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sign at the pumpkin patch last weekend

picking out a pumpkin in an actual patch. notice that ben brought the yuppie out with him.

though, weirdly, ben did not bring out the yuppie today. though he is trying to tell me that “he didn’t need it today”.

I’ve started posts/rants on the following subjects:
1. 33 is now the average age at which women receive a Ph.D
2. condo drama

I just don’t have the gumption to finish either thing b/c on
1. sci/engineering ph.d.s are way different then non-sci/eng ph.d. in length and expectations. the article was about having kids in grad school, which i find a stupid topic b/c most people i knew in graduate school were not in relationships in which to have kids. so a study that looks at why ph.d. grad students don’t have kids in graduate school is flawed. but this may be different for non-sci/eng. who knows. I believe the graduate system is flawed. look for a paper on that from me someone in the next couple of years. ; )

2. condo drama is just sad. sad sad sad. sad that one family’s selfishness has made a hostile living environment for everyone. and it is just so petty in a way, yet effects people’s quality of life pretty significantly. the inability of this family to not decorate the front of the building like it is a preschool or not leave their crap in the common area astonishes me. it is one thing to do it, but it is a whole other thing to do it after YEARS of being asked not to. and you AGREEING to not do it. this is especially relevant as one of the owners have their unit on the market and having crap on the door and in the hallway turns off most (if not all) buyers. I know that I would NEVER buy in a building where it was obvious that someone did not respect the community. you don’t want to buy into crazy.

but in the end it is just sad that people are expending energy on these subjects when it is clearly spelled out in the bylaws, which you agree to when you move into the building. when you move into a building where you share a hallway and walls, you agree to live within the rules of the community. it was all rainbows and butterflies for the first couple of years. everyone was respectful of living in the community and no one even read the bylaws, much less tried to enforce them. but one super-selfish family who is not respectful for YEARS and we all end up being experts in the bylaws.

well, looky there. i did have words.