Topic: Unhappy Random thoughts...

[Obi]

Can't sleep, have class in <5 hours.

[Maza]

One period of my life I stayed up all night, and went to class in the morning. Slept in the afternoon. Not good.

I'm at home on sick leave and incredibly bored, yet too tired to do anything fun.

[patsy02]

One period of my life I stayed up all night, and went to class in the morning. Slept in the afternoon. Not good.

I'm doing this now! I'm sick of just lying in bed for hours on end without getting to sleep.

[Obi]

One period of my life I stayed up all night, and went to class in the morning. Slept in the afternoon. Not good.

I'm doing this now! I'm sick of just lying in bed for hours on end without getting to sleep.

The best way to hack your sleep cycle into a normal rhythm again:

Stop eating. Just fast. This will be for a maximum of 24 hours, so it's doable.

Then tonight, go to bed at a reasonable time and set your alarm clock for the time you want to wake up at. As soon as you wake up, eat breakfast in a a place where you can see the sun, or at least the daylight outside.

This works because there are two things that determine your sleep cycle (mainly): natural light and food.

[Fandir Nightshade]

I lie down in bed and at max 30 minutes and I am sound asleep.....ahh the sleep of the just.

[Maza]

It just got better with age, for me. And with kids, forcing you to wake up at 6:00, every single morning. No compromises there. Now, when I go to bed, I just fall asleep. Doesn't really matter if I feel tired or not.

[t12161991]

It is 65 degrees out. This is not winter. I didn't go to school in Florida for a reason. I. Want. Snow!

[Fidelis von Sigmaringen]

I am trying to chew through an unreadable postmodern (tautology that, really) article, and have to summarize it by tomorrow morning. 

Edit: For those who like a challenge, here is a sample.

The stable serialization of such local kinedramatic moments shapes the contours of global kineformations, or organized social relations whose participants are unified by shared movements, matched rates of speed, or common trajectories. On one level, one sees the discursive traditions and common values of omnipolitan society becoming more kinedramatic as shared movements through televisual reality or collective interactions in telematic connectivity coalesce in common emotion.

[t12161991]

I have to work my way through 400 pages of Middle English by Friday, I feel your pain.

And I even like reading/writing/speaking Middle English.

[Adlain]

The stable serialization of such local kinedramatic moments shapes the contours of global kineformations, or organized social relations whose participants are unified by shared movements, matched rates of speed, or common trajectories. On one level, one sees the discursive traditions and common values of omnipolitan society becoming more kinedramatic as shared movements through televisual reality or collective interactions in telematic connectivity coalesce in common emotion.

I can feel the blood vessels in my brain bursting while I am trying to comprehend that paragragh 

[Finlay]

I hate that sort of academic writing.
The author may as well just have replaced all that text with a picture of himself sucking himself off.

[Fidelis von Sigmaringen]

Well, he did give a warning:
Those who resolutely cling to a naïve instrumental understanding of language in which words always have definite meanings, clear uses, and neutral loadings will be disappointed with this paper. Such approaches to language are often unsophisticated, presumptuous, and confused.

I must admit, when I first read it, I really believed it to be written by the Dada engine/Postmodern Generator, a computer program, written in 1996 by Andrew Bulhak, that automatically produces imitations of postmodernist writing - grammatically correct, looking very scholarly and erudite, but completely meaningless - just like the real thing. 
For some examples of randomly generated texts: http://www.elsewhere.org/pomo/

[Cannonofdoom]

I can summarize that text in a single sentence.


"Pompous ass wants everyone to know how smart he is."

[Fidelis von Sigmaringen]

Ah, but that is only because you are unsophisticated, presumptious and confused - just like me!

[Obi]

It is 65 degrees out. This is not winter. I didn't go to school in Florida for a reason. I. Want. Snow!

Damn dude, it's -10 out here. I'm freezing my genitals off! (quite literally, as my bike saddle is filled with gel for comfort, only it freezes when it's cold like this). When I woke up Monday it had snowed, I couldn't believe what I was seeing.

[Cannonofdoom]

Ah, but that is only because you are unsophisticated, presumptious and confused - just like me!

No, I understand it. He's saying that people with similar environments and similar experiences gravitate to one another and form social bonds. He's just using huge words to make himself seem like he's saying something new and brilliant.

[rufus sparkfire]

I hate that sort of academic writing.

[Finlay]

Amazing, I love Calvin and Hobbes.

I wonder what would happen if a BA student wrote an essay like that. I was always keen to be clear and concise, which I think is an underrated attribute in academia!

I wonder what it was like for chemistry.

[Maza]

The stable serialization of such local kinedramatic moments shapes the contours of global kineformations, or organized social relations whose participants are unified by shared movements, matched rates of speed, or common trajectories. On one level, one sees the discursive traditions and common values of omnipolitan society becoming more kinedramatic as shared movements through televisual reality or collective interactions in telematic connectivity coalesce in common emotion.

Ha ha! Bizarre!

Point of view 1: To be fair, the author is probably aiming for a readership that has spent years studying this very particular subject (whatever it is  ). Some of the rules discussions on this forum would also look like mumbo-jumbo if quoted out of context to someone without prior knowledge on the topic of wargaming.

Point of view2: There are posers everywhere, also in academia. This might very well be one of them. It is a bit revealing that he actually seems to say that "This will not be understandable". I come to think of the so called Sokal affair. A guy named Alan Sokal published a hoax paper full of pretentious postmodern nonsense and actually got it published in a "scholarly" journal! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sokal_affair

Fidelis: I hope your presentation went well!

[Fandir Nightshade]

Amazing, I love Calvin and Hobbes.

I wonder what would happen if a BA student wrote an essay like that. I was always keen to be clear and concise, which I think is an underrated attribute in academia!

I wonder what it was like for chemistry.

I try to make all my paper understandable to someone with only a basic knowledge of chemistry and physics. The Warhammer-Weib is my main testsubject as she is so wonderful that she proofreads all the crap I write.

[Warhammer-Weib]

I try to make all my paper understandable to someone with only a basic knowledge of chemistry and physics. The Warhammer-Weib is my main testsubject as she is so wonderful that she proofreads all the crap I write.

No crap at all!!! I've just finished proofreading and printing it. Actually, it was very interesting to read.   

[Finlay]

The stable serialization of such local kinedramatic moments shapes the contours of global kineformations, or organized social relations whose participants are unified by shared movements, matched rates of speed, or common trajectories. On one level, one sees the discursive traditions and common values of omnipolitan society becoming more kinedramatic as shared movements through televisual reality or collective interactions in telematic connectivity coalesce in common emotion.

Ha ha! Bizarre!

Point of view 1: To be fair, the author is probably aiming for a readership that has spent years studying this very particular subject (whatever it is  ). Some of the rules discussions on this forum would also look like mumbo-jumbo if quoted out of context to someone without prior knowledge on the topic of wargaming.

Point of view2: There are posers everywhere, also in academia. This might very well be one of them. It is a bit revealing that he actually seems to say that "This will not be understandable". I come to think of the so called Sokal affair. A guy named Alan Sokal published a hoax paper full of pretentious postmodern nonsense and actually got it published in a "scholarly" journal! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sokal_affair

Fidelis: I hope your presentation went well!

pov1: what about 2nd year university students?

[BAWTRM]

Ah, but that is only because you are unsophisticated, presumptious and confused - just like me!

No, I understand it. He's saying that people with similar environments and similar experiences gravitate to one another and form social bonds. He's just using huge words to make himself seem like he's saying something new and brilliant.

 

Ant there's the truth ladies and gentlemen.

[Fandir Nightshade]

I try to make all my paper understandable to someone with only a basic knowledge of chemistry and physics. The Warhammer-Weib is my main testsubject as she is so wonderful that she proofreads all the crap I write.

No crap at all!!! I've just finished proofreading and printing it. Actually, it was very interesting to read.   

 

But I guess one can understand why I am rather a champion of nuclear power than coal.

[Maza]

pov1: what about 2nd year university students?

I honestly don't think I understand your question properly? Sorry. I think 2nd year university students should be assigned to read stuff that they may understand, based on what they have studied the first year. Is that an answer to your question?