School

My Last Day Of Class

Published by on April 30, 2007 | 2 Responses

Today was my last day of class in college, at least until I eventually come back. It’s also the day before my birthday. I thought about not blogging today in remembrance of the Virginia Tech victims, and participating in One Day Blog Silence. Well, I’ve been silent long enough since the day’s almost over. It [...]

Brontë & The Tiger Cubs

Published by on February 13, 2007 | Leave a response

I honestly do not have enough hours in the day. I still have two chapters left to read in my QuarkXpress training book for Editing & Design. I simply don’t have time to read them. Well, I guess I could be reading them now. But, if I wasn’t typing right now, I’d be sleeping. I [...]

Justin Tadlock On Writing

Published by on November 20, 2006 | Leave a response

This is a little something I wrote to help me out with a presentation in Fiction Writing I. I gave each student in the class a copy of this and a copy of “Claws.” My teacher actually asked me if she could use this to show other classes. Interview With Aspiring Author Justin Tadlock On [...]

Here’s a neat video to watch that was posted in one of my Technology, Literacy, & Culture WebCT discussions: Caroline Ting: RAM. We’re discussing Ray Kurzweil’s The Singularity is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology. So, the video definitely goes along with that.

Fiction Writing, Cell Phone GPS, & Narnia

Published by on November 7, 2006 | 4 Responses

It’s been a long two days. And I’m not even through with the stuff that I was supposed to have done today. Well, the only thing I have left to do is finish my short story for Fiction Writing I. I was determined to finish it today, but I simply couldn’t get it done. Fortunately, [...]

Full Day Ahead

Published by on October 31, 2006 | Leave a response

Okay, I am moving myself along this week slowly, my body dragging my lagging brain along inch by inch throughout the day. And it’s already Tuesday night. Tomorrow, I have to meet with my Techonology, Literacy, & Culture group to work on our video project, read Chapter 3 of The Singularity is Near and post [...]

He’ll Always Be Papa

Published by on October 17, 2006 | Leave a response

This is who my grandfather is and who he will always be for me. He inches slyly toward me, hiding something in his hand. I am sitting on the floor of the living room, leaning against a recliner. Bending slightly at the hips and knees, he lowers himself enough to slip me a $100 bill. [...]

Sleepless Nights & The Simulated Environment

Published by on October 5, 2006 | Leave a response

I’ve been running on little sleep all week. I can’t manage to take a nap, one of the things I can usually do at any point in the day, and I’ve had some trouble going to sleep late at night. I think it’s just the stress of mid-terms and the excitement of my Halo 2 [...]

The 30 Hour Day

Published by on September 26, 2006 | Leave a response

There isn’t enough time in the day. I can tell it’s already going to be a long week for me. Wednesday, I have an article due for Newswriting, which I spent about an hour working on tonight. Thursday, I need to have a rough draft of a short story for Fiction Writing I ready for [...]

SAT Writing: Colorful Vs. Formulaic

Published by on September 12, 2006 | Leave a response

I read an article in Time tonight titled How I Did on the SAT. I have been interested in what the SAT is like now with the additional writing portion that I didn’t have to take. What surprised me the most was John Cloud’s assesment that “the essay readers reward formulaic writing over original voices.” [...]