Sunday, March 22, 2009

Annie's weird-assed Asian lacquer screens

Annie came home yesterday all excited. "What's up?" I asked.

"I went to that consignment shop and bought something really cool for the living room." She showed me the pile of I-know-not-what stuffed into the back of her Toyota.

"Um, yeah, looks good," I said. I didn't know what the hell I was looking at. "Yeah, wow, that's great."

So, tonight, we put the thing together—it's old and heavy and unwieldy—and it turns out to be crazy cool, just like Annie said.

"Paid just $100 for it!" says Annie, beaming.

The damned thing is hand-painted. If it falls on TigerAnn, she's done for. And I still don't know really what kind of thing it is.

But I like it.

TigerAnn says "hey."

Tuesday's board meeting: a big night for ATEP

The March meeting of the South Orange County Community College District board of trustees will be held this Tuesday, the 24th. If you go to the district website, you’ll find a link to the agenda and to a Notice of Public Hearing for ATEP Phase 3A—Concept Plan Project And Notice of Intent to Adopt an Addendum to FEIS/EIR Elsewhere, the district explains that “the concept plan provides details on the location, size and use of the first major building phase, including up to 305,000 square feet of classrooms, labs and educational support.” As you know, discussions between the district and the City of Tustin regarding the fate of ATEP have been tense and troubled. But I’m told that things have definitely taken a turn for the better in recent months, and, as things now stand, the city isn’t likely to veto SOCCCD’s plan. We’ll see, I guess. According to the agenda, Tuesday’s closed session begins at 5:00 p.m. (There’ll be the usual opportunity for public comments. Nobody'll take that opportunity, cuz this is America.) The agenda for the closed session includes discussion of union issues: contract negotiations. No mention here of the reported recent agreement that dare not speak its name. The open session is scheduled to commence at 6:30. A “certificate” will be presented concerning “display of President Reagan Memorabilia.”
I do hope it’s a poster of Reagan’s Bedtime for Bonzo or a videotape of the Gipper saying, "I don't recall." Or maybe a picture of Reagan signing the Garn-St. Germain Depository Institutions Act of 1982. You know. Deregulation of the S&Ls?
I'd totally get behind that. The memorabilia, I mean. Dean Taylor, Interim Dean Gatewood, and Park Ranger Peebles will “present info on career technical education programs offered throughout the district. A gaggle of students will present a proposal concerning an IVC “Recycling Complex.” Among “consent calendar” items: 5.4: Looks like parking tickets at IVC will go up to $35 a pop. 5.22: Evidently, we’re gonna pay some printing place $405K for the printing and mailing of class schedules. That’s one juicy contract, boy. General action items: 6.1 – 6.3: There’ll be a recess to a public hearing re the ATEP study, concept plan, etc. 6.2 is a “resolution” to adopt the addendum to the final environmental impact report re ATEP, etc. It’s 46 pages long and includes 44 Whereas’s. I counted 'em. 6.3 (adopting the concept plan) has 33 Whereas’s. You really should peruse this stuff. I do hope the public (and the district community) is paying attention. I hope for world peace too. Reports: 7.1: Hudson Capital and Cyburt Hall Partners [aka "money men"] will make their pitch to be chosen for the next phase of ATEP. That sort of thing is always interesting—in the way that Mad Men is interesting. 7.2: Professors of the year. That’s about it. But you never really know what will flare up. I should point out that there exists at least one possible world in which, during Tuesday's board meeting, someone commandeers the Ronald Reagan Room projector and plays a video of Chancellor Mathur rockin' and rollin' with farm animals.
Much better sound/video: The famous SNL performance

Roy's obituary in LA Times and Register: "we were lucky to have you while we did"

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