-9-
So, I got my paper back today...
I did way better than I thought I would! For as awful of a day as I'm having, that brightened my day a ton. An A- on my first college paper is quite acceptable, for my standards. And the fact that Professor Schacht actually knew the record I was talking about was all sorts of awesome. Hurrah for Snoopy vs. the Red Baron.
And the text message last night, about cancelled class? Absolutely amazing. I love cancelled classes. Now I have a reason to journal, so that I don't get a bad grade for that part of the class. I totally need to update more. [Note to self: I also need to stop complaining about my lack of updating. It's my own fault.]
-8-
I need to post more often. This is making me annoyed.
It's because I really have nothing to write about.
Gah, suckage.
So Seth and I took a trip to Dollar Tree today. You would think by looking around the store that Christmas was a few weeks away. Figurines everywhere, Santa hats and tinsel proudly displayed on the walls, wrapping paper with bows resting in boxes, all waiting to be purchased. There were little ceramic cottages, covered in glittering snow, looking as though a small man would walk out to the mailbox at any moment.
And all of these things, sitting right next to the Halloween decorations. Masks, pumpkins, witches and black cats. Such a dark contrast compared to the bright beauty that is the Christmas season.
This is why Christmas is over-marketed. It's a good two months before December even starts, and all these things already on the shelves. It's a bit ridiculous, if you ask me.
-7-
That paper was annoying to write. And I'm sure I didn't write it properly. I'll have to wait until we get them back to see what Seth's comments were.
His paper, on the other hand, I thought was excellent. Except for a couple things, I thought he showed the other side of his beliefs very, very well. It made me upset to read, because like him, I'm anti-affirmative action, so hearing his other character argue how 'it's only fair to the minorities' made me want to injure a small animal.
Well, maybe not. But it didn't make me happy.
So, yeah. At least that's out of the way for a week.
-6-
Nissenbaum bothers me. I don't quite enjoy the style of writing that he uses. Like, it doesn't interest me at all, so I have to reread a page a couple times before I even begin to comprehend what he's talking about. And that does make things difficult when I have other work to do as well.
Kind of interesting, though, is the controversy over who wrote 'A Visit from St. Nicholas.' Somewhat like the controversy over whether or not Shakespeare actually wrote all of his works. It makes you wonder how many other writers and artists aren't getting credit for things they've done, and how many people we've deemed as 'greats' who haven't done anything at all.
-5-
I was talking with my friend Aimee from home a few hours ago. And we were talking about how we were probably going to do our observations for SOE on Christmas break.
And then I thought about snow, and the coldness, and how much I love the winter season. And it brightened my day a bit.
I just thought I'd post that. It doesn't seem very pertinent, but I enjoy.
-4-
I have two things to say:
1. I need to update more. Very much more.
For if I don't, I will fail.
And I would not like that!
Three times a week, I must do.
2. I have no idea what I'm writing my paper on.
Fortunately, it is only Monday. And it is not due until Friday.
If you have any ideas, share them with me.
Although, I certainly enjoyed Seth's idea of 'arguing organic foods.'
Probably still doing gay rights. But that would entail work.
We'll see how I feel Thursday evening. I can tell you it won't be well. This week, not so good, with all the work, and Matt leaving for California. So writing an argumentative paper for English is not exactly my idea of fun. And opposite any of my beliefs, nonetheless.
This shall prove difficult.
-3-
Why isn't it snowing yet?
I would like the Christmas season immediately.
I'm sick of hot weather.
The snow is so beautiful... I could write for days about snow.
But I'm not so sure that it would be on topic, so I think I will refrain.
Finished my paper today, submitted that. I was down in the Union after work, and discovered a little computer lab, so I did it there. And I was looking at the corrections that my partner gave me, and I was a bit annoyed, because everything that was corrected was perfectly proper English. For example, I had a sentence that said "We've always had..." and she changed it to "We've always
have..." It made my brain hurt a bit. So for the most part, I ignored the corrections, which is a shame, because I was really looking forward to having some input on the thing.
But honestly, with the snow.
Let's get on that, folks.
Maybe tomorrow.
-2-
Meh. Something to write about...
Well, we finished our corrections today. Hopefully my paper wasn't too terrible. I'll try to add to it, if I can think of anything else. I won't be able to, but that's alright.
Then I read the two links in the coffeehouse. The article about workplace blogging was interesting. I'd already heard about things like that before, so it wasn't really new reading. But still, stories like that are interesting. Personally, I think you should know better than to write about that sort of thing. General work stories are alright, but if you get into so much that anyone who knows you can figure out who you're talking about, it probably isn't the best idea.
Like, I've heard stories about McDonalds workers writing about the terrible things that happen behind the counter, and they've gotten fired/sued for what they've written. Slightly unfair on the part of a multi-million dollar company, if you ask me. But you still shouldn't be telling workplace secrets to anyone who finds your journal.
I think it's slightly unfair for companies to punish workers for their journals. To me, it's on the same level as companies firing workers for smoking
in their own home. It's an invasion of privacy. These people are not at work, they are not doing anything that affects work [unless they are telling crazy secrets about the job, which is another story] so why should they get in trouble? People need to vent every once in a while. Slightly ridiculous, I think.
As a sidenote, I'm amused that Satire 2.7 is in Latin. If I remembered anything from high school, I'd probably read it in the latin and not the translation. Alas, I can't even remember what books we read in AP English last year. Oh, woe is me.
-1-
Mkay, so now that I finally have my journal back... My old one was deleted, which annoyed me very muchly. And Blogger never got back to me about what happened to it, so I'm like, meh.
I finished my paper last night. Unfortunately, it was a bit shorter than it should have been. I don't know, it seemed hard to write three whole pages about one single tradition. Mine was about this [Christmas] album that we always listen to as we decorate the tree.
Actually, I was really excited, because as I was writing my paper, I did a bit of research and such, and I found a link that played part of the LP! It only played the first two songs, so you never really get to the denoument, but still... it sounded exactly like the album. Made me tres contente.
So once I get home, now that I have a new journal set up, I'm going to customize. Oh, how I love html. I found some really cool templates, some Christmas ones. I need to finish sorting through them all, but I've got at least three that I really like so far. One's just an ornament, one is a really cute but slightly scary snowman, and I don't remember the third. Maybe it was white ornaments and stars or something. Still, classic, and very pretty.
Anyway, I guess that's it, because I want to do some set-up with this. Love!
[Edit: Blogger html kicks my ass. It's really weird. Yet another reason for me to hate Google. Hurrah!]
