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Insanely busy, coda: some links I haven't explored yet
And because I have been insanely busy, I've also been pointed to a variety of cool things that really need proper exploring, but for which I just don't have the time. So I'm going to save them here so I have a hope of remembering what they are at some later date.
Texas Archive of the Moving Image
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Insanely busy ...
So I have been insanely busy (stress on the insanity) and it doesn't look like it will be lightening up any time soon. At this point, I have been a full-time student and a half-time worker for a full month ( Read more... ) -
Random Real Life Update
As of August 1st, I have cut back at work from a full-time schedule to a part-time schedule. (And wow, is that not a fun transition... all sorts of things have to be delegated and supervised rather than simply done myself, and some of it's just not getting done in the available time. Sigh ( Read more... ) -
Thoughts and Questions on Social Responsibility
I've been thinking about social responsibility recently. What does the individual owe society, what does one individual owe every other individual? This comes up because I have three individuals in my life who I have reason to believe are in some kind of trouble. (At least the alcoholic/junkie is the easiest one to deal with because there's nothing ( Read more... ) -
Grad School in Austin Texas
Rather than merely ramble randomly, I'm reminded that I should actually give meaningful updates on this journal. Thus ( Read more... ) -
random commentary on April Fools Day
It occurs to me that if aliens ever attack, and if htey do their research ahead of time, they really should land on April 1st. It will give them a whole day of delayed reaction as everyone rolls their eyes at the news, says "ha, ha, very funny," and doesn't believe it one little bit. Whole countries could be conquered on prime time television and ( Read more... ) -
Irrational faith in digital information
A random rant ( Read more... ) -
Not being ashamed...
A bit of philosophy ( Read more... ) -
Application essays and the singular "they"
Here I am writing various application essays. They're getting real irritating and repetitive and I'm fighting back temptation to throw in random tangents just to make the essays more interesting, even though I know perfectly well that the readers are all different and it's not only okay but a good idea to simply tailor the same essay to each ( Read more... ) -
Online At Last
I do take my time about these things, but I was finally convinced that having a livejournal account is a useful way to keep up-to-date with friends that I don't see very often. Howdy ( Read more... )