Monday, February 19, 2007

Systems theory

Exams start in less than 12 hours, and the beeping from the show 24 keeps going through my head.

I'm reviewing my notes on Systems Theory, which I've so diligently archived on my laptop. I actually took the notes on my laptop. Such a useful tool. About 12 or so lines after "Vaughn Bertalanffy" my notes... well...

Structure: The pattern by which system components are arraigned. (Role hierarchies, communication networks, etc.)Function: That which a behavior accomplishes. May or may not be a goal or conscious intent. What is accomplished by the behavior? I do not want to do this anymore because I feel like I have something else to do like watch Spinal Tap or sit around and beat myself in the head with a rolling pin or Rollie Fingers that old baseball pitcher. He's a classic example. Another old prpof had a thoery of closeness and behaviors within the family system. ak id runs away from home but the kids not attended to by the system. I need to stop. runs away, now we would assume if we look at it, RUN AWAY RUN AWAY RUN AWAY RUN AWAY RUN AWAY RN WAY AUSNE FA RUN AWAY RUN AWAY RUN AWAY RUN AWAY RUN AWAY RUN AWAY RUN AWY\A\A SHOWER ME WITH ATTENTION! RUN AWAY RUN AWAY RUN AWAY RUN AWAY RUN AWAY RUN AWAY RUN AWAY RUN AWAY RUN AWAY

Four lines later, which I can only imagine is haiku-esque:

Interpersonal
Haiku on beautiful day.
Functioning systems.

Excrete substances.
Social creatures trapped! Closed door.
Do all kinds of stuff.

Exit, leave the system.
We progress towards entropy.
Almost one hour gone.

In and out and in.
Information stratosphere.
Teenage girls? Bathrobes?

Condom bound'ry melts.
Clearly, system's too open.
Apostrophy hole.

Surpasystem, ho!!!!
We are System Dysfunction, yeah!
No. You're not. Boohoo.

Systemic problem:
Eye 1der f isle here bout
Sigma 1's dead dog.

And made louder yet
Was a man's loud creation
When he'd play with it.

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