how could I forget

as me and emma were walking down market from the apple store (I sense an iphone in my near/immediate-future) the tall, impeccably-suited man in front of us shook a hand proffered by another passerby and in doing so turned halfway, revealing his identity to be none other than Gavin Newsom, mayor of the foggy city [...]

weekend

I think this weekend can be summed up by appropriating a phrase overheard on the 38 muni, originating from a small woman in a large jacket talking on her cell phone: “shit, yeaaaaaaaaaaaah!” To recap, I am going to proceed gastrochronologically, because I ate a lot of delicious food this weekend and it was often [...]

no shirt, no shoes, no servicing of heavy equipment

I just talked to a woman whose job title is “Industrial Hygiene Specialist.”  What does that entail, exactly?  Clipping the fingernails of the diesel mechanics? or shampooing and conditioning the diesel generators they maintain? Both?  I’m intrigued.

“Industrial Hygiene is the discipline of anticipating, recognising, evaluating and controlling health hazards in the working environment with the [...]

climate

so Santa Cruz weather finally realized it was winter and began acting as such.  first it was dark and rainy for three straight days.  now it’s just clear and cold.  how cold?  well maybe it’s just the inhumanity of my schedule (cue white priveledge bleating) that has me getting up at 6:50 (sunrise), leaving for [...]

updated for accuracy

I’m looking and I’m dreaming for the first time
I’m inside and I’m outside at the same time
And everything is real
Do I like the way I feel?
When the world crashes in into my living bedroom
Television Internet man made me what I am
People like to put the television Internet down
But we are just good friends
(I’m a[n]) television [...]

my god what wonderful quotes

Things that I did not know about Berlin that I do now:
-They have a large and rising wild boar population
-To combat this, they have licensed “urban hunters”—if I ever order more business cards, that may replace “professional” as my job title on them
-At least one of these hunters is brilliantly candid about the realities of [...]

help desk folly

apparently Sheryl Crow is now a technician for ITS, or so I was told by a client who was apparently assisted by her.
we also reset passwords for Myspace user accounts, and conduct the majority of our academic and administrative business with glittery animated GIFs (“GRADEZ N EVALS”) and bulletins (“YO YO YO GEORGE B HERE, [...]

Facts!

So the ice cream business is more interesting than I would’ve guessed:
Fun fact #1: Dreyer’s is the world’s largest ice cream company, doing more than $2 billion  (BILLION) in business annually.  And they’re headquartered in Oakland.  I had no idea.
Fun fact #2: They own Häagen-Dazs.
#2.a: Häagen-Dazs is an entirely American company, the name means absolutely [...]

better than navel contemplation

first off, so I don’t forget: Inga, you still owe me a burrito. The new year will not invalidate this delicious debt, only the finest mexican food tube from taqueria las cabanas will.
Please provide the following information:
Department: ITS
Building and room: Kerr 61 (basement level)
Phone (or update your profile): 9-4357
OS: Mac
Describe the problem:
bored at work, tried [...]

cruzgrumble.ucsc.edu

okay, so here’s the deal, once and for all:
if you’re calling me at work, you are most likely having an issue with cruzmail, cruztime, cruznet, cruz[whatever].  this means that you are somehow affiliated–student, staff, faculty, treesitter, etc–with  the university of california at santa cruz.  Thus, when I read you an internet address for one of [...]