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Jun. 9th, 2005 05:01 pmI don't yet have internet access at my apartment, because my roommate has been gone since the 3rd and won't be coming back until early next week, so I'm taking this moment to post, even though I don't have all that much to post about. I'm at the library to borrow more BBC productions on video. Yay, addictive BBC productions. Yes, I am a girl.
The environment at work changes with the ups and downs of my co-workers; and yet it doesn't really change. The things I have to do change with the needs of the organization and my partners; and yet they don't really change. It's just my response to them that changes, I supose. The major thing in my life right now is that I'm really looking forward to my upcoming trip to Seattle and Minnesota. I get to see people I haven't seen since January or last June and visit new places (Seattle) and an old place I'm very attached to (the Carleton campus). And it will be a break in my routine--not that I dislike my routine, but it is an inherent property of routines that they require breaks.
I'm also reading a fantastic book about language, called After Babel: Aspects of Language & Translation by George Steiner, that is giving me a lot of food for thought. For me, it's often easier and more relaxing to dip back into an academic book than it is to engage with the "real world." When the tendancy comes over me, I must remind myself that as easy as academia is, the real world is ultimately much more rewarding.
(For now?)
The environment at work changes with the ups and downs of my co-workers; and yet it doesn't really change. The things I have to do change with the needs of the organization and my partners; and yet they don't really change. It's just my response to them that changes, I supose. The major thing in my life right now is that I'm really looking forward to my upcoming trip to Seattle and Minnesota. I get to see people I haven't seen since January or last June and visit new places (Seattle) and an old place I'm very attached to (the Carleton campus). And it will be a break in my routine--not that I dislike my routine, but it is an inherent property of routines that they require breaks.
I'm also reading a fantastic book about language, called After Babel: Aspects of Language & Translation by George Steiner, that is giving me a lot of food for thought. For me, it's often easier and more relaxing to dip back into an academic book than it is to engage with the "real world." When the tendancy comes over me, I must remind myself that as easy as academia is, the real world is ultimately much more rewarding.
(For now?)
