Cleaning house can be really painful sometimes, because looking back on certain things bring back memories that I'd rather let sit on the shelves for a while.
But it can also be kind of amusing. In a dark way. Something I wrote in a notebook a long time ago while attending a conference:
"58% of intellectual capital around the globe comes from women"
A statistic I no doubt thought was cool at the time, but that I find completely non-nonsensical now (my less sophisticated response while reading it -- "WTF?!"). How do you even measure something as intangible as "intellectual capital," anyways? Doesn't each company define it differently? And even if you could create a common definition (which I guess does sort of exist), how could you quantify it? For the world, no less!
And what about survey biases? Blanket statements like the one above kind of bother me. Not that I'm a statistics snob, but I don't like people trying to make themselves sound progressive with strange statistics that don't really mean anything in the end. I guess that's politics, though.
Saturday, August 8, 2009
Thursday, August 6, 2009
Sleeping more
This is slightly paradoxical, considering the time-stamp on this blog, but I've decided I need to drastically change my sleep habits.
1 Simple Goal -
7 hours per night. At least, on weeknights.
Reasoning -
Too many late nights in college have messed up my sleep schedule. I don't think I can expect to sleep at 2am and wake up on time for work. Also, I don't want my life span to be shortened because I hvae shitty sleeping habits. That's just not worth it. Good health = good sleep. I think.
Screw all my non-realized goals for this summer. It's now just over a month before I have to start work, and this is all I hope to accomplish. I think it's do-able.
So good night, and wish me good luck (and sweet dreams) :-D
1 Simple Goal -
7 hours per night. At least, on weeknights.
Reasoning -
Too many late nights in college have messed up my sleep schedule. I don't think I can expect to sleep at 2am and wake up on time for work. Also, I don't want my life span to be shortened because I hvae shitty sleeping habits. That's just not worth it. Good health = good sleep. I think.
Screw all my non-realized goals for this summer. It's now just over a month before I have to start work, and this is all I hope to accomplish. I think it's do-able.
So good night, and wish me good luck (and sweet dreams) :-D
Saturday, July 25, 2009
Being Social and Stuff
Certain social mores and unspoken codes come into effect (or are more noticeable) when you get older. It's as if I can't just do whatever I feel like doing or want to do anymore without the nagging worry of being awkward.
Case in point - I met somebody during an event with whom I would really like to speak and re-connect. I got the business card of this person at the time, but could not locate it for a while. Now, almost a year later, I've found it again, and part of me wants to write this person an e-mail while another part of me thinks that the time frame of social acceptability has definitely already been breached. This may seem trivial, especially since I have a decent chance of crossing paths with this person after starting work, but I can't shake the feeling that it would be better to reach out now, if only to say, "yeah, I really did want to talk to you more the last time, I just never had the chance" before we're both working under the auspices of Corporate America.
So normally I would go with my gut on this one and send the e-mail, but I don't know anymore. Since when did I actively try to avoid social faux pas?
Case in point - I met somebody during an event with whom I would really like to speak and re-connect. I got the business card of this person at the time, but could not locate it for a while. Now, almost a year later, I've found it again, and part of me wants to write this person an e-mail while another part of me thinks that the time frame of social acceptability has definitely already been breached. This may seem trivial, especially since I have a decent chance of crossing paths with this person after starting work, but I can't shake the feeling that it would be better to reach out now, if only to say, "yeah, I really did want to talk to you more the last time, I just never had the chance" before we're both working under the auspices of Corporate America.
So normally I would go with my gut on this one and send the e-mail, but I don't know anymore. Since when did I actively try to avoid social faux pas?
Sunday, July 12, 2009
Marriage (or lack thereof)
Maybe it's because I'm hormonal, but every other day I somehow get quite upset over little things that multiply into bigger ones.
Case in point - today, some friends of mine were joking about the kind of man I was going to marry. It was all very harmless in tone, as in "oh, I can't imagine the kind of person you're going to end up with," but for some reason, this put me on the defensive. First of all, why are we talking about marriage, of all things? Why not date or boyfriend... why husband? This is another part of getting older, I suppose, that these sorts of conversations actually seem less absurd that they would. Second, I don't exactly appreciate the insinuation, however joking, that it would be crazy to find somebody who would actually marry me. Obviously I'm blowing this out of proportion, but I think I have enough insecurities and enough hormones floating around in my head that these sorts of things really don't help. Third, and most importantly (and this relates to the first), why marriage? Who says I'm getting married in the first place?
Of course my parents wouldn't understand this. Later tonight, we had some family friends over, and it was the same old conversation. "Have you found a boyfriend yet?" Only this time, when I said no, the response was really offsetting. "You'd better find one soon, and get married, too." My parents didn't say anything, but I know that they agreed. My grandparents as well... they keep telling me that they want to see me get married sometime in their lifetimes. I'd do a lot to make them happy, but I don't know if I can do that.
To me, marriage is such a huge thing that I can't even imagine it happening. And if (miraculously) I ever find a nice boyfriend, I certainly don't want to be pressured by outside forces into this huge commitment. Marriage is so much of a non-issue for me, yet so much of a legitimate issue for others who think they have some sort of stake in my life. Just thinking about this makes me sad as well as nauseous.
Yeah... hormones majorly suck.
Case in point - today, some friends of mine were joking about the kind of man I was going to marry. It was all very harmless in tone, as in "oh, I can't imagine the kind of person you're going to end up with," but for some reason, this put me on the defensive. First of all, why are we talking about marriage, of all things? Why not date or boyfriend... why husband? This is another part of getting older, I suppose, that these sorts of conversations actually seem less absurd that they would. Second, I don't exactly appreciate the insinuation, however joking, that it would be crazy to find somebody who would actually marry me. Obviously I'm blowing this out of proportion, but I think I have enough insecurities and enough hormones floating around in my head that these sorts of things really don't help. Third, and most importantly (and this relates to the first), why marriage? Who says I'm getting married in the first place?
Of course my parents wouldn't understand this. Later tonight, we had some family friends over, and it was the same old conversation. "Have you found a boyfriend yet?" Only this time, when I said no, the response was really offsetting. "You'd better find one soon, and get married, too." My parents didn't say anything, but I know that they agreed. My grandparents as well... they keep telling me that they want to see me get married sometime in their lifetimes. I'd do a lot to make them happy, but I don't know if I can do that.
To me, marriage is such a huge thing that I can't even imagine it happening. And if (miraculously) I ever find a nice boyfriend, I certainly don't want to be pressured by outside forces into this huge commitment. Marriage is so much of a non-issue for me, yet so much of a legitimate issue for others who think they have some sort of stake in my life. Just thinking about this makes me sad as well as nauseous.
Yeah... hormones majorly suck.
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
On a lost USB Drive
I wrote a poem yesterday on a piece of Coscto's catalog when I couldn't find my USB drive amidst all the trash in our living room:
How much of our lives do we put in storage?
Piles of things
Material
Digital
Virtual
Stocked into
heaping columns and
entropic masses
Clutter
and the frantic and
frenetic search that ensues
for Lost Things
memories.
intangible documents
and
electronic pictures
we think we're making for meaning
when really
it's all just an expanse
of glorified
waste
~~
okay, not the best example of creative writing (haven't done that in a while). but it was nice to get my frustrations out.
How much of our lives do we put in storage?
Piles of things
Material
Digital
Virtual
Stocked into
heaping columns and
entropic masses
Clutter
and the frantic and
frenetic search that ensues
for Lost Things
memories.
intangible documents
and
electronic pictures
we think we're making for meaning
when really
it's all just an expanse
of glorified
waste
~~
okay, not the best example of creative writing (haven't done that in a while). but it was nice to get my frustrations out.
Thursday, June 4, 2009
i want to be more productive. list of things i want to do by the end of the summer:
1) learn ms excel (a skill that will actually come in handy when i start working, unlike much of my college education)
2) be more active: running, tennis, even golf. actually fit into my clothes
3) continue to improve le français and start learning deutsch
1) learn ms excel (a skill that will actually come in handy when i start working, unlike much of my college education)
2) be more active: running, tennis, even golf. actually fit into my clothes
3) continue to improve le français and start learning deutsch
Gossip Goodness
It's amazingly easy to return to routine after traveling. Sleeping in, lounging on the couch, eating candy, watching Gossip Girl reruns...
Speaking of which, I saw this adorable video today of the cast
I think what makes Gossip Girl so great is that the cast seems kind of down-to-earth and real, despite the absurdity of the show itself. None of the girls are stick thin (like in the new 90210, of which, thank goodness, I only saw one horrible episode), Penn Badgely and Blake Lively are so cute together, and Leighton Meester is <3... it's easy to overlook the soap-opera like qualities of the storylines and the unspectacular acting of Chace Crawford (though his hotness kind of makes up for it... those unruly yet AMAZING bangs!!). I can't wait until Season 3 starts in the fall. I may not be in college anymore, but I will be in the city!!
Speaking of which, I saw this adorable video today of the cast
I think what makes Gossip Girl so great is that the cast seems kind of down-to-earth and real, despite the absurdity of the show itself. None of the girls are stick thin (like in the new 90210, of which, thank goodness, I only saw one horrible episode), Penn Badgely and Blake Lively are so cute together, and Leighton Meester is <3... it's easy to overlook the soap-opera like qualities of the storylines and the unspectacular acting of Chace Crawford (though his hotness kind of makes up for it... those unruly yet AMAZING bangs!!). I can't wait until Season 3 starts in the fall. I may not be in college anymore, but I will be in the city!!
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