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5 . 2 3 . 0 5 May is almost pau and I'm still waiting for one more law school, but with deposit deadlines looming, I think I've committed to Catholic for the fall. I'm pretty happy with how things turned out, I think it'll be a good match for my long term areas of interest and career goals, and I'm excited for what a new season of education will bring. Guess I couldn't stay off of the student wagon for too long afterall. going to LA for a few days this upcoming weekend, hope to take a break from the district for a while, check out some areas of the city that haven't had a chance to yet. Kind of a wake up reminding me how far away from the west coast and home that I am. despite it being about a year now I still haven't gotten it set in my mind that I'm a east coaster and will most likely be for a while, if things go on as planned. time flies. Random links time, been reading about concerns of deserters in the US Army, a J-pop star that is most likely fibbing about her age. 5 . 2 1 . 0 5 My trusty VAIO finally kicked the bucket, after about 3 years of pretty reliable performance. This was on top of the fact that I bought it used in the first place, when it was about 3 years old already. My landlady's gutters are clogged, and with a recent rainstorm, it sends a waterfall of water down the side of her house, right onto her deck, which is conviniently situated above the entrance of my basement apartment. Since the windows aren't made to take that amount of water, it started leaking through the wood, and onto my desk, effectively killing good old VAIO. Now I'm typing away on a Toshiba that I got on special from bestbuy, the basic specs alone are pretty amazing in comparison. I guess being pake has its downsides, in that you tend to settle for older technology. honestly this is the first time I've had a PC with a hard drive larger than 3 gigs, and a CD burner. kind of sad, yeah I know. My reasoning was that I was going to wait until I started school so I could make good the student discounts. I was hopeing that the VAIO would last until august, and honestly it probably would have, had it not gotten rained on. then again this is the first computer that I spent more than 200 bucks for too, so there goes the tradeoff. 5 . 1 2 . 0 5 Busy week so far, everything has been kind of rushed at work, a lot of it since I'm moving, some of it because of the nature of the job in general. Understandably whenever things are going up for review there is more of a tendency to set unspoken deadlines and just ratchet up the urgency of otherwise daily tasks. I'm not complaining since a lot of it is expected, learning on the job. I'm thinking my next assignment will require some of this perspective as well. Got into a long-short conversation with a co-worker about some of my previous research and interests in psychology, namely interpersonal relations and of course deviant behavior. Verbalizing some of it made me realize how much information I've actually soaked up over the years, some of it academic, but some of it real life experience as well. I suppose I've applied it to real life settings in more ways than none, although sometimes I think the extra knowledge has given me too much peace of mind. I tend not to be frazzled by much, that is that I'm not really bothered by most people's behaviors even it it is questionable, or even deviant as long as it is not having an adverse affect on myself or the people close to me. Probably partly why I'm actually a little intrigued by crazy people that I come across on the street. Of course there are those that cross the line. We all have limits to patience and boundraries to personal space. And it seems like the bigger the city, the more deviant the street people can be. The thing I never understand is for people who are down on their luck and are asking for money, is that they think that being agressive is the way to do it. It violates some of the simple rules for effective panhandling out of sympathy which I've come to notice in my year living in the city I guess this is all loosely related to why I've always thought that tolerance of those around you requires you to be at peace with yourself. Our reactions to people we don't like actually speak much to ourselves in more ways than none. The more or a reactionary asshole we might be really reflects more on our peace of mind than the person who set us off in the first place. Which is why I've always seen tolerance as a source of strength, not being a pushover, or a wimp. Honestly if in your heart and mind you have nothing to prove to anyone around you can be disempowering to any adversary that may cross your path. Not sure if I would call this compassion for strangers, or even aloofness. I recognize that this attitude at times causes people to underestimate me, but honestly I'm not too bothered by that either. I've kind of taken the attitude that those who are this prejudging of others probably aren't worth the energy. 5 . 6 . 0 5 Another week and more work. Some developments have been very positive, I'm looking forward to what the next couple of months might bring as far as my new assignment, its been a change of pace and a move closer to some of my long term interests as terms of topics. Feels like just when I've gotten used to a new division its time to move on again. Planning out time next week to pack up and ship out. My last experience with the building management was good, they're very efficient and professional. Toe is now in town, getting settled for his transition from being a student to a full time employee. Funny, how I went through a similar transition about a year ago, although I think I probably was more privy to the experience and what to expect for various reasons. I'm still a little split on which is harder, being a student or working. I guess it depends on the nature of work/study, and the level of one's ambition. There are definitely degrees and jobs that require more time intensive effort than others. Which makes me wonder about ambition in general, the judgement of which is largely subjective. |