Friday, March 10, 2006

Baseball Friday

Hanging out at the Casino tonight with the Venezeulan contingency of the Waverly Waves, watching the World Baseball Classic tournament. Australia is fairing quite poorly, getting trounced by every opponent they've faced. I've been able to follow the games over the internet, despite the spotty connection.

posted by ncawthon at 3:47 PM

Wednesday, March 08, 2006

Over the Hump

A congratulatory beverage to me after my first class. There were about 50 students, many of whom knew little about web sites in general. It was emphasized that this was not merely a technique based class, instead one that was based on concept. Truthfully, it is likely a combination of both. After the obligatory projector malfunction and internet access failure, things went pretty smoothly. The content of my presentation held up well for the hour I talked, hard to imagine that I have got to do that every week. Prep work should come fluidly in time.

Peggy is at ceramics class tonight, I'm hanging out waiting for the glazing, firing and throwing to conclude. The rest of the week is pretty cake - I get to attend class as a student tomorrow arvo, spending a majority of the day doing research. Weather has been hot and dry, hope it holds through the weekend.

posted by ncawthon at 3:47 PM

Tuesday, March 07, 2006

Casual Carpool

Just finished a good day at the Uni, my faithful chariot driver, Peggy, is ushering us back to the eBurbs for a quite Tuesday night. We had a hubub for lecturers this evening, complete with ale and spring rolls. The quiche, however, had much to be desired. I'm a bit sleep deprived, having had a bit of anxiety surrounding class teaching tomorrow night. Will have a swim before dinner and try to unwind a bit.

posted by ncawthon at 6:38 PM

Monday, March 06, 2006

Employment - Hold the Starch

Today is the first day of my employment through the University of Sydney as a lecturer and tutor. I've cast the starched shirts and wingtips aside and traded them in for flip-flops and tank tops. This week has consisted of running around and filling in various forms and applications to allow the powers that be to provide me access, install my RAM, approve my research and pimp my ride. This all sucks royallyam but it is better than being stuck in faceless office building, in a cube under florescent lighting all day.

I do have work to do in a cube and under florescent lighting for only half the day, however. That picture above and on the right is my advisor blowing a hole in some undergaduate cerebral cortexes through his mad, mad lecturing skills. This is the only known picture that exists of the man, and a blurry one at that. Wednesday night is my turn to drop knowledge on tomorrow's leaders. Children, they are our future.

One of the good things about this semester is that there now is a definite end to the process. 15 or so weeks and then I get to go home to California. June 29th is our expected jettison date, being able to stay home until the second semester begins at the end of July. Can't wait.

posted by ncawthon at 1:23 PM