littlestar

hi. my name is honeyfields and i have a problem...i'm obsessed with this laura k. krishna story. :)

here's an article about that case from inside higher ed. apparently the spokesperson of the university cited federal laws about student privacy instead of denying that it happened at their school...so at least that's some indicator against this being a hoax.

i don't know if this really is a hoax or not. if it is, i would be disappointed, but still entertained. if it isn't, i think it's great that people are talking about this seriously.

it's pretty interesting to see how people respond to the situation and others. and really.... how few people actually READ the posts before blogging or just reading the comments instead of the actual posts. and the people that call them on it. :) some people actually thought that the girl's real name was laura k. krishna who had to write a paper on karma.

i found this particularly ironic after reading an excerpt from harry g. frankfurt's essay on "alternate possibilities and moral responsibility." i ordered the book because the moral issues and standpoints he brought up were interesting (you may be more familiar with his essay "on bullshit" which is also included in that book). and then, in a later conversation, metamanda sent me a link to this story.

the story is interesting, but the comments are quite a fascinating look into people's idea of mercy, accountability, vindictiveness and just plain ol' morals.

my current running theory for the people who are defending Ms. Krishna is that they are either guilty of having plagiarized, haven't written anything of worth to be plagiarized, have no idea that plagiarism means....

or the most fascinating to me right now... the group who seem to want to secure a more merciful society by showing mercy to wrongdoers now. it's as though they fear that the masses can one day turn on them and therefore, this wrong must be excused so that future possible wrongs (maybe theirs) will not be faced with such ruthlessness. it makes sense on a evolutionary/social/developmental level that compassion would rule over rules for some, but it's still fascinating to see them defend culpable people that would ultimately make their ideal society a less desirable place to be.

someone went as far as to say they'd rather live in a world of lauras (the plagiarist) than a world of nates (the writer of the blog). and someone had to point out that they'd rather deal with snarky truth than dishonesty.

i think it's an odd situation where people are placing themselves in laura's position for whatever motivations....guilt, cupability, being socially mocked in the past, etc... and losing sight of the true situation at hand. and once again... the serious lack of reading of the actual posts are quite astounding, really.

i think it's fairly clear where i stand on this.

after all...stealing of words is still stealing. and i think people have a hard time grasping the idea that there are actual people who make money and livelihoods from their ideas and words.

Posted by littlestar at 11:08 AM | Permalink

hey... anyone know of any mechanical engineering jobs opening up, could you tell me?

i'm trying to get a friend to the bay area. :)

thanks!

Posted by littlestar at 11:40 PM | Permalink

i have decided to continue the mindless hurling of stones by posting this here. it's a whole series of posts (and hundreds of comments):

laura k. krishna is a plagiarist - post number one
laura k. krishna is a ghost - post number two
this saga is over - post number three
laura k. krishna is just a dumb kid with a nice mom - grand finale

if you're curious... i don't think what he did was wrong. i don't think he should have used her real name.... but it's not like he could've known that this would get as big as it did, either. besides, really... this girl has no business being in college.

the paper itself is quite funny.

who am i kidding, the whole damn thing is hilarious. :)

but no sympathy folks. the little brat was trying to weasel out of any accountability or responsibility to the bitter end. don't give a shit what happens to her now.

a couple factoids for those who don't want to read through all the comments:
- she's a third year
- she's on the dean's list
- "money is no object"
- she never paid and had no intention of paying and tried to pretend she was someone else
- she turned the paper in without even looking at it so "vindaloo dharma," "i made a doody," "dharma and greg" and other key phrases, including a wikipedia citation went in without review

ok... so those last things are on the post too, but man... it's just pissing me off.

Posted by littlestar at 01:59 PM | Permalink | Comments (10)

well.... obviously, i have more free time, since i've picked up blogging agian....

today, i finished my extra credit assignment and a cube drawing assignment that's due on 4/12. i also plan on finishing the bootcamp workbook for 112b and tracing the "it" book and vilppu book like i'm supposed to during the school semester. i also have to write 3-5 page essay on why i'm applying to the animation/illustration program as well as scan, color-correct and put together a portfolio...

why am i working so much through spring break?

4/5: color comp 1 due
4/6: mock portfolio review
4/7: james jean guest speaker
color comps 2-4 due
4/8: 112b portfolio due
4/9: APE (it's on the 10th, too but i won't have time to go)
4/10: put together foamboard presentation for bigger pieces
4/12: 30 cubes with ellipses due
4/14: color comps 5-10 due
paperwork for portfolio review due
4/15: bootcamp due (129-148, 154-160)
4/21: color comps 11-16 due, 1-16 graded
actual portfolio due
4/29: 112b final portfolio due
5/6: anatomy test
5/17: color rendering due (started 4/19)

i really don't expect to have much of a life or sleep until the semester is over....

meanwhile, my mom mocks me for my cubes..."i thought only 4th graders were asked to draw squares for homework..."

i love you, mom. :)

Posted by littlestar at 11:41 PM | Permalink

i'm finally rested today. my mom, by some atypical mercy has allowed me to sleep in. :) yay!

and since i don't feel like working yet, i thought i'd take a couple personality tests.

Cocktail


?? Which Alcoholic Drink Are You ??
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heh. :) it's the only kind of alcoholic drink i truly enjoy, i think. beer's too bitter. and i only like sweet wines.

cuddle and a kiss on the forehead - you like to be
close to your special someone and feel warm,
comfortable, and needed


What Sign of Affection Are You?
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Morpheus


?? Which Of The Greek Gods Are You ??
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You are 'regularly metric verse'. This can take
many forms, including heroic couplets, blank
verse, and other iambic pentameters, for
example. It has not been used much since the
nineteenth century; modern poets tend to prefer
rhyme without meter, or even poetry with
neither rhyme nor meter.

You appreciate the beautiful things in life--the
joy of music, the color of leaves falling, the
rhythm of a heartbeat. You see life itself as
a series of little poems. The result (or is it
the cause?) is that you are pensive and often
melancholy. You enjoy the company of other
people, but they find you unexcitable and
depressing. Your problem is that regularly
metric verse has been obsolete for a long time.


What obsolete skill are you?
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ok... i'm getting tired again... i think i'm off for yet another nap.

Posted by littlestar at 11:08 AM | Permalink

spring break is here and i finally get a break....and yet i seem to be having the same problem as last summer:

i've been keeping such an insane work schedule that i'm finding it hard to slow down.

friday....i stayed for a marker demo that sheldon (the prof) was going to do for the later class... it turned out to be the last thing he did so i was in class from basically 830-530pm.

packed up... left for mountain view... probably the most relaxed in a few weeks, parakkum and i had dinner and came home to watch some tv. but since i was still on working mode i wanted to continue knitting my scarf. it's gotten quite long now which is good because it's still been pretty cold in the bay area and i now have really short hair and my neck is left unprotected.

now i'm in LA. i flew down on a 9am flight which was quite brutal for me. i basically collapsed the moment i sat down. was picked up by my mom. fed good korean food, which has been long awaited. then i collapsed again.

i now have had 16 hours of sleep in the last three days.... so it's starting to resemble more regular sleeping hours.

but man...the last few weeks were ROUGH. especially the last few days. i don't know... this whole working for 10 hours on a slacking off day just seems hard to maintain for a while. but that seems to be the general trend in this program. most days, i've been working on stuff for about 10-15 hours. with the peak at that 22 hour day when i worked for 19.

but at least the major projects are out of the way. and i won't have to worry about deadlines until i get back from spring break.

as for the workaholism... i've color corrected and cropped all the images i have scanned so far into my computer. i've also read some more of queen bees and wannabes. and made a perspective cube. and am now pondering doing some of the extra credit assignment for 113a.

so yeah... this whole relaxing thing just isn't happening yet.

Posted by littlestar at 11:19 PM | Permalink

i have been up since 10am yesterday.

that was 22 hours ago.

but my color grid is now finished and beautiful.

i just have 21 more pages of bootcamp to do for sheldon's class tomorrow morning.

argh!!!

it's a beautiful morning though. :) with pretty morning sunlight. i haven't seen that in a while. i'm a little sad that the reason why i did see it is because i've just been awake the whole time.

but yeah.... very pretty morning light creeping into the nooks and crannies of the room.

ok.

a short nap and then off to class! :)

Posted by littlestar at 07:27 AM | Permalink | Comments (2)

...but that won't change anytime soon.

a pretty busy semester. full of work and opportunities in which to learn new things (read: i have no experience with this stuff so i'm throwing myself at it until i learn it = minimal sleep).

consequently.... very little social life. which for some reason, i've been finding adding to, rather than taking away from, my sanity level.

i procrastinate by reading other people's blogs and moving to other assignments instead of beating myself with the same one over and over again. which i guess is a fairly non-self-destructive way of procrastinating, since people don't post that much (or rather, i don't read that many blogs) and well.... working on stuff i have to work on later anyway doesn't really amount to digging myself into a hole. :)

it helps to listen to tv as i work (yes.... listen. since i don't actually look at the screen that much as i'm working)

little perks lately:
- home cooked meals
- ice cream (esp. mochi, of late)
- cds added to my music collection: dresdon dolls, eisley
- short emails every once in a while (which is good since i suck at writing back) reassuring that the people i care for are alive and well and still my friends regardless of my suckiness in being a social member of society
- the occasional social events i do attend, or will, or.... yeah....

laters. off to dinner and then to more work.

Posted by littlestar at 07:17 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)