I finally left the procrastination station this morning and rode my bicycle to BART today. I managed to work past all the usual excuses (I'll be late to work, there's traffic, I don't have the right clothes, stuff, I didn't prep last night) and get out of the door ( Read more... )

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It's so Berkeley......
Protests and Protestors..... Just who do they think is going to pay for their hijinks? Pulling fire alarms, disrupting clases and businesses, sending the lowly paid staff to stand out in the rain is petty vandalism.

http://www.ktvu.com/news/21674608/detail.html

For those who don't know, I work in Procurement at UC Berkeley and we are moving our offices this week because UCB sold the Marchant buiding located at 6701 San Pablo Ave, Berkeley.  This building was home to the Excess and Salvage department for the campus.  On Friday, Oct. 23, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. there will be a free-giveaway day. Freebies ( Read more... )

So, there I was procrastinating about SCA financial reports and looking for something else to do...  Suddenly, I just had to start cataloging the library -which I had been procrastinating about for at least the last five years. (recurring theme?).  So, I discovered librarything which is the coolest tool for PC users... online cataloging with access ( Read more... )

I can breathe a sign of relief.  Resumes for my purchasing admin were released to me today.  I don't have to spend weeks trying to avoid having some Foobus McFoobus pawned off on my by HR... now, if I only had time to read them.

If this is the best public University, I really don't want to see the worst.  Helicopters have been circling the campus all day like vultures.  They are hoping for a dead body or two that they can put on the air tonight as the tree-sitting situation draws to an end ( Read more... )

 So Crown was another event full of 'did you read'  and 'are you on LJ.'  And I realized that I miss my friends.  I don't see enough of you guys.  When I do crawl out of my hole, I feel like I've missed the first half of a conversation. So, I'm going to try to kick RAT off the computer occasionally and see what's going on in the world at large.  Or ( Read more... )