May 1, 2008
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Who would have thunk it?
Honestly, I am too geeky for words. Who would have thought that a five page paper for a high school sophomore English class would drive me to distraction. Granted, it’s been a very long time since I have had to worry about transitions or actually paying attention to a thesis statement but jeezum crow, I am such a dork. Twelve articles, one book of criticism in my hand and another three on order and only five pages. And here’s the best part — I am having FUN! Really – next to geek in the dictionary – my picture. Not kidding. Look it up.
And so it goes.
Comments (5)
lol, sounds familiar.
have you ever heard of goodreads.com? i’d love to see your bookshelf.
Yes! I love goodreads!
Haha – I spent a decent amount of time last night fretting over the whereabouts of my Jonathan Culler short guide to lit. theory book. And THEN I posted a facebook message about it. And NOW I am looking at Calls for Papers
wooohoo! Dorky fun! I am glad to read of it. I need to get amped for my 10th graders last essay myself. I was kind of dreading it.
I hereby dub thee “Research Weenie”!
It’s called ‘writing’, and the more we read, the greater pressure we’re under to do justice to such an underappreciated art form.