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[readingredhead]

There was a time when I used this journal for poetry. I wish I was still living in that sort of time, but I'm not, and I just have to deal with it.

I went to the Koger study session. Very few people showed up, but that's never bugged me -- I love having time with teachers when they don't have to pay attention to a billion kids at once, and if all the Humanities kids showed up, it'd be a zoo. (Steph, I have the notes for you -- I can e-mail them if you want. Anyone else cool enough to be reading this gets them for free, but I'm considering selling them to others.)

I should be doing work right now, but (I'm sensing a recurrant theme here) I don't want to do it.

I wrote an essay about objects in the play Streetcar Named Desire and I forgot to mention the streetcar named Desire. *hits self on head* But I did write a lot, and if Dr. Chris is grading them I have a better chance than if Krucli was (for once in my life). Stylistically, the essay is pretty crappy and doesn't follow any sort of good form, and Krucli expects better of me and would ding me for it. Chris, on the other hand, will be so happy to realize I listened to what he said (or so he thinks) and he will only care about whether or not I used compound-complex sentences, so I'm less worried. It feels weird to have hand-written that essay, because all the past essays I've typed and saved to my computer, which means that I've been able to look back at them immediately after they were written. I can't do that with this one, and it's somewhat annoying.

I'm still working on a nebulous cloud of ideas that may or may not coalesce (one of my favorite words) into a good and meaningful story for Julie. I'm working on an idea set in ancient Greece, and I really wanted to use Hypatia as a main character, but I keep running into historical issues. If I'm going to set it in a real historical time period, I get the feeling that I should at least do it right.

So I was experimenting with the poll generator, and I produced this. Please help?

[Poll #968500]

Really, I don't know how that's going to help me. Really the only thing is I'm unsure if I want to pull some Greek gods into the story or not. Because I could do it without them, and it might make more sense, but I just don't know enough Greek history to know for sure.

Aargh! As usual, so many things demand so much from me and I'm never sure if I'll have the time or strength to get them all done. But in the end, all we can do is persevere and hope that our perseverance is enough.

Comments

[pentaverse.livejournal.com]

Tried an ancient Greek thing (plus: TIME TRAVEL), but I ran into problems. Not problems with the story, mind you. More like I'm still not motivated to write. I'll only email details privately. Sort of a weird story.

[spadleader88.livejournal.com]

oh you're so amazing!! <3333 are you planning/able to go to the other study sessions and can/want to take notes for me? *pity face* and i totally understand your idea of selling your notes (you'd probably make a lot off of that!) so i could pay you like a flat rate for all teh dumb days i can't make? maybe? i dont mind cuz you deserve it...your choice. but thank you SOOO much! *hugs*

and for the record re: the poll-- i had no idea what you meant for the last question so i took a guess, later to realize that that was the question you wanted a response to the most. >_< so yeah. good luck with whatever you choose to write on!

[readingredhead.livejournal.com]

Don't worry, I don't mind sending you the stuff. You have legitimate reasons for not making it, and that shouldn't hurt your chances. It's really no extra work on my part, so I'm fine with it. I wouldn't dream of making you pay me for stuff like that.

Don't worry 'bout the poll. Mostly that was me procrastinating and seeing a little tool that said "poll wizard" and going "Ooh! What happens when I click THIS button?"

[incaseineedyou.livejournal.com]

When was the Koger session? Damn. I totally forgot.

I voted for Greek gods, because I used to be obsessed with them... I think it was seventh grade. They're awesome.

My streetcar essay was horrible. I didn't mention the streetcar either because I ran out of time. And form? What form?

[readingredhead.livejournal.com]

Koger thing was yesterday after school -- about 3:15 to 4:30. We started the Arab-Israeli conflict -- or rather, we didn't start it (well, you could say we did, but never mind) but we started talking about it. If you want my notes, they're yours.

Yeah...I like the Greek gods too. I'll probably use them. Or at least insinuate their use. Maybe a cameo. Hm.

Sorry about the Streetcar. Oh well, it's not the real IB test so things could be worse?