Random things rattling around my brain

Things are quiet but good here, I suppose.

1. I'm not thinking about how much work I have to do. Aieeee!
   
   
2. Current lecturers at UCSB have been very helpful and friendly in getting me set up for teaching in '08. That is such a huge relief.
   
   
3. The eeee! and I are very worried about facing primary season without The Daily Show, in the case of a writers' strike.
   
   
4. On a related note, we've both been watching way more TV in the time we've been living apart. Only two more months, though! And he'll be here in a week and a half for a bit. But I wonder about the re-adjustment we'll have when we're living together again full time, instead of a long weekend here and there.
   
   
5. I read somewhere that the first 10,000 pictures you take suck, and only after that do see a really big improvement (in other words: practice practice practice practice practice!). I've taken about 6,500 pictures in my life, I think, so I have a ways to go. But that 10K number sounds about right.
   
   
6. The Steelers are actually on TV tonight! Yay!
   
   
7. The weather here is lovely, and the trees are all so beautiful -- I won't miss winter in Santa Barbara, but I sure as hell will miss the month of October.
   
   
8. Edited to note: There is no mention on the Steelers website of the mascot, "Steely McBeam". I hope this means someone informed that front office that they had chosen a joke name for the mascot, and that the mascot will die a quiet death.
   

Have a wonderful week!