Keir is back!!!

I bet you didn't expect to see a new post! Well, the quarter is over and all the stress and time that goes into academics is over for the next two weeks while the holiday rumbles through. One thing that is nice about school is that you don't have to tell anyone what is going on because its always the same. (I had class today, a test the other day and some homework due tomorrow.)

Joy and I will be heading south on the 22nd for a pit stop in SLO then on to Chino Hills for some balmy So. Cal. relaxation. Not sure of specific plans but we will be going back through SLO to spend some time with my parents. We'll also try to catch William at a lull in Amoeba's hectic business.

We'll be lurching back into the grind again in early Jan but I hope things won't be as hectic. We'll be moving to another place at the end of February because our lease is up then...maybe we can extend it if we are lucky (joke).

Well, all I have to do is put some finishing touches on my term paper then start cracking the beers as I head into a weekend of lazy TV watching and beer drinking. I will try to get some football in...maybe watch a whole game!

Update

Notice: Keir is very busy with academic stuff and has so much reading that he is going nuts! You will have to forgive him for his absence from the blog...he will get the blog bug again and revive the flow.
In the meantime, call or send and email to see how things are going. Go ahead!
-K

Whatever...

So I am told to claim a desk and a computer in a remote trailer on the UCDavis campus. When I arrive to do so, I am greeted with standard welcome and I arrange to have a desk and a computer. Allseems good. Then, over the course of a week, I find that among the several unused computers in the area that the three speudo-staff people (all former grad/undergrad students who have not ventured from the funding of CSTARS) like to commandeer my new workspace and do random stuff here. I think they specifically like that I have put in a lamp, relocated the noisy computer below the desk and they seem to want to demonstrate to me that I moved in on 'their' property. Like many I am used to having my own workspace with the privacy of it not violated by random loggers-on. Plus, with other space available and other computers available, would it not be courteous to allow me some room? I suppose if things get out of hand, I can take it up with higher-ups but for the time being I will allow the natives to get accustomed to me...maybe they will relinquish some of whatever they are trying to protect. Man, this sounds like something out of Dilbert!

Getting back up to speed

Hi Y'all,
I am getting back into the swing of updating my blogs. you may have seen the new pics on Buzznet. It will be awhile before I can get newer ones up but hang in there.
I have to say I am leaning a bit away from getting my photos printed and on CD because it costs almost 2.5X as much to do it that way than to get double prints. I may save the $ and buy a scanner. Afterall I typically only post a few pictures of the many I take. And the quality of the pictures on CD is pretty low.
I am several days back from a trip to the Sierra Nevada. William and I tackled two entry points into the eastern side of the Sierra (from Owens Valley). Those being Sawmill Pass and Taboose. We went in Sawmill and out Taboose. Taboose is primitive..or at least most like the path to Mordor that Frodo and Samwise took. Sawmill was very nice albeit long and challenging.
William has some great photos posted....see his site (sixsquare.com). Others will appear time permitting. Mom, did a solo trip into the North Fork territiory of Big Pine Creek while we were doing that trip. She also was critical to getting back to civilization when we exited at Taboose.

On campus again

Well, I make an entry for the first time from my lodgings on campus at UC Davis. It has been a tough move but what move isn't. We will be living in an apartment for the next few months and starting a search for a place to buy. Maybe a house, maybe a duplex. We'll see.
I have heard all sorts of news from others like PArley (all the flooding and such), William (the relations with the degenerate boss) and Dayle (her 30th birthday bash coming up). Plus Stephen and Karen are waiting to take possession of a home in Seattle! Good luck to them.
I will be more interactive as things settle down here and we get situated properly. School starts for me in two weeks and I am looking forward to the activity to keep my mind occupied.

Moving now...

Hi everyone, we are moving on Weds and are packing atruck tomorrow...and it is the hottest day on record in SLO! Typical.
I have a bunch of photos to post of our honeymoon (3 years after the wedding). However, Buzznet has changed my account and its layout so much in the last few weeks that I have to relearn how to use them... In the meantime, imagine tropical beaches and sunsets...it was great. I will post when i get to Davis.
I will also post some contact information so I can hear from anyone who wants to get in touch. Our cell will be the primary phone initially then we'll give the Voice over IP service a shot...that should go hand in hand with our broadband cable internet...
anyway, y'all take care and we'll be in touch soon.
Keir

Big Pine photos complete

I will post some photos of Mimi's haricut...she had to be tranquilized to get the clippers near her. Aft she wasn't normal for 24 hours...she growled and paced the cage til mom put her away in the Pet Taxi to chill til she came down from her high. she is much more normal now and much lighter without all that hair.