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9 years ago
So, I've submitted my panel idea to Anthrocon, but thus far there has been no reply. The odds are that I will not receive one, and my panel idea won't be picked up; after all, unless there's a bit of community support for the idea, it likely won't happen, and even if there were, it's unlikely they'd choose me.
Further, I'm about to become a bit less active for several months due to school work. As such, I'm not going to be able to do philosophy sessions online via Skype as I had wanted to, and cannot spend time researching readings and topics in order to run some test sessions like I had wanted.
I have been making some progress on writing, and might post a few chapters if I manage to get them hammered out. This is a recurring statement that I make that never turns into anything, but this time I've actually taken the liberty of writing at least one chapter before saying I was making progress, and therefore I can actually, upon request, prove I'm not entirely bluster!
Further, I've been making progress completing my rewrite of Hackmaster. This is a less frequent statement I make, but has a similar record to my statements about writing. However, once again, I've actually gone ahead and composed further sections of the rewrite prior to stating that I've made progress, and can link to a google drive containing my material to prove it.
Lastly, I would like to invite people to do a bit of an informal philosophy thing with me. Like I said, I cannot actually run these sessions the way I would like to, with readings selected and a set time to converse directly, but I can still pose an interesting question and let you chew through it at your own pace. The question I have is this: Why do things make you happy? What are those things?
It's not an easy question, and I don't have an answer, so much as some observations: Happiness and pleasure are separate in my mind. Pleasant experiences might not always make me happy, and unpleasant experiences can make me happy. Further, happiness doesn't seem to be at all worldly to me. In fact, I would say that the reason why things make us happy is that we do them happily; that happiness is like a guiding star by which we can direct our actions and measure our possessions.
That's all I've to say about it for now. I hope you're all doing well.
~Velth
Further, I'm about to become a bit less active for several months due to school work. As such, I'm not going to be able to do philosophy sessions online via Skype as I had wanted to, and cannot spend time researching readings and topics in order to run some test sessions like I had wanted.
I have been making some progress on writing, and might post a few chapters if I manage to get them hammered out. This is a recurring statement that I make that never turns into anything, but this time I've actually taken the liberty of writing at least one chapter before saying I was making progress, and therefore I can actually, upon request, prove I'm not entirely bluster!
Further, I've been making progress completing my rewrite of Hackmaster. This is a less frequent statement I make, but has a similar record to my statements about writing. However, once again, I've actually gone ahead and composed further sections of the rewrite prior to stating that I've made progress, and can link to a google drive containing my material to prove it.
Lastly, I would like to invite people to do a bit of an informal philosophy thing with me. Like I said, I cannot actually run these sessions the way I would like to, with readings selected and a set time to converse directly, but I can still pose an interesting question and let you chew through it at your own pace. The question I have is this: Why do things make you happy? What are those things?
It's not an easy question, and I don't have an answer, so much as some observations: Happiness and pleasure are separate in my mind. Pleasant experiences might not always make me happy, and unpleasant experiences can make me happy. Further, happiness doesn't seem to be at all worldly to me. In fact, I would say that the reason why things make us happy is that we do them happily; that happiness is like a guiding star by which we can direct our actions and measure our possessions.
That's all I've to say about it for now. I hope you're all doing well.
~Velth
