Comments | mahf: Short Post in Request of Patience

mahf

Short Post in Request of Patience

Feb 04, 2006 18:07

Hi. I know I haven't blogged in awhile. So I want to try to explain that, and maybe why it might be a little while longer before I start blogging fullspeed again, which I fully intend to, by the way ( Read more... )

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mothwentbad February 4 2006, 23:31:46 UTC

Hmmmmmm, if I put the proper effort into writing, I find that it ends up taking a month for me to hate what I've written instead of a week. "It's just livejournal", I think, but I only infrequently believe that.

mahf February 4 2006, 23:37:55 UTC

LoL... I end up hating what I write and then liking it after awhile... when its good anyway. But now its getting up the effort to get my thoughts into rationally organized text form that's been my trouble.

mothwentbad February 4 2006, 23:50:32 UTC

I think I would be able to write better if I had some experience with what other people commonly think of as meaningful human relationships. I don't think I can just arrange something like that, though. I guess I've just been that kind of me and it's just been that kind of life.

I've heard it said often enough that hardly anything worth reading is written by someone below the age of 30. I'm starting to get anxious about possibly needing an extension.

I hope to hear more from you sometime.

mahf February 8 2006, 02:29:33 UTC

As far as meaningful human relationships, you may not be able to simply arrange them, but you can intentionally seek them with no loss of authenticity. The trick is, you either have to find some external source for the "meaning" as it were, or simply have a strong enough preference for something like "meaningful" relationships that your preferences can provide enough of something *like* meaning for you to really want to communicate something really well (like say, Nietzsche, or Richard Rorty). I, not surprisingly, recommend the former, but to each his own ( ... )

shareul February 5 2006, 00:37:00 UTC

I'll be praying.

pixiedust314 February 5 2006, 01:25:52 UTC

I have faith in God that you will go on to great things. Keep me posted. :>)

shaptastic February 5 2006, 04:08:22 UTC

As far as writing, take your time. We'll still be here.

Wishing you the best. I have faith things will work out for you.

taurance February 6 2006, 18:00:34 UTC

In what field of physics are you going to work? Have you chosen anything special?

mahf February 6 2006, 18:42:09 UTC

Well if I do go into science it will probably be Materials Science specifically studying ceramics. But right now I'm weighing whether or not I really want to pursue further study in science. I'm starting to feel like maybe not. I'm realizing that I'm much more passionate about theology and the intersection of christianity and modern thought/culture, and reading, writing and talking about that, than I am about studying properties of materials... So I'm considering going that direction for graduate work and seeing what comes of it.

taurance February 6 2006, 20:05:36 UTC

Follow your heart, and you'll never go wrong.

Here's a little trick that might help: if you decide to do materials science, do you think you might regret not going into theology? If you decided to do theology, would you regret not going into materials science?

Live for no regrets, man.

shaptastic February 6 2006, 20:06:04 UTC

That was me, sorry. LJ keeps logging me out without asking me first.

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