°2004.02.27.fr | Regrets
A colleague recently mentioned he was thinking of making a big change, and asked me if I have any regrets about the changes I 've made in my life. While I greatly miss the folks and environment at the W3C, and have been less than completely content in my studies at NYU — particularly as complicated by my RSI symptoms — when I was describing my current state to someone I noted that I still would not be eager to return to the W3C right now if the opportunity magically appeared. (Not likely in any case giving the hiring freeze at MIT!) My point was that I left because I felt I needed a challenge. And my present circumstances certainly have been challenging.
And this year will have been rewarding. I've been exposed to a number of disciplines that I was ignorant of in the past, and the larger experience has forced me from my complacency: I've been giving greater thought to questions of spirituality, I even started doing some yoga! Now, it could be in that leaving the XML security work I was doing, which I was never really that interested in, and leaving the W3C, that I, in some sense, damaged my career; particularly if I don't continue here at NYU. And while that certainly causes me anxiety, I've never really known what I was doing with my career: I just did what I thought was interesting while trying to work with good people.
Even if I bail out of NYU and have to pay the rent without touching a computer so as to give my hands some rest, I still have a sense that there is some path in front of me that will be rewarding.
°2004.02.23.mo | Miscellaneous
My brother who is living in NC presently (for Habitat) sent me this clipping in a letter; I sent a dollar with my best wishes:
24yr old single mom saving to go back to school. Please send $1 to 2327 Springwater Dr. Gastonia, NC 28056 c/o Ashley C. -Thanks!
°2004.02.13.fr | Vegan Porn
I didn't think we really needed our own, but I suppose beyond cucumber jokes, it can't hurt . . . ?
°2004.02.02.mo | Finger Food for Plants
"Do you think finger nails are good for plants?"
"That's what I always tell my self when I'm too lazy to properly throw away a clipping."
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