Posted by 838 on March 9, 2006, at 19:18:29
In reply to Re: stuff... » 838, posted by Damos on March 8, 2006, at 21:50:29
> Can leave ya sittin here all by yourself now can we? It's nice and quiet here though isn't it?
Yep.
> Being a little bit scared is okay. It is. It's normal, natural and understandable. But once you find your feet and start to feel safer and a little more secure that'll improve.Yeah. Is a bit hard... Not knowing a lot of the standard stuff that other people have done and I haven't... And the stuff I've been doing is kind of... Not very mainstream... And sometimes it feels like it doesn't count for anything.. :-(
But then... The more I get my head around the dialect... The 'standard terminology' (in these parts) the more I have things to say that they haven't considered (because they haven't read MY standard lit) :-)
So... I guess it is okay... Bit worried though... Need to be a bit more mainstream... Danger of isolating oneself etc etc.
> Okay, not knowing the "house" short-hand is difficult and finding that they're further down the track on some stuff than you are is scary.
Yeah... But then I consider these people have nearly finished... And I'm only just starting. So... It isn't too bad.
> Just because something is my specific area of interest doesn't automatically render it uninteresting or mean that I won't be interested in it. Maybe I just never gave it serious consideration before, or was just simply focused elsewhere.
Yeah... But I think people are used to students adopting their topic... Need to show an interest to have a favour returned... Only so many hours in the day too... So why spend time on trying to figure my stuff when they can just work on their own and get people jumping on board?
Dunno... More people to be arriving... That will help... More people to be arrivign who (I think) are more likely to have sympathy for my project. And yeah, it is nice to be (struggling...) to get my head around some of these new frameworks. Hard work... But best take advantage of teh opportunities that are here... Also... It does impact on some stuff... It does... Change can be painful... And my view of the mind... Is about to change rather radically. Hmm... Hrm... Tis hard.
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