2.20.2011.3

b.literate

2.20.2011.2 Trying

Hunter S. Thompson @ 18 in 1955 (According to hstbooks.org)

Young people of America, awake from your slumber of indolence and hark-en the call of the future! Do you realise you are rapidly becoming a doomed generation? Do you realise that the fate of the world and of generations to come rests on your shoulders? Do you realise that at any time you may be called on to protect your country and the freedom of the world from the creeping scourge of communism? How can you possibly laugh in the face of the disasters which face us all from all sides? Oh ignorant youth, the world is not a joyous place. The time has come for you to dispense with the frivolous pleasures of childhood and get down to honest toil until you are sixty-five. Then and only then can you relax and collect your social security and live happily until the time of your death. Also your insolent attitude disturbs me greatly. You have the nerve to say that you have never known what it is like to live in a secure and peaceful world; you say that the present generation has balled things up to the extent that we now face a war so terrible that the very thought of it makes hardened veterans shudder; you say it is our fault that World War ll was fought in vein; you say that it is impossible to lay plans for the future until you are sure you have a future. I say Nonsense! None of these things matter. If you expect a future you must carve it out in the face of these things. You also say that you must wait until after you have served your time with the service to settle down. Ridiculous! It is a man’s duty to pull up stakes and serve his country at any time, then settle down again.

I say there is no excuse for a feeling of insecurity on your part;there is no excuse for juvenile delinquency; there is no excuse for your attitude except that you are rotten and lazy! I was never like that! I worked hard; I saved; I didn’t run around and stay out late at night; I carved out my own future through hard work and virtuous living, and look at me now: a respectful and successful man.

I warn you, if you don’t start now it will be too late, and the blame for the end of the world will be laid at your feet. Heed my warning, oh depraved and profligate youth; I say awake, awake, awake!

Fearfully and disgustedly yours, John J. Righteous-Hypocrite.

2.20.2011

Why I suck at keeping this up:

• geeks are often disorganized or have a twisted skein of attention-deficit issues
• geeks love assessing, classifying, and defining the objects in their world
• geeks crave actionable items and roll their eyes at “mission statements” and lofty management patois
• geeks like things that work with technology-agnostic and lofi tools
• geeks like frameworks but tend to ignore rules
• geeks are unusually open to change (if it can be demonstrated towork better than what they’re currently using)
• geeks like fixing things on their own terms
• geeks have too many projects and lots and lots of stuff

1.18.2011.1

Thought that my 330 only class would make me less productive. I feel like I'm at least getting more english homework done. More to come on that this evening.

1.17.11.1, also known as Back to the Grind?

after a long, non-blogging hiatus, i have returned.

winter break:

family time, friend time, boyfriend time, but mostly: applying to graduate school and nearly murdering myself on portfolio time.

applications have been completed, replies have not arrived (BUT) i remain hopeful. they should begin arriving in march.

the last ten days (how long i have been back at school) have been relatively pointless productivity-wise.

therefore, it is time to start blogging again.

on the plate currently:

organize my english class which looks nearly like death (work-wise). reading steinbeck's east of eden. enjoying it immensely. cathy ames is an evil little girl.... interested to see how this ends up. steinbeck is a badass author, anyway. i'm due to read an excerpt from Huckleberry Finn and an essay today, as well, and then write my first exhibit on the writings. nervous to see how I feel about writing as much this semester as my professor wants me to.

my other classes haven't really picked up that much, i'm expecting the next few weeks to really pick up.

aias stuff is getting kind of out of hand at the moment, a set of several emails are on the first of the list for today.

of course, it is monday, meaning guinness is at 730 tonight, then i plan on attending the gym around 9. hopefully i can get everything running in the right direction by then without (much) distraction.