http://davidc_9.scripts.mit.edu/thoughtbytes Fri, 23 Oct 2009 02:46:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en My energy level during the semester always goes through these cycles of high and low.  It's a pretty bad cycle - I start out really high, excited to do everything.  Halfway through, I'm listless and exhausted by the grind.  It's all from a bad habit, of course, and an easily ... http://davidc_9.scripts.mit.edu/thoughtbytes/?p=164 If writing blog entries is an ungainly activity for me, writing papers for school is an unbelievably more painful exercise altogether.  I hate it.  I don't know if it's because I've placed a mental block within my brain, or because I don't care for the types of questions that we're ... http://davidc_9.scripts.mit.edu/thoughtbytes/?p=162 It's the second week of school (third?), and I've had to do almost all-nighters in two out of the last three days. It's so important to keep your mind focused on what you want to do. I hope I can keep myself going. There isn't much more to update, or even write ... http://davidc_9.scripts.mit.edu/thoughtbytes/?p=159 These are two things that I often find myself struggling with.  I always enter a phase full of energy, hope, and thoughts about the things that could happen.  My head is always full of the same thoughts: the things I could make happen, the things I could do, the things ... http://davidc_9.scripts.mit.edu/thoughtbytes/?p=152 The Boston skies have not been too happy since I got back.  This is the third weekend that I've spent here, and in that time period, I feel like we've had clear skies for less than three days. That doesn't bode too well when you're trying to play tennis every ... http://davidc_9.scripts.mit.edu/thoughtbytes/?p=148 Summer has started again, and life is, as always, busy.  Sometimes I wonder if I will ever settle down and have a normal life.  One where I'm not rushing from thing to thing, and I'll be able to savor the things that I have.  I got back to Boston last ... http://davidc_9.scripts.mit.edu/thoughtbytes/?p=146 I have a few thoughts that I will put down into words later, but until then, I leave you with this: Angelaise   says (12:54 PM): rook at you http://davidc_9.scripts.mit.edu/thoughtbytes/?p=144 I used to be a very frugal person, and I don't like how loose with money I've become.  Let's try to cut back on the unnecessary buys from now on - after all, I was perfectly happy before I had those things. I don't want to make any big purchases ... http://davidc_9.scripts.mit.edu/thoughtbytes/?p=140 I'm munching on chunky apple sauce, listening to the the sound of cars rushing by outside.  I spent some time earlier today standing by the river and enjoying the weather.  The wind was cool, and drizzle was light, and the entire scene felt very peaceful to me. I'm very glad to ... http://davidc_9.scripts.mit.edu/thoughtbytes/?p=138 I was reading a series of speeches by Freud (for my "Rise of Modern Science" class) when I came across the following.  I really liked it, and definitely feel that it's "moral" is definitely pertinent to the students at this school. German literature knows a town called Schilda, to whose inhabitants ... http://davidc_9.scripts.mit.edu/thoughtbytes/?p=135