Bureaucracy and this weekend
I had forgotten how difficult it is to deal with bureaucracy since I have moved away from student gov't circles. Just to get some student oriented program started takes about 15 meetings, 3 different levels of approval and a bunch of bickering. How anything gets done at UW is anyone's guess.

This weekend will be a little different than normal I hope. Although my usual schedule of drinking with ppl from UW will probably continue tomorrow, I am going to the opera on Friday to see Don Pasquale which is not something I do every weekend (not that I could afford it). There is this new tenor who was trained in the Seattle Opera's Young Artists Program and he is supposed to be very very good. Although the acoustics at the Seattle Center Mercer Arts Barn sucks a lot, it seems to distort higher tones less, we will see. I hope Kaleb gets over this cold / flu / whatever is making everybody sick these days by then.

Then on Saturday, there is a secret surprise birthday thing for a friend of mine, while I would loathe to have one for myself, it is fun to spring it upon others.

I had a great time with Jenn tonight, good food (Machiavelli's rules), good dessert (B&O rocks) and good conversation (The previous product placements are complimentary). She is a very well balanced, smart individual and she is a lot of fun. We used to do Neighbors a lot together, but she grew up. Now we just drink, eat and be merry.