There has been a lot happening now a days. Most of us here in JNU have been working our heads off for the past few days. The course work, the social life and work with the CF, don't seem to be letting down, and there won't be a lot of rest in the near future. A friend of mine (who I shall identify as the person with the fetish for green t-shirts) has been working so much he has given up on his blog. (Like so many other less persistent internet freaks) He has done well to do so, because I have to make a lot of compromises on my reading and my general academic development by coming online and spending my time posting blogs that talk on completely superficial issues.
Another friend (whom I shall identify as the 'Angry old man') said, that certain people may not be cut out for academic work like some others. Well, I am not the one to say if I am cut out for academic work. I haven't reached that stage of self-knowing yet, but whatever I am made for, I don't find so much interest in academics at the moment. I seem to like dealing with societies and people in a more practical way than reading about them from books at the moment.
I have been getting a lot of books to read, but I just haven't been finding the time or the motivation to read them. Confessions of an Economic Hitman, Freakonomics (yes, I haven't read that yet) Wretched of the Earth, and The Poet of the Underworld. Besides this, there are other uninteresting (let's remind ourselves that the adjective used is a purely subjective one) textbooks on Gramsci.
Hmm... Well, some of you might be wondering what interests I actually have. Well, let me warn you, that I am up to no good. Nothing financially suitable, nothing that will bring the world (or even other arm-chair thinkers) greater good (books). Well, I just stumbled upon a few sites today. So, here are the sites I usually frequent...
www.jugglingdb.com
www.superhandz.com
www.pentrix.com
Of course, I am not good at anything, nor am I a part of any occult... Yet... But at least you guys know where my interests are...
and I (try to) read more 'mature sites' like
www.overcomingbias.com
www.kottle.org (Yes, I do read Kottle)
www.wholenote.com (Whenever I want to read tips on dusting my guitar)
www.juggle.tv (When I need inspiration)
Saturday, August 18, 2007
Friday, August 17, 2007
Quotes I liked... (A random post again)
One handful with tranquilty
Is better than two handfuls
With toiling and chasing after the wind - Ecclesiastes
It's only when you have lost everything that you are free to do anything - Fight Club
Is better than two handfuls
With toiling and chasing after the wind - Ecclesiastes
It's only when you have lost everything that you are free to do anything - Fight Club
Tuesday, August 07, 2007
The floating leaf - revisited
Well, this is more of a continuation with my previous post, The Floating Leaf. I got a lot of positive comments on this particular post, but that didn't do much to my feelings, volatile as they are. God hasn't let me down yet, and I've had a great time learning how to let my life completely into God's hands. The more I put myself into Him, the better I feel about myself and the world around me. Even though the latter thinks I've lost it completely.
I was speaking with a friend who recently decided to do everything what God wanted him to do. There was so much happiness in that person's voice, though he was still recovering from the shock of letting go of something he had been holding to himself for so many years. That overwhelming rush of freedom went through him as it did me when I made that decision many years ago.
Well, to me, I find it better to plan one day at a time instead of directing your life toward a larger goal. You don't have to go through so much of planning, all you have to do is give your best at the task at hand. Everything will fall into place in it's own time. Of course, there is that motion sickness you need to deal with, because this kind of life usually has steep drops and climbs. But once you're able to stomach it, God at the engine doesn't seem such a bad idea at all!
I was speaking with a friend who recently decided to do everything what God wanted him to do. There was so much happiness in that person's voice, though he was still recovering from the shock of letting go of something he had been holding to himself for so many years. That overwhelming rush of freedom went through him as it did me when I made that decision many years ago.
Well, to me, I find it better to plan one day at a time instead of directing your life toward a larger goal. You don't have to go through so much of planning, all you have to do is give your best at the task at hand. Everything will fall into place in it's own time. Of course, there is that motion sickness you need to deal with, because this kind of life usually has steep drops and climbs. But once you're able to stomach it, God at the engine doesn't seem such a bad idea at all!
Wednesday, August 01, 2007
Ranting at sociology!
To all my professors and research scholars, please don't take the following seriously. I'm merely an ignorant ranter! If you are not used to taking things lightly, I suggest you click the 'next blog' link on the top of the page.
Life is more complex that Pierre Bordeaux's writing...
Well, of course, you would respond with a cheery grin saying that if life was actually as easy to understand (and as boring) as J.K.Rowling, it wouldn't be worth living. Hmm... You've made your point there, my man. But I have a feeling that this not-so-simple life definitely doesn't need to be studied so much, at least the way we're doing at the School of Social Sciences, JNU! The amount of theories desperate bored thinkers have put into mere sociology is mindboggling! I thought these theories would relate more to practical life, where we would get to use these theories for the greater good of human-kind! But no! For the past two-hundred years, great thinkers have come and gone, giving their 'seminal contributions' to the world of philosophy, sociology, and what not, and what has that helped!
Wake up all you academicians! (I consider myself a 'wide-awake, half-baked' academician) Don't you realize that no one is investing in you! They know that you don't have anything practical to offer to the world, for the betterment of human-kind! Most of us merely want to have our head in the clouds, and take an arial view of society, history, and life itself! All you know to do is to criticize everything in society, and form utopias in your heads and in your fat books! But c'mon do you all actually think that the rest of the world is that stupid! Well, they also want utopia to exist, you know, but they have already figured out that if it hasn't happened for the past so many years, it never will. So why bother trying!
Do you also realize that you are mere parasites to the world! Tell me one great contribution to the world! (If you mumble about some great work by some great bearded moss-laden thinker, please stuff a dozen copies of that book down your throat before you do so) All you have fed the world is great thought! And you consider yourself great learned people! There are so many people working hard, scratching the surface, trying to make the world a better place, while you berate them about their ignorance! We don't need great thought. We need action. If you can shed some light and get you hands dirty, maybe, you'll begin to respect youself!
Well, all steam has been released, and now I'll have to get back to reading "The Habermas Reader" by William Outhwaite (1996) Thanks for reading!
Life is more complex that Pierre Bordeaux's writing...
Well, of course, you would respond with a cheery grin saying that if life was actually as easy to understand (and as boring) as J.K.Rowling, it wouldn't be worth living. Hmm... You've made your point there, my man. But I have a feeling that this not-so-simple life definitely doesn't need to be studied so much, at least the way we're doing at the School of Social Sciences, JNU! The amount of theories desperate bored thinkers have put into mere sociology is mindboggling! I thought these theories would relate more to practical life, where we would get to use these theories for the greater good of human-kind! But no! For the past two-hundred years, great thinkers have come and gone, giving their 'seminal contributions' to the world of philosophy, sociology, and what not, and what has that helped!
Wake up all you academicians! (I consider myself a 'wide-awake, half-baked' academician) Don't you realize that no one is investing in you! They know that you don't have anything practical to offer to the world, for the betterment of human-kind! Most of us merely want to have our head in the clouds, and take an arial view of society, history, and life itself! All you know to do is to criticize everything in society, and form utopias in your heads and in your fat books! But c'mon do you all actually think that the rest of the world is that stupid! Well, they also want utopia to exist, you know, but they have already figured out that if it hasn't happened for the past so many years, it never will. So why bother trying!
Do you also realize that you are mere parasites to the world! Tell me one great contribution to the world! (If you mumble about some great work by some great bearded moss-laden thinker, please stuff a dozen copies of that book down your throat before you do so) All you have fed the world is great thought! And you consider yourself great learned people! There are so many people working hard, scratching the surface, trying to make the world a better place, while you berate them about their ignorance! We don't need great thought. We need action. If you can shed some light and get you hands dirty, maybe, you'll begin to respect youself!
Well, all steam has been released, and now I'll have to get back to reading "The Habermas Reader" by William Outhwaite (1996) Thanks for reading!
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