Day 2; or, the End of Comfort
What I learned today, in a sentence: I should buy sunglasses to shield my eyes from the bright sunlight-reflecting white tavertine marble of the Getty.
This touches on the two major doings of the day: tech & safety training and grounds tours. I arrived at the Getty at around 8:40am and then headed over to the ITS training room. Just the name "ITS Training Room" made my soul shed a tear inside. This is the schedule we recieved:
ITS Training Room
Key phrases: "You can use call forwarding to forward a caller to another phone, like say when you're on a business lunch." [emphasis added]
"Why is this important (referring to safety training)? [silence, and I mumble "because it's a matter of life and death?]
Because it's required by State Law."
Yesterday I walked into the visitor-closed Getty in business casual attire, and suddenly it looked like a corporate building instead of a museum. Being in the bowels of the North Building in the ITS Training Room really sealed this perception in--can you imagine an organization so affluent that it houses a world-class collection of art AND a tech training room full of newish computers?
A welcome respite to all of the pragmatic teaching were the training videos. Boy, those low-budget made-for-yuppie informational films are a RIOT. The first was an 11-minute one called
Office Safety: It's a Jungle Out There, complete with low-budget CGI animals mixed in with film of various office spaces. It was quite popular with everyone in the room--everybody was laughing. I mean, here we were, all from 19-21, sitting in a room watching office safety videos when we were at an ART MUSEUM. And on top of that, we were seeing the BEST stunts ever to come out of moving pictures--seriously! Office Safety had various clips of:
-people falling down stairs
-stepping on a ladder rung as it breaks and sends someone falling
-tripping on a wire on the floor that sends a man falling hard on the floor
-falling off rickety ladders
These were all shot in one angle, and no fancy editing. I was seeing real [stunt] people graphically tumble down stairs. Amazing. At one point, we focused on Larry at Shipping, who lifted objects incorrectly, bending over and such. What does that lead to? Aching back pains! Sleeping on his couch belly-down, a CGI gorilla repeatedly hopped on his back. This could only have been the work of some genius with the reincarnated soul of Salvador Dali. It is a jungle out there.
Quote of the day, from the ITS training room: "I want to check Facebook..."
I didn't enjoy the next video so much. It was on blood-borne pathogens, and it wanted us not to help people who are bleeding. Oh wait...
"Does this mean you should swear off helping people? Not likely...just remember to help yourself first!"
Because I understand now that I should "treat all blood as if it's infected," so my "teamwork" instinct in the office space would have to be shut down if my coworker gets a hangnail that could give me HIV on a friendly handshake.
Mercifully, by 2 pm it was over, and just in time--I was starting to doze off, which is always bad when you're in the first row. Now it was time for the fun stuff: Special Collections, and a tour of the Gardens.
Special Collections: I saw the coolest shit. 'Nuff said.
the Garden Tour: This was fun. I think they were pampering us as much as possible before work. Walking through the gardens this time of year was beautiful--the grounds manager revealed the blooming patterns of the flowers, and in July I can expect the Central Garden to be saturated with beautiful color au naturel. It was also good to learn the context in which I was meant to "experience" the garden by its designer, Robert Irwin I believe. Hint: it has a lot to do with lighting from the trees, the sounds of running water, and the textures and colors of the plants.
Things I Learned Today
-The very white surfaces of the Getty outdoors can kill my eyes if I walk around outside too much.
-Not stretching at my workstation will ruin my body and make me want to sue.
-Blood in the workplace is the root of all evil.
-Do NOT dial Emergency 7000!
-Do NOT send to "ALL" 1425 workers of the Getty on their webmail!
-Electrical cords can turn into CGI snakes as a metaphor for DANGER in the jungle-workplace,
-The tavertine marble blocks of the Getty are mostly hollow, and you can literally play the structure...hitting the hollow marble produces a beautiful tone in my opinion.
-Disputes between large ego-ed architects lead to interesting compromises.
-There are stalactites and stalagmites in rarely-walked-on parts of the Getty!
-The goats are brought in once a year and are terrorized by coyotes in their home pasture. Poor guys.
-The Danish Council demanded no people within 100 feet of their space, so the Getty converted a planned plaza into the Cactus Garden.
-Badges that gives you a 30% discount on food = awesome, and give you a bloated, illusory feeling of superiority over the visitors.
And this was the easy part so far. Tomorrow the real work starts. Can't wait.
------------------
editorial: So I think I've found a format for entries
1st there'll be Personal Commentary, then a Quote of the Day in context, then Things I Learned. Any comments and critiques are greatly welcomed.
This touches on the two major doings of the day: tech & safety training and grounds tours. I arrived at the Getty at around 8:40am and then headed over to the ITS training room. Just the name "ITS Training Room" made my soul shed a tear inside. This is the schedule we recieved:
9:00 a.m.–10:30 a.m. Phones and email training
ITS Training Room
ITS Training Room
11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. Emergency Evacuation
ITS Training Room
12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m. Lunch (on your own)
1:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m. Safety Training
ITS Training Room
Key phrases: "You can use call forwarding to forward a caller to another phone, like say when you're on a business lunch." [emphasis added]
"Why is this important (referring to safety training)? [silence, and I mumble "because it's a matter of life and death?]
Because it's required by State Law."
Yesterday I walked into the visitor-closed Getty in business casual attire, and suddenly it looked like a corporate building instead of a museum. Being in the bowels of the North Building in the ITS Training Room really sealed this perception in--can you imagine an organization so affluent that it houses a world-class collection of art AND a tech training room full of newish computers?
A welcome respite to all of the pragmatic teaching were the training videos. Boy, those low-budget made-for-yuppie informational films are a RIOT. The first was an 11-minute one called
Office Safety: It's a Jungle Out There, complete with low-budget CGI animals mixed in with film of various office spaces. It was quite popular with everyone in the room--everybody was laughing. I mean, here we were, all from 19-21, sitting in a room watching office safety videos when we were at an ART MUSEUM. And on top of that, we were seeing the BEST stunts ever to come out of moving pictures--seriously! Office Safety had various clips of:
-people falling down stairs
-stepping on a ladder rung as it breaks and sends someone falling
-tripping on a wire on the floor that sends a man falling hard on the floor
-falling off rickety ladders
These were all shot in one angle, and no fancy editing. I was seeing real [stunt] people graphically tumble down stairs. Amazing. At one point, we focused on Larry at Shipping, who lifted objects incorrectly, bending over and such. What does that lead to? Aching back pains! Sleeping on his couch belly-down, a CGI gorilla repeatedly hopped on his back. This could only have been the work of some genius with the reincarnated soul of Salvador Dali. It is a jungle out there.
Quote of the day, from the ITS training room: "I want to check Facebook..."
I didn't enjoy the next video so much. It was on blood-borne pathogens, and it wanted us not to help people who are bleeding. Oh wait...
"Does this mean you should swear off helping people? Not likely...just remember to help yourself first!"
Because I understand now that I should "treat all blood as if it's infected," so my "teamwork" instinct in the office space would have to be shut down if my coworker gets a hangnail that could give me HIV on a friendly handshake.
Mercifully, by 2 pm it was over, and just in time--I was starting to doze off, which is always bad when you're in the first row. Now it was time for the fun stuff: Special Collections, and a tour of the Gardens.
Special Collections: I saw the coolest shit. 'Nuff said.
the Garden Tour: This was fun. I think they were pampering us as much as possible before work. Walking through the gardens this time of year was beautiful--the grounds manager revealed the blooming patterns of the flowers, and in July I can expect the Central Garden to be saturated with beautiful color au naturel. It was also good to learn the context in which I was meant to "experience" the garden by its designer, Robert Irwin I believe. Hint: it has a lot to do with lighting from the trees, the sounds of running water, and the textures and colors of the plants.
Things I Learned Today
-The very white surfaces of the Getty outdoors can kill my eyes if I walk around outside too much.
-Not stretching at my workstation will ruin my body and make me want to sue.
-Blood in the workplace is the root of all evil.
-Do NOT dial Emergency 7000!
-Do NOT send to "ALL" 1425 workers of the Getty on their webmail!
-Electrical cords can turn into CGI snakes as a metaphor for DANGER in the jungle-workplace,
-The tavertine marble blocks of the Getty are mostly hollow, and you can literally play the structure...hitting the hollow marble produces a beautiful tone in my opinion.
-Disputes between large ego-ed architects lead to interesting compromises.
-There are stalactites and stalagmites in rarely-walked-on parts of the Getty!
-The goats are brought in once a year and are terrorized by coyotes in their home pasture. Poor guys.
-The Danish Council demanded no people within 100 feet of their space, so the Getty converted a planned plaza into the Cactus Garden.
-Badges that gives you a 30% discount on food = awesome, and give you a bloated, illusory feeling of superiority over the visitors.
And this was the easy part so far. Tomorrow the real work starts. Can't wait.
------------------
editorial: So I think I've found a format for entries
1st there'll be Personal Commentary, then a Quote of the Day in context, then Things I Learned. Any comments and critiques are greatly welcomed.
posted by Ninjesuit at 11:03 PM
1 Comments:
its awesome that you now have a blog! more awesome about your internship and study exchange in rome...let me know if you plan to swing by Holland =)
Post a Comment
<< Home