidying my room - dismantling my "Dock" for Tristian (The 'dock' is basically a designated spot for a monitor, keyboard, mouse, and DVD burner) to reclaim the floor space, and putting away the clothes dumped on my bottom bunk. ...Then I had a bath, and washed my hair.
I wound up at Uni around ten thirty, eleven o'clock, and dove more or less straight into work. I spent half an hour assembling a template for SDP meeting minutes, and just over another half hour converting the RTF of Friday's meeting to that format.
I then took a break, and went to annoy the tech desk people. As I was doing so, Jenny Donovan dropped by, asking to borrow the FIT camera. Sana, who was on the desk, rang around; but since this was firmly into lunch break, no one was answering their phones. I offered the use of mine, instead, on grounds that "Anything's more interesting than SDP."
She asked me to take the photos myself, so we headed over to the Dean's office. We sat and listened to the conversation while we waited for them to be ready for the photos. From what I understood of their conversation, there were some PhD students working on a way to improve the treatment of child cancer by analysing the genetic structure of the patient against how they respond to treatments; the idea being, "This kid's DNA looked more or less like this, and chemo worked well for him... A new girl's been found with a similar pattern, let's try the chemo on her, as well, since it might have a better chance."
I procrastinated (and tried to get my mind back into focus but failed) till about three o'clock, when I got back to work. I read through the SDP Yellow Booklet (the case study), and skimmed the Orange Booklet (assessment policies). I tried to get started on the Blue Booklet, but got frustrated and stopped almost immediately.
Chris is insane. Just thought I'd put that out there.
I got into a discussion with Brian, Liz, and Chris relating to that frequently offered phrase, "Simplify the ProgSoc network". I don't know if any of the suggestions made are actually viable; but they are interesting, nonetheless.
Since I'd promised my father that I'd leave "No Later Than Six Thirty" (My way of making sure I actually get around to coming home for dinner :P), I left more or less on that dot. I missed two buses (a 438 and a 437) as Chris and I chatted our way to Railway Square, but it was apparently "Ignore The Timetable And All Appear At Once" day, and I managed to catch a 436 regardless. ...There was a 437 directly behind it, to boot.
I read about half a chapter of the IAJ readings on the bus home. Interesting stuff, though your eyes start to glaze over after a while. I'm trying to figure out what's "Agent"ish enough to qualify for the subject. I think the problem is that I currently don't have a strong enough grasp of the definition of 'agent' to identify one, as yet; so I have no idea whether the handful of suggestions I've come up with thus far are viable or not.
(As a side note: Rob, can you give me an example of where the "mobility" one would be useful? I can see that it might be, but I'm still trying to grasp it and failing...)
Finally, THE UNITED KINGDOM HAS MEASLES! (Thomas, you may be amused that I typoed "Kingdom" to "Kinkdom" briefly...)
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