Coming To A Close

Today is my last day of ENG 111. I have finished HUM for the semester with an "A," and only have PSY and HIS left to go.  I will admit, while it has been tough getting into the routine of full time work and school, I still could have done better.  I have planned out my remaining classes at 3 per semester to give myself a better chance to give each one the time and focus I'll need to not get as overwhelmed as I kept finding myself over the last four months.
Taking the summer off to do some Army training, I am looking forward to the extra time I'll have just as much as I know I will be looking forward to continuing on in the Fall semester.  I am also excited to finally have a little time back to some painting!  I have some ideas in mind and can't wait to get started!

Staying on Task

I am indeed finding that getting distracted while do a research paper by getting info for another research paper really is the best way to go if you are like me.  I am certainly going to apply this method every chance I get. :)

Here I Am Again

It seems to be a habit of mine to end up staring at random notes for a paper due just around the corner.  I am at a standstill.  What makes it worse this time is the fact that I don't like the class, and am generally uninterested in the most interesting topic I could even think of to fill 4 pages with.  I'm trying not to regret going for a full time semester.  It's been a little overwhelming, and now that the semester is coming to a close, each class has large assignments all at once.  While I can't say that I was unaware of all of these projects from day one, my judgement on my ability to manage my time and prioritize things was less than realistic.
When choosing my classes for this semester, I didn't foresee so much writing being involved.  Though I have surprised myself by my ability to finish as many papers as I have and, most importantly, be satisfied with the finished product, there have been just as many that have been totally disappointing.  My current struggle is worth 25% of my Humanities grade.  It is due in 3 days, and I have only a questionable outline and thesis statement.  I may have to just give in and write a crappy paper.  Something is better than nothing, right?  Ugh.

Does anyone want to write my paper on Gabriel Garcia Marquez's 100 Years of Solitude and it's impact on Magical Realism and Latin America??  Anyone?  Bueller??

Distraction

I have two papers due this week, and I still have yet to start one of them.  Honestly, I don't even know how I managed to get as much down on paper as I have today.  I gave up on the idea of "being a writer" when I realized I would never get anything finished because of my anal retentive ways convincing me that what I liked while writing it, became shit by the time I read it over a few days later.  I think I've also forgotten quite a bit of my once fairly impressive vocabulary.  My ability to retain information has been failing me as of late.
Ugh. Back to the grind.

Get Creative!

I stumbled upon a great post on The World's Best Ever that I just had to share.

A First For Everything

I am sitting here at the library writing my English paper when it dawns on me, this is actually the first college paper I have ever written.  Even in high school I only did 3 papers at the most, and they were all 2 page book reviews. All of the writing I have done in the past ten or so years has really just been rambling, unedited babble.    Now that I am aware of the critical eye my writing will have on it, I must admit, I am a little nervous.  I've already had some great feedback at home. Though this means that now I find myself being overly critical of every comma I even consider placing.
I realize it has been a long time since I was in an official learning environment, but I still have high expectations of myself.  I am trying hard not to be too disappointed with myself for  thus far failing to achieve the standard I set for myself.

Going Mobile

This is me testing my new found techie skills on mobile blogging.  :)