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Sep. 12th, 2006 07:25 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lillian_petersondear god i seem entirely unable and incapable of paying attention to an entire sentence coming out of my instructor's mouth and it's NOT HIS FAULT. For real I may need to get some drugs because this is really probably not ok/cool. I even find the subject matter kind of interesting (being management, which I understand my interest most likely means I am a sick and twisted individual who should never have been allowed to see the light of day....mmmm, meetings) but it doesn't seem to make much of a difference on my ability to pay attention. My group is going to hate me since I will have almost no idea of what is going on. Hopefully I'll catch on quick though.
Hmm, apparently he is going to assign our groups the case studies that we need to...um...do something with...(at least the vagueness here seems to be him and not me). I sincerely hope that whatever case studies he hands out are excessively better than the two he had us read as examples. Disregarding the simple typos (of which there are many) the writing is JUST AWFUL. I mean, like, 13 year old, non-savant talent, fanfic awful. I want to find the writers (and yes, 2 different writers) and shake them and announce quite a few things in a highly officious voice, possibly punctuated with raps on the head with a stout wooden stick. Announcements such as:
real people speak with contractions, ESPECIALLY IT'S. Very few people EVER SAY "it is" unless trying to make some sort of emphatic point. One or two, ok, but EVERY PIECE OF DIALOGUE? please, I'm begging here, USE a GODDAMN CONTRACTION. And honestly, even for those of us who have extremely developed inner monologues that run parallel (and different) from our actual verbal conversations, I very much doubt that people come up with multiple paragraphs in their head
while seamlessly following and contributing to a conversation. If it is harder to read (because of the cringe factor) than anti-woman 1950s science fiction pulps, do you think maybe you could try a little harder when writing these things? Just.A.Thought.
Hmm, I am enjoying the current metaphor for discussion. Bureau = bureaucracy. Drawers = organization! w00t! my bureau:
__________________________________________
bras | socks | underwear |
_______|__________________|_______________|
jeans | pants |
________________|_________________________|
paperback books | shirts |
________________|_________________________|
one of these things is not like the other...
OMG there is still a half hour left. I hope I don't die. 'Cause really, that would be sad. I'm going to the coffee house after class, since I appear to be incapable of being productive while in my house. This also means that I get to buy dinner at said coffee house (while working through the delightful tones of open mic night). What shall I order? Hurray for online menus, so that I may contemplate my fast (but not fast enough) approaching meal.
I've narrowed down the selection to 3 possibilities:
1. Derek's Fruitbat
Chicken salad made with grapes, walnuts, and apples, on a toasted croissant
2. Johnny on the Couch
Roast beef, red onions, salsa, sour cream, cheddar, pepper jack, with steak seasoning wrapped in a flour tortilla.
3. Don Carlos
Chicken, brie, red peppers & apricot vinaigrette on hearty bread, toasted panini style.
...down to 15 minutes...
To be worked on tonight:
Independent Study reading
Survey question creation
Continued creation and refinement of reading list and schedule.
Gah.
Hmm, apparently he is going to assign our groups the case studies that we need to...um...do something with...(at least the vagueness here seems to be him and not me). I sincerely hope that whatever case studies he hands out are excessively better than the two he had us read as examples. Disregarding the simple typos (of which there are many) the writing is JUST AWFUL. I mean, like, 13 year old, non-savant talent, fanfic awful. I want to find the writers (and yes, 2 different writers) and shake them and announce quite a few things in a highly officious voice, possibly punctuated with raps on the head with a stout wooden stick. Announcements such as:
real people speak with contractions, ESPECIALLY IT'S. Very few people EVER SAY "it is" unless trying to make some sort of emphatic point. One or two, ok, but EVERY PIECE OF DIALOGUE? please, I'm begging here, USE a GODDAMN CONTRACTION. And honestly, even for those of us who have extremely developed inner monologues that run parallel (and different) from our actual verbal conversations, I very much doubt that people come up with multiple paragraphs in their head
while seamlessly following and contributing to a conversation. If it is harder to read (because of the cringe factor) than anti-woman 1950s science fiction pulps, do you think maybe you could try a little harder when writing these things? Just.A.Thought.
Hmm, I am enjoying the current metaphor for discussion. Bureau = bureaucracy. Drawers = organization! w00t! my bureau:
__________________________________________
bras | socks | underwear |
_______|__________________|_______________|
jeans | pants |
________________|_________________________|
paperback books | shirts |
________________|_________________________|
one of these things is not like the other...
OMG there is still a half hour left. I hope I don't die. 'Cause really, that would be sad. I'm going to the coffee house after class, since I appear to be incapable of being productive while in my house. This also means that I get to buy dinner at said coffee house (while working through the delightful tones of open mic night). What shall I order? Hurray for online menus, so that I may contemplate my fast (but not fast enough) approaching meal.
I've narrowed down the selection to 3 possibilities:
1. Derek's Fruitbat
Chicken salad made with grapes, walnuts, and apples, on a toasted croissant
2. Johnny on the Couch
Roast beef, red onions, salsa, sour cream, cheddar, pepper jack, with steak seasoning wrapped in a flour tortilla.
3. Don Carlos
Chicken, brie, red peppers & apricot vinaigrette on hearty bread, toasted panini style.
...down to 15 minutes...
To be worked on tonight:
Independent Study reading
Survey question creation
Continued creation and refinement of reading list and schedule.
Gah.
