Sun Feb 22 22:37:47 CST 1998
Or, the no-way approach. Or the "I think about this way too much" or the "because it interests people, I dwell on women too much here, and as I dwell on them here too much, I dwell on them too much when thinking ..."
Women are fine. I had dinner with Sara on Saturday, and I enjoyed it, and for a variety of reasons, I'll no longer speak much about women here at all. So there!
If anyone actually understands what I'm doing here, they are welcome to try and explain. Otherwise, I think I'll be alright.
I've been reading up on Roman history. There's an exam on Tuesday. I think I'll do alright. I've done a decent job with mostly keeping up with readings, and it's a survey course, so hopefully my relaxed attitude will be better reflected by my peers in the grading curve.
Recently I developed for myself a new ... thing.
Yeah. In my home directory there's a file called scorecard.txt which I fill out every day ... something like at the end of the day looking back and reviewing what has or hasn't been accomplished. The categories I'm keeping presently include something I've read, outside of class, a good deed, my "high point", a "lesson learned" and an "Idea for Tomorrow"
Reading, that's important to me. I'd like to be able to say most any day that I voluntarily read something I had some reason to find interesting.
The good deed ... well, it's not even a Boy Scout thing so much as it reflects a belief on my part that we live for others. We're social creatures and all, and if I can't think of any good thing I've done for my community or some person, well ... This way I can also keep track of what I've been doing good, make sure I don't "fall behind" as it were. For Friday, for example, the best I could offer was "held a door open"
I'm thinking I won't keep this public on the web page just yet, but for now, for understanding, howzabout a sampler?
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22 February, 1998
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Read:
Discover - article about building microscopic robots
Good deed:
I was prepared to give up a seat on Tim's couch for Jacob, when Eric
finally gave in and did as he was asked. I handed him the husband I had
prepared to use.
Complimented Ganita on her emerald crushed velvet shirt.
High point:
Idea drawing parallel between Apostle Paul and Gandhi in that they both
desire above any other capability of man "love" or "charity"
Lesson learned:
Hypothesis - Moral altruism may be a consistent end of philosophers. To
catch popular acceptance though, they must tie this to a material benefit -
heavenly reward for Paul, national self-reliance and peace for Gandhi ...
racial equity and personal piety for MLK, etc.
Idea for tomorrow:
Catch NetDev AM meeting, study more for history, microtheme.
I just filled that out right now.
Anyways like I said Saturday I went out with Sara. I had a few misgivings before-hand, but when she popped up before me things went pretty damned smooth. We ate at Fazolis, a restaurant up on Green, and were seldom at a loss for something to talk about. Among the topics were International and domestic politics, business, our personal lives, what it is like to be "unique" and the difference between Coke and Pepsi. (I think that Pepsi's milder but would just as soon drink RC just to screw with the marketing people. Of course, Sara's study is marketing, so that's pretty cool to explain.)
We're pretty different, but I don't think that bothers either of us. She asked about my religion, and I said I was Atheist, and she didn't seem particularly phased in the least. Perhaps curious, if anything, but not even much of that. Catholic girl, she is, going to Church on Sunday afternoons. She didn't strike me as somebody who would be in InterVarsity though.
We also talked about the way Americans were perceived in Asia, and she explained that they weren't regarded too favorably, but that in Korea at least the Japanese were far more despised. I offered that there were two different ways Americans were likely perceived - one as big, arrogant, world leaders and the other as a bunch of cool folks who make lots of Hollywood movies and blue jeans.
I think I'll ask her out again next weekend. I had a good time.
I also saw Conspiracy Theory with my roommates last night. I thoroughly enjoyed it, except the part where Gibson's eyes were taped open coz it made me squirm. But it was great. Were I more conscious past midnight I might have found gripes, and it got a little sloppy near the end, but I'm not going to complain for sure because it entertained me and kept my interest the whole way through. I like it!
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