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 … Continue reading →

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 … Continue reading →

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 … Continue reading →

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 … Continue reading →

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 … Continue reading →

I’m trying this new thing—going to bed at a decent hour. I actually got in bed a little after 9:00 last night. Of course, I won’t quite make that kind of timing tonight, but I’m about to get under the sheets. I do have good news. I only have one … Continue reading →

I’m not much in a blogging mood tonight. However, I will leave you with my second exercise for Fiction Writing I. It’s not quite a full-blown short story, but it is little story you may enjoy. Somebody, Someday Athens, Alabama. I just stopped to get some coffee and go to … Continue reading →

I’m getting tired, as usual. I finished reading Jack London’s Call of the Wild today between classes. I had a lot of free time because we only spent about 30 minutes in Technology, Literacy, & Culture and only about 2 minutes in Fiction Writing I. I’m not going to bore … Continue reading →

Yes, once again it has been a long day. Honestly, though, it is always a long day. Of course, it was the first day of classes this semester, my first day back to work at the library, and my first day working out since last Monday (Wednesdays are leg days, … Continue reading →

Well, school has almost started. Less than eight hours from now I will be sitting in my first class. By the way, that motivation that I thought I had last night has now turned into mush. Really, I’m just tired. I had a really long day. Surely tomorrow things will … Continue reading →