16 Oct 4703 - Empathy Raises the
Stakes
More of the same; life continues at GMU,
with the vigorous penchant for more ever realized. Many cities, people, and
forces have great desires for progress or measurable growth. It is in fact, a
disease of economics that people seem not to know how much is enough. How much
profit is enough for a corporation? How many roads enough for a city? How many
markets enough for a people? The current popular answer is “nothing,” and so all
these forces dream of ever more. GMU is such a dreamer, but they seem to have a
greater power to realize their dreams. The school, indeed the city as well, is
always under construction; mimicking the scope of Boston’s Big Dig, but not the
lethargy. Progress, as it were, seems to be progressing in step with the
semester itself. In many places, the building and growth is written off as
“repairs.” I’m not sure why they would want to lie: maybe for want of zoning.
When I see a sign on the door that tells me I can’t use an exit because a group
of laborers is repairing a canopy that had never before existed outside: I
worry.
What else is this place willing to lie to me about?
And Empathy raises the stakes. For all the building of structures that goes on
around here I feel as much a need to measure some progress in all my personal
endeavors. All of them. I have a lot of hobbies, you understand, I mean, shite,
look at the top of the page! Why the hell did I make a webcomic anyway? What an
idiotic idea. I'll put that on the bottom of the list for now.
Going to the top of the list, I painfully find that an upcoming test is king,
and I study.
Next is here, because it would be foolish to try to write anything to go in the
Stories section. That part I'm sorry for, I don't know why I can't write
anything right now...maybe as soon as I pass this test.
Other parts of the site, too, crave attention. The campaign setting for my game
goes in the game section, and yes, I am actually working on that too. I have all
the rules penned down that I need, and need to transpose them only once and post
them only once. In the meantime it does seem like that part is taking forever,
even to me. In fact, the last time I got seriously into transposing my rules, I
forgot that I hadn't eaten in twelve hours. Damn eating anyway.
That is to say: go eat something, will you? If you stay hungry then so will I.
Empathy demands it.