February 18, 2004

Big Shit, Little Shit

It seems like forever since I've written anything. In fact, given the trends of the last couple years, it is forever. But it's not anything new either. I'm prone to long bouts of continuous posting followed by drawn out spells of silence. However, this time, my silence has been mitigated not by any lack of thoughts, but rather by an all consuming problem known in most circles as "life." Well not really life, so much as school. That's nothing new either though - school's always a problem too. What's new this semester however, is that a disturbing trend in my academic endeavors that has been growing with every week, has finally reached epidemic levels. The trend I speak of is probably one with which any self-respecting scientist or engineer is familiar with: the paradoxically simultaneous expansion and contraction of everything I am studying. In other words, big shit, little shit. Still don't get it? Let try to me explain.