I got up at 6am and worked on my stuff for class and wrote some emails; then off to teach, then office hours, which were also intense since I did extra editing and high level feedback for 6 students; then to Polo Alto where I paid 15 bucks to park in the garage all day (suck!!) but talked to Elisa C. (who i swear when I got her message i thought "oh hell i have crossed some line or not worked hard enough and they want me out...") But, not - instead she asked me to do some stuff and I agreed. (Will talk about this later; hard work but fun).
Then to ST office; had a bazillion conversations; talked with Chris and Tara and Ross and Zak; (I am not sure where to put that conversation yet) Talked with "Fluffy" a bunch; etc Messed with taking notes for install yet but I feel like I haven't left square 1 yet; had a lot of feelings about not being studly enough or haxxory enough or fearing looking stupid to (well, really, fearing being treated with disdain by) programmer dudes; Then just kind of got over that; And enjoyed the fabulous projects they made and was all drooling to use them and to get to look at how they worked. I could really have fun with it. Blogged a bit. Had fun talking w/ S. and other S. and L. and others about games and gaming of all kinds. Xyzzy called and gave me a much-needed pep talk in the evening... Man I needed some sleep, or caffeine... And was about to leave when I realized that lots of people were having one of those conversations about ideas... wikis and blogs and commments and what mediated conversation meant & etc. So despite self consciousness about being super new and not knowing them or their stuff very much, of course was unable to stop myself from saying stuff about it anyway. My distant admiration of eek continues - He always says the most sensible things and then makes useful looking things very quickly. I need to talk to Ross about the practical details of things. Anyway I had really good time today and a good feeling about all of it. Home at midnight. A long work day if you count the talkiness at the party as work.
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