I'm done, and I'm tired. So I'm going to replace my whining with a good old-fashioned meme:
Ten quotes from fave (not necessarily my top-ten fave, just ten that come to mind) movies of mine (the person I snagged it from on LJ did fifteen, but I'm lazy), see which ones you know (as always, Google is cheating):
1. "... I hasten to add that...
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Ten quotes from fave (not necessarily my top-ten fave, just ten that come to mind) movies of mine (the person I snagged it from on LJ did fifteen, but I'm lazy), see which ones you know (as always, Google is cheating):
1. "... I hasten to add that...
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Gaddang, am I ever sorry I led with the estate tax in my news post. But I don't think my insisting on the forest rather than the trees will do any additional good in that conversation.
Now, back to the challenge - can I completely rewrite the core chapter of my dissertation without getting too far behind my original draft date (1/8)? Current target: 1/11....
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Now, back to the challenge - can I completely rewrite the core chapter of my dissertation without getting too far behind my original draft date (1/8)? Current target: 1/11....
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signalnoise:
hope the work on the diss. is going well..
so i had to look up this news post - b/c i missed it the first time. wow. you set off a lil mini shit storm
it seemed like a lot of folks missed what you were getting at. what *i* understood it as saying was that your critique was not really about *justice* (which sort of comes from outside the market/rights paradim we have set up right now). instead, you looked at social stability and national character (the idea that we should be able to advance ourselves as part of the american creed), and how gross inequality endangers that. it was more *immanment* than that. (i thought it was a good point anyway.) - folks kinda turned it into some lame communist vs. libertarian crap debate. so it goes...
so i had to look up this news post - b/c i missed it the first time. wow. you set off a lil mini shit storm
it seemed like a lot of folks missed what you were getting at. what *i* understood it as saying was that your critique was not really about *justice* (which sort of comes from outside the market/rights paradim we have set up right now). instead, you looked at social stability and national character (the idea that we should be able to advance ourselves as part of the american creed), and how gross inequality endangers that. it was more *immanment* than that. (i thought it was a good point anyway.) - folks kinda turned it into some lame communist vs. libertarian crap debate. so it goes...
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That's the sound of no interviews.
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Thank you, years of intensive study.
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That's the sound of no interviews.
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Thank you, years of intensive study.
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signalnoise:
ah crap. sympathies. 
hope things pick up soon....
hope things pick up soon....
catherinewheel69:
I just joined the SGDC so I thought I would say Hi. 
So, I just registered to take the GREs. Again. I don't feel overwhelmingly good about this. Folks, don't let yer kids grow up to be philosophy grad students!
And, yeah, it's a Friday night. I swear, I was going to go to a party, but M gave me a nasty cold.
And, yeah, it's a Friday night. I swear, I was going to go to a party, but M gave me a nasty cold.
signalnoise:
what kind of a program are you thinking of applying too?
signalnoise:
oh man - watch out for those security studies folk. they think weird - they're all about defense/offense. they're freaky. i'm surrounded by them here. i try to avoid them and just hang out with the theorists. 
Well, the old picture was pushing 2 years old. So even though this one isn't so philosophical-looking, it's not that bad, and I figured it was high time for an update.
Though, I feel like updating here carries with it the whole weary burden of having to respond to stuff in groups, too. Maintaining an internet social life is hard! Especially when I'm having enough...
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Though, I feel like updating here carries with it the whole weary burden of having to respond to stuff in groups, too. Maintaining an internet social life is hard! Especially when I'm having enough...
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signalnoise:
i once went to a bachelor party where we hardly drank and playned nintendo. so ya know, d&d would be like an upgrade from that.
abra:
great new profile pic. it does have a philosophical sense to it (everything is philosophical), plus a great punk/political thing.
i love the image of a bachelor party of drinking and d&d. that's so geeky. what would you be drinking? (i don't know what d&d players drink.)
a tweed jacket! that's perfect. with elbow patches, i hope.
my high point: being told that a letter i sent someone made his millenium.
i love the image of a bachelor party of drinking and d&d. that's so geeky. what would you be drinking? (i don't know what d&d players drink.)
a tweed jacket! that's perfect. with elbow patches, i hope.
my high point: being told that a letter i sent someone made his millenium.
Well, I feel a vague need to explain myself, but my absence has probably made most of my friends here fade away anyway.
The major reason I haven't been updating much either here or on my LJ is that I've had my head down with the job search. Ick. JFP (Jobs For Philosophers) came out Monday, which means that I've spent most of this week...
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The major reason I haven't been updating much either here or on my LJ is that I've had my head down with the job search. Ick. JFP (Jobs For Philosophers) came out Monday, which means that I've spent most of this week...
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theinsomniac:
How are classes going? Hope your holiday went swimmingly.
By the way, I've probably got the hook up for the shows at the theatre this week, if you're interested.
By the way, I've probably got the hook up for the shows at the theatre this week, if you're interested.
abra:
any developments with the job hunt? good luck. i know how hard it can be in the warm, fuzzy world of academia.
update!
update!
Turns out I'm getting married sooner than originally planned!
Check out my lame Photoshop jockeying!
Check out my lame Photoshop jockeying!
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theinsomniac:
Oh man, me and that joke have a long history. Last year, I was on of the directors in a night of one-acts, and one of the shows in the prodcution was a dramtization of that joke.
It was 30 minutes long. I'm not kidding.
It was 30 minutes long. I'm not kidding.
signalnoise:
ugh. sorry the job search is so frustrating. i was just thinking about you yesterday (in a TOTALLLY non-creepy way, i swear), and i was wondering: i know i don't know MUCH about your dissertation, but it sounds like sort of a normative/critical piece. i know a lot of american philosophy departments are analytic - so i was wondering how that impacted your job search? honestly - my inexpert opinion thought: "gods, galvagin would be more at home in a *political science* department in some ways..." [though i'm sure there are lots of things about poli sci depts. that would bug the hell out of you too]
i often look at sorta-envy at my friends (and even my wife) who have 'normal' jobs or who left school after a 'regular' amount of time. but god, i don't know how i would ever hold down a 9-to-5 gig. i could do it. but i think i might wilt....
i often look at sorta-envy at my friends (and even my wife) who have 'normal' jobs or who left school after a 'regular' amount of time. but god, i don't know how i would ever hold down a 9-to-5 gig. i could do it. but i think i might wilt....
Yay! They approved my group, Human Rights. Come on by! Tell yer friends!
I suppose I should slog on over to the CE board and announce this... grr.
I suppose I should slog on over to the CE board and announce this... grr.
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theinsomniac:
Haven't heard much from you lately. Doing well?
I think I'm going to the Baltimore game night. Ever been?
I think I'm going to the Baltimore game night. Ever been?
theinsomniac:
Getting you that remote is one of my great life goals. Seriously. I WILL repay that karmic debt. When is the next Cake Love event? I'll drop by after work.
Well, haven't been around here much (you're not missing out, I've mostly been ranting in my livejournal about Abu Ghraib).
I'm going to try to at least be better about commenting on friends' journal entries.
Part of the reason for my absence is that I've been flailing away at the dissertation. I just had a big meeting with the committee re: its progress and -...
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I'm going to try to at least be better about commenting on friends' journal entries.
Part of the reason for my absence is that I've been flailing away at the dissertation. I just had a big meeting with the committee re: its progress and -...
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menotyou:
Man...I got out of school and entered the corporate world. I can't claw my way back fast enough. I'm working on some study guides for the GRE...any advice on that?
poopoohead:
You said:
Of course, the Middle East is a strategic area b/c of the oil reserves. Having an unstable region with that much of the most important resource to the world economy is a recipe for disaster
Despite my crazy rants, this is what I'm getting at. I understand that it's too simple to say we're just taking it. But I still think our goals in "democratizing" this place have to do with making it a friendly oil supplier, and not with helping the Iraqis, or even with stopping terrorism. I mean, Bush's whole campaign is based on the fear of terrorism! He doesn't want us to think it's gone
Bah. The last entry was whiny. I'm trying to cut back on that. But seriously, if you know of a political job either in DC or NY, gimme gimme gimme.
So here I am, 8PM (my time) on a Saturday, working on my dissertation. Am I bummed out? Of course not! I love the smell of autopoeitic systems in the evening.
I have also, with...
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So here I am, 8PM (my time) on a Saturday, working on my dissertation. Am I bummed out? Of course not! I love the smell of autopoeitic systems in the evening.
I have also, with...
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theinsomniac:
So, does that offer of a couch still stand? It's looking more and more like I am going to need a place to crash for one night at least. I've got some good solid leads on apartments, but all want to meet before anything official is done. I will likley be moving up early Friday morning, which would put me in town midafternoon, but I am flexible of course.
Thanks a bunch!
Thanks a bunch!
theinsomniac:
Whoops! I accidently deleted your message. I got the point though. Thanks for help! No, I do not have your cell number. E-mail it to me anytime.
I'm just going to put this up there, since I'm rapidly learning to treat myself as a commodity (academia: cons, you're an indentured servant. pros, no dealing with the labor market). And hey, you never know. Plus, I seem to have rubbed elbows with at least a couple folks on here already doing what I'd like to do, at least -ish.
I am looking for...
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I am looking for...
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demoivre:
Yes! Thank you. And I believe you are correct, I am talking philosophy of science. Thanks again, I really appreciate it. 
signalnoise:
hey there -
thanks for the friend offer. i feel all flattered & what not
and i understand the tension/pain between "socially conscious" and "academic" -- i know i've been through it & most of my friends have been. some of us come down one way, some the other. it's a rough choice .... and i have heard from my NGO type friends that things are a bit lean right now. really, best of luck!!! i'm sure you'll get something ..
you've heard of idealist.org i'm sure right?
thanks for the friend offer. i feel all flattered & what not
and i understand the tension/pain between "socially conscious" and "academic" -- i know i've been through it & most of my friends have been. some of us come down one way, some the other. it's a rough choice .... and i have heard from my NGO type friends that things are a bit lean right now. really, best of luck!!! i'm sure you'll get something ..
you've heard of idealist.org i'm sure right?
After much pointless work, every link on my vanity website finally goes somewhere. Mind you, I don't promise that it goes anywhere *interesting*...
And, by the by, I'm touched at the number of folks who seem disappointed that I'm going to be doing a bunch of my journaling on livejournal. Aww and such.
And, by the by, I'm touched at the number of folks who seem disappointed that I'm going to be doing a bunch of my journaling on livejournal. Aww and such.
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signalnoise:
the new site looks great! - but glad to see you're still hanging round these parts too
signalnoise:
indeed - the wife has recovered. thanks for the kind thoughts. she needed the karma
crank calls at 4am are never fun. i think we used to have a number that was close to a pizza place in a previous apartment - so yea. we got lots of random calls there. maybe it's just a "me" thing?
and yer welcome about the site
crank calls at 4am are never fun. i think we used to have a number that was close to a pizza place in a previous apartment - so yea. we got lots of random calls there. maybe it's just a "me" thing?
and yer welcome about the site
did your work go well?