This semester I’ve made a conscientious decision to scale things back and do things that make me happy or that are imperative (work). Grad school (or maybe more accurate, life) isn’t always fun and you can get pulled into projects/committees/etc. that are not making you happy. Life is too short to be unhappy if you [...]

Finishing off my last finals (hopefully ever) feels strange. While work certainly hasn’t ended, the amount has substantially decreased. It felt odd this evening to have more free time. Odd but good. As much as I’ve enjoyed taking classes, I’m inevitably glad to be out of classes. Beginning research full-time is going to be an [...]

I’m closing out the last of my graduate school classes. It has been a fun ride in many respects, and I’ve read some fantastic things, had some great conversations, met lovely people, but I’ve been feeling a bit restless. I enjoy learning but there comes a point where I want to do more than write [...]

Recently life has been full of many not good, unexpected events. Being in school and having unexpected difficulties is quite a balancing act between being kind to oneself and get one’s work completed. Share on beboBlog this!Bookmark on DeliciousDigg this postRecommend on FacebookShare on favesShare on FriendFeedshare via RedditShare with StumblersTumblr itTweet about itSubscribe to [...]

Last week I finished one class entirely (handed in a final paper) and now have three more to go. The good news is one paper isn’t due until rather late in the finals period. The bad news is that two final papers that are both length (approximately 25 pages for, 12-25 for the other) are [...]

I’ve been busy because of the online course, hence blog neglect. One of my courses is fairly intense. Lot of reading, pretty weighty ideas/considerations, fairly substantial assignments. The topic is cyberethics, which delves into typical ethics; ethics courses are interesting but require a lot of thinking and processing information. I wasn’t sure what to expect [...]

I read recently the most precious resource we have that is quickly depleting is time. Going through with the radiation therapy for my cat (she is more or less back to normal ) has proven that to be true. Prior to her radiation therapy, I’d say I was decent with time management. Now I feel [...]

Remember Scrubs? I happened to love that show, except for that random last season. Anyway, they had one of the better theme songs for a show. That’s about how I’m feeling really now. I am no Superman. The last week has been taxing on me. I came back from spring break with a mysterious illness [...]

After spending several weeks pondering the ereader situation, I went with the Sony Daily Edition in its latest form (PRS950). The decision did not come down to proprietary formats or what books I can access, because I honestly do not read that many books per year; probably as a sign of the digital age, I [...]

Confession: I have never taken a true spring break trip. Spring breaks were used doing school, somewhere in my hometown. Nothing exciting. In grad school, I think I spent the first one catching up on life things and the second one doing research. Grad school for my master’s was conveniently on the quarter system, so [...]