If I'm not back again this time tomorrow
Happy New Year, blog. I always sort of cringe at the idea of New Year's Resolutions. On the one hand, they appeal to my sense of self-improvement/loathing, but on the other, I'm not very good at accomplishing them. And when one knows that one has broken one's resolutions year after year, it seems sort of dishonest to continue setting them, as though maintaining some pretense that this time, one is finally going to get it right. I imagine this is what it must be like to be Jerry Fodor.
That said, a certain amount of self-deception is necessary to get by in the world, so I resolve to:
--Implement a system of getting my life in order (I already have some thoughts about this, but I won't bore you with the details (at least not right now))
--Develop the mental focus to adhere to this system, by engaging in 30 minutes of a relevant activity (including but not limited to yoga, running, and piano) no fewer than 5 days a week
--Study for and take all the necessary entrance exams to apply for school
--Read more books
Okay, now that that's out of the way, who wants to hear about my break? Christmas was nice, and even though family stuff can get pretty stressful, it wasn't so bad. Afterwards we went up to Big Bear, where we ate really well and Phaedra and I skied for a day and another day we all slid down a terrifyingly steep hill on inner tubes, which was pretty fun. Katie has been rapidly turning into a human person. Then I returned to La Jolla, and went to Matt and Sabrina's party yesterday, which was also fun.
Oh and the Sindome thing doesn't seem to be working out too well. I'm supposed to submit a character history, but when it comes up to the various admins for review, each one finds some new reason to reject it. For example, they claim that the history is supposed to be pretty open-ended so that my character will have room to grow, but then they tell me that I haven't spelled out my character's (deliberately ambiguous) family psychiatric history in sufficient medical detail for me to roleplay. What. I was afraid to log in after two weeks of this back-and-forth over minutiae, because I thought my free public housing would have lapsed by then and I'd be evicted and stabbed to death in the street, but apparently not. It's kind of disappointing in a way; it would have been such a good metaphor for my graduate career.
That said, a certain amount of self-deception is necessary to get by in the world, so I resolve to:
--Implement a system of getting my life in order (I already have some thoughts about this, but I won't bore you with the details (at least not right now))
--Develop the mental focus to adhere to this system, by engaging in 30 minutes of a relevant activity (including but not limited to yoga, running, and piano) no fewer than 5 days a week
--Study for and take all the necessary entrance exams to apply for school
--Read more books
Okay, now that that's out of the way, who wants to hear about my break? Christmas was nice, and even though family stuff can get pretty stressful, it wasn't so bad. Afterwards we went up to Big Bear, where we ate really well and Phaedra and I skied for a day and another day we all slid down a terrifyingly steep hill on inner tubes, which was pretty fun. Katie has been rapidly turning into a human person. Then I returned to La Jolla, and went to Matt and Sabrina's party yesterday, which was also fun.
Oh and the Sindome thing doesn't seem to be working out too well. I'm supposed to submit a character history, but when it comes up to the various admins for review, each one finds some new reason to reject it. For example, they claim that the history is supposed to be pretty open-ended so that my character will have room to grow, but then they tell me that I haven't spelled out my character's (deliberately ambiguous) family psychiatric history in sufficient medical detail for me to roleplay. What. I was afraid to log in after two weeks of this back-and-forth over minutiae, because I thought my free public housing would have lapsed by then and I'd be evicted and stabbed to death in the street, but apparently not. It's kind of disappointing in a way; it would have been such a good metaphor for my graduate career.
posted by Evan at 7:23 PM
1 Comments:
You can always start a new char Evan. Hint hint. I mentioned your issues on the (deplorable) OOC channel and generally people said "Aw, tell him to keep trying, some char concepts are just a little iffy" and that they were excited I was bringing in (more) noobs.
Naturally I will help you with this if you want.
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