bits & bobs

[kaberett]

As has been hard to avoid noticing, I've been having a bit of a misery with my new institution plus my name. I finally got around to logging back into the library system today, to find that my name has actually been updated (i.e. the system has presumably been updated as a whole to pull from the preferred name field). I sent an apology for having been radio-silence to the bloke who's been handling the issue, plus v heartfelt thanks, and have just rec'd in response:

No problem - figured you would holler if not sorted. Learnt something about data sharing and College records along the way so all good.

... I kind of want to ask him if I can buy him a drink.

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I get a ridiculous grin every time I think about my lovely freshers.

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Other things that result in ridiculous grinning: this weekend, as a whole, which involved (1) going to the Globe to see the Lightning Child with a subset of the polymer; I got given flowers by someone other than my mother for I think the first time in my life (the cast threw roses into the audience, as it was the last night; the audience threw them back; in the second round of same, That One Lady caught one and handed it to me; and then of course I had to catch one and give it back...) and it recovered very nicely upon being placed in water when I eventually got home on Sunday evening; and I have possibly Acquired another Person in at least some capacity, which - smiles everywhere.

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Korra! Elementary! This particular episode of Elementary, my goodness, I can't even begin to tell you how delighted I am with the... references to current affairs. In other fannish news, I am anticipatory and a little scared about having signed up to Yuletide for the first time ever.

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And tomorrow is my first day in the lab... which I will spend mostly washing beakers.

Comments

[fyreharper]

Happiness and yays! :D

[highlyeccentric]

Yay for updating the names field! I wish my old university had a 'prefferred name' field on the rolls - every semester I'd have several Asian students who'd interact with me as Fred or Frank or Bubbles or whatever, but their marks would have to be entered under their transliterated name. It drove them crazy because I had to ask their birth name and memorise that, as well as their English name.

Freshers! Aren't they adorable?

[calissa]

So many lovely things here.

I am so glad that your new institution has finally sorted your name--and even more so that the person dealing with it was friendly and enjoys learning new things.

One day I'd very much like to see a show at the Globe.

[hilarita]

Glad your name's been sorted.

[worlds_of_smoke]

♥

[silveradept]

Yay for the system working properly, and for the person involved being quite happy about the learning experience, too.

Bigger yays for things that make you grin ridiculously. And for good television shows.

[untonuggan]

<3 freshers and the library person and you

[automaticdoor]

YAY!

(also, I LOVED this week's Elementary. The boyfriend was all THIS IS SO CLICHED but I was like um what other shows even ATTEMPT THIS you only think it's cliched because we live in it.)