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Getting organized is nice. There's something pleasantly Sisyphean about it, you know? Any time you fix something or clean something, use - than inexorable pull of entropy - guarantees that whatever system you've got will degrade into uselessness, but I don't really consider that to be a bad thing. Every semester, I need a slightly different organization method anyhow. I have slightly different needs. So, I reorder my file structures, reorder my desk, reshelf books, and that whole mess. Create new documents and spreadsheets for the new year. Create a lot of new stuff that won't be useful in nine months but is exactly what I need for right now. Systems and structures should only last as long as they fit the needs of those they're designed to assist. Changing them is work, but it's important work; the work that's done in changing them also shows you what it is that you need. It's as true in daily life as it is in society. That sounds pretentious - the philosophy of reorganizing my desktop - but I get something out of it so, well, you know. Maybe it's not pretentious after all.
This weekend should be a good one - productive, I hope. I've done a lot of good work before noon, and I'm hoping to get a bare-bones initial reading list to my chair for my thesis - primary texts, Gibson's Blue Ant trilogy, but also the Sprawl trilogy I read over the summer which exists as a counterpoint to the contemporary reading, and his compilation of essays and interviews, Distrust That Particular Flavor. The preface to the Sterling-edited Mirrorshades is helpful and short, and I have a host of interviews that provide some additional contexts. Additionally, there were some essay compilations - especially about the intersection between contemporary Marxist theory and post-colonial theory that I find to be particularly helpful in creating a theoretical context for the direction I'm heading in. As a start, I feel pretty positive about that. I don't have a core argument yet, but as I write, I'm hoping something more concrete will emerge.
This weekend should be a good one - productive, I hope. I've done a lot of good work before noon, and I'm hoping to get a bare-bones initial reading list to my chair for my thesis - primary texts, Gibson's Blue Ant trilogy, but also the Sprawl trilogy I read over the summer which exists as a counterpoint to the contemporary reading, and his compilation of essays and interviews, Distrust That Particular Flavor. The preface to the Sterling-edited Mirrorshades is helpful and short, and I have a host of interviews that provide some additional contexts. Additionally, there were some essay compilations - especially about the intersection between contemporary Marxist theory and post-colonial theory that I find to be particularly helpful in creating a theoretical context for the direction I'm heading in. As a start, I feel pretty positive about that. I don't have a core argument yet, but as I write, I'm hoping something more concrete will emerge.