Posts Tagged ‘writing’

Even minute progress is good

Thursday, October 2nd, 2008

We have progress on the design theory essay front! See below. (Alright so it’s not much at all, but it’s a good start, methinks. Three days before it’s due. Meh.)

After sifting through the contents of all these books (and that alone took me three days straight), it took me about an hour to write up a draft of the introduction, and then another two just to spruce it up. In between I watched Blade Runner and a few episodes of ye olde Batman: The Animated Series, after what feels like the zillionth time. *coughs* Yep, I am a bad influence on myself. Just as well I’m not writing my essay exclusively on television itself—I’d be glued to the box if I was! Then again, I do intend to add in a short paragraph or two on The Chaser guys’ antics and the blandness that is Mediawatch.

Oh, I love Alfred so dearly. He is such a great supporting character. There is that perpetually dry, acerbic wit and the stiff British upper-lip thing that entirely endears me to him. Plus, the man has gone through so much shit, what with Bruce being entirely insane and all. And he hardly gets any credit for it. Alfred, you da man!

[re: Bruce's supposed sighting of leprechauns]
Bruce: You think I’m crazy don’t you?
Alfred: In what sense, Master Bruce?

Hehe.

The usual essay writer’s block

Wednesday, October 1st, 2008

OK, I am in the middle of my mid-semester break and I am struggling, and I mean, STRUGGLING, to finish this theory essay. Correction—the beginning has not even been conquered. I mean, I have barely done my readings for it. It’s not so much the fact that the topic is difficult because it’s quite straight-forward (but perhaps in aforethought, it’s pretty complex); I just don’t know how to go about starting it. As you do. And it’s not like I’m not interested in this topic because I am—war propaganda and advertising; lots of juicy, gory, exciting, frightening stuff.

Real progress:

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Oh dear, oh dear.