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| Writing my soc paper is ridiculously unappealing right now, and so I blog in the blog that I haven't looked at in months.
My sister got promoted to vice-president today! Pretty
awesome. Most associates get to VP after 3-5 years but Jennie got
there in 2 just because she's awesome like that. I'm just
brimming with sisterly pride 
Tonight's ramblings: On econ majors
The common misconception about econ majors is that they're money
whores. People think study of economy = worship of the dollar (or
the yen, rupee, what have you).
What economics is really concerned with, however, is why people make
the decisions that they do on an individual and collective basis.
Is that so bad? Now the way it goes about this is different from
say sociology in that it uses the quantitative as its primary means for
analysis. The calculation is just a tool to implement the base
theory behind it though. Economics is not just calculation.
The quantitative nature of Economics also doesn't mean that
economically efficient decisions make no consideration toward equity -
or that normative values have no place in economics.
Just like most other academic studies, economics seeks to somehow make
sense of the world in which we live. As is the case with all
instances of human interpretation, there will be assumptions and the
will be faults. No, quantitative analysis will not always yield
absolute answers to life's problems. Will it help us to
understand a little more about the way things work though? Yes.
Economic concepts I think most people should understand at at least a
basic level: Utility, marginal utility, median voter theorem,
producer/consumer equilibrium.
Next time: In defense of sociology (because econ majors:soc majors as
orchestra:violas and I happen to be a soc/econ double major) | | |
| It's funny because it's true:
The funny this is I had trouble finding my camera to take this picture. Gotta love midterms.
Who am I kidding? My desk always looks like that. | | |
| Nothing like public speaking to make you feel like the biggest moron in the world >.< | | |
| So I think I've finally done all the reading necessary for my paper on the Congo (Brazzaville). I was really loathe to start but in retrospect it was a lot of fun. It makes sense I suppose. I'm a big fan of keeping up with current events (it's a less time-intensive alternative to reading novels) and reading up on political history gives more perspective on the things you read about. The task at hand now, however, is to regurgitate everything I've read in paper form. That, I'm not looking forward to >.<
I took a few PR photos for my friend Mari last week. I probably should have spent the time studying for finals, but it was fun =) It was the first time I've shot some more traditional portraiture so now I've learned a few things about what not to do in the future. I'm a little too exhuberant with lighting in the studio and not quite attentive to issues of tonal range while shooting. Also, what's technically correct in developmental procedure isn't necessarily good for PR photos. Greater contrast would probably have been more appropriate. Well, she seemed to like them anyway. There are a couple of them up in my Buzznet gallery, which is in total disarray while I'm rearranging some of my older stuff.
I can't believe that I'll be leaving campus in less than a week. Both exciting and scary at the same time. Exciting because... well, I'm leaving school! Scary because I haveseveral papers and two finals in that short short time period. I also haven't solidified my plans for the summer yet. Gah! And I've accumulated so much crap in my room I don't know how I'm going to move out x.x I'm going to give myself an ulcer.
Well, less xanga-ing and more papering would probably be prudent at 4 in the morning. I should really stop being nocturnal. | | |
| Bah... why a picture of Kirsten Dunst? So not geeky. The same result for a male quiz taker produced a picture of David Duchovny. So much more geekworthy.
| You are 35% geek |  You are a geek liaison, which means you go both ways. You can hang out with normal people or you can hang out with geeks which means you often have geeks as friends and/or have a job where you have to mediate between geeks and normal people. This is an important role and one of which you should be proud. In fact, you can make a good deal of money as a translator.
Normal: Tell our geek we need him to work this weekend.
You [to Geek]: We need more than that, Scotty. You'll have to stay until you can squeeze more outta them engines!
Geek [to You]: I'm givin' her all she's got, Captain, but we need more dilithium crystals!
You [to Normal]: He wants to know if he gets overtime.
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