Settling

So C left on Wednesday, making for a very quiet house. I was too tired to really do much that evening, after I put together all sorts of new furniture that I had gotten at IKEA. Resting was useful since I had to get up early to head to campus for a new faculty orientation.

The orientation was probably about 60% useful, and by that I mean the scheduled talks and what-not. Much of the stuff they discussed I've forgotten, and really the usefulness came from meeting people and sort of knowing who to go to for what. One thing I'll have to get used to, being at a Catholic school is the return of the "opening prayer" in my life. I imagine most events will probably start with one, so we'll see.

Probably the best part about it and what made it worth my time was meeting people, both administrative people as well as other new faculty. Some of these people I'll probably rarely see or in fact never seen again, but it was good to get to know them. Plus I met another gay professor, who also happens to be from Palestine. She was pretty cool, and really sort of epitomizes what I love about New York. This is the kind of place where everyone is welcome, everyone is home, and no one is turned away (no matter what psycho conservative bigots say who don't even live in this city).