Early morning
I woke up this morning at a respectable 7am and then lounged around in bed till almost 8. I don't think Yoshi even knew I was up, or at least he wasn't mewing in the hall till I opened the door.
I walked downstairs and saw that the Denali record was still sitting in the stand next to my record player, and I decided to pick something else to play. I slide Denali back into the shelf and notice Death Cab sitting right under it. I almost pull it out but see Cursive below that, but then I gravitate to the Crystal Skulls and then I stop myself. I have a paper to finish. It's due tonight. This is the closest I've cut a paper so far this semester, and thank god I bought a printer this summer. Sadly, it's still in the box, not yet been opened. Ha!
I also have bills to pay and packing to do. And I'm making a change. I've decided to start using "its" and "it's" properly. Apparently I was doing it backwards all this time.
I got back my first paper that was due for a real history class yesterday, and I (surprisingly!) got an A-. I'm happy with my grade, but the prof seemed to rip it quite a bit: ...As such, much of your analysis remains somewhat schematic - with "the party" on one side and "the peasants" on the other. [SNIP - he talks about my examples] Only occasionally, however, does this dimension enter into your analysis, which I find somewhat ironic given the title of your essay, "Looking up from below". This analytical limitation is reflected in your frequent use of an anonymous "they" when referring to "the Communist party." Still, in general, you've done a nice job on this paper.
I guess its all relative. It is weird that he gives a long-paragraph TYPED response with each paper. I know I spent the first half of my college career at NoVA but do professors really do that? Even my crazy English prof just writes in the margins. Well, this prof. does too, but the typed response seems like a lot of effort.
I realized when I was writing it that my argument was a bit weak, but, being pressed for time I thought "shit, I'll just get it in and get a 'B', and we'll see what happens." I think the real problem is that I really feel like I don't have the time I need to dedicate to my school work to really put in that 100% effort. (Though, here I am blogging instead of working on the paper thats due 7 hours from now...) I really wish I could just not work and go to school. If this trend continues, this time next year I'll be asking to get laid off fosho.
I was thinking about re-doing my website, but I have no talent in that department. I have no idea what I want to do with the thing. It was down for a week, I got a new host and its back the way it was. Plain and boring.
I walked downstairs and saw that the Denali record was still sitting in the stand next to my record player, and I decided to pick something else to play. I slide Denali back into the shelf and notice Death Cab sitting right under it. I almost pull it out but see Cursive below that, but then I gravitate to the Crystal Skulls and then I stop myself. I have a paper to finish. It's due tonight. This is the closest I've cut a paper so far this semester, and thank god I bought a printer this summer. Sadly, it's still in the box, not yet been opened. Ha!
I also have bills to pay and packing to do. And I'm making a change. I've decided to start using "its" and "it's" properly. Apparently I was doing it backwards all this time.
I got back my first paper that was due for a real history class yesterday, and I (surprisingly!) got an A-. I'm happy with my grade, but the prof seemed to rip it quite a bit: ...As such, much of your analysis remains somewhat schematic - with "the party" on one side and "the peasants" on the other. [SNIP - he talks about my examples] Only occasionally, however, does this dimension enter into your analysis, which I find somewhat ironic given the title of your essay, "Looking up from below". This analytical limitation is reflected in your frequent use of an anonymous "they" when referring to "the Communist party." Still, in general, you've done a nice job on this paper.
I guess its all relative. It is weird that he gives a long-paragraph TYPED response with each paper. I know I spent the first half of my college career at NoVA but do professors really do that? Even my crazy English prof just writes in the margins. Well, this prof. does too, but the typed response seems like a lot of effort.
I realized when I was writing it that my argument was a bit weak, but, being pressed for time I thought "shit, I'll just get it in and get a 'B', and we'll see what happens." I think the real problem is that I really feel like I don't have the time I need to dedicate to my school work to really put in that 100% effort. (Though, here I am blogging instead of working on the paper thats due 7 hours from now...) I really wish I could just not work and go to school. If this trend continues, this time next year I'll be asking to get laid off fosho.
I was thinking about re-doing my website, but I have no talent in that department. I have no idea what I want to do with the thing. It was down for a week, I got a new host and its back the way it was. Plain and boring.