And as usual, by the time I get back on line, everyone else is asleep.

Sorry about the fraggus interruptus, Pete.

The nanny has the flu, so I am the home with the Boo today. I am going to make next to no money this month.

Late shift! Hi Raq.

I'm up

Hey, it's katefate!

Well, I don't want to do philosophy as my career. Astonishingly far from it, really. I know that philosophy is lacking in utility, which is one of many reasons I don't want to try and pin a future on it; it's not really a thought about the future anyway, it's a much more limited-scope idea. It's something I would be happy doing for the year it would take to accomplish, and then, after that, I would hopefully have more self-direction about where I wanted to go next. Also, I doubt German would be involved; none of the course prospectum I looked at indicated anything about reading the philosophers in their original language, and it wasn't mentioned in the prerequisites either.

I think I want something challenging and meaningful, while not being life-fulfilling. I suspect I'm going to be faffing around for awhile yet, and a phi masters would just be a different aspect of that faffing.

SA, for what it's worth, I think you're approaching this in just the right way. When I look at the people in my life who most love what they do, and are most successful at what they do, the common thread I see in their lives is that they've always just done what they wanted to do, and then found more stuff they wanted to do, while they were doing stuff they wanted to do.

Off to read P-C's post. katefate's comment:

PC, you and Pam are my new OTP

Man, you guys got chatty yesterday! I meant to take notes, but then I read the thread in shifts, and well, I suck. So there.

I am SO ready to go home. I was up half the night coughing. I so want my own bed and my cat-free home. And my puppy. And my normal-sized coffee pot. And my quiet. And my... well, you get the idea.

Aww, vw, I skipped shamelessly, so I don't know what your situation is, but I so feel for you, especially wanting your puppy. Dammit, you should have your puppy. Something must be done.

Waving at Kristin and Cindy. Cindy, my comment was inspired by one simple line in PC's lj that he linked to upthread.

I wish I'd gotten more sleep last night. But it sure was fun hanging out here. I gave up way too much to depression, not least Buffistas.

Edited because I've forgotten my html. Don't tell anybody part of my job is supporting our website authors.

Aww, vw, I skipped shamelessly, so I don't know what your situation is, but I so feel for you, especially wanting your puppy. Dammit, you should have your puppy. Something must be done.

It's not so bad...certainly not nearly as bad as some of the Bitches. I'm in Kansas at my bro and SIL's house, with my whole family. It's just been kind of long, and I'm ready to go home. It's been good, though. It's fine.

It's great to "see" you katefate!

vw, I'm relieved it's a holiday-related missing-of-the-puppy. Less trauma and definitely finite.

It's good to see you, too. There's picture of you and me at SFF2F that makes me smile; something about too much candy. And the one of Brenda and me with the beer bottles.

See, I was thinking of all y'all, even when I couldn't communicate with anyone but the shrink. I'm feeling much better now.

I'm feeling much better now.

That is very, very good to hear. It sucks when Bitches are hurting and cut off.

Kate! Miss you, babe. Glad to hear you've got good things happening.