The Workermonkey

Monday, February 16, 2004

procrastination is king 

# posted by josh @ 2/16/2004 02:34:00 PM

chump--i take exception to the raymond comment. i love raymond. everybody does. but i agree it's just getting ridiculous now. the best bet might just be to ban tv altogether. just abolish it and go back to the days before teh television, where all information was transmitted by radio, print, and/or regular mail.

i have so much to say that i cant even get any of it out.

ron--the whole predestination/free will dichotomy has been something that has been very interesting to me as a philosophy major. we've discussed it in several of my classes, and there's no clear cut answer of course. i tend to lead towards free will for several reasons, some weightier than others:
1) i simply would like to think that i can act freely
2) i dont feel any greater force pulling or pushing me to act in one direction or another
3) perhaps free will/determinism is more about personal choice than everyday activity

teh first 2 are simply my experiences and observations, and therefore might not amount to much as an argument. but i think the 3rd one has some merit, in an existential realm. i agree with you that scientifically, it's easy to see the cause and effect in nature. but i feel like when i'm confronted with a decision, i can choose to act in one of several ways, as long as i'm not being forced by someone/something to act in a certain manner. now, there is debate over whether in a certain situation the neurons in your brain will always fire the same ways thus causing you to act the same in each relevantly similar situation. but if i am at walmart, it seems to me i can choose to buy a cd, i can choose to buy something else, or i can choose to buy nothing. of course there will be many factors to this--how much money i have, if they have what i want, etc. or another example being i can choose how to spend my time. i can do my work, i can be lazy and watch tv, i can go out to eat, but i dont feel there's anything guiding my actions that will make me do one thing or the other. just something to think about

brancy--yeah i always try to keep in touch, cuz it seems to me that despite the fact i've made soem real good friends here at jmu , the guys i will always be closest to arethe boys from home. i've known you guys for years, and i still havent found people i relate to better. as far as joe goes, last i knew he was painting inside houses (as it's too cold to do exterior work now) as well as running his "own business" thru that entrepenurial bullshit scam. basically he just goes to cult meetings and stuff for it, i dont know what he actually does per se. and i guess him and jeremy have gotten frank roped into it as well. and yes, joe is still madly in love w/ amanda, although he sometimes refers to her as the wife like she's a burden, something he never did w/ any of his previous obsessions. whether this means she's the one or he just recognizes how badly he falls for these girls, i dont know. but they dont have plans to break up, so who knows.

on a final cheerier note, i think it would be great to do a real fantasy baseball league this year. i know it takes a lot of dedication to switch guys around for starting days and stuff. maybe we could find a league where you just get 9-12 guys as starters and you ca nobviously trade during the season, but you need not rearrange your lineup everyday based upon who's playing. maybe like where you have 2 guys at a position plus pitchers or something. i dont really know what kind of things exist out there. just thinking that that might get more people to be involved and have a closer race. also, i wouldnt be opposed to paying for a better fantasy league. my buddy here at school does this league (for football though) where they pay every year, but there are cash prizes and stuff. also, they keep the same players year in and out and have a draft each year. i dont know if that's available for baseball.

aight i'm sick and i got 3 tests this week, so time to drink some oj and hit the books

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