Well, the time has finally arrived. I have a job! Yay. I am going to be an Administrative Assistant (or something) in the Astronomy department at Berkeley. So, I am currently looking for a place to live in the Berkeley area. Moving out! So excited. Of course, finding a place to live can be a little difficult, but it will be well worth it. I love my parents, but they are driving me crazy. Also, I get to leave Stockton!
Anyway, I'm really excited and happy.
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Saturday, August 09, 2008
Pride and Prejudice
I have just finished reading Pride and Prejudice for what must be the tenth time. In addition to the book I've seen the A&E version a few times, the popular Keira Knightly version several times, and the Indian/Bollywood Version - Bride and Prejudice - a few times as well. I don't really know why I love the story so much, but I'm certainly not alone. I remember thinking that I wouldn't like it when we were going to read it in high school - it seemed like it would be too romantic, too feminine. But I love it. It would certainly be among the three books I'd take with me on a desert island - assuming I had the foresight to pack three books. Haha.
I've read quite a bit in the past two weeks. I've read the Twilight Series - I actually read the first three twice in a very short period. I know it's odd, but I've always been one to re-read and re-watch things several times. Repetition never bothers me, as long as quality and/or enjoyment was there the first time. I re-read Darcy's Story (Pride and Prejudice from Darcy's perspective) and Timeline by Michael Crichton. And then of course - Pride and Prejudice itself. It is a bit strange, I must admit, for me to re-read old books when I have so many new ones I haven't gotten to yet... Oh well.
As for other goings on - I've been substituting, although jobs have been rather scarce. I've hung out with Zenitra a few times, which has been nice. And tomorrow I'll be seeing Angie, Kathryn, Danny, and Thomas. Oh, and today I went and visited Peter and Angela with my mom. She's gotten so big! She's six weeks old and already 23.5 inches long - which is pretty amazing, given that she was only 20 inches when she was born. She's also adorable. And... that's all. :)
I've read quite a bit in the past two weeks. I've read the Twilight Series - I actually read the first three twice in a very short period. I know it's odd, but I've always been one to re-read and re-watch things several times. Repetition never bothers me, as long as quality and/or enjoyment was there the first time. I re-read Darcy's Story (Pride and Prejudice from Darcy's perspective) and Timeline by Michael Crichton. And then of course - Pride and Prejudice itself. It is a bit strange, I must admit, for me to re-read old books when I have so many new ones I haven't gotten to yet... Oh well.
As for other goings on - I've been substituting, although jobs have been rather scarce. I've hung out with Zenitra a few times, which has been nice. And tomorrow I'll be seeing Angie, Kathryn, Danny, and Thomas. Oh, and today I went and visited Peter and Angela with my mom. She's gotten so big! She's six weeks old and already 23.5 inches long - which is pretty amazing, given that she was only 20 inches when she was born. She's also adorable. And... that's all. :)
Wednesday, August 06, 2008
Regret
I've been thinking quite a bit about regret recently. I'm sure, that like me, everyone has some degree of regret with which they live. Regrets about missed opportunities, what the judge to be bad decisions made in the past, or simply wrong decisions. Wondering if they had taken an even slightly different path at one point in their lives what the rest would have turned out like. Very recently I re-read Timeline by Michael Crichton and he was discussing the idea of a multiverse. The multiverse is made of a vast number of universes, each the result of a different possible outcome from every moment with more than one possibility. Some universes would be very similar to ours, others would be drastically different. There'd be one where Hitler won WWII rather than lost. One where Al Gore became president, rather than George Bush. Etc, etc.
This got me thinking. Not about the entire universe, granted, but about my own. About all the decisions I've ever made - especially those where I'm not sure if I made the right decision or not - and the other possible lives I could have. Of course, this is rather silly. How do I know what would have been a good decision and what would have been a bad decision. Perhaps, what I think of now as a wrong decision, led to a better life now than it would have. But, then, I suppose it could go the other way as well. A decision I feel was the absolute right decision, could have been the absolute wrong decision and I would never know.
Well, of course this is all rather ridiculous. I can't change any of the decisions I've made, even if I wanted to, and even if I had that power I would never know which decisions I should change. I actually don't have many regrets - not large ones anyway. There are a couple, but they are ones I can live with.
This got me thinking. Not about the entire universe, granted, but about my own. About all the decisions I've ever made - especially those where I'm not sure if I made the right decision or not - and the other possible lives I could have. Of course, this is rather silly. How do I know what would have been a good decision and what would have been a bad decision. Perhaps, what I think of now as a wrong decision, led to a better life now than it would have. But, then, I suppose it could go the other way as well. A decision I feel was the absolute right decision, could have been the absolute wrong decision and I would never know.
Well, of course this is all rather ridiculous. I can't change any of the decisions I've made, even if I wanted to, and even if I had that power I would never know which decisions I should change. I actually don't have many regrets - not large ones anyway. There are a couple, but they are ones I can live with.
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