finally, i got an invitation to join orkut.com! after all the stir this “community” created… it was about time. so, if anyone reading this wants an invitation, drop me a line. i do not really know what is so attractive about these “networking” communities, but i hope to find out. maybe it’s just like blogging, a new form to express ones individuality while remaining in a “web” (pun intended!) of social relationsships. they all are - that’s for sure - interesting phenomena of the internet culture.
Archive for February, 2004
new communities
Thursday, February 5th, 2004endgame
Wednesday, February 4th, 2004i am seriously considering to take a sabbatical. each day the same routine: i usually get up around noon, grab a few bites and head for my computer. after checking my mail i end up trying to get some work done. there are two different tasks at hand: my PhD thesis (surprise!) and the very last seminar paper i am ever going to write. the latter has a higher priority right now because it is due by the end of february / beginning of march. i have “lunch” around 5 pm and between 6 and 7 pm i work out on my stationary bike. after that it’s back to work but i am often too tired to focus on writing. so i’d rather watch a new Alias episode or read something about the Apollo Space Program or World War II. speaking of Alias, that girl Sydney really kicks ass! sometimes i envy her, i mean, she’s a genius! fighting terrorists around the world and writing her PhD thesis all at the same time!
final decision
Tuesday, February 3rd, 2004i made my decision and now i am feeling bad about it. as a result, i ordered books at amazon. a sad thing to do, but since i haven’t ordered books for about two months now, i guess it was about time. not just for “entertainment” (two books about WW2) but also for “education” (how to study popular culture). and i need to keep telling myself that everything is going to be fine…
personality test
Monday, February 2nd, 2004according to the “bloginality” test, i’m a INTJ and i believe that most of the things said there about this particular type of personality apply to me.
options
Sunday, February 1st, 2004i have to move on with life although it’s hard doing so. there are some open questions that need to be answered soon so that i can make a decision what to do. there are several options but secretly i really favor only one of them (or so tells me my gut feeling). that option is the only one i can live with right now. maybe this is going to change in the next few days, who knows. i do not want to quit because i am not a quitter and failure is not an option. what i want is to get the damn job over with ASAP and get the hell out of there. if only i could find the right focus that would be an easy thing to do. i will try, of course.