Oh happy day!

Started the day with good news, the week's been pretty ok, things might start looking up?

I don't know

Got quite the scare today. The only reason I'm posting anything is cause I hadn't posted last month.

C'est Si Bon

That's french for, it's good. I've been listening to that song, reminds me of simpler times when I was a lot more motivated to do work. I've realised though that my motivation has waned since May-June, this can't continue, I've resolved to work at it the way I used to work when I was a young'un. This is to document said resolution. Let's hope I work hard, and do well!

We are not now that strength which in old days Moved earth and heaven

I think I've mentioned this poem before, It's Ulysses by Tennyson. I'm not as able to study nowadays as I used to be able to. I still have good news though. Obviously this was the news I'd mentioned earlier on, the news I'd hoped to be able to give. This was mostly just me saying that I wanted to let people know about this earlier on. Those of you who know me personally, ought to already know what I'm talking about. Those that don't, well you can just ask?

You are not so smart

I feel like I must be repeating that line to myself every day, it's not surprising, I'm surrounded by people who are, it's humbling. It's rare for something to get me to remember the variant, I'm not too dumb either. A friend, who by all accounts is brilliant at math was trying to do a proof, I was slacking off in his office, not working. We sat trying to see how we could prove it. I managed the proof. It was deceptively simple, obviously I wouldn't have even gotten the idea without his help. Just knowing that I could prove it was a good feeling though. It's been a while since I've felt good like this. That was mostly it. For anyone who is interested You are not so smart, is also a website http://youarenotsosmart.com/ the main aim of which is to make people aware of misconceptions and fallacies. It's a good way to procrastinate.

redux and its various synonyms

As always, the title's unrelated to the content. After having given up on reading his work a couple of years ago after stopping Infinite Jest less than a tenth of the way through, I've been listening to quite a few of David Foster Wallace's interviews and readings and I find myself agreeing with more and more of his views on various topics. His short stories and descriptions of the absurdities seen in everyday situations are brilliant to say the least.

I don't really have much to say, I just thought I'd write something, try and be more regular than I have been so far.

I was hoping to be able to make a different update here, but that's not happening. I feel like I get a continuous education on how dumb I really am.

Back to life eh?