The Workermonkey

Friday, September 09, 2005

oooooh the drama! 

# posted by ron @ 9/09/2005 01:38:00 PM

In all seriousness, no brainer, think twice about what you are about to post. This site is far from private and your identity is not as easily concealed as you may think it is. I remember a quote from some internet analyst saying that " some presidental candidates facebook entry will come back to haunt them". Its true, in fact if I had enough motivation it would be easy to save blog entries and black mail people later in live (not you guys, ass). Hard drives are at a record low in price and its not hard to trace IP's and get identities. That being said just use judgement and personal censorship. Keep in mind the spies and e-stalkers.

Nothing related to no brainers topic:
I was talking with a friend this past weekend about life. I think we are all coming of age and realizing that we are not going to become the movie stars, race car drivers, pro athletes that we onced dreamed of. For one reason or another we are becoming the average whether we like it or not. There is bills to pay, food to buy and beers to drink, which doesnt leave much time to pursue the dream if we are even motivated to do so these days. I feel a bit broken in that sense. I'll most likely take on an average lifestyle with all the included average credit debt and enourmous morgage (eh, probably not, I'd rather have a small house).
I dont feel that I'm relapsing into my cynical bastard self of my teen years at all. I'm decently satisfied with my self/choices/and current situation. There is room for improvement of course but nothing to panic about.
back on topic. I think that every generation has a certian chip on it shoulder. I know I once though things were 'so fucked up' and that I was living in some crutial time in the history of the world. I hope everyone realizes that its not the case (no bullshit specifics, I'm talking generally here, of course your life has uniqueness, just like everyone else's). If you think that times werent changing when our parents were growing up then your fooling yourself. The point is, despite all the things that you think are so fucked up and horribly wrong, just keep in mind that this is nothing new. As Johnny Weed said, the world has all ways been chaos and destruction.

yea, gas is 3$ a gallon but I'm still driving and buying non-esscential shit, you? One key to happiness (for me atleast) is the ability to adapt to situations. Those who cant get fucked. I read an article in the paper this afternoon that said a study has shown that the human brain is evolving (new genes) and basically the mind capacity is increasing. Maybe this is our evolutionary reaction to the flood of media and readily available information these days.


onto a new topic:
I defended my thesis yesterday with positive results. The presentation went smooth and was clearly presented (so I was told). All that is left to do is to edit for publication and check one result that was questioned. Nothing big I'll be entirely finished next week. So thats it, I've got my masters. Time to go get my piece of the pie.......

2 comments

maybe it's a crucial time now, but if we let things go on, it will simply be a more crucial and amazing time for our kids

congrats on the MSc man, defending my thesis seems oh so far away, I haven't even a clue what it will be about or where I'll do it

By  Damon, at Friday, September 09, 2005 3:27:00 PM  

hey congrats ron! that's great to hear.

i'll update my life here in a comment, as there's not too much right now. i'm approximately 1/3 lawyer right now i guess. i've made some friends, joined some clubs, and i'm trying to find a professor who specializes in environmental or some type of property/natural resources law to do research for. my spare time is about the same: golf and beer.

By  josh, at Friday, September 09, 2005 3:29:00 PM  

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