OWeek and...things.

Y'now when you have something you probably should give up, but it's so close to you that it's hard to?

So far, I've got 3 friendships that feel that way, and... I dunno.

When there's time away from them, I know I probably should give them up. Cause they're not all that positive, etc.

Or inspiring, other than..negatively...inspiring? Haha.

I'll probably stop caring in a week. Is that bad? It's probably bad. Bad on the scale of 1 to bad.

delete12 said...

tapping my mountains, get shoked and fireballed for 2 hit points all day every day

then i ping you with lobber crews

Actually, I was trying to explain something about M+G the other day, and inadvertently wrote MTG.

And I'm pretty excited about the new sets, and actually having money to spend on the game. It should be cool in uni. There's probably a gameshop around the corner somewhere in Kensington. Though I haven't seen it yet.

I think I'm giving up on competitive TF2. Which is a bit of a shame but I don't think I have that kind of time anymore. Maybe I'm just not good enough with time to be a professional level gamer. And that's ok too.

Upgrading my computer, and I'm sourcing parts but father says to wait - he's compiling a list of cheap parts or something like that. I actually burnt out my PSU for my desktop, so I'm on a laptop.

And I need to get a graphics card too for the desktop.

icedtrees said...

I made my first lesson free so it made more sense

I was going to do that, and then my parents were like "Hell no. Don't do that."

So I just took a little bit of a discount. And now my parents are like "Ehhh.... you shouldn't have done that, but now you know better."

From the looks of it, this one girl's mother is going to want me to tutor everything for the next 2 years. Which is kinda cool.

4Math, 3Eng, Phys, Chem. That's like... I dunno. At a quick estimate, $14000+ over 2 years depending on how I price individual subjects and such.

Unless I did my math wrong.

Being underpaid sucks :( My mother was telling me about how one of her colleagues has a daughter that's getting tutoring for $20/hr. And then she told me that last year, she said her daughter was going to $50/hr tutoring. We both think that colleague is lying because the thing that changed was my availability as a tutorage person thing. And therefore, it's like a social..status...thing. Kinda like "haha, I'm richer." and then later, "Welp, if your son wants to tutor my daughter, he'll have to do it for $20/hr".

Screw that ==" $20 is so little. Apparently, big companies would pay $21/hr minimum.

Totally what I'm doing to my students

I should sign up for ISS2013 Staffies, but I'm just so lazy. I need to write a cover letter, and spruce up my resume. Haha.

I wonder who else is signing up?

Aereas said...

transhumanism shouldn't start from technology but rather the mind, a way of thinking, a perspective to realise our human limitations and first improve ourselves through what we have first rather than relying on things to come.

well, that's me anyway.

so yeah, humans aren't ready for immortality. but i'm sure transhumans will.

So basically....

You will be assimilated.

Just kidding.

Here's a reply that you might feel interesting. I have a little more faith in humanity, but science will help with a lot of problems.

I think this might be cooler, but it's definitely fantasy.

I think this might be a more accurate representation of a fusion between humanity and artifice. It's definitely more artistic and such.

"7. "What if life's just one big ball of regret, and that whatever you do, you're always going to regret it?"

I love this"

I'm not sure why you like it, but I'm glad you do (...? Ahaha.)

I'm considering applying for 2 casual positions. I wonder if I'll have enough time.

[Yes, I'm aware it's all out of any kind of organisation, but it's a blog - I'll just space it out enough and it should be ok]

"Also, I still think all people are good, despite all of that. Be nice to people, because you have felt exactly the same things as them one point in your life.

It's hard to have empathy for people who you can't relate to. But that's okay."

I'm probably going to meet a lot of alcoholics, HIV patients, transplant patients and drug addicts. I wonder if I'll be able to empathise with them. I hope I can.

"Not sure why people would be annoyed at you for forgetting small things. If they’re small, then it doesn’t really matter if you don’t remember them."

Well, this friend makes a big deal about it. I think one other person I know does that too. It's kinda stressful. 

"I always thought friendships shouldn’t been given up. I’m not so sure anymore. Or maybe I was just thinking how everyone should be loved. I would try to love everyone, but I’m pretty sure I’m not loving enough to be able to do that.
Reminds me of one of those Jodi Picoult quotes I saw before, “I wondered what happened when you offered yourself to someone, and they opened you, only to discover you were not the gift they expected and they had to smile and nod and say thank you all the same.”

Are there even such things as endings? Time will keep on going. New things will keep on happening."

I think everyone should be loved, but some people are just..hard to love. It's a fine balance to find I think...

Jodi Picoult's books have a type of cover reminiscent of Bryce Courtney. Which is cool, considering how many Fifty Shades of Grey copies/imitations there are. I even saw "Fifty Shades of Hay" which goes along the same theme...just set on farm(s).

Eurgh. I feel dirty just thinking about it.

"I also don’t understand why people might have to swear and scream/yell at someone for them to finally understand that the person is angry. That shouldn’t have to happen. But it does…"

I think eventually my language can get to the point where it's just plain cryptic, but doesn't feel that way to me. It's just confusing.

There are however times where I just say things in a certain way because it's a joke, but most people can tell that apart. For the most part though, I don't think I get angry.

Anyway, I'll be at uni from 9 to 11 tomorrow, at least.

Hoping to see whoever, there.

Tutoring

I'm actually tutoring an accelerated Physics girl atm. Which is kinda cool, except that she goes to a Catholic, co-ed private school.

The point is not the religiosity [that's actually a word?] but the fact that in this particular instance, the teacher's really disorganised.

It's pretty fun teaching her, just that her mother's a little...stingy?

It's a bit annoying.

I don't want to be having a discount every week. I should explain.

Normally I charge $X per hour, usually under the presumption it's a 1 hour weekly service,  and so on.

First lesson with this student, I go 1/2 an hour overtime, and then decide, screw it, $X times 1.5, minus $5 is ok.

I get home, and her mother [who's paying me] tells me that 1.5 hours next week for that reduced fee is ok.

And I'm like "........Nooo it's not ok..."

But I dunno how to tell her that. I mean, I don't want to offend her or anything. Hrmm..

I mean, I charged less because it's the first lesson and less is being taught. I swear - next time I might as well charge the full fee. :(

I'm thinking of calling tomorrow and explaining that it's the first lesson, etc. etc. and that I don't give discounts and it's a pretty good rate, etc.

Sigh, problems.

Year 12 physics... feels weird to be doing it again.

Especially M+G. Remember that?

Her exam's in March. Soo...kinda annoying.

Hoping you guys might be able to help.