tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post6966992406401654194..comments2024-03-15T01:11:32.832-07:00Comments on Bardiac: New Digs, Moved InBardiachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11846065504793800266noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-69187773729339445222014-01-10T17:49:59.217-08:002014-01-10T17:49:59.217-08:00Dang, those are long and kind of creepy halls! But...Dang, those are long and kind of creepy halls! But your office does look much more homey with your books unpacked.What Now?https://www.blogger.com/profile/08221008082872963036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-79806878794683664382014-01-10T11:38:58.717-08:002014-01-10T11:38:58.717-08:00The Circuit? The Maze?
I hope you can see things ...The Circuit? The Maze?<br /><br />I hope you can see things on the monitor with that set-up. I'd be looking into something to block some of the light from the screen (which is such a waste but, bah!, what a bad layout). Definitely demand a keyboard tray. Those do help.Janicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14093558563358431804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-28140943761057081092014-01-10T07:02:20.640-08:002014-01-10T07:02:20.640-08:00Well, there is a certain "you can check in an...Well, there is a certain "you can check in any time you want, but you can never leave" quality (if only because you'd have to find the exit to do so. Among other things, I'm surprised that halls can be that long without an intervening fire door. Maybe sprinklers make that unnecessary?) <br /><br />I vote for letting a squad (or whatever the proper collective noun is) of graffiti artists loose in the hallways for a weekend or so, with a good supply of paint (and some pizza and soft drinks for sustenance). Then you could say "my office is across from the x mural, just down from the image of y." And any spatters on the carpet would make that a bit more interesting, too. Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-88088234229463761102014-01-10T06:57:00.850-08:002014-01-10T06:57:00.850-08:00Well, it's looking a little more like somewher...Well, it's looking a little more like somewhere humans might inhabit (I like the rainbow), but yes, still pretty institutional (and those halls are, indeed, nightmare-invoking, if not inducing. I wonder how the students will react to the idea of finding people there? Also, where are students supposed to wait if you've already got someone in your office?). <br /><br />The large hallway in the building in which my office is located is a rectangle (with some large rooms in the middle, and rabbit warrens of offices off to the outer sides). There are also two basically-identical stairwells at opposite corners of the building. It took me years to be able to reliably tell which stairwell I'd come up if my mind wandered during the process, and I still get confused periodically (in fact, turning the wrong way as I come out of a stairwell is a pretty good sign that I'm getting close to exhaustion, and really should go home, sleep, and generally take a break as soon as possible. Sometimes that is, indeed, possible; sometimes it's not.) I've yet to figure out how to reliably direct students to the doors off the big hallway which lead, in turn, to the warren in which my office is located. But there is room for a chair or two in a lobby-like space outside my office, so that's a plus for office hours (or, more realistically, for conference season; I'm not sure I've ever had two students show up at once for office hours. And I don't think a building like yours is conducive to encouraging students to make use of office hours. They're going to get confused by the numbering system, and lost in the identical hallways, and generally overwhelmed, give up, and try to talk to you before or after class instead.) Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-91544906007832406082014-01-10T03:01:34.843-08:002014-01-10T03:01:34.843-08:00But what kind of hotel? Is it the Heartbreak Hotel...But what kind of hotel? Is it the Heartbreak Hotel or the Hotel California or something entirely different?<br /><br />The chair on the left looks just like mine. It's okay. I've never found an entirely satisfactory office chair, but I rarely notice this one, which is a good thing.<br /><br />The walls are begging for some color. Just leave a few gallons of paint sitting around your office and invite all your artist friends over for a party, and if a little paint happens to splash onto the walls, say Oops.Bevhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05412883073330413390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-36862445520184581072014-01-09T20:00:51.257-08:002014-01-09T20:00:51.257-08:00Too bad about not being able to rearrange the desk...Too bad about not being able to rearrange the desk! The endless hallways would also feel a little weird to me. It reminds me of a large hotel. Hey - maybe that should be the nickname -- the hotel -- especially since you can't move/rearrange anything. It's just like having an office in a hotel. Fie upon this quiet life!https://www.blogger.com/profile/12047096700049201873noreply@blogger.com