Minutes in my Mind # 01

Time moves slowly when you're not having fun. I'm writing this at my desk and the time is 2.14pm. It's been 2 days since I came to work at 9.30am this morning - at least it seems like it. And I still have 4 hours to go before I can leave for my classes. These days I feel like I'm just killing time at work waiting to get to class. Is this ennui a normal part of office work or is it just me? This experience makes me even more convinced that a desk job is not for me. I'm not sure what I want to do, but I'm sure what I don't want to do.

Back to the subject of time moving at different speeds. It does. At least Einstein thought so. According to him, if we travel at a speed close to the speed of light, time will move more slowly for us in the perspective of someone who is stationary in relation to us. Time dilation. So cool. Though not in anyway related to why time is moving slowly for me.

More random thoughts:

Space is curved? Is time circular?
Note to self: Find out more about relation between E=mc²  and space-time continuum. By the way, what does continuum mean exactly? And what other contexts can it be used in?

It's ironic that I find physics so interesting after giving up an engineering degree because I hate physics. I guess abstract physics is different from basic physics. It's certainly a whole lot more interesting.

I have this application on my droid called Daily Read. They give you a word, a quote, a joke and a horoscope to.. enrich you? enlighten you? entertain you? dunno. Since I'm bored:

Word of the Day: Horripilate (haw -RIP-uh-leyt)
Meaning :verb: To produce a bristling of the hair on the skin from cold, fear etc ; gooseflesh
Usage: The realization that my boss was looking over my shoulder while I was writing this made the back of my neck horripilate.

Quote: Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite ~John Kenneth Galbraith
Lol. Talk about stating the obvious.

Joke: Not funny, and I didn't geddit, so forget it.

Horoscope: One word:  Bullshit. Make that two words. Generic bullshit. Make that three words. Lame generic bullshit. Hey this is fun. I could go on for a lot longer.

Oh My God. It's 4.26 pm already. I've got an hour and a half till I get out of here. I think I should just do this everyday. A walk through my thoughts while I'm working. Hey Trish, if you're reading this you'd better be prepared for a nonsensical post like this everyday.. :)