1. That the editorial conference video project was just done already. It ceased being a charming side project and became tedious work ages ago. I’m tired of trying to arrange my life around other people’s schedules for filming, I’m tired of trying to figure out the craziest most convoluted ways to export this stuff to DVD/VHS/Quicktime when they won’t give us any software to do it with. Not to mention that we only have 15 days left, and we have tons of shit to do yet. Including me completing that damned animation piece. Guess what this weekend is, you guys? Animation Camp!
2. That the really cool photos I have for my Web Writing Class Blog would scan themselves so that I don’t have to waste countless hours doing it when I could be doing other things.
3. That I could come up with a solid idea for my writing piece for my other class, the class that makes me nuts. The piece is due in less than a week. 7-10 pages, needs to have a clear audience and purpose, can really be about whatever I want, should have some root in my “lived experience.” For my rough draft that was due this week, I wrote about Chris being wounded and the Iraq war and my dealing with that whole mess. The problems with the rough draft abound, including a) has no real resolution as I (and Chris and the rest of the world for that matter) are still living it; b) it’s depressing as all hell, and nobody wants to read that, leaving me without an audience; c) my teacher has been referring to this as an “autobiography” for weeks now only to tell us last night that it doesn’t have to be an autobiography, but she wanted us to have lived experience in it so that’s what she called the piece. And then my head promptly exploded. Because…I just feel that she’s being purposefully elusive sometimes. And I get why she’s doing that, but I just don’t respond well to that sort of teaching style. I understand that she wants us to focus on the little things. But it’s like doing a puzzle. Sure I can focus on piecing together this one corner, but show me the picture on the lid of the box so I know what the hell I’m doing. Anyway, suggestions welcome, if you have them.
4. Sushi. I am craving some good sushi like mad, you guys.
5. That I could have a free minute where I wasn’t thinking about work, or the video project, or grad work, or helping the Doc, or my messy messy room. A free minute to think about…wait for it…nothing at all. My brain is so wound up I’m having trouble sleeping.
6. Oh, man, while I’m at it, I would love to have a night where I go to bed before midnight. I am such an old woman.
7. That I could be paid to sit curled up on the couch with Dill and my laptop and spend the day looking at Lost discussion boards and theory website. Because last night’s episode, in spite of featuring way too much Jack’s annoying ass, was awesome. Ben/Henry? Creepy as all hell. Love Michael Emerson in this roll, LOVE.
2. That the really cool photos I have for my Web Writing Class Blog would scan themselves so that I don’t have to waste countless hours doing it when I could be doing other things.
3. That I could come up with a solid idea for my writing piece for my other class, the class that makes me nuts. The piece is due in less than a week. 7-10 pages, needs to have a clear audience and purpose, can really be about whatever I want, should have some root in my “lived experience.” For my rough draft that was due this week, I wrote about Chris being wounded and the Iraq war and my dealing with that whole mess. The problems with the rough draft abound, including a) has no real resolution as I (and Chris and the rest of the world for that matter) are still living it; b) it’s depressing as all hell, and nobody wants to read that, leaving me without an audience; c) my teacher has been referring to this as an “autobiography” for weeks now only to tell us last night that it doesn’t have to be an autobiography, but she wanted us to have lived experience in it so that’s what she called the piece. And then my head promptly exploded. Because…I just feel that she’s being purposefully elusive sometimes. And I get why she’s doing that, but I just don’t respond well to that sort of teaching style. I understand that she wants us to focus on the little things. But it’s like doing a puzzle. Sure I can focus on piecing together this one corner, but show me the picture on the lid of the box so I know what the hell I’m doing. Anyway, suggestions welcome, if you have them.
4. Sushi. I am craving some good sushi like mad, you guys.
5. That I could have a free minute where I wasn’t thinking about work, or the video project, or grad work, or helping the Doc, or my messy messy room. A free minute to think about…wait for it…nothing at all. My brain is so wound up I’m having trouble sleeping.
6. Oh, man, while I’m at it, I would love to have a night where I go to bed before midnight. I am such an old woman.
7. That I could be paid to sit curled up on the couch with Dill and my laptop and spend the day looking at Lost discussion boards and theory website. Because last night’s episode, in spite of featuring way too much Jack’s annoying ass, was awesome. Ben/Henry? Creepy as all hell. Love Michael Emerson in this roll, LOVE.
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