Archive for March, 2010

Facebook has its uses


2010
03.26

There are two kinds of people who fail, those who party all the time and those who never party.  - someone on physicsforums

This blog post is about people who party all the time, and about work.

There are some people on facebook who regularily invite me (and the rest of their friends list) to keggers.  Personally, I get really drunk once or twice a semester.. but it seems like these people do it every other weekend.

Anyway… that’s not what this post is about.  It’s about how one can get accustomed to the proper social conduct through facebook.

In the message they sent out, they restated the “fashionably late” rule.  And then suggested an alternative; something you can do if you know the people moderately well.

Hope to see you all here on Saturday around 8!(Or later because no one really comes at 8, but you should! At least come predrink the bar)

PS: In the third paragraph i used a semicolon; was that correct usage of a semicolon?

PPS: in my last post i mentioned an interview… well i got the job.  It’s for a full year, so if i really don’t like it i’m screwed, but since i’m not going to do skating this year i’m going to start looking at my to-do list: slackrope, dance, theatre, maybe possibly get a second job or make a webcomic and try to make a little more money and start saving.  Then travel in the summer, hopefully get an internship overseas.  (There will inevitably be another post about this later.)

I don’t know, I’ll check my planner


2010
03.16

I have an interview tomorrow, and I said I was going to do it in an english accent.  I probably won’t, unless I’m feeling particularly whimsical.

Anyway, on to the topic of this entry:

It seems like nobody has to remember anything anymore: birthdays, events, memorizing poems, how to spell.  I don’t even remember people’s last names unless I have them on facebook.

This past week I haven’t written a thing in my planner.  And I realized it’s not that hard to remember what I have to do: I write lists when I need them, I’ve printed off a calendar to write down important dates.

I don’t have to carry any of the mundane stuff around anymore.  Yes, I have an environmental assignment due on friday, but i don’t need to write it down because I have one due every Friday.

It feels more like I’m in control of my life than it does if I painstakingly update my planner every day.

One more step on the way to not being a packrat.

Immortal people have to deal with entropy


2010
03.03

I recently saw an article called “Achievement Porn” describing how video games and even social networking sites seem to offer you tasks you can accomplish relatively easily, then reward you for them giving you the illusion that you’ve accomplished something.

Today I went out to sushi with some of my friends (Asia really likes sushi) and met a girl who’s the girlfriend of a friend of a friend of mine.  She added me to facebook, and I kind of thought “woo another friend.”

Then I realized that’s exactly the sort of false achievement this guy was talking about.

What is a real achievement then?  Eventually everything’s going to die and the Universe will be a bunch of dust, a homogeneous mixture of matter/energy… or something,

Thinking logically enough about life, I conclude that real achievement is four overlapping things: comfort, relationships, happiness, and experiencing the world.  Influencing other people, inspiring them, connecting with them.  Experiencing as much of life as you possibly can.

Can you think of anything else?