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Forklift Certificate

With little else to do I spent the last couple of weeks training for a forklift certificate. I thought it might come in handy at some point. Plus it was free. Obviously. Overall I must say driving a fork lift was more difficult than I had imagined. That is to say, speedily moving and stacking [...]

Economy of economy

One thing that always strikes me as odd whenever I’m at the university library is why there are always so many students of economics loitering. Loud and arrogant as they are, apart from their demeanor one must also wonder what sort of skew society we have shaped for ourselves where economists and jurists are two [...]

Irony War Games

It’s funny that whenever you’re playing one of those strategic international relations role-playing games in a group with other people, the plot always starts two paces from global thermonuclear war. In a situation where the only solution can be found as one is funneled through the realist school of IR. Just so that you can’t [...]

Academia 2005

I just realized that although I am no longer a program student and is in fact cherry-picking courses, I managed to do my best academic term ever during the fall/winter. 28 credits/points (42 ECTS) all in all. Usually I have never been able to complete (in terms of examination) the allotted 20 points given that [...]

Examinations

Rain. Darkness. I had an on-site exam on a saturday afternoon. That sure stinks. I thought I had put all those things behind me really. I have become very complacent I suppose with exams usually being either project or home assignments / essays. On-site exams are tedious. You have to be on time for one. [...]

European Security Forum

I spent the day attending the European Security Forum (“Säkerhet i det nya Europa”) held at the University of Skövde (HIS). Very productive and surprisingly apt lecturers for the most part. I have to say the forum had extremely poor attendance though. At least considering the weight of the issues presented and the relative fame, [...]

The Final Straw

As I have suspected for a long time now, the so called program for Social Psychology that I have attended for three years turned out to be a fad. If I did not understand it before it became painfully clear during the grand finale today. It’s really not more complicated than that. A fad filled [...]

The Academics

I had to do something. And today is the last day for applying obviously. Looks like I’ll be digging thru some stray courses like Social Anthropology and Political Theory. Could be Evolutionary Psychology. Maybe. Unless I find a job. Does it seem whimsical? It is. Do I seem uninspired? A bit. My increasing disillusionment has [...]





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