15 September 2009
02 August 2009
Fantasy
Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.
-Albert Einstein.
Keep that one in mind, kk?
20 July 2009
I got in!
I got into uni, wooy!
Turns out I was actually like 10 points above the required score, but I didn't know that before-hand, so it was nice to know I was safely on the right side of the big fence.
I'm going to do a Master of Science in Technical Cybernetics, which means I'll get to do research on Protoss air weapons and air armour, as well as singularity charges for the Dragoons. Awesomes.
I'll also be doing stuff like this:
And maybe this:
And some day:
:)
Turns out I was actually like 10 points above the required score, but I didn't know that before-hand, so it was nice to know I was safely on the right side of the big fence.
I'm going to do a Master of Science in Technical Cybernetics, which means I'll get to do research on Protoss air weapons and air armour, as well as singularity charges for the Dragoons. Awesomes.
I'll also be doing stuff like this:
And maybe this:
And some day:
:)
24 June 2009
Do your duty, demand your right
Wow. It's been a strange year. So motionless, yet eventful. It is about my age where people decide that "I'm going to find myself" and goes travelling the world or joins the army to go to Afghanistan or something. In my case, it's been the other way around. Myself has found I, I have been standing still all the time:
I've spent the year attending NITH, a school which was interesting but too expensive and eventually just not my cup of tea.
I had my last exam last Tuesday, last Wednesday I started working as an electrician for the summer. I had forgotten how much I miss the companionship of a workplace. The sense of a common purpose, standing shoulder to shoulder to solve tasks. And I get to make things. Creating is such a wonderful thing to do.
For various reasons, my goals in life have changed, matured. Old and new thoughts have blossomed and shaped each other. I realise now how social-democratic my mother really is, how the ideals of sharing and egalitarianism has been showered over me throughout my entire life (Try saying "Norge er en dugnad" to my mum"). Then there's my history teacher last year, who got me really interested in foreign politics. More than ever I enjoyed looking for the patterns, links and the way history repeats itself. Sometimes subtly, sometimes obviously.
The invigorated interest for politics and the financial crisis has caused my mother's teachings to surface I think.
The title of this post is translated from the title of a book. The book is called "Gjør din plikt, krev din rett" and is the biography of Yngve Hågensen, former leader of the labour union LO.
I like the title, it sums it up. You do what you're expected to do, but you also demand what is yours. You work and contribute to society, but you also demand things like the right to vote and to have freedom of speech.
I used to just be interested in foreign politics, but now I realise that every fraction of managing society seems interesting. Not the political pitfights and masquerading, but the chance to make things better for other people. To combine one's creativity and resources with other people's creativity and resources to improve society.
I realise that my meaning in life is to give back to society, a society where people lift their burdens together. Together because they want to.
Yes. Slightly dramatic, with the odd cliché kissing you in the face. Well, I can't be arsed to rewrite it.
I've spent the year attending NITH, a school which was interesting but too expensive and eventually just not my cup of tea.
I had my last exam last Tuesday, last Wednesday I started working as an electrician for the summer. I had forgotten how much I miss the companionship of a workplace. The sense of a common purpose, standing shoulder to shoulder to solve tasks. And I get to make things. Creating is such a wonderful thing to do.
For various reasons, my goals in life have changed, matured. Old and new thoughts have blossomed and shaped each other. I realise now how social-democratic my mother really is, how the ideals of sharing and egalitarianism has been showered over me throughout my entire life (Try saying "Norge er en dugnad" to my mum"). Then there's my history teacher last year, who got me really interested in foreign politics. More than ever I enjoyed looking for the patterns, links and the way history repeats itself. Sometimes subtly, sometimes obviously.
The invigorated interest for politics and the financial crisis has caused my mother's teachings to surface I think.
The title of this post is translated from the title of a book. The book is called "Gjør din plikt, krev din rett" and is the biography of Yngve Hågensen, former leader of the labour union LO.
I like the title, it sums it up. You do what you're expected to do, but you also demand what is yours. You work and contribute to society, but you also demand things like the right to vote and to have freedom of speech.
I used to just be interested in foreign politics, but now I realise that every fraction of managing society seems interesting. Not the political pitfights and masquerading, but the chance to make things better for other people. To combine one's creativity and resources with other people's creativity and resources to improve society.
I realise that my meaning in life is to give back to society, a society where people lift their burdens together. Together because they want to.
Yes. Slightly dramatic, with the odd cliché kissing you in the face. Well, I can't be arsed to rewrite it.
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