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January 19, 2005
the middle of the week
on sunday i decided that i had been enough of a whiny feeling sorry for self un-fun person and, at least in my blog, i'd quit all of that. i thought that perhaps if i at least wrote about things other than myself in my blog, i'd get my nose out of my navel and lose this apparent unconscious desire to hurt myself.
so that is why i am writing about the people i see out and about, and other things that don't involve the word "i".
having done this for a few days, apparently now i must break down and talk about myself a little. i will report that my mood is much better so far this week. my arm is also better and my knee is a lot better. also, my eyes are better, but then, they got better very quickly after i took my contacts out and took a shower.
on monday, i went to see a physical therapist. unfortunately they scheduled me for the wrong pt, a man who only works on backs and necks. "i'm hopeless with limbs!" he said. but he was such a nice man that i didn't mind at all.
on tuesday, i went to an honest to goodness eye doctor for the first time in... i dunno. 15 years maybe? more than 10. she is my new hero, too, because she took my busted up glasses and made them wearable again. i will still replace them, but even in their damaged state they are better than the old ones.
today i went to the correct physical therapist. then i went to get lunch and nearly died about five thousand times on the slippery roads, so i decided that surely work would be closed and i should just go home. when i logged in from home, i found that work did not close. it never closed. it was very strange. mom called me this evening to be sure i'd gotten home ok and she said that it was all very strange, no warnings about the state of the roads or anything.
amazingly, i did some real work from home. lately i'm trying to get my arms around wireframing and flow charting and how they might be of use to me. i also do a lot of pencil sketches in my office which is not too shabby. how many office workers get to sit around and draw? i find that its just the fastest way to work out complicated gui ideas visually... plus i can do it in boring meetings or really anywhere. too bad we don't have public trans that i can use, it would be great to do on the bus or train.
i had this memory yesterday of a friend in college describing the job that his mother's best friend (with whom he was having an affair) had. i don't remember his exact description, but essentially she was an HCI specialist. that is, Human-Computer Interaction. Making technology usable by humans. I remember thinking, wow, that is an amazingly cool job.
And now, surprisingly, it is my job.
Posted by lisa at January 19, 2005 06:47 PM | TrackBack
Comments
Cool for you and your pencil!
Though liberal that I am, I don't think I would suggest having an affair with your best friend's son (if such person exists).
A friend of mine is an ergonomics specialist with BMW in SC. The funny thing is that to him, a BMW is just "a car" now. Ah well. Remind me to tell you his illustration about the difference between German and Japanese design thinking.
Posted by: Phil on January 21, 2005 01:31 AM
hey,i love pink and i really would love to make the world be pink,but there are SOME wierd people like my ciencies classmates like Jasmine and brett they think that the world shouldn't be pink,and my friend here next to me is with me she thinks the world has to be pink!!
Posted by: kerol on January 26, 2005 11:47 AM
ok, so a) your comment won't post right away because i have to approve it first and b) you might get a server error but your comment probably posted anyway and c) previewing doesn't work so i've removed the preview button.