I cannot recollect the last time I successfully endeavored an all-nighter. Not in some time, for sure. I believe that is a testament to college maturity. I remember an anecdote from a high school teacher citing her experience with college. During exams the underclassmen would stay up all night studying away. The seniors, they were getting a good night’s sleep. Not for lack of exams, or drive (well, drive is up for debate at this point!), but because it usually makes little sense, or difference. I will be sleeping next week, for sure. When it comes to delivering papers and presentations by deadlines, though, there’s nothing like a silent, uninterrupted through-the-night work session.
Tomorrow I have a paper due in the Philosophy of Science course. Realism vs. Anti-realism. Should we believe in things which we cannot naturally observe, and theorize about them? Or should we not? I, for one, really like the atomic model. I have never seen an atom but I’m pretty sure they exist. Sort of like I’ve never seen a virus, but I have been around sick people and subsequently been sick. It seems too limiting for science to focus on the humanly observable. If we did, I am afraid the greater majority of all research being conducted in physics today would be for naught. Now, if only there were a computer program which could take my stance and turn it into 4-7 pages of coherent prose. That would be nice.
I’m currently writing this post from Microsoft Word 2007’s blog post editor. It is really straight forward. Let’s try out its imaging capabilities:
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On the agenda this week… |
Date Due |
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Philosophy Paper |
Wednesday, April 25, 2007 |
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Religion Paper |
Wednesday, April 25, 2007 |
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Honors Talk |
Friday, April 27, 2007 |
So what all is actually left?
Wow! Dropping charts and tables actually works. Speaking of the new office. It is quite great. Perhaps one of the most impressive software suites I have ever encountered. Microsoft really got it right this time.
I really should be working…
1 response so far ↓
1 Amy // Apr 25, 2007 at 10:58 am
Kris, I hope you know that I often read your blog because I’m desperate to know what’s going on in your amazing daily life and am too lazy to call or write my cousin an email.
I just wanted to say “CONGRATS” on Brown (I’m going to reach for an Ivy League PhD after college as well; my professor thinks I’ll get in and basically said he’d slap me if I went to a state school. I think he’s a raving lunatic with way too much confidence in me, but we’ll see.) You’re absolutely amazing Kris and totally deserve that.
I also have a paper to do, and laughed at “Now, if only there were a computer program which could take my stance and turn it into 4-7 pages of coherent prose,” because I wish there was a program that would turn my 28 books and journal articles worth of research into a thought-provoking 15 page paper on how the Arabic libraries of Toledo directly contributed to the 12th century renaissance in Europe. But alack the day, even now in the 21st century, we still must write them ourselves.
Also, the style and attitude of your blog makes mine look like it was written by a shallow spastic middle school girl.
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