I have always liked Edvard Munch’s painting, The Scream, from as far back as kindergarten. I remember my art teacher showing us infamous paintings from various artists, one of them being Munch. From that moment on, The Scream has stuck out in my mind. I never fully understood the painting: the ghost-like figure screaming in pain, or how ( Read more... )

My development of the rhetoric strand has started growing after a three-year hibernation.  Granted, I was always strict on grammar and spelling, but actually using the study of the technique and language has refreshened my memory.  I've only had to write a few decent papers since I started college, but I have recently started to wish that I had ( Read more... )

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Over the weekend, I watched the 10:30 episode of Arrested Development on TBS.  I've seen the show a couple of times, and I find it hilarious.  My topic was class, and there was a good example of it in the episode I watched, called "Not Without My Daughter."  Michael's wife Lindsey shoplifts at a store, where she eventually gets a job.  While ( Read more... )

Today we listened to 4 completely different songs.  The first one was my favorite, since I happen to be a Rage Against the Machine fan.  The song was called "Ashes in the Fall," and we had to determine what genre the band was, whether the label they were under was a major label or an independent label, what the message of the song was, and whether ( Read more... )

Last Tuesday, we talked about our second essay.  It has to be about an image of our own choosing, and has to include rich text, theory, and social context.  Until a couple of hours ago, I had no idea what this image was going to be.  In a later entry, I shall post up this image...it should make for a lot of writing, eventually ( Read more... )

So this is an observation 2 weeks past due...almost.  Since Ms. Sarah was unable to attend class,  there was none.  Honestly, this was fine with me, as I was tired as hell (although probably not as tired as Sarah, with her comprehensive exams and all).  Of course, this was the one day I didn't bring anything else to work on from any of my classes ( Read more... )

Bestiality is an interesting topic to say the least. I am not sexually interested in such an act, but I have always wondered why some people are. What would possess a human being to have intercourse with a completely different species? I want to “get inside” the mind of a person who commits such an act, and find out why they prefer animal sex to ( Read more... )

Bestiality is an interesting topic, to say the least. I’m not sexually interested in such an act, but I have always wondered why some people did. What would possess a human being to have intercourse with a completely different species? I want to “get inside” the mind of a person who commits such an act, and find out why they prefer animal sex to ( Read more... )

I don't have a complete outline for this yet, but I've pretty much decided to write this first essay about bestiality, and why people have/feel the need for this mindset.  I've gathered a few articles, and am still in the process of doing research.  I guess my temporary outline would include reasons why people are for and against bestiality, ( Read more... )