I am still digging up articles and keep changing the focus of what I want to write. I want to write on gender, but now I'm finding neat stuff about gender and its relationship to social order. Really neat stuff.
Well, keep to your point; be concise. As long as you successfully make your point, you should be fine. Where are you applying? (out of curiosity)
That was always the hardest part of choosing a topic for me. There were so many interesting things, I couldn't decide what to focus on! I'm not a good decision maker. :/ Good advice, thanks. I'm applying to the University of North Texas, for their library science program. Incidentally, my deadline isn't until July, so I'm not procrastinating at all. Neener neener, you silly procrastinators.
My wife went through the UT Austin library science program. She has done very well in the job market and met a woman at a conference who Lynette beat out two times in a row for jobs. Plus Austin is a cooler town than North Texas. Hills and Water > Flat and close to Oklahoma.
I'm going online. UNT is one of the only colleges I could find that was accredited through the ALA (required to become a librarian) and also offered an online program. Since I currently live in Nevada and will likely be moving again in the next year or so, I figured online would be ideal. Incidentally, I totally lied about the whole not procrastinating thing. I made a list of all the things I need to include in my statement of purpose, and then started researching roller skate wheels and knee pads...then started paying bills...then started looking up derby workouts... And here I am. Back to WF. Still haven't worked on my SOP. :redface:
Scrubbing off some pink stain on my desk from a pen, dunno how it stained but it has. Who would've thought toothpaste would help in getting it off? Still hard work though...
Toothpaste, really? Hmmm...good to know. I used to use toothpaste to clean my rings. I wonder if it would work on my wedding ring.
Just this last class period of the day and then SPRING BREAK! I can't wait. I definitely need a week's vacation.
Some kids in school were commenting on how stupid it was of the school to schedule spring break over 4/20.
Well, that's what they're gonna do, that's what they're gonna do. At any rate, can any UKer here inform me as to what British humor is? I guess it's different than other humor?
Haha the skating rink by my parents' house is having a "take back the day" event that day. Made me giggle. My friend's baby was born on 4/20, so he set all his work passwords to that date, and then our boss thought he was a pothead. Also made me giggle. Hmm...I'm not a UKer, but I don't think there's "British humor" and then every other version of humor. I think different geographical locations all have different types of humor. That being said, I do love me some British humor.
Not in the UK either, but I do watch some British humor. It's going to vary much like US humor does, but I always got the impression it was slightly more dry and sarcastic humor than what you might see here in the States.
No, there is plenty of dry, yet very American, humor. What I see as a particularly British flavor is understated humour, and humour that says the opposite of the surface message - but more sardonic than sarcastic.
I'd agree with Cog. I'd say understated is the defining feature of British humour. If you're looking for some specific examples, I'd say take a look at some of the sitcoms Channel 4 has produced (Black Books, Spaced, etc.), and listen to the friday night comedy shows from BBC Radio 4.
Just researching human evolution on Wikipedia. (Cause I am bored. ) I'm just amazed: How did we Homo Sapiens evolve to where we are today while the other Homo (xyz) didn't? And I almost want to write a sci-fi/fantasy story about what if the Neanderthals were still living and co-existed with us.
Though I think I'll just do the Neanderthals. Y'know, like an alternate magical realm set in our Earth where the Neanderthals survived but we didn't. Wow...I could almost use them as a fantasy race, give them made-up names, etc. XD
Do you ever get in that late night mood where you listen to songs and just daydream? Yeah, that's where I am right now. Also, I had an amazing day with my amazing friends who I love very much.
God, I'm so jealous of both of you. I've been alternately making flash cards for vocab words and studying math stuff all day. So...much...fun...? My hand hurts. A lot.
