Wednesday, December 05, 2007
Whoa. The past week has been intense! I have been writing left and right and I'm actually a little worn out. I still haven't handed in those papers I was writing, but they've been written and all that's left now is to go through them again, which would I could probably finish by tomorrow.
One thing I want to talk about now is the very "American thing to put thesis statements up front," as Professor Benson had put it. Somehow, I don't see the point of an explicit thesis statement. I think if a writer's good enough, his point will make its way to the reader one way or another. A thesis is only good, I think, when you're starting the outline, and trying to figure out what to write.
Ah, but whatever. I have bigger things to work on. Like my newest tutee at Snyder who speaks very fluent ghetto. Now, we've been over this. The last thing I am is ghetto and this young man comes along and asks help with English. Oi. I had him write, uh, a shall we say, assessment paragraph so that I could see how much work needs to be done and, well, it's going to be a lot. *sigh*
Hm, did the presentation for the colloquium paper today. Yay. Reactions were positive. My favorite was 'Yours was so much better than the other. That was the most boring thing I have ever seen in my life.' Yay. :)
I'm giving learning Spanish another try. Haha. Wish me luck. :)
It's good to be back. :)
kitten posted @ 11:09 PM
Randoms things about me
I'm Kitten :)
I get a year older every 17th of August. I am a Leo, and I carry all traits associated with that zodiac.
Right now, I'm twenty years old and I'm loving it. They say we're only as young as we feel. I feel like I'm five.
I would never leave the house without my Zen and my E2. The latter connects me to the world; the former takes me away from it.
If I were to choose a word to describe my life, that word would be
crazy.
I am in love with the stars. I am in love with the rain.
I am a Rutgers University student, and I want to graduate with an English degree. An English-Psych double major would be nice. An English-TCert would be even better.
I want to be a teacher. I want to be writer. I want to be both.
I thrive on indie and emo. Mae, The Spill Canvas, Copeland and Daphne Loves Derby - these are the guys that I listen to. I listen to other bands here and there, but mostly those are the bands I follow. That being said, I'm a mainstream moron.
There's no feeling more lovely than being carried away. People don't usually think of me as somebody spontaneous, but I like being swept away as much as the next girl.
I fall in love easily, but it is really hard for me to fall out. Really hard.
I am very fragile.
I am tolerant of almost everything except one thing: intolerance.
I am an extensive reader. I thirst only for meaning, nothing else.
I love my friends <3
I am extremely spiritual but not religious.
Things I want to do in my life time
Get a job.- Save up enough money to go back home -
wherever that is if I ever had one before I'm 40.
- Write a book.
- Sing for a Disney movie.
- Buy a house on top of a hill.
- Go bunjee jumping.
Travel halfway around the world.- See Italy.
Find the one person who makes my heart beat faster and slower at the same time.Draw and paint.Learn how to play Sudoku.- Volunteer for American/Philippine Red Cross or UNHCR.
Quit smoking.
Kitten recommends:
- Antoine de Saint-Exupery's The Little Prince
- Trina Paulus' Hope for the Flowers
- Paulo Coehlo's Eleven Minutes
- Leo Tolstoy's The Death of Ivan Ilych and Other Stories
- Leopold von Sacher-Masoch's Venus in Furs
- J.D. Salinger's Catcher in the Rye
- Neil Gaiman's American Gods
- Anne Rice's Beauty's Release
- Leopold von Sacher-Masoch's Venus in Furs
- Douglas F. Hofstadter's Godel Escher Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
- Leonard Mlodinow's Feynman's Rainbow: A Search for Beauty in Physics and in Life
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