Tuesday, July 26, 2005

Penetrating The Bureaucracy!

ah-ha! take that bureaucracy! though it was annoying to journey all the way to Mac for a subject change, it is on it's way to being processed. though the subjects are great, they're not all great, and some don't teach the way I like it - full of group work and mini-presentations, a major essay and a minor essay, and a piddly little exam at the end with the questions pre-arranged and prepared for. which is why I did better in subjects organised that way at Ourimbah.

The Bureaucracy there was a peice of cake, provided you knew what you were doing. This "credit point" thing mac's got goin is just plain weird, along with all the other gripes in the "Things I Don't Like About Mac" List (the Architecture, the overcrowded library, SAM). I'm coming around to the thought that I woulda been smarter to head to U SYD, with the more activist population it woulda been a barrel of laughs. sure. but with four subjects to go, at least for this degree, I want to end it on a high note, better marks than last semester.

But Why Bureaucracy? there's a lot of Jokes about red tape, and I'm starting to like the idea of being an efficiency expert (think Lucy Liu in Charlies Angels, only the leather skirt doesn't show off my legs as well). I'd still prefer a cubbyhole deep within the core of DFAT, a little block on my desk saying something along the lines of "energy supply division". I'll be the one they'll be running to when the Proverbial hits the Fan.

This whole doomsday thing is a nice way to distract myself from thinking about the future - hey, what future? - and when i'm browsing Borders I find myself attracted to this little mini-section within gardening, which, along with some useful tomes on Permaculture, has the survival guides for after the event. whatever the event is, youc an be sure those with that book are prepared and are surviving. I'll be organising a foraging party into Borders, preferably during the rioting, to capture these books. also Kinikunimya, there was a really good one there. A bit tougher, and probably closer to Ground Zero (being Australia, probably ground 54), but just one of the better guides.

Where will you be when the Revolution begins? posted by Keegan at 1:06 pm

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