learner’s beware
While most of the week left me in a stupor - a state of limited field of vision, limited comprehension of time and place - the last 4 or 5 hours have been a bliss unbeknowst to common man.
First, let me say that having my own desk in studio is crucial. It has allowed me to meet so many other students that I otherwise would not have felt comfortable introducing myself to. Even though I may still come off as an intruder to some, most of the students now see me as a regular figure and interact with me frequently. Nice. It also makes me relax more in the setting.
So, that. Then, the rest of the week was an odd amalgamation of events, classes, people, conversations, meetings, white noise. Some positive things occurred, for example a paid research almost-almost-green light doing something I would love psychoacoustically-related. Some stressful things happened, the reminder of the many RA deadlines I am approaching at light speed without any current progression of activity on my part due to time.
But today. You can make a plan, but your plan won’t come to fruition unless fate gives you the thumbs up. Any objective is subject to myriad limiting factors. It’s more of a game of chance - our plans.
I thought I was doing a program this evening, a required task of VT RAs. It turned out to be an enormously long conversation with one of my residents. Then an enormously long conversation with another RA. And, again, an enormously long conversation with another resident. In some sense, I filled an entire week’s quota of RA-to-resident interaction in that brief span; but, a thorough assessment of reality would suggest I just made very positive connections with three people that otherwise didn’t exist.
Plus, I was able to describe the transition of one dimension to two dimensions. (The program was originally about matrices and dimensions - then we would watch The Matrix). One of the recipients of this knowledge smiled at grasping the concept, which made me smile, inside and out.
The last 4 or 5 hours were cheesy and glorious.