Winter

Academic Joke:
Q: When is a break not a break?
A: When you're filling out graduate school applications.

Hi folks - Yet another long delayed update on my part. The semester is over, and all seems to have gone well. I never quite realized the SLEW of paperwork that my end of semester generated until I was doing it for 200 students. Whew!

In the middle of all of this, I've got my graduate school apps well in hand. After a few minor break downs along the way, I realize I need to set my goals lower, and I'm applying to some much less well known departments. Who knows, this year might be the one! I'm still having some minor anxiety attacks about the whole thing (SHIT MOVING AGAIN SHIT SHIT SHIT) but they seem to all be relegated to worldly rather than academic things.

Let's see.

I'm still playing Warhammer Online, and loving it. After TWO fucking server moves, my order guild Blackwood Company has settled down on Phoenix Throne. My White Lion is a blast to play, especially with all the ORVR I've been doing. I'm still guildless on my Destro characters, but that's not really been a problem so far. My DoK and BG are both sooo much fun! I gave up on my Squiggy though.

Also still on FFXI. Windy Warriors LS took a shit dive, but the survivors of my group now have our own private social LS that we hang out on. Now that classes are over, I've been able to spend a lot more time back in game, and I've started doing the Wings of the Goddess story line. OMG! So much fun!

In other news, a few weeks ago I guest starred on R&D with my friends Rob and Dan. You guys should be listening to that podcast, even when I'm not on it, dear readers, because it is good.

In other news, you should be following Wolven on twitter, because, like his LiveJournal, his twitter feed is full of win. And you should be following me too, but you already know this.

Last thing. Thus far, the Xmass curse has been minimal in damage. Yah, bad things have happened, but nothing too bad so far. Four more days. Ugh. I hate this time of year!

Manual for postmodern childrearing

Reject all active initiative and make it clear to your child that setbacks are as objectionable as successes, since setbacks are an indispensable component in maintaining the category "success". Accuse the child of attention seeking if it achieves either terrible or impeccable academic results.
Demand that all actions have a self-referential dimension. Remember that children do not do as you say; children do as you do. You should thus perform the following speech act: "All actions hereafter are self-referential, hence this speech act."
Each time the child shows signs of perceiving something in the world as a category, lock yourself in the bathroom and switch off the light, so nothing is visible. Place your child in a military academy to demonstrate the consequences of absolute concepts.