A fragmentary account of recent and coming events. I've got some thematic posts planned, but I'm a little too frazzled to think coherently. Expect something about trees soon.
I'm am little frazzled because I've spent the last five hours trying to write my paper for tomorrow's graduate seminar. All new grads are obliged to do one in the first semester, and I thought it would be better to get it out of the way before the work piled up. Unfortunately, I thought I'd try out some new ideas that were crystal clear. In my head. Having disseminated the title, I've now found that these ideas are rather less tractable when it comes to actually expressing them. Always the way. I think I've got it sorted now, but it might feel rather different tomorrow. An additional worry is that faculty attend and participate in these seminars (unlike at Sheffield). I'm looking forward to Colin McGinn telling me why his theory of imagination is way better than the Sartrean one I'm expounding, and then exploding with indignation when I tell him I've not read his book.
What else? I've ordered myself a nice shiny new lappy - Should be here in a couple of weeks. I considered a sexy Apple, but went with Dell because 1) better discount, 2) better machine for same $$, 3) don't trust Apple's all-in-one philosophy, 4) might one day get round to converting to Linux. Anyway, generous educational discount + generally cheaper consumer electronics = a bargain of a machine.
Speaking of bargains, I found some guy who sells brand new but old hifi equipment. End of line stuff that was great in its day but no shop can shift any more. So last night, I got a Sony amp/tuner (original RRP $250) and a pair of Polk speakers ($300) for $130. He also threw in a Sony CD player, which I didn't really want, but came with the amp. So that was probably $100 or so back in the day. I haven't rigged it up yet, principally because I didn't get any speaker cable from him; I'm off to get some tonight as a reward for finishing that paper.
I'm keeping an eye out for secondhand decks, but I'm not sure what's best; buy some decks first, and have nothing to play on them, or start with buying records. Or do neither and save money for flights. Hmmm.
Anyway, I'm off to buy some speaker cable, and panic a bit more...
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3 comments:
But I love McGinn's work, I can't believe that you haven't read his theories! Shocking, shocking, shocking.
Also, you chose a Dell over an Apple! Well that is just sad. Sure a Dell maybe cheaper and all that shiz, but will you really *love* it. I love my MacBook. I regularly hug it. Unlike my first point in this comment, this is actually true. If you'd gone Apple you could have also been on video ichat. Repent as you will.
I like trees.
Love from Katie x
Two things:
a) what was the paper on? How dit go?
b) decks first. new music comes out daily, we're always behind in our listening, our purchases never keep up with our listening, might as well get the kit and pick up the record-hunt as and when, given that it's always late anyway...
Wooyeah!
Katie: what you do with your computer in your own time is your business... Seriously, I (try to) view computers as tools, and the dell seemed a better tool...
Joe:
1) The usual JPS, imagination shiznit - a different twist on the the emotion stuff I did at the Sheffield grad sem. I'll send you the thing, if you like.
2) Good point. However, neither till I'm sure I'm getting paid this month...
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