Please take a moment to think of Seth Fisher, the brother of my dear friend Sarah, who died on January 30 in Osaka, Japan. Please think of the Wentzel-Fisher family, a kind and welcoming bunch. Think of Seth’s wife, Hisako, and his little son, Toufuu.

My friendship with Seth was brief but recurring. He was older than Sarah and me and didn’t live at home, but he sometimes came back for holidays, and we always got along well. The Wentzel-Fisher house was always abuzz; there were so many kids, and they were always screaming and laughing. I remember Seth’s wit and friendliness and handsome face; I always looked forward to his visits.

Seth and I exchanged emails a few times over the last several years, but I wish I had stayed in closer touch with both him and Sarah. I hope I can take this opportunity to reforge my friendship with Sarah. Tempus fugit.

Seth’s website

UPDATE: It’s 4:52 (though it will probably be a bit later by the time I finish this update), and I have accomplished a lot today. Woot! A strike-through in the task list below means I got it done. It’s not everything, but I also got things done that weren’t on the list, such as getting all those Division of Continuing Ed courses cross-listed and buying a birthday present for a friend.
Also, thanks for all those nice adjectives you gave me. It’s probably a good thing that there are no mean adjectives available, because then it would be much more depressing to read.
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This is going to be an outrageously busy week. But you know what I get to do at the end of it? Fly to London. That will be so great.

I am going to list out all the crap I have to do in the near future. But that’s boring for you. So I’m going to do something else that will also be boring for you: ask you to kindly do this little activity where you pick adjectives that describe me. I already did it for Erin.

Do it here.

Curious about Erin’s?

Now here’s the very boring part where I list out what I have to do. This is more for my own purposes than for entertainment.

• Get in touch with poster presenters for ICON Day. Find out this stuff:

• What is the title of your presentation and who should be listed as the contact in the program?
• What resources do you need? Laptop? Projector? Easel?
• Remind them that we hope they use wireless; if they need wired, they have to tell me.
• Do you have any special power needs?

Ay yi yi.