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Little things
Jan. 24th, 2003 12:49 pmEither it really is the Little Things in life that matter, or perhaps I just don't have any important things to care about. Or perhaps just my sense of proportion in what's actually important is munged.
Anyway, I just find it interesting what sorts of things stick out in my mind as I'm going through the day. Yesterday, I was on skates, and I was told by the Woody's staff that I shouldn't skate in the building. That's a fairly reasonable request, I suppose, and they weren't loud or angry about it... but for whatever reason, it was upsetting, in sort of a prideful "can't tell me where I can and can't wear skates" sort of way, I suppose.
On a happier side, I've been recently thinking about how much fun simple little childish games can be... trying to walk faster (without use of the people-mover) than the people on the people-mover in the airport without telling anybody about the race, doing Python-esque silly walks, wearing a cape when it's cold outside, randomly adopting different accents for a few minutes... what else could you ask for in life?
Right now, I'm doing my Office Hours thing, waiting around for 2130 students to come and talk to me, and thus far I've only had one student come by -- but this was one of the more l337 fellows in my section. Last night and today, I've been doing some grading, and it looks like this is going to be pretty well time-consuming as the semester wears on...
Speaking of time consumption, I think I might drop the Spanish film class and just audit it instead -- just use it for a time to go and watch movies in Spanish and get some speaking 'n' listening practice in. The more I think about it, the more I realize that I'd rather not have to be writing essays when coding projects are coming due.
Anyway, I just find it interesting what sorts of things stick out in my mind as I'm going through the day. Yesterday, I was on skates, and I was told by the Woody's staff that I shouldn't skate in the building. That's a fairly reasonable request, I suppose, and they weren't loud or angry about it... but for whatever reason, it was upsetting, in sort of a prideful "can't tell me where I can and can't wear skates" sort of way, I suppose.
On a happier side, I've been recently thinking about how much fun simple little childish games can be... trying to walk faster (without use of the people-mover) than the people on the people-mover in the airport without telling anybody about the race, doing Python-esque silly walks, wearing a cape when it's cold outside, randomly adopting different accents for a few minutes... what else could you ask for in life?
Right now, I'm doing my Office Hours thing, waiting around for 2130 students to come and talk to me, and thus far I've only had one student come by -- but this was one of the more l337 fellows in my section. Last night and today, I've been doing some grading, and it looks like this is going to be pretty well time-consuming as the semester wears on...
Speaking of time consumption, I think I might drop the Spanish film class and just audit it instead -- just use it for a time to go and watch movies in Spanish and get some speaking 'n' listening practice in. The more I think about it, the more I realize that I'd rather not have to be writing essays when coding projects are coming due.
