--the sound of wings .10

Jun 19, 2006 17:41

I dislike hiatus--limbo, lacuna, interlude; whatever it must be called. Unfilled spaces of unknowing. It’s less the realization that I’m not sure what comes next, and more the thought of not doing anything remotely productive that bothers me. That I wrote a microstructures thesis in Sociology means little to the vast majority of prospective ( Read more... )

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intoinfinity June 19 2006, 23:54:04 UTC
It is unfortunate that sociology and the other humanities and social sciences do not receive quite as much support in educational monies as the hard sciences, though I suspect that that has more to do with the greater number of people interested in those topics.

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society_failed June 20 2006, 01:18:24 UTC
I suspect that's largely because areas such as virology, organic chemistry, and earth science have largescale commercial applications--both government and privately funded.

It is a shame. Ridiculous.

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steelfighter June 20 2006, 01:13:47 UTC
The A/C was acting up in the dojo just to warn you. I tried to... um... fix it but I'm not too got with electronics and they apparently don't like being beaten with wooden swords.

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society_failed June 20 2006, 01:19:00 UTC
...abusing things with a bokken, Tenten? I'm surprised at you.

Don't worry; I'll take a look at it.

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steelfighter June 20 2006, 01:22:27 UTC
Thanks... if it's really broken, I'll help get a new one.

it was loud and cranky and so I just mimicked it

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society_failed June 20 2006, 01:32:48 UTC
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You should really know better. But, it is old, and I suspect it might have needed replacing anyway. There's a maintenance budget, at any rate. Where is Gai? I understand that he and Lee were running a tournament circuit, but this is rather ridiculous. We might as well be masters of the dojo.

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