Thursday, September 18, 2008
Been reading up online about the themes that surround that soon to be released movie; watchmen and I must say I am inspired by what a found the amount of detail its makers have put in is very impressive.
My study into the comic started with Wikipedia eventually branched to multiple website covering a myriad of topics and field. A sample of topics sampled include; Morton’s demon, Maxwell’s demon, Blake, Irving, Trefoils, Dawkins, Creationism, soft and hard determinism, Christian mystics and a recipe for chrysanthemum eggplant (a fantastic dish you should try).
This is of course not without fruit, I was up till 4 last night restructuring the mythos of my (thus far 4 page long) book which I have been working on since forever.
That aside, the looming exams and my thus far complete disregard for my assignments has got me quite worried. As I mentioned I’ve had so much more time this semester but most of it seems to be centered on not doing a lot of things that I should and doing a lot of things that I shouldn’t.
Sigh.
I suppose on some level this does have something to do with the lack of exercise. After all psych research shows that regular exercise can serve to increase one’s capacity to regulate desires, whims and emotions. I really should start putting in a lot more efforts. Thus far the results from my assessments thus far have been quite high but still there hangs over me a pang of guilt that I didn’t put in as much effort as I should. Yes I WILL start working harder.
The Lord has convicted me of other areas of weakness that I need to work on, including some as extreme as _______, ________, _________ , _________ and sadly still ____________________________. But for all these I have my hopes on the resurrected body and until then the renewing of my mind will suffice.
Jonathan Gem for today
“Saying that all religion can be distilled to ‘love your neighbour as yourself’ is like trying to say all of astronomy can be distilled down to the verse ‘twinkle twinkle little star………’.”
That is all
Jon.P™
My study into the comic started with Wikipedia eventually branched to multiple website covering a myriad of topics and field. A sample of topics sampled include; Morton’s demon, Maxwell’s demon, Blake, Irving, Trefoils, Dawkins, Creationism, soft and hard determinism, Christian mystics and a recipe for chrysanthemum eggplant (a fantastic dish you should try).
This is of course not without fruit, I was up till 4 last night restructuring the mythos of my (thus far 4 page long) book which I have been working on since forever.
That aside, the looming exams and my thus far complete disregard for my assignments has got me quite worried. As I mentioned I’ve had so much more time this semester but most of it seems to be centered on not doing a lot of things that I should and doing a lot of things that I shouldn’t.
Sigh.
I suppose on some level this does have something to do with the lack of exercise. After all psych research shows that regular exercise can serve to increase one’s capacity to regulate desires, whims and emotions. I really should start putting in a lot more efforts. Thus far the results from my assessments thus far have been quite high but still there hangs over me a pang of guilt that I didn’t put in as much effort as I should. Yes I WILL start working harder.
The Lord has convicted me of other areas of weakness that I need to work on, including some as extreme as _______, ________, _________ , _________ and sadly still ____________________________. But for all these I have my hopes on the resurrected body and until then the renewing of my mind will suffice.
Jonathan Gem for today
“Saying that all religion can be distilled to ‘love your neighbour as yourself’ is like trying to say all of astronomy can be distilled down to the verse ‘twinkle twinkle little star………’.”
That is all
Jon.P™
Monday, September 15, 2008
Yes, I haven't posted much online but that just means that I have been doing okay. Had some problems with an assignment from heck but i'll blog about it some other time. Had problems with motivation what with such a free schedule this semester... Odd isn't it?
I missed the previous from UQ to home and the next one is in 35 mins time. Hence this quick post. Was at a tut with two OLD students that would rather die then have the tutor disagree that what they were saying for the treatment for substance abuse patients should be with drugs which is a fair point. Only things is the treatment plan was for CBT (cognitive behaviour therapy). They just couldn't get it in their heads that antabuse drugs is something we can't include because of the style of treatment we're doing. None the less I hope that they how to their conviction for their reports...
I have a surprise quiz that we're not suppose to know about tomorrow so I'm off to study.
Jon's Gem for today
" Dying? Hmmph! That is the last thing I shall do. "
That is all.
Jon.P™
I missed the previous from UQ to home and the next one is in 35 mins time. Hence this quick post. Was at a tut with two OLD students that would rather die then have the tutor disagree that what they were saying for the treatment for substance abuse patients should be with drugs which is a fair point. Only things is the treatment plan was for CBT (cognitive behaviour therapy). They just couldn't get it in their heads that antabuse drugs is something we can't include because of the style of treatment we're doing. None the less I hope that they how to their conviction for their reports...
I have a surprise quiz that we're not suppose to know about tomorrow so I'm off to study.
Jon's Gem for today
" Dying? Hmmph! That is the last thing I shall do. "
That is all.
Jon.P™
