Gathering Information

I am currently getting ready for my physical science exam that is tomorrow at 9 AM. I am hopefully more ready for this test than I was for the last one. I just finished completing the online portion of the quiz, and I scored 86 percent, which is not terrific, but I’ll take it. It seems odd that we are having a test 5 so late in the semester considering the fact that we are also having a final.

New Choices in Employment

A lot has happened in the last week as far as my employment goes. I applied at Walmart out of the desire of an opitmal schedule and more pay. I’ve been hired, but have had problems with getting in for orientation. Orientation is an all day thing, which is only offered during the week days. With my hectic course schedule and finals around the corner, I am not going to skip and classes, which Walmart is telling me to do.
I may be moving to the shoe department at JCPenney’s, which would be nice. It all depends on how many hours that they are able to give me. I want to work a lot this summer, but not a lot in the school year. I think that I may stay at Penney’s, while picking up a shift or two more this summer somewhere else, whether it be waitressing or housekeeping. That way when the summer ends I could still work the same amount of hours at Penney’s.

Studio Presentations

The first round of presenters went today. Before I thought that we had to write up our presentations on our class wiki, using links from our projects to take our class through our sites. It turns out that this is not the case. If we prefer, we can simply take the class through our sites. I think that this is what I am going to do. Eb, one of the presenters, did this for her poetry blog, and I think that it worked very well. She was able to remain focused on each point she made without the use of links. I think that I may be able to do this to. For wiki presentations links are probably more desirable, but I think when presenting personal blogs it should be easy to navigate through sites with little or no confusion.

I present a week from today. Although I am not planning on using the course wiki to help me present my project, I am going to start writing my draft for my writeup somewhere in the next few days. Not only would it be good to get a good start on it, but also I think that after writing the first draft I will have more knowledge on what I should say in my presentation.

Winding Down

The semester is coming to a close and I have had so many assignments to do. I submitted my final portfolio for Poetry, containing over ten poems, as well as five prose pieces about the writing process. It also contained a cover letter essay, with my reflections on my poetry and prose, as well as my self discoveries through out the course.
I’ve about finished my short story for my fiction class. All I need to do is some editing and it should be complete. I wrote a story that takes place in the early 1900’s in a rural setting. In the story Addy, a widowed mother who has lost her home is trying to still maintain her prior ordinary life. The antagonist is Wayne Robert’s, the owner of her house, who is letting her and her family stay there. He kidnapped her 15 year old daughter in an attempt to marry her. After finding and killing Robert and accidently shooting her own daughter, Addy now forced into a life of hiding.
I am also in the process of completing my essay for my American Literature class, which is also due tommorow. I have it written up, but it could use a revision. I chose to compare and contrast “Babylon Revisted” and “The Sun Also Rises” focuses on the theme of dissinlusionment and how it affects the major characters. In there states of dissinlusionment the one primary difference between the characters in “The Sun Also Rises” and “Babylon Revisited” is the desire and motivation to change. Charlie partially succeeds in his attempt to change,and possesses the drive to do so. However, Jake and Brett do not change, and it possible that neither are capable of changing, Brett for her emotional conflicts due to Jake’s impotence, which is something that he can not fix.
All of this work and I still have two exams to look forward to in my Physical Science class. WOOT!

American Literature Essay

Thank God that I remembered to submit my essay topic today for my American Literature class. I nearly forgot, which would have been bad. Good thing that I put some thought into the topic for my essay before hand. I am choosing to write about the “Lost Generation” theme in the two works “Babylon Revisited“, and “The Sun Also Rises”. I am going to be discussing how each character does or does not fall under this particular category. Also, I will discuss the implications of the theme.

I think that this will not be a very hard essay to do. I have a fairly good understanding of the theme, but will probably do a little bit more research in order to write a strong paper. The “Lost Generation” refers to the generation after the first world war. These people had lived in a time before the war where the economy was great, and people believed in the American ideals. After the war, people began to see things in a different light. The characters in both works are a good example of this. They are disillusioned, and seem to be wandering around the world. isolated from one another in terms of thoughts and emotions.

The Zoo Story

I finished reading “The Zoo Story” by Edward Albee, which we will discuss in American Literature in tomorrows class. It was a very entertaining story, probably one of the most entertaining that we’ve read all semester. It is actually a play, and has two characters, Jerry and Peter. Peter is a middle aged man who sits at a park bench every Sunday. On this particular Sunday, he meets Peter, a rather goofy man who accosts him with stories of his life and daily adventures. It is clear that there is something seriously wrong with Jerry, but we also discover that there is something wrong with Peter, as well as man king in general.

Tomorrows lecture should clarify all the themes and motives that I am pondering. I am thinking that the theme might have to do with he moral decay of society, of maybe something about isolation and loss of self. I am not sure yet what genre this play belongs to.

Stressed

I am stressed out for my exam tomorrow. I do not know a lot about science, and the class is getting harder and harder with each week, not to mention that the term paper is due on Friday! All this craziness has taken my focus away from blogging. Hopefully by next week I’ll be back on track.

Life is getting so hectic lately. Work has now scheduled me almost 30 hours this week when I’ve told them that my maximum availability is 20 hours. Classes are getting harder, homework is piling up, and I think that I may loose my mind.

I am lucky though. I don’t have to work as much as some folks do. I have a loving fiance that gives me mental strength. I have the mental capacity to do the work that has been put in front of me, it’s just that sometimes I want to crawl into bed and wait until summer arrives.

Exam 4

It’s already time for exam four in Physical Science. Exam 3 was just two weeks ago! I am so excited for this semester to be over so I can focus on English. No more genererals! It’s hard to believe that I am almost half way over with college. Only two more years to go!

Snow Days

Who would thought? B.S.U delayed classes today! I find this rather humorous. When there was two feet of snow last week class was still on time. This week, when only about a foot of snow has fallen, class is delayed.

Now don’t get me wrong, I am very thankful for the extra sleep( and the day off, my only class on Fridays is at nine, until Weblog and Wikis meets again). I just think that it doesn’t make any sense. My guess is that who ever is in charge(probably the dean) of making these decisions received a lot of flack last week for not canceling classes all together.

I am not going to worry about it too much, I am just happy to get a chance to breath!

Snowed In

I am not sure what the deal is. About two feet of snow as fallen outside of my house today, and it’s supposed to be spring.

I’m glad that I did not have to work today, I would not have been able to make it. I’m hoping that it will let up soon so I can get to class tomorrow.

Tommorow I have Physical Science and a lab, and I don’t want to miss either. Science had always been my weakest subject(what do you expect, I’m an English Major) so I can’t afford to miss much class, which I already have this semester. There is an exam coming up next week, and I want to be more prepared this time than I was for the last exam.