Ever feel like...

something exploded in front of you?

Here I am...

...sitting in the campus bookstore on my computer. Making a feeble attempt at getting some school work done before my class starts in an hour. The semester is starting to get old. I'm at that point where I am not really that interested in my classes anymore. Midterms #2 start next week and I don't really want to study for them. School just isn't for me. I love to learn and I love what I am learning. I just don't like the institution. It is hard for me to believe that school can actually prepare you for the world. Granted some people enter school unprepared for certain jobs and leave equipped for their careers but I don't think it is the school that prepares them. The majority of learning that takes place is voluntary. One could easily make it through a variety of degree programs without learning much. I have made an effort in many of my classes to actually learn the material because I'm interested in it. The other classes I get the A and receive no lasting knowledge. Some people say that a college diploma is proof that you can stick it out and are therefore more qualified but does that really make any sense? Why would anyone pay that much to prove their stick-to-it-ness? ::end rant::

Yup.

 

Technology seams to permeate our lives. Some people accept that as fact and others don't. Of course, I write this on a computer and you read it on a computer as well. Last night I turned on pandora to listen to some music while grading and after being asked by Laura why I wasn't listening to my records I turned it off and put on some Willie Nelson. Granted a record player is still technology but I enjoyed being interrupted every once in a while to flip the record over or change it to a different one. I want to read more. I used to be much better about reading instead of watching television. I like reading better when I get the chance to do it because I can create worlds all of my own. Television in easy and mind numbing... not to mention expensive. I am tempted to say something about how when I grow up I won't have television, but, I realize that I am already there. Change must start now. I am plagued with an inability to change. I can look back over the last year and a half and see so many little changes that I have made to better my life. However, I also see the same old habits and tendencies as before. I haven't read Fahrenheit 451 since High School. I think that will be next after I finish H. G. Wells.

Simplification

Well, I moved over to Google Reader today because Bloglines is going to be shutting down. I realized in the switch that I only have 7 feed subscriptions (now 8) which made me happy. Though I still haven't kicked the habit of checking the internet multiple times a day I have substantially decreased the amount of time I spend at each sitting. Taking two minutes to check my email and facebook a couple times a day and my reader a couple times a week isn't bad. I'm still working on this though. It bothers me that I feel compelled to know if someone has sent me an email even though I know they haven't. I struggle with simplicity. I am thoroughly convinced that for all the simplifying I've done over the years I haven't made it very far. Other than a few minutes here and there on multitask I really haven't spent much recreational time on the computer recently. I'm pretty proud of that.

Recycling

The plastics dillema is hard to solve but there are some who will take all our junk!

S&D recycling will also take misc. plastics, just make sure you explain you don't want to be paid.