Gye Greene returns

Gye Greene returned from his business trip to Canberra yesterday afternoon. I would have accompanied The Lady to the airport to pick him up, but she decided it would be the most efficient for her to leave directly from work -- and I did not want to hang about her office all morning.

None the less, I was pleased to see GG when he got home! :)


--TG

Nice talk with The Lady

Last night I had a pleasant conversation with The Lady.

As I mentioned, Gye Greene is in Canberra this week. He phones nightly -- or rather, The Lady phones him, as the room changes for phoning out are rather expensive. The Lady talks to him for a fair amount, and then I talk to him for a small bit. He says misses his wife and daughter terribly.

After talking to him this evening, The Lady and I discussed the weight of GG's dissertation. She is a bit concerned that its cumulative weight is wearing him down in subtle but important ways. We both agree that although he seems happy, he will be even happier once he is done.

We discussed other things, about her job, and the house that she and GG are having built next door, and how The Bub is progressing (she now stands unassisted with fair stability, although she has not bothered to attempt walking). I do not remember the specifics -- but I do remember that it was a pleasant conversation.


--TG

Race relations make me sad

I have just finished watching the portion of the evening news which covered Rosa Parks' memorial service. Listening to the speakers -- most of them African-American -- and realizing that I am across the ocean, in another country -- made me think about how even though certain changes were initiated fifty years ago, the situation has not completely been changed.

There is still economic inequity, divided heavily along racial lines. There is still fear, discomfort, and uncertainty. And until people are living together in something approaching -- as Gye Greene would put it -- a random distribution, such that interactions with people of different appearance is typical and natural, rather than something unusual and uncomfortable, I do not see how it will change.

Thinking all of this made me sad.


--TG

Gye Greene goes to Canberra

In a few hours Gye Greene is flying out to Canberra, the capitol of Australia, for a week's worth of training. Apparently, he is to be a part-time Data Archivist at work; he will be meeting with other people to learn the technical (and perhaps philosophical?) aspects of data archiving.

GG seems excited about the prospect, as it gives him a chance to -- as he says -- ''Get his geek on''. However, I will miss him, as despite my living with him and The Lady for two years, I am still much closer to him than to her: The Lady is cordial and pleasant, but we do not share the same rapport that GG and I do.


--TG