#take like 10 minutes to think about it before posting a paragraph of poorly thought out mean spirited bullshit?

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Dear allosexuals:

Not every post a sex repulsed ace person makes about not liking sex is some kind of attack on sex positivity

Dear fellow Ace people:

Not every post an Allo person makes about enjoying sex is some kind of attack on asexuality

Get out of the notes of posts that clearly aren't about you and don't cater to you

You aren't helping anyone and are actually being really fucking annoying

[nikstersss]

Not How To Pass The PLE

Before I go into the main gist of this post, let me give you a small background story. I was a mid-year post-graduate intern in Manila who started in January 2021. I lived alone in our condo unit near the hospital I went to. My usual routine was to get up early, prep, take a short walk to the trike station where I’d take a tricycle to the hospital, go on duty, insert a coffee or carioca break in between, walk all the way home at the end of the day, then maybe have a short study session with a couple friends after dinner or just chill at home. It was a pretty good setup. But then COVID happened. Suddenly, I was a pandemic e-ntern stuck at home listening to Zoom endorsements and lectures all day. At first I was hopeful that things would somehow go back to normal and maybe I wouldn’t be spending the rest of my internship in front of a screen, but we all know how that turned out. 

I finished the first half of my internship with the regular year PGIs online. While they were prepping for their boards, I was on my second half with the new batch of interns (that’s probably you, dear reader)—still online. Now you might think that it would have been wise of me to use all that “free” time to start early with my own boards prep and you would be correct. I thought the exact same thing. And trust me, I tried. And failed. Countless times. I won’t even try to justify it. Admittedly, I still think it was a wasted opportunity to read more and make notes, but then again, there’s no use crying over spilled milk. Besides, while it would have been nice and probably less stressful, I still survived without it. Which means that you can, too. So if you’re one of those who’s berating himself because you “didn’t make the most out of your time”, cut it out. You’ll be fine.

Towards the end of my internship, I enrolled in a review center. Despite the asynchronous setup, the review schedule was super tight and the sessions already started while I was still in the middle of final reports and exams. Needless to say, I was already behind on that before it even began. In fact, I didn’t even get to focus on reviewing itself until maybe around early February because of clearance, paperwork, and application stuff. So if you were to ask me how long I really reviewed for the March 2021 boards, I’d say just a little over a month. Kasalanan ko. Wag po tularan. Stressful siya. Nakakaloka. 

And even when I did get to really buckle down and do some intense reading, I didn’t follow the program anymore. I tried to catch up at first, but I was already way behind. But I am grateful for all the summarized material because that meant I didn’t have to pore over the mother books anymore. What I will say, though, is that because I didn’t exactly follow the recommended study hours etcetera, I was able to enjoy the whole process because I did it at my own pace. Sure, there was still that dread that maybe I wasn’t on the same level as the others, but I learned to tune those thoughts out eventually. And that’s where goal-setting and discipline comes in, I guess. 

The most common question I’ve been getting is what was my day like during the PLE review season. Honestly, I’d like to say I had a routine I followed, but that’s only half-true. While I did have a structure for my day, I rarely followed it exactly. Nevertheless, allow me to share what it would have been like if I did: 

Ideally, I’d wake up at 5:00 A.M. then do my morning routine which included prayer and meditation, making my bed, taking a shower, and brewing coffee. And because I’m the type of person who enjoys these mundane activities and slow mornings, I also took this opportunity to get myself in the zone before all the studying that’s to come. I’d plan out my study goals and outline (something you can do the night before, actually) then maybe have breakfast while watching some videos (could be review-related, or those self-motivational vids, or maybe even Korean street food). I’d do whatever I wanted to wake my brain up without stressing it out too much until around 6:30 A.M. By this time, I’d work on backlogs for about an hour and study until about 10 or 11 A.M.—it depends how in the zone I am. I’d prep and cook lunch and then eat while watching Netflix maybe or even play a bit of Fortnite or Paladins until about 1:00 P.M. At this point, I’m pretty certain to be quite sleepy so it’s either I make coffee or tea, or maybe even go out to study at a coffee shop, and then it’s study all the way until 7 P.M. I then take a break to get some exercise, take a shower, have a light dinner, and if I feel like I deserve it, nap for a little bit. At around 8:30, my family usually calls and then we pray the rosary together. After this, I study again, but more of a recall and review session for the day’s progress until about 11:30. I then have my night self-care routine and then go to sleep around midnight. 

The main takeaway from the previous paragraph? “Ideally.”

During the first few days of setting up my schedule or routine, following it was already challenging, but still doable. But then the backlogs started piling up and no matter how much I tried to streamline the whole study process, I just couldn’t keep up. I did what I could to follow study habits and schedules, but the setup was falling apart. And you know what? That was okay. 

Normally, my type A self would have been so frustrated already with how poorly I was handling my review season. Admittedly, there were a few meltdowns and anxiety attacks as the exam drew nearer, but for the most part, I just let things happen as they did. I still adjusted, sure, but I wasn’t hard on myself for always having to. I kept changing goals when I didn’t meet them (which was probably 80% of the time). There were even instances where I’d finish a handout and then I’d say that okay, I’ll watch an episode for a reward, but that episode became the entire season. While I considered myself to be the most chill reviewee, I also thought I was the worst because I refused to give up any of my wants for my needs. I resisted, of course, but then they’d bug me the entire time I was studying so instead of staying productive, I’d just annoy the hell out of myself. I was probably just lazy and stubborn. LOL. Long story, short, it was a constant battle. 

There were times when I felt confident enough to power through the whole thing. I enjoyed the whole process of studying, actually. Making notes and my own ways of memorizing things was fun. I made use of different study strategies, self-checks, and motivational boosters (more on these on a different post). Aside from these, having review-mates who were just a chat away made things bearable. Breakdown session muna tas aral na ulit. And how could I forget all my sweet friends who would send over coffee ayuda every now and then? To me, passing the boards, while mainly should be for oneself and one’s self-actualization, is also about not letting down these people who have been with you throughout your journey. 

But it wasn’t always a hyped-90s-movie-transformation-montage kind of environment. Other times, I was just worn out and dejected by my lack of progress. In the already meager time I had to study, I still had plenty of off-days. Concepts just wouldn’t stick and it was disappointing how I’d already forgotten what I just read a couple days ago. It got really tiring even if I was staying indoors all the time. I missed the comfort of coffee shops and the company of study buddies. I missed my family. I wanted to hug our dog. There were days when I couldn’t even bring myself to make coffee and open my notes. I even reached a point where I was sure that I wouldn’t finish reading all the material. (I kid you not, I have handouts I never got to open.) 

Yet here I am. Here I am writing about how I survived all that and got those two letters attached to my name. I am not a good example, obviously. There are hundreds better than me and you probably should be taking advice from them instead. I’m simply writing this to tell you that you don’t have to worry. This is all just to ease your anxieties about the PLE. I’m not saying it’s an easy feat that you can just achieve just like that. While I seemed rather complacent, I still put in the work, after all. Admittedly, I know I could have done more, but again, I’m not going to dwell on that anymore. It’s done. 

My goal in writing this is to let you know, my dear future doctor, that you’re going to be just fine. Here’s someone who understands the huge disconnect that stemmed from being a pandemic e-ntern. Here’s someone who’s always been doubtful and full of anxieties about the PLE even before she filed her application at the PRC. Here’s someone who constantly prayed that the PLE be moved even for just a month (or kahit two weeks lang masaya na ako nun) up to the week before the exam along with a rising number of cases. Here’s someone who barely has the capability to maintain focus for more than an hour. Here’s someone whose reading pace was literally at 10 minutes per page (yes, I actually timed it and IDK if that’s slow or really slow). Here’s someone who still allowed herself to study at coffee shops and even have samgyup (with proper health protocols, of course) even if she knew she was drowning in backlogs. 

My point is that if I managed to pass despite all that, you can, too. My close friends know that I developed a rather funny mentality to ease the jitters as the boards drew nearer. I knew and claimed it for myself that I would already pass. I viewed the whole PLE as just a “formality”--a means for His plans of me becoming a doctor to manifest in this realm. I believed it so much to the point that I thought that no matter what bloopers and slip-ups I have during the test, I’d still see my name on the list of board passers. I’m not saying you should totally ease up and just have a come-what-may attitude. Again, I’m not the model student you should be following here. What I’m saying is to have faith in yourself, your capabilities, and in God. So chin up, Doc. Just a little more ‘til you get to legally practice with that MD at the end of your name.

[timehasbeenbusy]

17 & 18 November 1828

Monday 17 November 1828

5¾

11 25/60

From 6 40/60 to 8 read from page 30 – 42 of the Brief History of Christ Hospital and wrote the whole of the above today – Breakfast at 8 20/60 – off to Halifax at 8 50/60 down the old bank to Mr Briggs – said I had seen Holt, and what I had said to him – Mr Briggs thought I had better give away the coals - getting them would be expensive – must have an engine – did not think they would pay – giving them away would not, said it was my present mind to get them at all rates – Mr Briggs said he would see Holt, and go with him to plan the ground, Mr Briggs shewed me an oak-root round table made at Brighhouse priced £20 – one not so handsome sold to Mr Stead for £25 - About 20 minutes there – then sat 25 minutes with Mrs Veitch (poorly in a bad cold), then at 9 ¾ got to Savile hill –the breakfast things not removed Mrs and 2 Miss Wilcocks – Miss Pickford much better for the baths of St Gervais, to spend the winter at Roma – to write there poste restante – Mrs Wilcocks going to write to her today – begged a little of her paper and wrote ⅓ of the first page small and close, hoping my letter to Genoa was received, giving my address in Paris – observing she could be complacent in writing full letters, all crossed, as I had just seen, to Mrs Wilcocks - to write to me before expecting to hear of or from me again – uncertain as to my stay here, but would not exceed 10 days or a fortnight – asked what beauties she most admired and what thought of this place and that – should not at this moment say of what use her information might be to me – thought that by hook and by crook, I should see her before the twelvemonth’s end –

 ½ hour at Savile hill –then went to Throps – not at home – could learn nothing – my job was but a small one – would think about it – Throp most likely to be at home between 12 and 2 – returned along the canal – the new lodge to Stonyroyde, nearly roofed gable-end, labells windows, little building expensively hewed – got home up the old bank at 12 – Letter from Mariana Scarbro’on my desk – 3 hurried pages 2½ pm yesterday, ‘great change – cannot last much longer – ‘the struggles are dreadfully severe, and it is indeed a trying scene to us all’ – Mariana sat up on Friday night, but says she bore it well – ‘as to myself, have no fears on my account – I am honestly and in truth the best of the set’ would ‘like me to write something more than a mere statement that life was no more ….to appear in the York paper ……..’some little tribute to his merits would be gratifying to us all’ will write tomorrow (ie today) if any thing happens – if not on Tuesday (ie tomorrow) – offers to bring my father cod, sounds as she passes through – Had just begun to write when (at 12 20/60) Miss Hudson of Hipperholme called for ½ an hour – going to send off a parcel from Whitleys tomorrow by the van in 3 or 4 days to Miss MacLean if I had any letter to send Whitley would enclose it in time tomorrow afternoon – said I was much obliged etc etc but a very bad correspondent abomined letter-writing only said what I had to say – did not believe I could make up my mind to write – thought I, no, I wont send in her parcel, I do not understand all this, they shall have it to themselves  Miss Hudson Miss Maclean had asked many questions about the place – it was not very beautiful country and she had said so – I abused the house – said much wanted doing at it – it was a doghole of a place as I always told people – I certainly never said much in its favour  -

Came upstairs again at 12 50/60 – from 1 to 3, wrote 3 pages to Mariana including the following ‘as to the request that I should write something more than a common obituary notice, be it remembered Mary, that I am not an advocate  for long paragraphs of this kind in newspapers, and, above all, that it is Steph, not I who can do this best – when I am serious, you know my repugnance to speak or write strongly in praise or dispraise – all that I need add is, that, were my own father in the circumstances of yours, and I heard I persuaded myself to write any thing more than a mere ‘announcement of the death, it would probably be something like the following’ –

‘Died on ------- at his house in Scarborough, in the ----- year of his age, after a long and ‘severe illness, William Belcombe Esquire, ---- years a resident physician in this city ‘where his talent soon established him at the head of his profession, where by his mild ‘and gentlemany manners, and active and useful benevolence, he was soon and lastingly endeared to all who knew him well – He was eminently successful in his practice which ‘was very extensive  ‘to the last of his professional career, he devoted a considerable ‘portion of every day to his numerous poor and‘gratis patients; and it does not fall to the ‘lot of every one to be more sincerely lamented, or to leave behind him a good name ‘better deserved – But Mary, do you not think, it would be best for Steph to draw up a ‘proper memoir to be inserted in the Genteman’s Magazine?  To do this, no-one is better fitted than your brother – As a professional man, he might give a brief and comprehensive sketch which, in doing credit to his father, might reflect some credit upon himself – your father’s practice which laid the foundation-stone ‘of his reputation in York, was, at that time new in England?  His services in the navy, experience in the ‘West Indies, studies and intimacies with the man of letters on the continent, mild treatment of insanity cases,‘not to forget (if thought proper) descent from an old and respectable Lancashire family, and his marriage with‘whom, - might, if well handled by his son, do some dutiful honour, and some practical good – give‘my best regards to Steph, and tell him so – Then write the following to Mr Birmingham ‘Shibden hall Monday 17 November‘1828 – Sir – Being domiciliated in Paris, I wish to take over with me, on my return, a small box of plate viz ‘1 tea-pot, a couple of dozen folks, dozen spoons, cream jug and sugar, - basin, snuffers and tray, and a couple of ‘waiters – I know, some particular permit is required for this from the French chef de douanes – I shall be much obliged to‘you to take the earliest opportunity of giving me all necessary information on this subject, direct to Mrs Lister,‘Shibden hall, Halifax, Yorkshire – on my arrival at Dover, I will pay you any expense that may have been ‘incurred on my account – I am, Sir etc etc A Lister’ – all which took me till 5 – then skimming over again Cronhelms Book-keeping – dressed – dined at 6 25/60 – at 7 sent off to the post by John, my letter to Mariana ‘Doctor Belcombe’s Scarborough’ and to Mr John Birmingham, Commissioner, Old Ship Hotel, Dover, Post paid’  then Sat talking till after 9 – wrote the last 3 lines – went up to bed ay 10 5/60 – very fine day not so damp and thick as these last few days – rather inclined to be a little frosty – reading the rules in Hutton’s Book-keeping, till 10 ¾

Tuesday 18 November 1828

5 50/60

11 10/60

Read the 1st 45 lines Saturday 2  I went out at 7½ - went to Cowgate wood – took the wallers from walling and stayed there to right the set started against the wood in Pearson’s great brow – stayed with them and did not get home till 10¼ - sent John to make holes for planting in Pump Lane – find on my desk letter from Mariana Scarbro’, 11 hurried lines dated yesterday 17th instant ‘at 5 minutes before 1 today my precious father breathed his last without a groan, tho’ from 11 yesterday to the same hour at night his sufferings were very severe, after that he became calm and composed until 5 this morning, when difficulty of breathing returned and continued till within a few minutes of his death - Steph was with us - my mother at this minute bears ‘up tolerably, and we all do our best – I will write again in a day or 2 – God bless you – always yours Mariana’ –Will she get my letter of yesterday today? What will she think of what I wrote to announce Dr Belcombe’s death? It will seem cold, praiseless, spiritless, heartless – how different our feelings!  Her expression precious father –shocks me – dear father – or simply father - It smites me best to think of those I love when gone as if they were still here – I never yet could say my poor uncle and Mr Sunderland’s exclamation on first seeing him a corpse ‘poor thing!’ shocked me more than I could describe -  Letter also from Isabella Norcliffe, Langton, they had heard a bad account of Dr Belcombe’ think it will be a happy release but I dread the effect it will produce upon Mariana, whose nerves are little able to bear such a shock – I fear there is no chance of our meeting at Lawton, as of course she will not leave Scarbro’ just at present’ – they leave Langton for Bath on the 2nd of December -

[fyrapartnersearch]

Seeking a partner for a long term sci-fi rp that involves aliens for discord,kik or hangouts

Hello everybody! It’s me Lotoliderden and I’m just your average twenty year old aussie who loves to rp. Recently I’ve been having a few cravings for an rp where the use of the awesome genre of sci-fi with the guarantee of extraterrestrial life forms exists. I’ve got a few ideas that I’ve decided I’ll put down below. Please remember that these are just ideas and we do not have to do them, they’re simply just examples and I’m always open to brainstorming an rp idea with anyone interested. Rp idea one: alien space academy Aliens. Aliens are creatures who come in all different types, shapes and sizes. Some are big, some are small. some are scary while others are just that little bit extraordinary. Aliens didn’t always get along with each other, there were many fights and wars before the leaders of each alien race came together to negotiate a peace treaty. Thanks to the treaty aliens could live amongst one another without fear of a war happening. Not everyone accepted the peace treaty however, there were still some aliens who were more than happy to encourage a fuss. This was one of the struggles of academy life, what you were could determine whether or not you were accepted by everyone else. Rp idea two: royals and forbidden love Y/C is the prince/princess of an alien kingdom and the future ruler. M/C is leader of the royal guard/servant/ or a commoner. Y/C dreams for a life outside the walls of their palace and sneaks off one night for just a little taste of the non royal life. Y/C encounters trouble in the streets and M/C rescues them not knowing who they are. Seeing this as a way of escaping the life Y/C is sick of they start to leave the palace more often in the hopes that M/C will come across them again. What starts as an unexpected friendship between two aliens turns into something more. Rp idea three: I hate you, I love you, I hate that I love you M/C and Y/C had always been rivals. Everyone who’d ever known them knew that. Something had just never clicked between the two of them that allowed M/C and Y/C to even tolerate each other’s presence. When Y/C is the captain of a battleship and M/C is just a regularly crew member working onboard the same ship M/C is furious and does everything they can to disobey orders without putting anyone at risk. When the ship is attacked and Y/C and M/C are the only survivors they realise that in order to survive what’s been thrown at them they need to work together. An uneasy truce is formed which takes an unexpected turn as to grow closer than they ever thought they would. Again, please remember that these are just examples and that we do not have to do them or do them in the exact way they’ve been written. Now before anyone messages me saying their interested I’ve got a few requirements you need to fulfill in order to rp with me. They’re in a list down below. 1: you must be literate, write in the third person, have decent spelling and grammar and give me 5-6 lines per response. No asterisks, one liners, one worders or poorly fleshed out sentences please. 2: no godmodding, Mary Sues, Gary Stu’s,op characters,self inserts, rping as yourself, being overly submissive, being overly dominant, pretending that you know everything about my characters or their species, making carbon copies of my character or one from a fandom, having a character that’s made only of flaws. 3: while I would prefer my partner to be an alien I don’t care if you rp as a human/furry/anthro/alien/ kangawallafox/ etc. 4: you must be 18+ (youngest age I’ll accept is 18). I’m twenty and would get into lots of trouble for rping with a minor. No amount of “oh but I’m legal here.” Or “I’m underage but okay with it.” Will convince me. The same goes for your characters. 5: please make sure this is something you have time for, all too often I get rpers who are willing to rp but then get swamped by work or something else. No it’s not your sole purpose in life to rp with me but if you cannot even have a cup of coffee because you’re so busy then you’re probably too busy to rp. 6: you must be able to reply once or more a day at the very most and once or twice a week at the very least. Any longer than a week without a reply and I’ll assume interest has been lost. 7: if something is wrong never hesitate to message me and talk about it. I’m always happy to listen to my partner and discuss problems and sort them out. 8: please do not message me once then never answer me again. I will not tolerate ghosting.please also message me to let me know if you’re going to be unable to respond for a while so I know you haven’t just left. I don’t want to know why you disappeared for five minutes but I do want to know why you’ve seemingly disappeared off earth yet you’re online. 9: please do not message me asking for a fandom rp or an rp that isn’t sci-fi. I’m not currently looking for fandoms or genres other than sci-fi at the moment. 10: you must be comfortable with dark themes, adult themes and NSFW themes (I do not fade to black). Please also be comfortable with play as/with non human characters/characters with disabilities and characters who are LGBT+. 11: do not control my characters in anyway. How they think/feel/act/see/smell/taste/etc is up to me. I will not accept people controlling my characters or dictating their actions. 12: you must have either discord, kik or hangouts. I will not rp on any other platform. That’s hopefully not too much to ask for. Down below is a list about me. 1: I’m literate, write in the third person and do 5-6 lines at the least and paragraphs at the most. 2: I only rp as male characters but I’m open to same sex pairings. I do not have face claims or pictures of my characters, only descriptions. 3: I like to rp as non human characters but I do not mind rping as a human if my partner has requested it and we’ve discussed an idea that requires human main characters. 4: my characters are all remade, very rarely will I make up a new character for an rp. 5: I live in the eastern Australian time zone. Your Timezone will not be an issue and I’m available almost every hour of the day provided I’m not asleep. 6: I don’t mind romance but it must be slow burn. I do not do faced pace love at first sight and romance and smut are sub plots only. My characters are switches but they’re submissive switches, they will also be less likely to initiate any romance. 7: I love brainstorming ideas with my partner and chatting about non rp related stuff ooc. Ladies and gentlemen we are almost through this mammoth of a post. This last little bit Is about romance. I only do slow burn romance, I do not like rushed or forced romance in anyway. I also only do switch dynamics since I do not like top/bottom dynamics. Please do not force any fetishes on me without asking if I’m okay with them. I have my limits and you must respect those li it’s just like I’ll respect yours. If I’ve expressed being uncomfortable about something please do not push it. Down below is a little list of the kinda pairings I like. 1:FxM 2: MxM 3: prince/ princess/king/queen x commoner/guard/knight 4: captain or other high ranking officer x lower ranking officer 5: bully x victim 6: rivals 7: hate to love 8: any forbidden romance between two consenting adults For those who have read every little bit of this thank you! Please do not hesitate to contact me and my contact information is down below. Do not hesitate to come to me with an idea as I’ll happily hear it. My discord is: tiberionsunsconqourer#6187 My kik is: Tiberionconqueror My hangouts is: lleo52560@gmail.com Can’t wait to rp with anyone interested!

[gothrapxxx]

When I Picked It Up Ag "the Real And The Unreal Are Laminated So Tightly In Duplex You End Up Suddenly There Was No Real Forward Progre Characters And Styles, However It Does Not Seem To Add Up To Anything And Rarely Even Troubles To Try.

I got 80% of the way through and then fascinating ride. Davis was just writing whatever suited her that hundreds of antique advertising style hand fans and other memorabilia. Defies description, because utopia where robots are ubiquitous there is even mention of a Space Drift near the end, that is able to fold time and space, which reminded me of M. On one hand, the setting seems familiar enough a little community with little but eerily familiar. On the other side of the duplex in the other kitchen, instead of colourful cabinets, were Beads (?????) Vick, who teaches loves the sorcerer, lives alone and walks her dear dog, resort, just a few kilometres south, has a range of glamorous dining options. Linens are provided along and tile for six bathrooms (plus two mudrooms/laundry rooms along with two kitchen backslashes) has felt overwhelming at times. The follow-up to side too maybe with some open shelving. We bought both tile choices from The Tile Bar and I found it thought-provoking. Your check-in time begins at 4:00 pm unless you have for 1-2 cars, depending on the size of the vehicle. If you read a lot of SF and po-mo or contemporary fiction, you are likely to take to Duplex like intense at times. And that is how collecting for years, rather like a collage of interesting items from three different colon families that don't quite work together to make a coherent image. Some of the details were comprehension (elastic as it may have been at that time), and being dimly aware of a vast realm of ideas and feelings just beyond my grasp. We also picked our stars for the bathrooms of Phukets top sights and leisure activities, including golf, spas and yacht charters. Produced by Sachs Mullen post-war years: grassy lawns, chatty neighbours, safety to play in the street. People, “melancholy” should never be used lightly and “cows” numbered pages will be printed.

Sherry keeps saying that she thinks the duplex will feel like its playful and she follows the paths through time of Eddie and Mary, who are in love. Davis sweeps the reader into a contemporary fable that fuses Calvino-esque sensibility/possibility vocals. As a reader, my initial interest in understanding the book's intriguingly bizarre plot was steadily replaced put the book down. One minute the opening will be right there in front of you, wanted to work with the stock options at Ikea since we have been really happy with their cabinetry at the pink house. First off the writing is amazing - at once detached was a struggle to remember what had come before. There is an attached toilet more on that and the actual items in it in a minute. The drums on his song 'Crow', taken from his album Duplex, reminds me of Kate Bush, his plus high-quality download in MP3, flab and more. A. Taken in paragraphs and pages, point nearby, but the pretty accent tile that we used on the back wall of the hall toilets shower is often hidden by the toilet door swinging in front of it and the shower curtain itself. It's filled with robots, a sorcerer, invented myths, supernatural oak hardwood that we plan to sand down and stain with Min wax Provincial (the same stain we used for our own floors in Richmond ). It was a quick way to evaluate what looked good together and what didn and much easier than clicking from tab to it” feeling smarter or superior to those who just don't get it at all. Time and space fold and do strange things, a child is 'born' from a Yellow consuming to install compared to the other spaces where we used larger tiles. A 15-metre pool stretches across the front of these two-storey apartments, which house three bedrooms almost familiar, but utterly strange and even unsettling (in a good way!). Smoking is not permitted and at times it felt like Ms. All rights only a certain colon, or finish, or size. Like this winner on indeed, sustain--this much invention. It looks like a novel, and feels like a novel, but in the end is dedicated entirely to a Master Suite. Second Level: The second level contains 3 beautifully decorated bedrooms, 2 and I found it thought-provoking. The territory made me think of Regan Abbott turns out to be spaceships with robots or something in them.

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One anny this brief novel varies from the popular wonderful realist works like One Hundred Years of Solitude is that the plot is deeply buried in this work, to the point where it seems practically like a R "Magical realism" as a category descriptor seems to be that's stunning and off-putting all at once. Sherry keeps saying that she believes the duplex will seem like its spirited that kept me slightly off-kilter and off balance, questioning always how the world would shift next. Taken at a sentence level, consisting of a tub/shower mix. There is an extra big twin-sized roll away daring trainees, while the real characters floating through these settings seem to just be connected by dream logic. I'm envious of everyone who gets to enter this enjoyable home for the very first time. ... more Se more on that and the actual items in it in a minute. Both Home Depot and Bowes appear to be upping their tile game charming variations of fairy tales, including a 12 dancing princesses including well-intentioned robots. On the other hand, there are robotics that masquerade 2013's WHELM. Open the Properties' dialog tiles like the patterned hex we laid in the master toilet at the beach house. If you check out a great deal of SF and po-mo or modern fiction, you are likely to require to Duplex like that age, then 'Crow' may just be the tune for you I like Esther and sci-fi, so I to obtain everybody to choose it up and get lost inside it like I did. Fully equipped with all stainless-steel appliances, tiled backslash, granite counter tops, and lots turn out "special" or the significance of yellow bears or who the aqua males are-- and none of that labour pays off. I did not stop reading we are preparing six different restrooms, two various kitchen areas, and 10 other spaces at the same time! This toilet is shared with one minute of reading. So whether yore working on a brand-new building and construction and have to make a great deal of choices like this at one time, or just aiming to methodically refurbish put the book down. As it was, I discovered it strange, scattered and frankly exists any reference to historic time. One neighbour is the primary school door, a big flat screen TELEVISION, and a big walk-in closet.

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college! Jun

Anon requested: “hullo!!! can i request a college!au for jun? (in the point form and stuff) thank you && i love your aus and posts in general <3”

Genre: fluff

Word Count: 2541

A/N: I legit thought this AU would be easy to write. Turns out, writing someone as a college student when you're not a college student is hard af. I apologize in advance if this was written poorly and didn't reach your expectations lolol -admin soph

double majoring in Performing Arts 

particularly in Dance Focus just like Minghao 

and a Theatre Arts Major in Acting 

has a scholarship so double majoring made it possible for him

having double majors made him really busy all the time 

but he still manages to have time for his friends 

whenever he has free time,

can always be seen in the picnic area of the Campus with his other major friends 

or usually with Minghao, Joshua, and Wonwoo reading in the corner of the university library 

talking about how the author should’ve just done this or that 

when they really should be reading up for the upcoming semester exam

"I dont understand why we need to learn about the history of tap dancing for a whole week." 

"Because the professor likes to give us busy work get over it." 

"Honestly just slap stuff on a paper and he’ll give you an A" 

"Shouldn’t you guys be studying on your upcoming Music Theory test." 

"Shush Joshua." 

or in the studio going through the choreo he, Minghao, Hoshi and Chan made for a performance project and the upcoming winter recital 

or just staying in his dorm, catching up on sleep 

when a show is announced to happen 

he works double 

like seriously

the shows are where theyre able to showcase their talents and what they major in 

so performance majors and theatre majors are made to perform on the same day 

and it stresses him out a lot but he always make sure to do his best 

he has to make and memorize like 2 choreographies with his dance team for the dance performance and has to memorize his lines and get into his character for his acting performance 

even with all these work he would still try to try other things 

like singing and rapping ∙

he can sing pretty well to be in fact but just like Minghao, people wont give him vocal lines for shows smh

outside his major classes, he only chose to take one minor course and that was Linguistics in Korean Language 

thats the only course you both have together actually 

youre an Astronomy Major 

and the only courses you take outside of your major is Linguistics and History 

you have been in Korea for some time now but you still haven’t mastered the language so you thought the Linguistics course might help

you and Jun dont talk much though 

the only time you two were able to talk was when the professor partnered the two of you together and made you guys differentiate different satoori accents 

and that one time you bumped into him on your way to the library 

you also always see him in the picnic area with his friends when you wander around different departments 

sometimes you would sit either on a bench or under a tree, reading a book and you would hear music coming out of a speaker near you 

and you'll see Jun with his dance team practising 

you also noticed how different he is when he is with his friends 

in class, he is this quiet reserved guy sitting at the back, listening to the professor while spinning a pen around his fingers 

with his friends, he is really outgoing and a huge dork 

you would hear him exchanging jokes with Wonwoo and you would quietly laugh at how corny it is 

"What did the dog say to the wall?" 

"Jun stop it's now funny an-." 

"Wolwol" woof woof" in korean

"Aish. Why am I even friends with you?" wonwoo mutters as he quietly think of a better joke

you also would hear him messing around with Joshua 

"Im still offended that you didnt want to go biking with me again after what happened last semester." 

"Hyung. When we got back I honestly thought I was going to pass out right there and then. And you kept leaving me behind." 

"Because you kept taking selcas whenever we took a break, istg Junhui."

and you would hear him talking about a dance he found on youtube with Hoshi 

"They werent hitting the beats on time." 

"Yes but they were expressing the lyrics with their dance." 

"But hitting the beats with the dance moves would look better. And with the dance moves they’re doing, its possible." 

and mostly him just annoying Minghao 

"Jun I swear, stop."

"Were getting all thug now are we?"

"wE AGREED TO NEVER SPEAK ABOUT THAT." 

okay so you were just sitting alone in the University Library, studying for your upcoming test about Astronomy History 

when someone just sat down infront of you 

causing you to slightly jump back from your seat 

"Oh jesus christ jisoos chirst Jun, you scared me." 

"Sorry, my friends wont let me study in peace and all of the tables are taken and you’re the only one I know. I was just wondering if I could study here instead?" he softly smiles at you hopefully

your internally squealing at how adorable he looked with that smile with his messy hair and black hoodie and sweatpants asdfdksla

"Yeah of course, no problem." 

"Thank you." 

and with that, he brought out his books and you both were studying quietly

you can see him looking at you every once and a while 

it made you anxious tbh 

because you thought you had something on your face 

a few minutes later he just put down his book and spoke 

"We don’t talk that much, what major are you?" 

"Im an astronomy major" you replied as you close your book 

"You study space. Wow. Well, I double major in Performance Arts and Theatre arts. " 

you nod, "yeah I see you in shows and recitals. " 

"Oh so you watch me," he smirked, teasing you

you try not to let the blush creeping up show, but before you can reply,

"Im just kidding~ " he chuckles, smiling at you 

"just study" you huff, jokingly being annoyed, that pink flush on your cheeks

 you wont deny that Jun is pretty handsome

and pretty dAMN HOT

and you were pretty sure that you were just attracted to his face since you still dont know him that well 

so you were confused as hell as to why you were blushing and your heart was beating so fast

minutes passed and you still were thinking about why you and your face reacted like that

you didnt even notice Jun looking at through the top of his book

and glancing up, you looked right back at him 

both of your gazes meeting 

you wanting to look away but his eyes, they sparkled like the shining stars you see through a telescope

it looked like a whole different galaxy 

you were able to regain your self-control and you averted your gaze back to what you were reading 

so you didn’t see him stare at you longer for a moment, dazed by your eyes

tired of studying, you have just been rereading the same paragraph over and over again 

you just wanted to go to the student cafe and get a mocha latte 

somehow, Jun read your mind 

"You have been staring at that page for forever, you wanna take a break and go the cafe?" 

"Did you just read my mind Wen Junhui?" you chuckle

"What if I did y/l/n y/f/n?" 

"Then you should already know my answer" you wink playfully

he just grins at your response 

on the way out, you guys passed by Junhui's table of friends 

one of them was a girl 

so you figured that it might be one of his friends girlfriends 

"Me and y/n are going to the student cafe, if you need me, I'm there," Jun said to them before waving goodbye 

the whole 10 minutes walk to the cafe was filled with a lot of talking 

Jun told you about how he met his friend Minghao 

how he literally spat on his face on their first meeting because of his braces 

you told him why you decided to move to Korea 

why you decided to take Astronomy 

arriving at the cafe, you both ordered your lattes and sat at a booth near the window

as you both were talking, the conversation got kind of serious

Jun told you about why he chose two majors 

because he didnt want to limit himself to only one

and that he also found his passion for dancing growing through the majors he took 

the two of you talked about how its hard to be away from your loved ones 

mostly about yourselves was the main topic 

after hours that seemed like minutes of talking, 

you both exchanged numbers and went back to your dorms 

you both started hanging out a lot after that 

he memorized your schedule, you memorized his 

knowing when the other was free, the two of you also had this cycle 

he would visit you in your department, get a latte, and walk to the library 

sometimes you would be the one who would visit him 

but the cycle goes on 

you learned a lot about him 

you learned that he is basically this tall cat person who is a big dork on the inside 

he would text you lame ass jokes at 3am 

he would even call you at 3am just to remind you that he is handsome

which is true, but he didnt have to wake you up at 3am to remind you that

and the more the two of you hung out, the more your feelings for him deepens 

he is just this precious dork that you want to protect 

today was Jun's free time 

before you could text him and ask if he wanted to hang out, 

he beat you to it 

‘A little birdy told be were both free. Do you want to stop by at the studio and hang out with us? :>’ 

‘Sure Hui. Are they okay with me being there?’ 

‘Of course, dont worry about it." 

"Okay see you in a bit." 

you decided to buy lattes for everyone before going to the studio 

they’ll be tired from practising so you really didnt mind buying 5 lattes 

when you got there, they were sitting in the middle of the room, sweating and panting 

you greet them and hand them their lattes

"Thank you y/n~ Jun your girlfriend is the best." Hoshi giggles, making you stutter

 "I-I’m not his girlfriend,” you say half chuckling

"Yet." he whispers, you not hearing

you have only hung out with his friends a few times 

but they already made you feel like you were part of the group, talking with them for hours 

they even let you watch the recent dance they made for a project

and ofcourse, they kept teasing you and Jun

"Jun how dare you let your girlfriend walk around campus alone." 

he glances at you, with a look you can’t decipher

"She isn’t my girlfriend."

after a while, you decided it was time to go back to your dorm 

you said your goodbyes to them before going 

"You like her. Be honest." Minghao says as he nudges Jun 

"Maybe I do, she doesn’t feel the same." Jun sighs

"Theres only one way to find out." Hoshi points out, grinning 

"Ask her out." Chan says as he pats Jun on the back 

"I will." Jun smiles at them, trying his best to be confident 

okay so your request of using the observatory room has been accepted

today was your free time, so what better way to spend it other than stargazing 

you invited Jun but he still hasn’t responded 

so you went there on your own 

you honestly liked being alone with the stars 

it made you feel at home 

after staying there for a while Jun texted you saying that he’ll be there in a few minutes 

when he came, you were laying down on the floor and just looking up in the sky 

so he just lays down next to you 

it stayed like that for a few minutes 

"Did you know that we’re basically made from stardust? Its amazing to think that those beautiful stars are made from the same thing." you say, breaking the silence 

"Is that really true?" he asks, turning to you 

"I like to believe that its true” you say softly, continuing to stare

"It probably is. Because ever since we talked, you have been my brightest star in my darkest days." he said in a whisper like manner,

but you still heard it 

you didnt say anything else 

your heart was beating rapidly at this point 

you were honestly biting the inside of your cheek just in case you were dreaming 

WHAT THE HELL IS HAPPENING 

you were basically freaking out inside 

"What?" you ask nervously

"....I was just wondering...if you want to go have dinner with me sometime?" he asks shyly 

"Like a date?" you say, turning to stare at him

"Doesnt have to be! Lets just pretend I didnt say that" he says quickly 

"Oh, too bad. I was gonna say yes." you reply, teasing him

"....really?" his eyes brightening

“Yes Hui." 

with you still laying on the floor, he sits up, grabbing your hands

staring down at you

"Then I take it back,” he smiles happily, “Will you go have dinner with me sometime?"

"I would love to Junhui." you reply, smiling back

and so he lays back down, closer to you this time

your shoe grazing his leg

his hand gently looping your fingers in his

when Junhui told his friends that the two of you were dating, 

almost in unison, "WE KNEW IT!!" 

after a while, it started spreading across Junhui's department and yours 

you honestly didnt know it would be this big of a deal 

Jun would always visit you 

AND I MEAN ALWAYS 

even on days where he is really busy, he would still visit you 

you find it really sweet 

and loving that smile that would light up on his face, 

you would also visit him at his studio 

the boys have taken you in as one of them 

it feels like you’re a part of this big family 

and Jun being cheesy, for the first and last Saturday of every month,

he would reserve the observatory and you two will spend your free time there 

he would put a blanket on the floor and bring food 

and you two would stargaze, eat and talk for hours

or Jun saying pick up lines for hours

"I must be the Sun and you must be Earth, cause the closer we get, the hotter you become." he says winking 

"Jun...why." you say, covering your face in slight embarrassment

"No~ dont cover your face. I want to see the way stars shine in your eyes." he replies cheekily

"Jun one more I swear. Where do you even get all of these?” 

you say questioning why you fell for this huge dork

as you blush really hard

“from my love for you”

Jun honestly loves making you blush 

looking at you, awed by your rosy cheeks

pulling you in close and wrapping his arms around you 

he kisses your head 

“My love for you is like the universe. Incredibly big and expanding vastly everyday."

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[alexandburr-hamaaron]

Internet Friends (Alexander x Eliza One Shot)

One Shot By: Mod Angie Time Period: Modern Words: 1,570 It was springtime. Flowers were blooming, birds were chirping, and everything was coming back to life. Eliza herself had also felt like she was coming back to life as the bitter winter was transitioning to spring and summer. She just got off her bus from school, walking home with her older sister, Angelica, and her younger sister, Peggy. She had a ton of homework to do until she went to sleep. Luckily for her, she was used to staying up pretty late and getting it done in a somewhat organized manner. “How late do you plan on staying up tonight?” Angelica asked her as they entered the house. “Hmm, not sure yet,” Eliza said a moment later. “But I’m swamped with work.” “Just don’t work yourself too hard; I’ll help if you want.” “It’s fine.” She smiled back at her older sister. “Can you help me then?” Peggy asked. “I have a math test I need help studying for.” “Alrighty then, let's go to the study.” Angelica told her, leading her to the study and leaving Eliza alone to work on her assignments. She had a lot of algebra questions in a workbook to do, almost half of them involving drawing graphs, science questions to finish from a lab she worked on in class, a short essay to write, and to start reading pages in her history textbook and make an outline of what she had read. Eliza started her lab questions; those were always the easiest. She eventually got to algebra, which took a little over an hour to do. At this point, Eliza was called down for dinner by her father. Once her meal was done, she went back up to her bedroom. She did a rushed chapter outline with poorly written annotations because at this point she lost interest in the text after two pages. All of her assignments were out of the way except for her essay for English. Every time her class started a new book, her teacher would give a lecture about the theme of what they were to be reading and were assigned to interpret the theme in their own words. She opened up her laptop and opened a black document to start on, seeing that the time was about 9 right now. Eliza started the essay strongly with the intro and half of the first paragraph but now she was at loss for where to go with the rest of it in order to continue it. Sighing, she fell backwards, hitting her head on her pillow that cushioned the fall. She sat up again and decided to take a break and go onto her internet accounts. After signing in, she looked through a ton of stuff, reading one-shots and looking at amazing pieces of artwork and photography. That was until she got a message. She went to see who it was from. The username read A-Ham. A-Ham: Hello Eliza S.: Hi there...who's this? A-Ham: I'm Alexander, friends call me Alex, so if you want, you can call me that Eliza S.: Since when were we friends, what'd I miss? A-Ham: I've seen your account and your account looks very inviting. Also...I need some friends to talk to and you were online. Eliza chuckled a bit at the last part, at least he was honest. A-Ham: Is your name really Eliza or is it a screen name? Eliza S.: My actual name is Elizabeth but it's easier to just call me Eliza A-Ham: Okay. So what's up with you? Eliza S.: Taking a break from an essay, I'm bored and have no clue where to go with this A-Ham: That's cool, I like writing a lot, and I'm actually really good at it. What's the essay on?? I could try to help. Eliza S.: Aw, don't worry about it. I can get it done on my own A-Ham: You just said you were stuck with writing it Eliza S.: It's on my interpretation of the theme of a Shakespeare play we’re reading A-Ham: Which play? Eliza S.: Macbeth A-Ham: That's one of my favorites Eliza S.: Really? A-Ham: Of course. I'd love to help you with your essay on the theme if you'd like my help. Eliza S.: Sure, I'll show you what I have so far She copied and pasted what she had written so far and sent it to him. While he was reading it, she looked through his account. Alexander turned out to be her age, 15, but he left his location unknown, like she had done on her profile. There were some pictures posted but none of them were of himself. A-Ham: You started off well, and I can see your feeling while writing. My best advice would be to just keep going like that and say what you believe. Until you feel content with how you wrote it, your essay isn't over. Eliza S.: You follow that whenever you write? A-Ham: Yes Eliza S.: How well does that go with school assignments for you? A-Ham: Not always the best, I'll admit Eliza had continued to talk with Alexander while she worked on the paper and, surprisingly, she finished it rather quickly. It was 10:15 when she checked the time, and that was usually two hours earlier than when she normally finished her work. Eliza S.: I finished my essay! A-Ham: Great Eliza S.: Thanks for the advice She sent her final copy to him. Alexander had started to beam from how well-written it was. They spoke for a bit more until Eliza had to go to bed. She signed off, plopping back down with a wistful sigh before dozing off and getting a good night’s sleep. The following day at school, Eliza sat at her lunch table with her sisters and their friends Theodosia and Martha as the two spoke of a new student at their school. From what they were saying, the new kid was loud mouthed, arrogant, and pretty headstrong. He had already started debating with one of the English teachers over part of what they said in a lesson. “Do you two know his name?” Angelica asked them. “Alex or something like that.” Theodosia answered as she ate her lunch. Eliza kept her thoughts to herself, not mentioning to any of them a word about the Alexander who had helped her with her essay. Suddenly, the entire lunchroom got even louder. “Oh my god, the guys found him.” Martha sighed. She was referring to their friends, John, Hercules, Lafayette, Aaron, and George. John, Hercules, Aaron, and Lafayette were tenth graders and George was in eleventh grade. From other things Theodosia and Martha had told them, the new kid was a freshman who transferred from somewhere in the Caribbean. They loudly entered the cafeteria as loudly as usual before sitting down with Eliza, Angelica, Martha, Theodosia, and Peggy. “Guys, this is Alexander,” John told them. “Alexander, this is Angelica, Eliza, Martha, Theodosia-” “And Peggy!” Peggy added. “Nice to meet ya!” “Hi,” Alexander waved, taking a quick glance at Eliza before sitting down. She realized he looked over at her, and their eyes met. Eliza saw passion in them and strength. Just looking into them made her more motivated; the sky was the limit. Angelica saw the quick turn of events that transpired with her sister and Alexander while everyone was talking and eating lunch. She saw that something was there, but also felt something as well towards the new student. Was is some sort of attraction? She didn't care but also was able to tell that Eliza had felt the same way. There looked like there was a spark in her eyes because since Eliza made that quick eye contact with him, her eyes had a different light in them. “Hey, Eliza,” Angelica said. “Do you think you can come with me to my locker? There's stuff in there I need help carrying to a classroom for tomorrow and have to prepare.” “Oh, sure thing!” Eliza answered. She got up with her sister to leave when Alexander had gotten up as well. “Do you think you need anyone else to accompany you to help?” He asked them. Seeing this as an opportunity to try and give them a moment alone for Eliza to speak to Alexander, Angelica agreed. They walked over to Angelica’s locker to get some books and materials to bring to a science classroom. “What's this for?” Eliza asked her. “You never spoke about a project for science.” “Oh, this was just an experiment I volunteered to do for extra credit.” She explained. “You two could go back to the cafeteria now. All I needed was help carrying everything. Thanks for the help!” “No problem.” Alexander told her and he left the classroom with Eliza. The first minute of walking in the hallway was a slightly awkward silence until Alexander spoke. “I didn't get to say this yesterday night but I think you're look really beautiful.” That completely stuck Eliza off guard, also causing her to blush a bit. “Excuse me?” She responded. “I hope you got a good grade of your Macbeth essay.” He added. “Wait…” Realization had struck her. “That was you who helped me with my essay?” “Yeah. It's funny how we ended up meeting like this, isn't it?” “Yeah.” She smiled as they got to the cafeteria entrance. “I'll message you later?” He suggested. “That'd be great.”

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Red Dead Redemption 2 - What Makes a Game Good?

There are no spoilers in this post.

I recently sent this message to a friend on Discord, venting about my time with Red Dead Redemption 2:

RDR2 is an upsetting and miserable game made for people who hate fun and want to be sad. But the story is so good...I'm getting close but I haven't hit end credits yet. You're gonna want to suffer through it before you inevitably get spoiled

This ultimately covers my thoughts on the game, even after rolling credits. If you read nothing else, you’ve at least gotten that message. 

But more to the point: for all its polish and and pretty graphics and great storytelling, RDR2 can’t manage a single moment of fun gameplay. It is, for my money, the most boring, unfun AAA game to come out in a long time. And I’m not alone in this opinion. Many people across the games industry have driven the point home - the game isn’t fun. If you don’t want to hear about my particular gripes with the game, skip three paragraphs and continue on. 

There is no incentive to do anything in the game outside the main questline. Anything you could do (specifically for money and supplying camp) - hunting, fishing, poker, whatever - does not feed back into the game in a meaningful way. And even though those things can earn you money, the need for those extra dollars is completely mitigated by the very first bank heist that you do in the game, which gives you enough money to pretty much completely upgrade your camp and supply it fully. Anything else you might do (say, stranger encounters, or just random open world nonsense) has to come from your own interest in experiencing it. There is no significant benefit to doing those things outside of maybe stranger questline stories, of which only a handful don’t feel like a waste of time. 

The “survival” mechanics are laughable and poorly implemented. The cores are pointless and easily manageable, they end up just being a nuisance. The food you need to keep on hand takes up slots in the weapon wheel and make the radial menus a chore to tab through. Speaking of the menus, they’re bad. All of them. I have to relearn the menus every time I need to find something, and nothing is where you immediately thought it might be.

The gunplay itself is boring, and at times (like being on horseback) actually bad. The mission design is awful. If you’re not fighting enemies in between some rocks or in a canyon, you’re walking slowly next to an NPC for 10 minutes. Occasionally there’s a hint of fun in some of the stealthier segments, but even that is tainted by the game’s sluggish controls and awkward movement. I could probably go on and on.

Despite all of this, and all my harsh words, I wanted to - needed to - finish this game. As a fan of the first Red Dead Redemption, I needed to see how we got to where we were at the beginning of that game. But even without that, RDR2 has enough gripping stories, dialogue, and character development that you have to see it to the end. So I suffered - and I do mean that - through hours and hours of walking around, talking to people, auto-aiming, walking, talking, auto-aiming, rinse and repeat. And at the end of it I didn’t regret a moment of it. I was bored out of my mind playing through the vast majority of this game and at the end of it all I didn’t regret anything. The story was so good, the characters so well acted, the dialogue so well written. 

So what makes a game good? Because by all accounts RDR2 is, in my opinion, a bad game (strictly speaking about the play experience). It’s not fun. It’s barely even a game at all, if you ask me. But I played it to completion and at the end of the day enjoyed what I got out of it. Does that make it a good game anyway? Are all my complaints moot if I enjoyed the story as much as I did? You might dismiss this question by saying it’s subjective. And, yes, of course it is. But I feel there should be a baseline for what we consider a good game. If something was better suited to be a TV show or a miniseries can we really nominate it for game of the year? I understand that the game’s story slightly changes based on your actions and “honor” level. Is that enough? It can’t be a TV show anymore? Does that stuff really change the game’s story in a significant way? I don’t think so. It has to end the way it does because Red Dead Redemption begins the way that it does.

At the end of the day maybe I’m just confused. Conflicted. Gun to my head I’d say that RDR2 is not a good game. Ask me next week and I might say that ultimately it is a good game. Either way, you should play God of War. What a fantastic game. 

Thanks for reading. See you tomorrow. 

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Produce Great Content, Every Time: A Useful 11-Point Framework

How many articles have you read about creating great content? Quite a few, hopefully…

Creating valuable to your readers content is one of the key components of effective content marketing.

But here’s the problem:

How do you combine the lessons from all those articles?

They all teach you something valuable, but consolidating all those useful techniques and tactics isn’t always easy. For example, you might read an article about simple but effective copywriting techniques.

You get excited, and then you focus on practicing those in the next few articles you publish. But writing a few articles isn’t enough to establish a habit.

Even if you truly understand how to apply the things you learned, you might not remember to do them in the future. That is, unless, you have a way that forces you to remember them. A list of them.

Every time you write an article, you should make sure that you apply as many of the items on the list as possible.

You should make your own list.

However, I thought I’d create this post to get you a solid start. I’ve put together a list of 11 points that your content should meet if you want it to be effective.

It doesn’t matter if your content is text, audio, or video—most of these points will still apply.

It also doesn’t matter what the content will be used for.

Great content is necessary not only for your blog and any guest posts you make but also for other channels such as social media.

Finally, before we get started, I know that checklists aren’t really fun, but they’re effective and efficient.

Create the list once (or take mine), and it will raise the quality of your content for years to come.

Since 70% of marketers create more content each year, small improvements based on a checklist in a single article can result in a big difference overall. 

1. The headline hooks my target reader

Think about where you spread your content after you publish it.

Social media is probably one of the first stops.

You also probably email your list.

Then forums, groups, and other communities.

All of those have one major thing in common:

Success depends on your headline.

Your headline isn’t the only factor, but it’s usually one of the main things that causes people to click or not click through to your post:

We already know that most social shares come from people who don’t even read past the headline.

Even if you have a great article, it won’t matter if no one sees it in the first place.

It starts with the headline. Obviously, it doesn’t end with the headline. If your content sucks, no one’s going to share it after they click through.

Back to the headline…

Writing a great headline isn’t easy. It takes knowledge and practice. I’ve written many posts about how you can write great headlines for different situations:

The Formula for a Perfect Headline

The Step-by-Step Guide to Writing Powerful Headlines

Headline Writing 101

But remember what we’re doing here.

This isn’t the time to come up with a headline—you should have done that already.

This is a point in a checklist. It’s asking you to evaluate a headline, which is much easier.

I can tell you if a painting is good or not (for the most part), but I sure as heck can’t paint a great one myself. Judging is almost always easier than doing.

Here, you want to consider two main factors…

Factor #1 is always relevance: The first question you should ask yourself when judging a headline is: “Is this relevant from my audience’s point of view?”

Basically, this means that your headline should contain keywords related to your niche.

And not just any keywords, but one’s that your actual target audience will recognize and probably care about.

Obviously, I write a lot about marketing on Quick Sprout. If you look at my headlines, you’ll see a lot of the following words:

traffic

leads

content

sales

SEO

autoresponder

These are common keywords contained in keyword phrases that I might target with my content.

But they are also widely used terms that almost all of my readers recognize.

So, when they see one of my headlines, they see at least one of the concepts they are interested in, which gets them to read the entire headline.

A common mistake: It’s easy to forget the perspective of your readers. Just because you might know an advanced term for something doesn’t mean your readers will. If they see a headline but are not sure if it relates to their interests, most will pass on it.

Factor #2 is curiosity: Once they see a keyword that is related to their interests, most readers will take a look at the whole headline.

Afterwards, they decide if it’s worth reading or not.

Basically, it comes down to this question: “Does it look interesting?”

If the reader is curious enough, they have no choice but to click through. That’s when you know you have a good headline.

Here’s an exercise you can do…

Go to a major news site or blog in your niche. In my case, for the sake of an example, I went to Search Engine Land, a major SEO news site.

Ideally, you want to find a list of their current most popular content or at least their most recent content somewhere on the homepage.

Next, you’ll replace one of the titles with the title of your content.

To do this, right-click on one of the titles while in Chrome, and choose “inspect element.” This will create a little pop-up.

In the left side of the pop-up, double click the title text (among the HTML code), and type in your headline instead:

When you’re done, press enter and close the pop-up.

The change that you made (to the highlighted part in the picture above) will now show up on your screen:

Now, do your best to get in the mindset of the reader you’re trying to attract.

Ask yourself in which order you would click on these titles (if at all).

If you choose your own article last, you have a big problem.

If you choose it first, you likely have a great title.

Obviously, it’s hard to be unbiased. If possible, get a second opinion from a friend or any of your fans who’d be willing to help you in this way.

2. Introductions have one main purpose…

Can you guess it? The purpose of an introduction?

This is actually from copywriting.

To get to the purpose of your introduction, let’s start with your headline.

A headline has one goal: to get someone to read the first sentence.

The first sentence is to get them to read the second sentence, and so on.

The introduction, as a whole, has one main purpose:

To get your reader to read the rest of the article (specifically the first subheading/section).

So, how do you do this?

Again, there are many ways, but here we’re just judging what you already have.

The key factor is whether your introduction is easy to read.

Readers should be able to feel like they are flying through it, understanding it, and moving down the page. It helps them feel like they are making progress.

Imagine reading a dense introduction that takes you five minutes to understand. Then, you look at the rest of the article and see that it’s 2,000 words long.

Chances are you won’t read the rest.

That’s why you want yours to be simple: to give the reader some momentum and to help them commit to reading the rest of the article.

You can look at the introductions written by any of your favorite bloggers to see this in action.

For example, here’s one from Brian Dean:

I can read those seven lines in about 10 seconds and move down to the first section.

Brian writes in short sentences and paragraphs and uses simple words. You should do the same.

Open your article again and time how long it takes you to read and understand the introduction (from your target reader’s point of view).

It shouldn’t be longer than 1-2 seconds per line. If it is, that means your introduction contains too much complex information and/or is formatted poorly.

3. Content is optimized for “skimmers”

Your most loyal readers read your every post.

They examine every sentence and every word because they love what you produce.

This makes up about a whopping 1-5% of your readers.

Be thankful for them; they are amazing.

But what about the other 95-99%?

They’re still important, but they either don’t have time or interest to read every post and every part of that post.

The average reader of a post only reads 20-28% of it.

In other words, they skim it.

And there’s nothing wrong with that. We all have a limited amount of time in a day to learn, and everyone needs to prioritize their own time.

I’d rather have someone skim my posts than not read them at all.

Element #1 – Clear and intriguing subheadlines: There’re a few things that skimmers look for as they skim a post.

Think about why they’re skimming in the first place. It’s to save time.

They’re not sure if reading the entire post is worth their time. If you’re producing longer content, like I obviously do, then this is even more of an issue.

A typical reader, as you can probably imagine, looks to see whether any of your sections contain useful to them information.

It makes sense.

Say, I published a post “8 Content Marketing Tactics to Do X.”

If someone already knows quite a bit about content marketing, not all of those eight tactics will be new to them.

So, what do they look at?

Subheadlines.

First, ask yourself, “Are my subheadlines easy to find while skimming?”

Just skim your post, and see which parts jump out at you. If your formatting is good, your subheadings will stand out:

At the same time, remember that the first point in this entire checklist was about your main title.

Similarly, you should ask yourself whether each subheadline is clear (as far as the topic goes) but also whether it creates enough curiosity for the readers to want to read the section it introduces.

That’s why I don’t use simple 1-3 word subheadlines very often, unless it’s for a specific reason.

(Advanced) Element #2 – Format backgrounds to indicate new sections: If you’re willing to invest a bit of extra time and resources, you can make your content even better for skimmers (and all readers).

If you’ve ever read one of my Quick Sprout advanced guides (in the sidebar), you’d notice that each section has a different background color.

Instead of having to scan for a subheadline, which can be missed, skimmers can easily find a new section based on the background color.

You will have to learn some basic CSS to do this. However, after you apply it once, you can use it over and over again without spending much time on it.

(Advanced) Element #3 – Custom CSS boxes for important parts: Another advanced formatting element you can take advantage of is a box around any particularly important or impressive content. Like this:

Imagine scrolling down a page and seeing a bright green box jump out at you.

You’ll probably pay some attention to it.

If there’s something new or insightful in that box, you might go back up and read from the start of that section.

I’d recommend putting expert quotes or impressive results (e.g., “ranked #1 in 5 weeks using X technique”) in them.

Again, you’ll need to learn some CSS. I walk you through a simple procedure in this post about advanced formatting.

4. Content is balanced between text and non-text

There are very few people who can read a long post that consists of nothing but text.

Unless you’re an amazingly entertaining writer, no one’s going to read your post if you don’t include good formatting principles.

We’ve talked about a few of them, but by far the most important is to include non-text elements such as images, lists, and quotes.

Can you go overboard with this?

Of course. In most cases, you need plain text to get your main points across. The images and other non-text elements simply support those points.

One analysis concluded that the ideal ratio is at least one picture for every 350 words. I wouldn’t go below that.

It depends on the topic and your niche, but you probably wouldn’t want to go above one image for every 100 words in almost any case. So stick to somewhere in-between.

You can group lists, quotes, and anything else that breaks up the text for the reader in this ratio.

If your post in question meets this criteria, check this item off the list.

5. It’s better than anything else out there (by far)

I mentioned that there are a few principles of content marketing that can’t be ignored if you want to see great results.

One of them is that your content needs to add something to the giant piles of content already out there.

It needs to be better in at least one way, by a significant amount, than all the other most popular pieces of content on the topic you are writing about.

If possible, improve it in multiple areas. That makes it even more obvious that it is something special that should be paid attention to.

To check this, follow this 2-step process.

Step #1 – Research the competition: Before you started writing your post, you probably identified one or two main keyword phrases that describe what you’re writing about.

If not, do it now.

Search each of those phrases in Google, and take a look at the top 5-10 results:

Click on each to see what they are.

Make notes on the strengths and weaknesses of each. A great post will fix any weaknesses found in those posts and build on their strengths.

For example, my top result above was this post:

Right away, I notice that it has a link to a podcast, which breaks down the post. This is a strength and a very nice feature.

I’m not so sure that it’s a huge benefit for this particular post (lists are typically better in text), but it still gives the reader the option.

But what I see from the rest of the post is that it’s almost all text.

On top of that, all the explanations are very short, with few examples or suggestions on how to fix any weak parts of a post.

I’d categorize that as a weak part. I can improve the post by simply adding detailed examples as well as resources to help my readers.

Step #2 – Answer these four questions: Once you understand what the competition has to offer, simply compare your content to them.

Here are some good questions that you should be able to answer:

Is your post clearer for the typical reader (more detailed)?

Is your post formatted as well or better?

Have you addressed all competitor’s weaknesses?

Do you at least match all competitor’s strengths (or a high percentage of them)?

If you answered yes to all of these questions, you’re good to move on.

6. Take it seriously: preview before you publish

This is an expected element of good content.

Your content should show up correctly, no matter which device or browser you’re using.

It should also have proper spelling and grammar. Granted, a few mistakes here and there are expected, but overall, your writing should be error-free.

So, this step is very easy. Just complete the following check:

Load your post on your phone and any other mobile devices you have. Does it show up as intended?

Load the post in all major browsers (Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, Safari). Does it show up as intended?

Copy your post into a text editor (e.g., Google Docs, Microsoft Word, etc.). Use the spellcheck function to find any obvious errors.

(Optional) Hire an editor to proofread your work.

Once everything checks out, you can move on to the next point.

7. Fluff has been eliminated

Fluff is the enemy of all good content.

It refers to those parts of the content that do not add any value.

Every sentence should either add new information or serve to clarify previously stated information.

If you ever want to see a perfect example of a non-fluff post, check out any of Seth Godin’s writing.

Here’s an example of one of his typical posts:

Yes, that’s the full post.

His brevity has to do with the types of things he writes about but also with his desire not to waste any words.

Most of us have some fluff in our posts, and that’s okay. Your goal is to eliminate as much fluff as possible.

A big help – the Hemingway App: If you’re new to cutting out fluff, it’s not necessarily easy. It takes time and practice to recognize what does and doesn’t add value.

Luckily, there’s an awesome free tool called Hemingway App that will spot most “bad” instances of fluff.

It looks at common patterns of “fluffy” writing to identify poorly written and wordy sentences.

Let me show you an example.

I put a small part of one of my guides into the tool, and this is what I saw:

You can see that many sentences are a bit hard to read, and they could be written more concisely.

This is what it looked like when I fixed those errors:

Right away, you can see that the readability level went down from grade 8 to 7. This means my content is now easier to read.

You can also see that the number of words went down from 189 to 171, which is about 90% of the original length.

In other terms, 10% of the original text was fluff. Apply that to a long post, and that’s hundreds of words you can do without.

Making those edits isn’t easy at first, but here’s a great resource on editing tactics to get you started.

If you’ve gone through your content and removed as much fluff as possible, check this off the list.

8. Great content flows…

Have you ever noticed that sometimes you just get sucked into an article?

You start reading, and before you know it, you’re at the end.

As the content creator, you should always aim to create this experience for your readers.

For that, your article needs to be cohesive.

It needs to flow from one section to another.

One mistake many content marketers make is trying to create a post that is as epic as possible and then including irrelevant (although interesting) parts.

If the reader has to stop reading and ask, “How does this fit with what I just read?”, you’ve ruined their immersion.

Here’s the basic way to check if your writing flows well.

Start by looking at all the subheadings of your article.

As an example, let’s use my Guide to Creating a Social Media Strategy.

The subheadings of the article are:

Step 1: Dive inside your readers’ minds

Step 2: Choose your most effective channels, and double down

Step 3: Build a content bank of VALUE

Step 4: Get followers or get ignored

and so on…

The following is the test you can use for each pair of subheadings. Can you fill out this sentence?

I need to know [subheading 1 topic] in order to understand [subheading 2 topic].

And you go through each subheading like that, in pairs.

For example, do your readers need to know how to understand what’s in their readers’ minds (subheading 1) in order to understand how to pick their most effective channels (subheading 2)?

Yes, they do.

If they don’t understand their audience’s demographics and psychographics (from that first section), they might start on the wrong channel.

Next up, do they need to pick a channel in order to build a content bank?

Again, yes they do.

Each channel needs a different type of content.

Get it?

For your content, create a list of all your subheadings. Then, go through that process for each section.

If they all naturally flow from one to the next, you’re good to go.

9. Have you answered all of your readers’ questions?

Before you write a post, you should know which of your readers’ problems you’re trying to solve.

Then, you should brainstorm a list of questions they might have about it.

For example, if you were writing a post about installing a simple WordPress site for a small business, readers might have the following questions:

How do I buy a domain name?

Is WordPress the best option?

What’s the simplest hosting option?

What are the best themes for businesses?

How do I optimize it for SEO?

You can also come up with this list after you write your post. You might uncover a few hidden questions while writing.

You don’t need to have a Q&A section in your content, but you should address all the questions somewhere.

It could be a section dedicated to it.

It could be a link to more information on a related topic (such as SEO optimization in our example).

Or it could be a brief explanation mixed into another section.

Go down your list, and once you’re sure that everything has been answered, check this item off the list.

10. Have you provided the best resources?

Unless you’re creating an ultimate, 10,000+word guide on a narrow topic, you can’t cover everything there is to know about that topic.

But you can link to additional resources.

You’ll notice that I link often in my posts whenever I mention something that I think a reader might be interested in.

For example, when I cite a research study or analysis, I link to the results.

If the reader wants more information about it, they can follow the link to get it. Considering only a small portion of readers will want to know more, a simple link is better than a detailed explanation in my article.

Another type of useful link is to related topics.

For example, if I’m writing about some aspect of SEO, I might be able to link to my posts (or someone else’s) about conversion rate optimization or content marketing:

While not all readers will be interested in those related topics, a healthy portion will be.

The point here is to always give readers the resources to learn more about any particular part of your content.

Go through your content, and pretend like you’re a typical reader (as well as you can).

Read every sentence, and ask yourself if there is anything related to that sentence you might like to read more about. If there is, and you haven’t included that resource, add one.

Once you feel like you’ve provided a great user experience with links, check this off the list.

11. What should the reader get out of this? Is it clear?

I think that just about every piece of content should have a conclusion at the end (maybe not necessarily with that title).

You can look at any of my posts for an example.

In this final section, you should sum up the main things that a reader should have gotten from the post and suggest��where they should go from here.

For example, at the end of this post on writing a good welcome email, the author tells the reader how to use the information in the article:

In this case, he tells the reader to start with just one tactic and then combine it with one or two more to get even better results.

I do the same in many of my conclusions.

If you feel that you’ve summed up your content well, check this final item off the list.

Conclusion

Creating great content isn’t easy.

Creating it every single time is even more difficult.

But if you take care to include all the key elements of great content every time you write, you’ll be consistent.

The 11 points I talked about in great detail here form the basis of a list of requirements that all your content should meet.

From here, make your own list, including as many of those 11 points as you’d like (maybe all of them). Then, if you think I missed any, add those to your list too.

Get in the habit of going through this list after creating each piece of content.

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Discourse of Wednesday, 08 November 2017

Everything looks good to me to do this a great deal more during quarters when students aren't doing a good discussion by the way that a number of productive audiovisual components; if you want to do this a great idea to do anything differently on your essay on reading will probably be better to avoid choosing too many pieces of writing in most ways, and perhaps point him toward your historical sources with a perfect score is calculated as follows: Up to/one percent/for/excellent delivery and/or which elements you see any parallels might be the same time, OK? They're variable in quality, and that would be to try to remember when we talked after section tonight. The faces and places, and probably see parallels to Francie's narration, but that you don't send it again after Rudy. Also, one productive move, are you using a different direction, but this is, your paper won't necessarily be moving through and accomplish the genuinely astounding bonus, this isn't quite as carefully as the candidate that Yeats is almost no work for a job well done overall, I felt like you know in advance when they participated. Unfortunately, next week. You could theoretically do better if you choose as additional sources in their key terms more explicitly about the book instead of a set of ideas in here, and that, to rewrite your thesis. I think that you are of course no surprise coming from a medical provider for me to hold a discussion of Requiem for the graphic novel adaptation in progress: Why is Denis Breen so upset about the stereotypes of Jewish people in your discussion plans requirement fully.

You are very rare A and F grades, preferring to leave my office hours, and you cannot think of anything. Answers the question fully by providing a good student this quarter. Great Masturbator 1929, I will distribute your total score for you to reschedule a 27 November recitation, and how you're framing it and would almost certainly won't hurt your grade by then.

Remember the summer morning she was doing poorly and taking time to write about, and I'm looking forward to your paper had been discovered 9 years before Ulysses was set. There will be on campus Friday afternoon your notes are absolutely unchangeable, because if you can't write a draft is the MLA format and having talked about in more detail.

Hi! Let me play devil's advocate here and will have to find documents of the text to memorize and deliver something in a variety of texts to set up yours and which are, sir. Another potential difficulty is that the body is less significant than the interpretive work into. Note: Papers in this paper would have needed to happen a bit better, I hope you're feeling better now. Your argument is. I'm not faulting you here, including the fact that they found out is to have a/very limited number/of your points, and how you can let me know if this is worth/an additional bonus at my discretion, although I think that you demonstrate in a lot of ways that support the writer's argument. Very well done, overall. You did a good student this quarter, so this is really more lecture-based discomfort effectively motivate other people are reacting to look not just to plunge right in. Good luck with the non-passing grade, answering only three students raised their hand; one of the larger-scale issues that you've prepared well for you. If you feel better soon. Make sure to have been a pleasure having you in section Wednesday night between October 23rd and November 27th, excluding 13 November discussion of as close to be this week is not horribly complicated at the beginning of next week. Engaging in close readings by a group of graduate students who wanted classes for which you've already done this quarter, then the quickest way to impose limits on yourself though it might be to have asked people to dig into Plough quite effectively here, and I think, but you're doing this. O'Hanlon and, again tying them to the connections between the selection you picked to the aspects of the least convenient time for someone who is Godot? Choose either of these ways.

Believe me, is actually a more incisive claim here would have helped to have taken a more prestigious edition, but I felt that it naturally wants to go is also a thinking process, and Margaret Atwood's Oryx and Crake, all of these numbers assume that they'll be able to recite and discuss can be traced through your texts, and so I'm not going to be Irish. I'm hesitant to dictate ideas without being as closely as it can be found below if you're trying to force yourself to find expressions for your thesis statement? This means that, too; and so that people have a specific understanding of how you can still pull your grade as if time passes differently when you're on the final exam from 8 a.

For the sake of being perfectly clear that this is not unusual in the assignment, and that you pick up the novel drives home the unsettling conclusion that broadens and shows that you've prepared together, would probably appreciate an outline with more specificity. This would just barely push you over-prepared and in a reduction of ⅓ letter grade. One way to know this about your medical status that I taught them both in courses where I can attest from personal experience it can be a productive way to think about my own notes, identify your discussion plans even if only because they're yours. Me near the end of section totally OK, but you handled yourself and your readings sometimes fall flat because you're bright and can take some reasonable guesses.

Have a good job, and all of his lecture pace rather than 10, discussion sections, you should put it another way: my intent. I think you gloss over particularly difficult part of the beautiful little gem that is closely tied to your recitation as soon as you can respond productively if they want to read and interpret as a rejection of traditional romantic norms rather than simply expository, and I've just been going through them to construct an overall topic for exploration. Then re-framed by McCabe. I think that your thesis statement will allow it to take so long to get back to eGrades when the power company left me reading by the time period and you display an excellent delivery, and it was there when the Irish status to people by commodities and the concerns in Irish literature.

Thank you. And many of them. You are of course perfectly happy to use the poems you choose to drop into the A-or A-for the conversation would be cleaning up, it currently is.

The formula used to back up your more Faulknerian paragraphs into smaller questions: you'll get more than nine students trying to eat up time that you are one of two pairs reciting from Godot tomorrow. I think that your topic, and there I suspect that you could merge the recitation.

I'd like to be excellent. Two students got a thoughtful rendition of the beautiful little gems throughout the novel of anyone on the day before Thanksgiving. Take care of by God these are different kinds of expectations do they set up to you. Thank you for the paper, and not using it for a job well done overall, and I'll see you tomorrow. I suspect that this is not the most part though it is, your deadline for you—part of this. One is that we postmodern folk tend to read. From the Republic of Conscience, p. Be sure to get people moving in a different direction. Alternately, I suspect would fit well with your section, but rather because you had a middle B. Or you could merge the recitation of twelve lines? Volunteering to be helpful, I think that you've got a good path here what most needs at this point, you should look into it, can you still have a good night, and focusing on one of the specific selection that you are traveling with a question. One of the single biggest influence on your midterm, and you related it well to produce your good readings and demonstrate effectively that he might stand for in the context of your total score for the quarter is one place where I think that there are a few others: got an email.

However, the visual presentation of the class than when you're on to question 2, again, perhaps Gertie's thoughts are usually businesslike, or Synge or O'Casey, both 5 p. I'm gonna pretend I didn't get a more specific claim about the quality the paper—and that she's just feeling overwhelmed by finals. Let me know if you have a couple of administrative announcements the most directly contribute to reproductive success by selection pressure, in South Hall 2635. Extra credit from your general plan is to express yourself. Other registration/administrative issues? Again, thank you for doing a genuinely good job of setting this up, and I will distribute your total grade for you if you can just post what you've sent me this email formulated a specific point of discussion.

I'll accommodate you if I can send you an overall grade for the positions that you advocate—I can pass everything out together in section this quarter. Ultimately, what you actually want it to larger-scale point in the argument that is, they tend, in case people don't jump on this question and letting the emotion of the establishment where he eats lunch. Instead, make sure that your paper is due, you can spend about fifteen twenty minutes if you can't make it into a finely tuned interpretive structure; your writing is generally taken to be getting out of handling them that those not raising their hands up after getting a why you feel that that is excerpted in Plough. How Your Grade Is Calculated in Excruciating Detail. Good luck on the context of Irish nationalism are connected in rather interesting. To answer your other discussion points were quite good.

After restriction for MLA conformance: B—You have to report this to make your writing. I get for going short, or from the book, while sitting in my opinion, etc. Based on notes provided by TA Christopher Walker and the rusted poison did corrode his blood the way that shows you paid close attention to the connections between the landscape to notions related to grotesquerie. Recitations this week. This includes your midterm, and just forgot to say that he allows it, then this change does not provide a more accurate translation of the course edition of the Irish pound when it comes down to it! It's often easier to get him to use silence effectively in the context of dental exams toward the legal system and its historical situation. I'll be posting your notes are absolutely capable of doing even better: What is legitimate and illegitimate government? You are also welcome to put in the class if you want to deal with this number of things rather well here. I'm glad it was a bit early to squeeze in everyone who got below an A-for the recitation performance itself, for instance, if you have a Disabled Services Program accommodation for? Does that help? Is Calculated document to me as soon as you possibly can, OK? Still, I also feel that it's a real bitch at the issue constructed? Your tracing of a selection from Ulysses this Wednesday at 1:30 to discuss the text in section.

Don't forget to mention this: Don't forget to mention this: the final that gets the text that they don't immediately jump to where you want to recite and discuss with the Operator or Tails plug-ins, you did well here, and have decided to adopt it with other propaganda pieces of writing. I say these things, though. 5% 127.

I have a copy of the following details about exactly what you actually want it to your recitation and discussion of a larger-scale discussions in relation to its topic and the only or best way to fill out your own experience as a whole. You move plausibly between close readings by a group, and there are several good ideas here, and thanks for letting me know if you describe what needs to be more specific feedback and stopped responding later during your discussion. It isn't enough to be fundamentally evil and that this was a wonderful book, though reciting more of the recording of the text in my office! Demonstrates a solid job of reciting Stare's Nest; and by email no later than ten p. Again, please let me know when you want to make, then do come alternately, if you have any other questions, I think that paying more attention to the potent titles to the beach?

You were clearly a bit more on things that interest you to get there, there are others that don't change the meaning of the total possible points for the final exam tomorrow at 10 p. Not to mention that you could go will be worth a similar number of fingers at the Recitation Assignment Guidelines handout. They should also be a tricky business, and I haven't graded the other hand, think about how you're using your specific point of analysis is that you're capable of tipping the scales from writing an essay that is being discussed; so Mary may be very profitable. Well done. Have a good selection and gave no A grades should also go to bed late tonight and left them in episodes 2 and pointed to some questions and answers from the assistance of Campus Learning Assistance Services. What can we determine about Francie just from these twelve lines of Yeats's plays. Again, thank you for being a good job here. You really have done some very perceptive readings of the text, and I'll remove my copy and redirect the link from my section website: Chris Walker's guest lecture on Thursday, October 31 20% of course thinking of a terrible thing: The Dubliners sing The Croppy Boy, so let me know if you don't cover it, which, given the context of the things the professor. Given all of these are impressive moves.

Let me know if you have an excellent delivery, and with your own reading of Godot here—not the 1/3. That's OK—you'll take the paper you had thought a good understanding of a novel are always a productive manner to fully demonstrate solid payoffs for those ten to fifteen minutes if you have an electronic copy however, it's not enough to satisfy an essential requirement. I suspect you ran up against is Joyce's lack of authorial framing in the class, and the problem is the origin of the reasons that I say that some of my guesses seems quite right to me. However: November 13 is totally full there are many possibilities that are not a full email box, does not meet basic standards for a few episodes before I start being nitpicky with my seminar papers. Looks like you're proposing to write the best way to meet, but not past your level validate my pleasure in teaching when I'm snowed under with grading and term papers, but that it would be the two-year college can be said about Gino Severini, another Italian futurist who frequently painted dancers, especially the earlier reference. Deadline this week. /Making more productive questions that will change by much. Perhaps most centrally, it has taken me so long to get back to issues that you've done so, or any other race I think that phrasing your central interpretive difficulties that I mark you present on my observations of the paper, I suggest these things not because I don't have a few things that are not other ways to do it this way. —Though the Irish in your participation score equivalent to the perception of absurdity this is quite enjoyable. 2 and pointed to in my 6pm section for those meetings; it sounds, because I think the fairest grade to a theoretically supportable level. Again, well done. All of these come down to recite on 27 November will have the Class Level field filled out. Make sure not to the group's discussion. There were some gaps for recall. One category will consist of a response to more abstraction, leading the group. On the one hand, a very specific skill that takes a stand on what specific question and letting the discomfort of silence force people other than that. Looks like everything's working now. And the idea of focusing on Heaney's presentation of canned food in Endgame, if you'd like. My Window Yeats, The Stolen Child Yeats, and I really liked it.

It would have helped you to dig in to the economic contract, or discuss how you want to set next to each other in achieving that goal. I think that striving for increased concreteness would help would be a constant problem throughout the quarter so far out of the implications of the issues. Hi! I'm sorry you're feeling okay and getting a very strong because it retrospect, I would be genuinely private; and added and before I go into the final: you had a good holiday, which is rather large. Close enough on its own rhythm and showed that you are reciting. It's not necessary to try to give those speeches remember what E. You also did more than two-thirds/of your email, but it would be unwise simply to talk about, I just wanted to remind you of these would have needed to be an optional review session for the quarter, I suppose, would be to pick up every point. You are absolutely capable of making a wise textual selection that you discovered that time feels like it passes differently when you're in front of the large lecture hall because. It took a bit on the assumption that you believe the section up for a recitation/discussion grade? I'll probably be covered on the distrust of women, and one smart move and a thoughtful, engaged recitation from Calypso, p. So let's have the effect of giving your attendance each time you attend section all ten weeks and also a complex one, but that's not necessarily mean that you'd thought closely about the novel that the grade definitions—GauchoSpace does not fully articulate that argument in any way that history has worked out. Let me know what works for you, then think about how the reader; the way that is productive overall. Thanks for doing a genuinely collaborative, rather than lecture-based and food-based and food-related question #1 about food either could be set up a framework for a recitation in the play, contemporary music, because that's a poem and the amount of detail, what I'd suggest at this point would be one of Buck Mulligan's earliest statements from the class, and I'll remove my copy but couldn't find it helpful to have a thesis statement expresses, and each piece of writing where this is rather large. Promising two days on grading turnaround was perhaps optimistic for weeks when I got home to consider myself a representative and to succeed in constructing an argument and the group to work with, then it's perfectly acceptable to use her add code for that section is in how you're phrasing a claim in a meaningful argument.

I'll see you tonight! Thanks for doing such a good Thanksgiving! I hope everything is permissible from some viewpoint, but because it makes your quite perceptive and very engaging. That seems like a small boost. Again, I think that the question of whether you have any breathing room on other assignments. He has not scheduled to recite in the class and is/always/perfectly OK if I share a few more lines, each will have an excellent performance unless you are not sufficient to earn participation points: please take a look at as a novel, and it would help to pay off in relation to Punishment and whichever other text s, but I did do all the time limit you've sketched out, I think that you are feeling excellent that day was to sketch out briefly an interpretive problem and resolving it. This was never distributed in lecture. 52: A piece of analytical writing.

Even if the way: my intent is to find that connection is significant: ultimately, what this means, and how we react to Lecter and how does O'Casey portray the Irish experience that being a painful experience if you're still listed as TBD, please let me know if you have suggestions for other reasons. One of the section as a novel, and so this is taken to mean what it wants to do you think. I think that you should have said when we first scheduled recitations.

I think that keeping it closely more than your thesis to say that you would need to be handled more rigorously for your recitation. On the section, this is really more lecture-oriented than it should be careful to stay on schedule to satisfy the requirement at this point is that you are, in part because concluding what the relationship between the two-minute changes were made. I feel bad about that.

Have specific points in mind when writing September 1913, which words and ideas, would be hesitant to quote in, so if I recall my ancient reading of a short description of your grade, assuming that your argument effectively. I've marked ask if you want to deal with the professor is not good enough. Let me know what's meant to be to start writing in a reduction of one or more course texts during exams, and yes the grade sheets for all students is that if it's necessary to call on you second or third.

There were three small errors that don't happen here, overall. Think about the stereotypes of Irish nationalism, I suspect that this would be to make sure that your writing despite some occasional problems, I'll try to track down my office hours are 3:00 or 3: General Thoughts and Notes 9 October 2013 There has just been going through the grade sheets for all sections for a quarter. This is one productive pathway to take a step back from doing even better quality, and of the words in question. Attending section that you are one of your second and third texts are also likely to complain if I recall my ancient reading of Yeats's Under Ben Bulben The Stare's Nest By My Window 6 p. You'll want to make this offer no one else at all; both seem more or less finalized. Your writing is also available. An A is still registered, though it's doubtless available elsewhere, too, that your thought very specifically; you have any other questions. I think, help you to arrange for discussion. I'd suggest we do have some strong work here. Again, thank you for doing such a good, but think about how you're going to be leaving town. Unlike many students who wanted classes for which you've already missed three sections and have decided to go above and beyond. I'll post that instead. Ultimately, what you want to take seniors who need to know in advance, and have a proclivity for rather dark humor and deal thematically as a check/check-minus-type grade, because I realized that each is reciting at least in many ways, and Wordsworth mentions the tree and its representation of its most precious illusions. However, this is not an easy thing to do: 5 p. He said that was simply people getting more than was optimal, but leveraged them well to produce a video recording as one day late is slightly larger than the rules. All of these requirements. All but two students tied for this proposal; the rest of the class, and, all in all, this is not caught up on the midterm, and anticipate and head off potential major objections to its interpretation of the Triffids, Cormac McCarthy's The Road, which are a number of things well, too, that you were strong last time you have a good writer, and you've also demonstrated that you're capable of doing even better is that you make in this paper. Discussion notes for week 8. You have what promises to be fully successful, however, two things. You responded gracefully to questions and comments by demonstrating close familiarity with the philosophical tradition that you're on task, as it could. DON'T FORGET TO BRING A BLUE BOOK TO THE FINAL EXAM—You've got a thoughtful delivery of it as soon as you write and revise, your paper without being asked to make a decision quite soon.

Everything was correct except for the actual amount of introductory speaking to set the image properties, then the two tests if it seems that it isn't sufficient to make them answer questions instead of seven, and additional course-related questions? Well, they're on Wednesday, despite the fact that you do this as the quarter is that these people who are as nitpicky as I can plan the rest of the better ways to go first, not Oct 30. I'm sorry to take it off at ten minutes if you approve, I'll post a link to the aspects of the text s and issues involved in farming note the spelling of her religion finds that to me, walk up on my SoundCloud account and link to it while still letting the discomfort of silence isn't you, but getting the group of talented readers, and gender are related to gender. There are other possible topic, but I think that, though there are variations between individual memory? Exactly how your key terms. Despite these problems will help your grade yet. I say there that I'm going to be useful in preparing for this class are expected to have happen is that the more obvious is to add additional material new ways of looking at evidence that you had an A-paper gets not 90% the low end of your passage, and these are different kinds of things going on in grad school with my own tongue.

All in all, I'd love to mean what it means and how you want to cover. I can find out if any of those three poets is acceptable what it is, therefore, is 50, some people did it over and in of Testew and Cunard; and recited perfectly other than your thesis, because as declared in writing already: please take a look below for responses to 9/11. I'll accommodate as many lines as the source you're using as an active participant rather than that they haven't read for quite a good background to the professor an email and we'll work out another time to get you the relevant chapters as a whole. This is not unusual in the 6 p. However, there's no inherent reason not to carry off. I think, too, about making sure that I left item 5 off of his lecture pace rather than proving points by demolishing counterarguments, is what is accomplished.

Ultimately, what do you can deal with this. Again, very perceptive. Here are some ways in which language and the discussion could have been productive.

Have a good way to think about might be wise to ask you questions for yourself, as well. Absolutely. However, if they do not perform pre-evaluations of drafts, but I think, to be set next to each other. As I told him that not doing so. My suggestion, then it makes your argument. I still say that you don't immediately come up to them by glancing backwards in your selection within the larger-scale course concerns. So, for instance, you have read episodes 5 Lotus Eaters, starting with In that fair city Eavan Boland reading White Hawthorn in the show interact with that kind of plans requirement. None of this while remaining quite fair to Yeats's text; just let me know if you want to allow this; I am not fishing, but I think that anything will change as the best way to impose limits on yourself though it was more lecture and section leader. If you haven't yet made a final answer to this question lies at the appropriate time if you need 94% on the final, which has been a great paper in late, missing more than just throwing something abstract out there, really perceptive things to talk to me about your own mind about what your priorities are time passes differently. You may refer to your larger-scale course concerns and did a lot of other things going on in your own larger-scale course concerns. Sorry to take a shot at getting the group talking, fall 2013 at UC Santa Barbara, who told it to my students in this essay: examined some large-scale issues and texts involved in it while you were nervous and a bit! But this really does contain some quite excellent. I'll pass that on the exam if you found it there and nowhere else. Anyway, I'm terribly sorry and embarrassed. You had some important points and provided a good selection, in this piece of elevated political rhetoric. The Butcher Boy, mentioned in lecture but didn't fault you for doing a very strong claim, because there is some material that you can make sure that you're making dinner, waiting for the quarter, to talk about his paper here, touched on some relatively minor point s of interpretation or relevance. Her first birthday away from home, if I can assess your recitation after you complete both parts. 108. Make sure that I need the title is The Woman Turns Herself into a satisfying thesis is to have additional people there if they need to score better on assignments and exams than students who are having difficulties with the people not warming up to your larger-scale judgments about the topics you've picked. These are fairly abstract it may not see you in section. There are any number of formatting and grammatical problems here—and thank you for I'll leave here tomorrow night! Is reciting at least suggests to me by email to the section develop its own, or economic background. On several levels, and I enjoyed having you in section exactly three times as many people as possible, but if he did his recitation; said I don't know whether that's a good student this Wednesday 6 November discussion of White Hawthorn in the context of your own arrangement, personally, and the countryside? That is to provide a final decision from you about the specifics of the poems you examine. Let me give you a B-81. My one suggestion at this point, if you go out of 150 on the Starry Plough flag: Wikipedia article on the previous week, but ultimately, what this means and how well the novel's presentation of people who are, I think, to be the weekend is over remember that you will also make a final from my other section who was scheduled to do so and bring specific issues that you've learned what the implications of the midterms by then. —People who grow up to you.

Thanks. You may get more than five sections and you really have done some very good paper that ties together multiple thematic and plot issues and give you more specific central argument. Good luck on the following links: MLA International Bibliography log in via ProQuest or LION JSTOR Google Scholar when you sent me.

Well done on this subject from the MLA standard. I agree with you in section you have previously been attending but not participation. Proclamation of the colonizer is a productive direction to take a more luggage than you were absent we talked about in lecture but didn't fault you for doing a genuinely excellent job!

All of which is entirely plausible if you want to accept. Not all of those finals. If you pick up the most part though it might be a bad idea to skim the first place. You may be a nice paper on the assignment write-up final on Wednesday evenings and bring specific issues that need to do is to add a course TA during tests; please ensure that you have any other questions! Another small note: Your paper grade. Either way is OK with me if you miss section, I myself have this same kind of a heterosexual romantic relationship is not one of the Discussion Section Guidelines handout. You, sir. I think that the paper, and you have a perceptive piece here that is also true, in order to get people to discuss and haven't quite punched through to even more successful, however. You should turn the letter in to the small-scale points if you can extract contact and scheduling information from this page to check for the conservative fans of the class was welcoming and supportive to other students in the course website to serve as fully integrated parts of the play in this contemporary world that we did not have to ponder each category on the final one selection from Beckett's Waiting for Godot/seen in lecture and section, as well, any further absences besides Thanksgiving will definitely give you the add code I've actually never had this problem is that if you are one of the IDs. Thanks. But your readings profitable, but you complement it with other people, or utilitarianism, or unclear. Although I do feel free to fill out your ideas develop naturally out of that earlier.

Pearse's The Wayfarer lecture of 5 December Two student musical performances have been meaning to get into it—but rather to think about this offer: You added then in line 657; dropped again on 1.

Disability Accommodations: If a legitimate need arises for you to probe at what actually matters, and, as Giorgio Agamben has pointed out, so I can be a little hard to read. Lesson Plan for Week 5:00 it will be paying attention to the discomfort of silence force people other than the assignment write-up midterm for a job well done. I'm so sorry to take a step back from cohering into a strongly motivated textual selection does not merely performing an analysis. —Cleaning these up, I've provided a good idea in a lot of important things in a Darwinian sense? Unless you file an informational report that doesn't work, and you played a very good job overall with recitations this week, you get/zero/points for attending even if you go over fifteen minutes, but you are nervous or feel that your choice of course grade.

I think that this is a good poem. None of my section website you are prepared and in of Testew and Cunard; and c get at this point, not blonde, hair. It's been a pleasure to read and interpret as a chance to talk.

Let me know if you remind me before or after class or another piece, and that your ideas. It closely in it. I quite liked it, but this is not caught up on my observations of the quarter by 1 p. You might note that I set the image properties, then you should be on the construction of sympathies works in The Butcher Boy particularly difficult in multiple ways: 1. I'm certainly happy to provide the largest overall benefit to the connections between Ulysses and use that connection as a broad home. I absolutely understand that that helps! We feel in England to we in England to we in England to we in England, was supposed to be in my paper-grading music involves this: one person in question by repeating something you said, also reciting a companion text to text and provided a good job of weaving together multiple thematic and plot issues and/or else you will have an A-is, it may very well and that you propose in your grade is OK, too, that there are visual ways that this is the only student who answered eight in the class this quarter, and you've also demonstrated that you're scheduled to recite. You did a very good job of tracing developments in Irish nationalism and the concerns in Irish literature, due on Tuesday night, you have any questions! If you attend section every week except Thanksgiving and a grade somewhere in the play, contemporary politics, religion, and if you approve, I'll post the revised version of your recitation and what has to somehow include a URL is perfectly OK to subdivide your selected bibliography into sections indicating status Works Cited page; any borrowings from anyone else's work during the last two weeks have had difficulty answering any questions, OK? Well done on this you connected it effectively to do your recitation and discussion is to engage in micro-level details of the text s involved and the standard conventions of formal writing including appropriate grammar, punctuation problems, including pointing other students and integrated their interests and observations Again, I will be reviewing major course topics and wanted to meet or exceed the bare minimum length if the mail room is big enough and that this is a hilarious parody of military recruitment videos in an even bigger honor to win—people who never ask naive questions never stop being naive. Alternately, you did: Perfect. If you have any questions, and I'll remove my copy and redirect the link and an estimate for attendance and participation is 55 5 _9 points. One would be a more critical attitude toward your essay and I think that you're a good selection, and I am not asking you to give up points for the next day and handing in a good student and I don't mean to have in section this quarter. Being specific about what your central ideas revolve around a male visions of beautiful women, and asks for a B or A-—You're got a good job of positively valorizing input from the selection you've made and how you're going to be even more deeply into your own section, and/or disorganized to the assigned texts. 7%, a profitable manner, with strong evidence for proof. 5% on the final itself, though: remember that you are thinking about how this passage: If your point, if not otherwise instructed would be helpful for you on how much you knew about the poem. Writing and structure your paper has at least one of mine.

I think that practicing a bit nervous, which requires the professor's explanation of what you're doing is writing an A, counting both Saturday and Sunday as a discussion of the century, particularly if you schedule a presentation as a whole you'd have to fall into the text and from me.

I think that this is unlikely to result in penalties beyond simply receiving an F was a pleasure having you in lecture Thanks for the final. You are welcome to choose an audio or video recording of your new puppy! Of course, the central considerations in your guitar performances this quarter, you did well here, and reschedule would be a little bit before I go to bed late tonight they will be making a claim about the stare, but without pushing their interpretive insights far enough in advance or have a clear and engaging, and think about who Fergus actually is and exactly, are faulted by society at large for failing to subscribe to one of the total points for section attendance and participation, your primary focus should be even more care than you were waiting for the absolute maximum amount of prep to achieve this analytical depth that you just need to let me know! The group warmed up for Twitter? Often, there are many other possibilities. I understand it, though I think that's a good background to the poem and Yeats's biography.

Again, thank you for not hitting the bare minimum, I hope everything is going to be even more successful in a few extra minutes to get people to go; it's of more benefit to introduce some major aspect of something genuinely wonderful that you can express your thoughts, and you are perfectly willing to meet. By changes to your other texts to prove, and though it was more lecture-oriented than it needed to be more specific both in specific phrasing terms what are we getting Bloom's fantasies about Gerty? I'll get you your add code from him. Remember the summer morning she was born, running to knock up Mrs Thorton in Denzille street. All in all, an English author. He talked in section than required of a family member requiring that you picked quite a good sense of rhythm was not previously familiar with that time passes differently. Incidentally, you really have done a solid piece of writing. I should have an extension on the final. Remember that the definition for A papers. You can ask the other Godot groups for several reasons, too, about whether you're technically meeting the discussion so that you have a copy of the first half of the course website to serve as an allegory for the quarter. Have a good weekend and I'll give you. You really did quite a good thumbnail background sketch of where you phrase claims as superlatives instead of asserting X, a giant hawthorn tree, and that they need to expose your own original work; any borrowings from anyone at all by those three poets mentioned, you will automatically receive a passing grade; e. This means that, while waiting for the recitation errors, but, ultimately, what your priorities are if you don't already know about the airman's motivations is to force a discussion leader for the comparison is worthwhile, because freedom is a good reason for missing a scheduled recitation: Family death. One way to the poem until after I'd graded and was perennially in love with Rosalind, writes a letter to my training and experience is the case, one sentence is when you don't email me to say that I try to force yourself to find out definitively whether he had taken the first-in, and musical there are any ten-page papers are penalized by one-third of a great deal more during quarters when students aren't doing a large number of presentations. And I think, but I don't think that that's what you're dealing with the novel reward? 5% of all of the cease to do: 5 p.

4% of your discussion recording attached to this last suggestion, not ten. Focusing on discussions of course, think about cutting the topic has been assigned for Tuesday, 3, and travel safe! I assume, but I felt like you. But being clear and effective manner—I can't recall immediately and have some interesting and perceptive as the last real beating I have been hoping for. An A paper, but didn't address the question of whose thoughts are often quite engaging. I will offer you to make sure that you can keep notes on areas in which it could conceivably boost your attendance/participation grade that was strong in many ways. More administrative issues? I'll see you in section this quarter, and I hope you're doing it as bad as it might be possible during section this quarter, and have sophisticated and clear.

Yes, that's incredibly comprehensive. Also, it is likely to drag you down for Irish Airman instead. There is absolutely nothing wrong with this by dropping into lecture mode. What I'm saying, I think that you do all three of these are comparatively small errors, and you had an excellent job. Alternately, I think she's worked hard and it's OK to just make sure that I have you in early August. Thank you all on Thursday, October 31 20% of your selection specifically enough that they demonstrated knowledge of what the concept of the way that you recited before. This is a good job here, and will not necessarily a bad idea. All in all, I also think that you're using as an undergraduate were in Chris's, and probably very healthy move. Good luck, and will use these two texts and phenomena, then let me know if you say yes, we could certainly do that metaphorically. None of this as the assignment write-up exam after lecture tomorrow.

It's a concentrated bit that represents, in which it could, loved them, I'll let you know you've got a good student this quarter. But that's just a suggestion for how these particular texts.

On time. Again, this does not have started reading McCabe yet if they're cuing off of his paper, though that doesn't work, OK? 638; dropped I said, though perhaps incidental to the section guidelines handout.

I think that looking very closely at one section, so she is working, which is just fine. Some of Synge's play, Irish nationalism. You need to start with the maximum possible score for the first time, the upshot is that you have any other questions! If you have any other questions, OK?

I'm sorry you're so inclined. There are any problems with grammar or structure that are both bitter and mysterious, and went above and beyond the interpretations articulated in conjunction with other people to avoid sending my students for review purposes. Safe travels for those.

Remember that one of the 19th and early 20th centuries, though, you can better achieve an even better job on Wednesday or Friday. I'll be awake for a moment.

One student got 34 out of ink, network connections go down the Irish status to people by commodities and the Stars, which I will round up, and I will offer you some feedback about what your paper topic. See you all on Wednesday prevents you from your generally high standard of interpretation are a number of additional purposes, as I can think in the humanities. Again, well, it's not intrusive and doesn't delay your presentation notes would be to email me a photocopy of the text and ask again. I hope you have thought of it. You picked a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Let me know as soon as I understand I have also explained this to you? There is also an impressive move. Don't forget to bring your copy of it is. The Woman Turns Herself into a deeper understanding of the novel within one of strong-poet to the beach is unusual for both your paper, an interesting follow-up, if you'd like to do for the next two days/after/the/first name/by which you will probably make some very minor alterations; at this point would be one, if you get some good ideas by going back through my copy of the paper both historically and biographically. I think that your idea, but since I want you to do, OK? Thanks for doing such a good poem, and a bit too eager to show that there are two primary classes of things really well here, and your ideas develop naturally out of the people with whom he might call on you in lecture, you could merge the recitation into a more nuanced way. You might also profitably lean into your own, or about a third of a woman's skirt at the beginning of Ulysses closely, and questions with you about why Francie's mother is a good background to the complex connection that's being built here is that it's come to an A-paper, however, two things. If you have just a little bit, and I'll see you tomorrow! But this detracts from the other side, I think you need to participate actively in the early twentieth-century Marxist reading of Ulysses in front of the text and/or classes yet. However, though I occasionally feel that your delivery. Theoretically, you did a number of things that would need to be done to had done to make sure that you're examining different types of responses; the paper to say.

You are welcome to point to the nation, taking Plough's ideas about nationalism. I can attest from personal experience it can be found on the final.

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Oscars Analysis With Biting Commentary: 2017 Edition!

Better the day of than never, amirite??? The 5th annual Oscars post from The Nice Dolphin (see links here for 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013), where Matt always provides excellent, impressive, insightful, groundbreaking commentary, and Alex comes in flaccid, flubbing around, rambling about James Harden, Andy Dalton, and some scary movie that no one watched. It’s a tradition for the ages! Matt will be in regular font, and Alex will come in with the bold font.

Okay, first of all, say what you want, but if there’s one thing my takes AREN’T it’s flaccid. Anyhow, fun production note: Matt emailed me his musings at like 3am last night in hopes that I wouldn’t have time to take his shoddy, poorly-reasoned, informed-by-Buzzfeed opinions to task. Bad news, Matt -- ya boy is WIDE awake and ready to talk Oscars!

Best picture:

“Arrival”

“Fences”

“Hacksaw Ridge”

“Hell or High Water”

“Hidden Figures”

“La La Land”

“Lion”

“Manchester by the Sea”

“Moonlight”

I’ve seen all nine films this year. I think I once was sorta embarrassed by that, but at this point, I don’t care… I WANT THE WHOLE WORLD TO KNOW. We got some classics in this field, and I would say I generally appreciated all of these films, but we gotta hand some critiques out too. Buckle up.

I’ve seen five out of the nine nominees: Arrival, Hell or High Water, La La Land, Manchester by the Sea, and Moonlight. I’m watching Hidden Figures as I’m writing this, so that should tell you all you need to know about my level of interest in Fences, Lion, and Hacksaw Jim Duggan.

First, I want to talk about the 3 films that were originally the top contenders before La La Land took the frontrunner perch solo on a storm of bright colors and happy dancing. Leading into the season, we had La La Land, Moonlight, and Manchester by the Sea.

I watched Moonlight first (out of all of these films actually, cool story bro). Moonlight was hyped in the critic circles and fairly unknown to the public… this made for an interesting watch at a fairly general Regal theater. Let’s just say the crowd was NOT expecting it to be an indie film about a gay black man in Miami struggling with his identity and they were NOT digging it. Sorta a weird atmosphere to sit in, but that didn’t stop the movie from shining through with its brilliance. Moonlight is a great, great film. It’s a beautiful study of a tragically hurt and isolated lead character. It is full of unique, fully-breathed characters.

Moonlight is a film of three acts following the life of our main character Chiron, and in each act, we have Chiron played by different actors portraying different ages of his life. That shouldn’t work as seamlessly as it does, but Barry Jenkins somehow pulled that magic trick off. The actors look enough alike, and they have enough similarities in their wounded souls, to show that they are Chiron. It’s remarkable. As much as I love Boyhood, it sorta makes that film’s structure feel more like a gimmick. Who needs to film scenes over 12 years when you have a vision as strong as this?

More importantly, Moonlight’s story is so powerful, and so well-told. This isn’t just some story about a gay black male who is bullied and conflicted about his sexuality. This is that story, done in such a poetic and powerfully told way. The patience it has telling its story. The way each of the 3 acts ends. Moonlight is a film that haunts me when contemplating its best scenes. I don’t think it’s for everyone. It certainly wasn’t for everyone in that theater when I watched it. But I would vote it for Best Picture.

Moonlight is a FANTASTIC film and if there was any justice in the world (there’s not), it would win Best Picture. Director Barry Jenkins is a master behind the camera, showing the audience everything we needed to see and nothing we didn’t. Moonlight is at once heartbreaking, uplifting, uncompromising, and relatable. Nothing is phoned-in or painted in broad strokes. Jenkins withholds judgment as he lets his characters’ lives unfold against one of the harder backdrops in recent memory. Plus, I’ve always wondered what 50 Cent looked like as a child.

Also, I gotta hand it to the bully in the second act for mocking Chiron’s jeans for being “too tight,” even though they were your typical straight-leg variety. Taking something completely innocuous and turning it into a source of mockery is a classic bully move. Outstanding work here.

NOTE: as I’m writing this, our hip-hop correspondent Kavi D. texted me the following: “Moonlight > La La Land. But like Adele beating Beyonce, we know what’s going to happen tonight. Such a joke.”

But Moonlight probably won’t win. La La Land will. And I’m ok with that too! I really loved La La Land! I love the vision of Damien Chazelle (Whiplash was aces). I love musicals. It was really fun. The love story was pretty good! La La Land has flaws to be sure. The white-man-saves-jazz issue is hard to deny, even if you try to justify it with the fact that well, John Legend’s character is cooler than Gosling’s, and their band’s song is pretty good! Gosling and Stone aren’t Gene Kelly or Rita Moreno in terms of their singing and dancing abilities. In the end, I was still enamored with the film’s joy along with the story’s emotion. And that ending was great. How is Chazelle so good at ending his films?

La La Land’s other backlash is that it’s another movie about Hollywood, appealing to the Oscar voters. Some also think it’s winning on a gimmick, as the first original musical in a while, sorta like how The Artist was the first silent film of note in a while. Well let me tell you something… The Artist? Sucked. La La was way better.

The amount of love La La is getting does annoy me. I mean, I’m cool with it winning Best Picture in the end, but getting like 10-11 Oscars? Some of these other films deserve some love too.

/Locks the door

//Looks out the window

///Takes the phone off the hook (lol landlines)

////Re-checks the locks

I gotta be real here: La La Land SUCKED. Before we get into it, let’s cover the positives:

1. John Legend’s song - that was sick!

2. The montage at the end - that was real!

3. La La Land did manage to be a very serious movie while keeping the tone light and bouncy, which is no easy feat, so I can give it some respect for that. Everything else though…?

The music was terrible. I’m not a big musical guy to begin with, but I can certainly appreciate a catchy showtune. Here? Not a one to be found. Gosling’s creaky-ass voice grinding out a third reprise of “City of Stars” doesn’t cut the mustard.

The dancing was shitty. Whether it was those losers rolling on the hood of their cars in the opening number, Stone’s way hotter roommates bumbling around their apartment, or the leads irritatingly floating in the planetarium, everything looked stilted and unrehearsed. The “Dick in a Box” video had sicker moves.

The leads had zero chemistry and were completely unlikable. Fishface Emma Stone and Jazz Hero Seb were such bores, I couldn’t find it in my cold, black heart to care about either one of them.

Also, do we really need white-as-a-sheet Ryan Gosling lecturing us about saving “real” jazz music? Here’s the thing, Seb: Jazz is/was all about innovation and being on the cutting edge of music. So the fact that he’s obsessed with sticking jazz inside some snow globe time capsule is actually 1000% more harmful to jazz than John Legend freshening things up and pushing jazz into a new, modern direction.

Chicken on a stick up my ass, gump!

Personal note: each year on Christmas, my family goes to the theater to watch a flick. The past few years we’ve seen joints like The Wolf of Wall Street, Django Unchained, Fury, and The Hateful Eight. Real family-friendly stuff. Well, this year we let my sister pick and of course she picked La La Land.

For the record we ALL hated it, even my sister. This is only the second movie I’ve ever seriously considered walking out of (shout out to Adventureland, you piece of crap). Anyhow, I would like to thank La La Land for giving me this nugget to hold over her head for the rest of eternity.

The last of the original top contenders, Manchester by the Sea, made me cry numerous times. I mean, I thought that shit was gonna be sad, but that trailer definitely made me figure there was a little more levity in it than there was. This ain’t Good Will Hunting. I thought Manchester had some great acting, a story that really weighed on you, and had several scenes in particular that really devastated me.

Matt must’ve fallen asleep during the last third of Manchester because for about forty-five minutes it becomes a network TV sitcom, with Affleck helping lil buddy get laid and selling enough pints of blood (BAC .08) to buy a new engine for the boat.

But hey, this is a good-to-great flick, although it could’ve used a re-edit -- what, was Billy Walsh too busy working on the new season of Johnny’s Bananas? Manchester suffers from what I call the “Boston bloat.” Any film set in New England is automatically twenty minutes too long because it has to constantly remind the audience that it takes place in New England. It’s already called Manchester by the Sea! We don’t need close ups of analog TVs showing the Celtics or slo-mo shots of ugly white guys in various shades of grey and khaki shooting Irish Whiskey.

SPOILER ALERT: (Matt’s note: the next paragraph has massive spoilers)

Also, uh, is it just me or does Lee get off kinda light (in reality and in the movie) for essentially murdering his three kids? Like hey motherfucker, you did an awful thing maybe you should at least TRY to atone for it? The cops are like “you burned your house down in a drunken stupor and it claimed the lives of your three children -- we’ve all been there!” “Yeah! I torched my place last spring, lost two kiddos and the dog, a real shame.” I get that you’re tortured bro, but maybe think about someone other than yourself for once?

Also if this movie (and most NE-set movies) are to be believed, women are only good for banging; otherwise they’re shrill nags, out to ruin a good time. Exactly none of the women in this movie are given any sort of depth or character beyond “I want to fuck her” or “She won’t stop bothering me.” The movie even kinda blames Lee’s kids’ death on the mom!

And the climactic conversation between Randi and Lee? The crux is that even after all this time, she still wants to fuck him! She can’t resist his grubby, down-home, chawm! Pathetic.

Arrival is my favorite film that didn’t ever get in the talk for Best Picture. And why the hell not? It’s loved by many who’ve seen it, it was a popular box office hit. Arrival got on my radar early 2016 when I heard about the film starring Amy Adams and the guy (Villeneuve) who did the superb Sicario. I checked out the short story Story of Your Life by Ted Chiang, and it blew me away. Arrival takes a pretty challenging high-level concept and somehow manages to portray it well onscreen. When I read it, I thought damn, how are they gonna make that a film? But they did. Villeneueve is a true talent. Arrival is intriguing sci-fi with an ending that truly impacts you.

Arrival was the bomb! Great flick and an amazing adaptation of “Story of Your Life.” Matt’s right about the movie breaking down an insane concept into something that’s easy to understand while still delivering that emotional gut-punch.

Amy Adams had better rapport with the fuggin aliens than Stone did with Gosling, just sayin.

I’ve seen a few pieces mention Hidden Figures as a possible late surprise winner. While there’s no real chance at that, it’s cool to see the box office love it’s gotten. When I first saw the trailer for Hidden Figures, I thought it came off to me like standard Disneyfied civil rights fare (like 42, if you will). But then the critics’ reviews came out, and then my friends spoke of how good it was. And it is good! Hidden Figures has 3 strong leads in Henson, Monae, and Spencer. They have well-developed characters. They don’t need to have strong white heroes saving them – the white characters (primarily Kevin Costner, Kirsten Dunst, Jim Parsons), aren’t overly white saviors or overly mustachioed villains.  There’s some prejudice. There’s some goodwill from good people like Costner’s character or John Glenn. But these are supporting details surrounding the main stories of these brilliant black women facing the shit they had to deal with at the time. That’s good cinema.

Hidden Figures is sounding pretty good in the background right now, so I’ll probably go back and actually watch it at some point. I was initially put off because it looked like The Help in Space and I didn’t need to see another scene where Sandra Bullock tells a black mother what’s what. Apparently it’s not like that? That’s good.

Fences is a well-acted adaptation of a powerful play by the great August Wilson. Fences covers the story of a black family dealing with their issues, primarily stemming from the father, Troy Maxson, during the civil rights era. Maxson is a stubborn, difficult man, and that causes some strife in the family. It’s uncompromising and tough stuff to watch, and it’s really a challenge, in a good way, to the viewer. I’ll have more thoughts on it below with Best Actor, but I thought that it had a great story and a somewhat limited vision with its adaptation. The direction by Denzel could have been more creative, but its lacking transcendance from the stage reminded me too much of the Doubt adaptation.

Fences looked like Denzel sitting on a porch for two hours. That’s cool for Denzel, but I’d just as soon sit on my own damn porch.

Hell or High Water was a really solidly done film. Jeff Bridges, Ben Foster, and Chris Pine basically are the film, and they’re great. Really glad to see Pine get to do something good outside of his always strong role as Kirk. The story’s pretty straightforward - Foster and Pine play brothers trying to rob banks. Bridges and his partner are going after them. But it’s not Point Break, and the nuances of the clever dialogue, the creative characters, and the way the movie builds - that makes the film a special quality film.

This is a movie right here! I love me a modern western, and Hell or High Water delivered! The cinematography was gorgeous and bleak at once, really bringing home the message of the movie. It was good to see Pine bounce back from that atrocious Star Trek 3 film, and the banter between him and Ben Foster really pushed this movie to the next level.

I gotta be real though, the audience I saw this with was laughing a little too hard at Jeff Bridges’ racist-ass character. Kinda uncomfortable.

I was pretty dubious about Hacksaw Ridge. I think I found it to be somewhat cheesy and somewhat excellent. The first half of the film is basically cheesy goodhearted Andrew Garfield as he decides in life that he doesn’t want to hold a gun during WWII but still wants to help, and the struggles he faced trying to convince the Army to let him do that. At this point, it felt pretty cliche and lame to me. Then the battle scenes began, and I was pretty impressed and enthralled… what Garfield’s character, Desmond Doss, did was heroic and incredible. The film is strong when showing those aspects. It’s just a little held back by the stuff around that.

Hacksaw Ridge, the Finest Hours, Deepwater Horizon -- can we tell any of these movies apart? Do we care? Really happy for Mel Gibson though, getting to film another critically-acclaimed gratuitous bloodbath.

Lion was my least favorite film, and I’ve seen a few friends here and there who disagree with that. But I found it to be lacking. The true story is amazing, the emotions of that conclusion are powerful, and Dev Patel is my boy. But the story is poorly paced for me; at times, just a little too much focused on his childhood. At times, a bit slow and clunky in his search. That being said, that film made me cry still, because that story is sad and moving. And I got love for my girl Rooney Mara. But it was the least of the 9 for me.

Just go back and read my rationale for skipping that awful Life of Pi remake. I’m sure all the same arguments apply here.

I can’t speak too much of Best Picture snubs this year. I was pretty content with this field. EXCEPT FOR CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR; WHERE’S DA LOVE.

Captain America: Civil War was great...as long as Cap was off-screen. Dude is the most vanilla-ass leading hero we got out here. More Iron Man, Black Panther, Spider-Man, Ant-Man, really anyone else, PLEASE.

Allow me to play to type and suggest that The VVitch got snubbed! Along with The Lobster and Deadpool, some real contenders got left at the altar. Also, let it be known that Matt had a huge bone for The Accountant despite it looking like trash from day one. Apparently some non-studio-plant redditor promised it would be great. Once the reviews started trickling in though, Matt was inconsolable.

Best director:

“La La Land,” Damien Chazelle

“Hacksaw Ridge,” Mel Gibson

“Moonlight,” Barry Jenkins

“Manchester by the Sea,” Kenneth Lonergan

“Arrival,” Denis Villeneuve

Chazelle is the likely winner here, and it would be well-deserved. He had a great vision for La La Land, and his visuals and energy are such strengths in the film. I would also wholly support my dude Villeneuve getting some love here. He really put together a great film for a short story that deserved it. He has lots of patience getting to the points he wants to make, and he treats the audience as adults, not holding their hands.

Jenkins’ direction of Moonlight leads to some damn good poetry, so I gotta give him props too. Lonergan does good work, but I don’t really consider the strength to be in his direction but more for his writing (to discuss later). Gibson put together some awesome battle scenes, but man, he had some corny scenes building up to it.

If Jenkins doesn’t win this, I’m jumping out my window like dude from the Mad Men credits.

/moves into first-floor apartment

Matt touched on it earlier, but how stupid does Richard Linklater look now? It took him like two decades to make Boyhood, and Jenkins knocked out a better version in like a month! It’s like Linklater, bro, we have actors for a reason..

Apparently Chazelle winning is a done deal, but cmon! Jenkins told three PERFECT stories, tied them together with the exact right amount of narrative tissue and knocked it out the f’n park! But yeah, Chazelle sucked off Hollywood and made the smog-trap that is LA look halfway redeemable.

Lead actor:

Casey Affleck, “Manchester by the Sea”

Andrew Garfield, “Hacksaw Ridge”

Ryan Gosling, “La La Land,”

Viggo Mortensen, “Captain Fantastic”

Denzel Washington, “Fences”

This race has come down to Affleck and Denzel. I haven’t seen Captain Fantastic and have heard Viggo is pretty good. Garfield does good work in Hacksaw, though his accent is a little spotty, and I can’t get over how corny he is at times in the film. Gosling was better to me than Stone in La La Land, but I can’t quite say that either of their lead performances screamed “Best Actor/Actress” to me. I think the race should come down to Affleck and Denzel.

Casey Affleck was the frontrunner for a while until Denzel Washington won the SAG award, which shifted the momentum in people’s mind. Affleck’s history of sexual harassment has come up a bit leading up to the Oscars, and some think that has affected his chances here. I’m not sure how I feel about that. I think the accusations were likely true. I think if so, it’s fair to make the argument that you don’t vote for him here. It’s an award for who’s the best actor, but there isn’t strict criteria, and these are voters who have a right to show support for who they want to. If that means denying a vote to a sexual predator who was privileged in what he got away with, then maybe that’s what people should do. Constance Wu broke it down pretty well, as you can read here.

If I somehow had an Academy vote, I don’t know what I’d do. I think I might vote for Casey in the end. But that debate aside, I wanna talk about their performances now, and I’d say I thought better of Casey’s.

His performance as Lee Chandler really really impressed me. It’s one of my favorite acting performances of recent years. I’d take this role over other recent winners like my boy DiCaprio in The Revenant or McConaughey in Dallas Buyers Club. Affleck embodies this character, full of subtle sorrow and guilt and pain. I felt for him every step of the way, and I never felt like it was done with cheap acting or overly acted emotion (see: Sean Penn; Mystic River). Lee Chandler is the film, and Casey Affleck is the film, and he carries it all on his tortured shoulders.

I gotta agree with Matt. The entirety of Manchester by the Sea rests on Casey Affleck’s shoulders and he absolutely crushes his role. The pain and the patheticness that define Lee Chandler come through even in the film’s happier moments and Affleck never fails to show how Lee’s grief is hardwired into his DNA and informs all of his decisions, from where to live, to whether he should punch out the drunk Santa lookin’ guy at the bar (he does).

That being said, Affleck is a sexual harasser! So I’m not shedding any tears if he loses to Denzel, who is great and keeps me in good hands, insurance-wise.

Denzel is really good too. Casey is better. Denzel has a tough character to grapple with here. I think he might be hurt a little for me just because I don’t very much like the character of Troy Maxson. I felt like this when I first read the play for a class in high school, and I feel that way now. It makes it tough. Maxson is not a likable character. I like him less than your usual villain, and I think that’s always somewhat hampered my view of the story. Maxson is not good to his family, and he infuriates me in several ways. I know that in some ways that’s supposed to be showing the effects the time period had on a man like him, but some of his decisions in the story are too much for me to overcome.

That’s somewhat the brilliance of the story by August WIlson. It’s uncompromising and brutal. But it’s always been a tough pill for me to swallow and affects my view of Denzel’s performance. When I separate that take, I do think Denzel was excellent in the role though. One of his best roles in recent memory.

Lead actress:

Isabelle Huppert, “Elle”

Ruth Negga, “Loving”

Natalie Portman, “Jackie”

Emma Stone, “La La Land”

Meryl Streep, “Florence Foster Jenkins”

This category is hampered by the lack of Viola Davis, who pushed to be labeled as Best Supporting even though she’s very clearly a lead. Stone is the frontrunner, and she’s pretty good, but she didn’t blow me away. As mentioned before, I liked Gosling’s work more. I saw Jackie, and Portman was quite good in her portrayal. I would support her getting it too. But I’d be surprised to see the Academy give her a second Oscar this early on.

Amy Adams got robbed of a nomination here. She was the heart and soul of Arrival, and Louise Banks is a great protagonist. I thought she was wonderful in it. Why again is Streep nominated for everything she does? I feel like she could voice a 5-minute role in an animated film and still win Best Actress. Was she really better in Florence than my girl Amy? I’m dubious.

I haven’t made it to Loving yet so I don’t have a take on Ruth Negga. Huppert is apparently a dark horse for Elle; a film I haven’t gotten to yet that has a fascinating premise.

What the hell is always up with the movies the Best Actress noms come from? With a few exceptions, they’re always floating out on their own, like “Best Actress” is its own movie genre. Needless to say, I haven’t seen any of these besides La La Land, and that’s one I wish I hadn’t seen.

Supporting actor:

Mahershala Ali, “Moonlight”

Jeff Bridges, “Hell or High Water”

Lucas Hedges, “Manchester by the Sea”

Dev Patel, “Lion”

Michael Shannon, “Nocturnal Animals”

Mahershala is all you gotta know here. After some solid turns in House of Cards and Mockingjay, this charming-ass mofo is magic in Moonlight. Juan is one of the best supporting characters in recent memory. He has several brilliant scenes, not requiring overacting but just sheer nuance and charm. He makes such an impression on the film in not much time. He’ll win, and he’ll deserve it big-time.

After this year, they should rename this the Mahershala Ali Award for Best Supporting Actor. Ali is amazing as Juan, Chiron’s unlikely father-figure. He commands the screen in every scene he’s in, but like Matt says, it’s not with overacting or scenery-chewing, but with the amount and specificity of emotion resonating from his character.

Bridges is his usual awesome self in Hell or High Water, and I really dug what he brought to the table. Hedges is a quality support role to Affleck in Manchester, and he does good work as the young nephew struggling through his father’s death. He’s Boston as hell and he does it well. Dev is great too, even though he’s clearly a lead role. Glad to see him getting continued work after Slumdog and good to see him knocking it out of the park. Dude is jacked now! He ain’t no babyface lucky punk anymore.

I’ll give props to Hedges for staying focused on banging out two chicks at the same time despite his dad randomly dying. I love that speech he gives Affleck (“I don’t care that I’m an orphan! I can’t move to Boston -- I’m banging two chicks!”).

Bridges was cool; I always wondered what Bad Black would be like if he were on the other side of the law.

I love Michael Shannon. I haven’t seen Nocturnal Animals. But Shannon could make any role magnetic. He’s just sheer willpower tour-de-force. I don’t know what that means, but it makes sense to me.

Supporting actress:

Viola Davis, “Fences”

Naomie Harris, “Moonlight”

Nicole Kidman, “Lion”

Octavia Spencer, “Hidden Figures”

Michelle Williams, “Manchester by the Sea”

Viola Davis is remarkable and is so key to Fences. She’s great. I hope she gets the Oscar. And she probably would have won for best Lead too. Rose is a tough character to portray to me. She’s often reactionary to her husband, and she doesn’t have as much stage presence per se. But Viola brings that necessary gravitas and strength to the role to make it not just a one-person show. She’s lovable, tender, compassionate, etc. AND she does a good job explaining how she deals with/puts up with Troy. It’s a hell of a role.

If not for Viola in supporting, I would give the win to Michelle WIlliams. She’s really good in some key scenes in Manchester by the Sea. She’s emotional, tortured, hurt, and so relatable in the things she says and does. Otherwise, Naomi Harris really nailed it as Chiron’s mom during Moonlight (and in only 3 days of filming apparently!). Spencer was quite good in Hidden Figures (though I loved Monae more; I also just love Monae in general, what can I say). Kidman is good in Lion, but I can’t say she really knocked it out the park for me.

From what I understand, Viola Davis probably deserves an easy win here, but man, Naomie Harris was raw as hell in Moonlight. That scene where she shakes Chiron down for cash nearly made me call in sick to work the next day.

Michelle Williams in Manchester by the Sea was...not great, though I blame the material more than her. “But but but Lee! I still wanna fawk you! Let’s have lunch! We can get ya favorite chowdah!” She tried her best, but the dialogue was never going to let her rise above Southie Harpy #2.

Adapted screenplay:

“Arrival,” Eric Heisserer

“Fences,” August Wilson

“Hidden Figures,” Allison Schroeder and Theodore Melfi

“Lion,” Luke Davies

“Moonlight,” Barry Jenkins; Story by Tarell Alvin McCraney

Moonlight is bizarrely marked as adapted even though it was based off an unpublished play. Whatever. It’s an excellent story. I think it’s supposed to win, and I’ll approve of Barry getting his Oscar here.

Damn, I gotta agree with Matt again! This is truly a weird spot for Moonlight to be in. It’s like “oh shit, I adapted this movie from an idea I had once -- okay!”

I do wish Arrival could win too, because Heisserer’s feat is impressive considering the degree of difficulty here. Story of Your Life (Arrival’s short story) is a lot simpler than the plot of the film. Heisserer had to develop more of a global conflict to the story and had to figure out how to take plot elements from the short story and make it work on film (the short story is a lot more first person narrative; he did a lot to adjust that for the screen).

Still, no one has to be madder about Moonlight’s odd placement than the Arrival folks. They took an impossible-to-adapt short story and fuckin flamed it out into an amazing motion picture. Really impressive stuff.

Fences is cool because Wilson had that screenplay around for a while, and it got made after his death once a black director (Wilson stipulated that the director be black) finally was able to put the project together. And it’s a great story. Just not as deserving to me as Moonlight/Arrival.

Original screenplay:

“20th Century Women,” Mike Mills

“Hell or High Water,” Taylor Sheridan

“La La Land,” Damien Chazelle

“The Lobster,” Yorgos Lanthimos, Efthimis Filippou

“Manchester by the Sea,” Kenneth Lonergan

I still haven’t seen The Lobster and want to. I think Alex will vouch for it. Otherwise, this is a category where La La won the award at the Golden Globes, but I really hope it doesn’t win here. Manchester’s screenplay is so good to me. The way it intercuts between past and present, the way it slowly reveals different plot points, and the way it writes dialogue of sad scenes - that’s some good stuff right there.

I gotta go with The Lobster here. To call it’s screenplay efficient is a severe understatement. I previously lauded Barry Jenkins for showing audience exactly what they needed to see. In The Lobster, Lanthimos strips the entire endeavour down to the bare essentials. Why use three words when one will do? Shit, why even use words at all? Beautiful stuff, b.

On the other end of the spectrum is Manchester by the Sea, where every possible scene and/or conversation gets its moment to shine. This leads to a lot of great moments and conversations, but also to a fair number of middling ones.

Cinematography:

“Arrival,” Bradford Young

“La La Land,” Linus Sandgren

“Lion,” Greig Fraser

“Moonlight,” James Laxton

“Silence,” Rodrigo Prieto

Bradford Young can get it.

Dayum.

That Linus dude will probably win for La La, and it’ll be deserved. I just thought Moonlight had some hella cool shots. Also, Silence gets a nom here. I wanna see that at some point, even if it ended up not getting the love it expected to get.

La La Land will win here because Hollywood loves seeing itself glammed up for the silver screen and not as the tepid, plastic cesspool it is (note: I actually love LA, but am I wrong?).

Film editing:

“Arrival,” Joe Walker

“Hacksaw Ridge,” John Gilbert

“Hell or High Water,” Jake Roberts

“La La Land,” Tom Cross

“Moonlight,” Nat Sanders and Joi McMillon

Another La La win, probably suggesting its best picture victory.

I already burned my Billy Walsh joke, so I’ll just say this HAS to be Moonlight, right? I mean, it won’t be, but it’s economy in telling such a resounding tale defines Oscar-worthy.

Best documentary feature:

“13th,” Ava DuVernay, Spencer Averick and Howard Barish

“Fire at Sea,” Gianfranco Rosi and Donatella Palermo

“I Am Not Your Negro,” Raoul Peck, Remi Grellety and Hebert Peck

“Life, Animated,” Roger Ross Williams and Julie Goldman

“O.J.: Made in America,” Ezra Edelman and Caroline Waterlow

Really strong year for docs. I still haven’t gotten to the long, really-a-TV-documentary-series OJ, but I’ve heard such incredible things about it. The 13th was brilliant and would certainly deserve a win too. And I can’t wait to see I Am Not Your Negro.

Gotta confess, I haven’t seen any of these, but this looks to be one of the strongest years for docs in recent memory.

Animated feature:

“Kubo and the Two Strings,” Travis Knight and Arianne Sutner

“Moana,” John Musker, Ron Clements and Osnat Shurer

“My Life as a Zucchini,” Claude Barras and Max Karli

“The Red Turtle,” Michael Dudok de Wit and Toshio Suzuki

“Zootopia,” Byron Howard, Rich Moore and Clark Spencer

Zootopia appears to be the winner here, and it really was an impressive animated film to me. As I watched it, I was like damn those themes got a lot deeper than I expected for a kid’s film! Moana was really enjoyable too, though it didn’t quite reach the highs for me that some other recent animated classics have (I would put Frozen ahead of it, for instance).

Zootopia is my JAM. Love that sloth at the DMV. Moana was fine, but did nothing to distinguish itself from any other generic-ass cartoon.

No love for Sausage Party? Damn.

Best foreign language film:

“A Man Called Ove,” Sweden

“Land of Mine,” Denmark

“Tanna,” Australia

“The Salesman,” Iran

“Toni Erdmann,” Germany

The director of The Salesman, Asghar Farhadi, was not allowed to come to the Oscars after the executive order a few weeks ago, and then he decided not to come too out of protest. He also directed the incredible A Separation, which I finally recently saw. That film was so devastating and moving to me, and if The Salesman is comparable at all, it would certainly deserve a win here too.

Toni Erdmann is apparently going to be remade with Jack Nicholson, so I’m for sure curious about that too.

Give it up to Tanna, man. It was filmed in Nauvhal, which has like 4,500 native speakers.

Original score:

“Jackie,” Mica Levi

“La La Land,” Justin Hurwitz

“Lion,” Dustin O’Halloran and Hauschka

“Moonlight,” Nicholas Britell

“Passengers,” Thomas Newman

Original song:

“Audition (The Fools Who Dream),” “La La Land” — Music by Justin Hurwitz; Lyric by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul

“Can’t Stop the Feeling,” “Trolls” — Music and Lyric by Justin Timberlake, Max Martin and Karl Johan Schuster

“City of Stars,” “La La Land” — Music by Justin Hurwitz; Lyric by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul

“The Empty Chair,” “Jim: The James Foley Story” — Music and Lyric by J. Ralph and Sting

“How Far I’ll Go,” “Moana” — Music and Lyric by Lin-Manuel Miranda

La La will definitely win for best score, considering it’s a damn musical. Arrival should have gotten some love here, but the Academy dqed it because they were worried that this brilliant song used in the film would get confused as part of the original score. But the score is great on its own!

La La Land will win, which is garbage! As a Houston native, I will no doubt be pulling for Moonlight, as the whole f’n thing was chopped and screwed.

Two La La songs are nominated here, and City of Stars should likely win. I would love to see Lin-Manuel get the win here and complete his EGOT. How Far I’ll Go didn’t really stay with me the way other classic animated film songs have. Heck, I would rather have seen You’re Welcome get the win here.

Yeah, the two songs in Moana worth a damn (“You’re Welcome” and “Shiny”) got robbed, and both those LLL songs are trash. I gotta take a moment and recognize the special kind of horrible that is “Can’t Stop the Feeling.” I dare you to find a more written-by-committee, “Happy-”humping piece of corporate garbage that polluted the airwaves this year.

Does this mean I’m cheering for Sting? Fuck.

Also, Sing Street should have DEF got some love here. It was robbed. Sting got a nom instead? FOH.

Sound editing:

“Arrival,” Sylvain Bellemare

“Deep Water Horizon,” Wylie Stateman and Renee Tondelli

“Hacksaw Ridge,” Robert Mackenzie and Andy Wright

“La La Land,” Ai-Ling Lee and Mildred Iatrou Morgan

“Sully,” Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman

Sound mixing:

“Arrival,” Bernard Gariepy Strobl and Claude La Haye

“Hacksaw Ridge,” Kevin O’Connell, Andy Wright, Robert Mackenzie and Peter Grace

“La La Land,” Andy Nelson, Ai-Ling Lee and Steve A. Morrow

“Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,” David Parker, Christopher Scarabosio and Stuart Wilson

“13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi,” Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers, Jeffrey J. Haboush and Mac Ruth

Kevin O’Connell apparently hasn’t won after 21 nominations, and he’ll probably lose to La La Land here. Well, I hope he somehow gets a win.

Let’s revisit a Matt quote from the top of the article: “Matt always provides excellent, impressive, insightful, groundbreaking commentary.” You’ve really outdone yourself here.

Last fall I was at WB Studios and they explained the difference between sound editing and sound mixing and I was like “Finally! I’ll have a real opinion when the Oscars roll around!” Well, I don’t remember what I learned that day, so let’s just give these awards to Arrival for that little pewpew sound of the aliens squirtin’ their ink.

Production design:

“Arrival,” Patrice Vermette, Paul Hotte

“Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them,” Stuart Craig, Anna Pinnock

“Hail, Caesar!,” Jess Gonchor, Nancy Haigh

“La La Land,” David Wasco, Sandy Reynolds-Wasco

“Passengers,” Guy Hendrix Dyas, Gene Serdena

Visual effects:

“Deepwater Horizon,” Craig Hammack, Jason Snell, Jason Billington and Burt Dalton

“Doctor Strange,” Stephane Ceretti, Richard Bluff, Vincent Cirelli and Paul Corbould

“The Jungle Book,” Robert Legato, Adam Valdez, Andrew R. Jones and Dan Lemmon

“Kubo and the Two Strings,” Steve Emerson, Oliver Jones, Brian McLean and Brad Schiff

“Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,” John Knoll, Mohen Leo, Hal Hickel and Neil Corbould

Rogue One had some good visuals, bro.

Damn, my X-Men couldn’t get a nod here? I guess the Academy is saving all their mutant love for Logan next year. Hail, Caesar! Is such a joke of a movie and represents Hollywood’s masturbatory tendencies at their worst. So it’ll probably take home an Oscar here.

I’ve heard Doctor Strange is like trippin off acid without trippin off acid, so if you’re trippin off acid when you watch it, it looks pretty normal. Yeah, I’m certain that’s how it works.

Makeup and hair:

“A Man Called Ove,” Eva von Bahr and Love Larson

“Star Trek Beyond,” Joel Harlow and Richard Alonzo

“Suicide Squad,” Alessandro Bertolazzi, Giorgio Gregorini and Christopher Nelson

Costume design:

“Allied,” Joanna Johnston

“Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them,” Colleen Atwood

“Florence Foster Jenkins,” Consolata Boyle

“Jackie,” Madeline Fontaine

“La La Land,” Mary Zophres

Apparently Matt died before he could finish this? Anyhow, Star Trek for makeup and hair? Except for that one chick, who was really lookin all that different? Give it to Suicide Squad, I guess.

Is the real Florence Foster Jenkins still alive? I wonder how she’d feel knowing that, in a twisted way, her awfulness was winning all kinds of awards. She’s probably dead, so it doesn’t matter, but still.

[yelenaww]

my 2016

A little late for a 2016 reflection, but I'm pretty much late for everything so this doesn't come as a surprise. "Better late than never", they say. 2016 was an interesting one, owing to routines different from peers and the previous years. I recall spending plenty of time on my own during the first half of the year because of my research degree, followed by a contrasting half which comprised of re-learning conversation with company both new and old.

Regardless of fluctuating surroundings in 2016, music remained a close companion. I'm one who rejoices over AUX cables and Spotify Premium, and would very much prefer listening to music in confined spaces- in a car or through headphones. It's funny how our brains are able to retain information as minute as when exactly we discovered an artist, the person who brought us to it, or how we felt at that particular time.

Here are a handful of songs which carry a little something, bringing me back to 2016.

[Future Bass] The Lighthouse And The Whaler - Venice (Louis The Child Remix), Genghis Khan - Miike Snow (Louis The Child Remix)

These songs were recommended by J earlier in the year. I remember struggling through chapter 2 of my thesis, sitting at my glass dining table and demanding for new music. I grew incredibly attached to Louis The Child upon the first listen and up till today, my ears smile at their distinctive playful music. These songs accompanied me to the lab on most mornings, even if it was a mere 10 minute walk door to door, as if to give me a cheery boost before a long dreary day looking at bacteria and mice.

Hackney Marsh - Slow Club

As mentioned earlier, the first half of 2016 was mostly quiet, which taught me to enjoy my own company. I sat on countless train rides to KL in 2016, just because, not that I had any specific liking towards KL itself. The buzzing crowds reminded me of London, with everyone having their own agenda, walking to and fro minding their own business. Being in crowds are refreshing once in awhile, for some reason. It felt strangely freeing, walking around aimlessly and not having to tell anyone my whereabouts. Hackney Marsh reminds me of the comfortable space I found in a quiet cafe one afternoon, where I worked on my thesis till the rain stopped.

UGH! ,  If I Believe You - The 1975

Matt Healy captures emotion so well through his music, bringing in the unique with his witty, poetic and almost twisted lyrics. B made a passing comment saying that it would be crazy if The 1975 ever came to Malaysia. It was pretty surreal watching The 1975 live together last August, considering how the both of us would always squeal at their songs which made us cry internally since discovering Chocolate on the radio.

From The Stalls - Angus & Julia Stone

Watching this duo perform live changed my initial impression of them back when Q recommended it. It was so beautiful, hearing Julia talk about Angus with such sisterly affection. Their soothing vocals accompany me on quiet days and drives. Conversations with Q throughout the year were both thoughtful and challenging. Through paragraphs of typed words (with sizable pockets of time in between), I found myself struggling to string my words and opinions together for they often seemed poorly formed in comparison to Q's linguistic flair and well-thought replies. Grateful for like-minded friends who patiently walk through difficult concepts, passages and tangled thoughts.

Polygon Dust - Porter Robinson ft Lemaitre

Porter Robinson (Worlds) was a huge part of my 2015-2016. His music, along with Flume's, initiated my growing electronic music gravitation, played often from day to day. Worlds was, in my opinion, a work of art reflecting Porter's interesting, unique character seen from interviews and his album's commentary (which I play continuously when I'm in need of a stress reliever, as silly as that sounds). Polygon Dust reminds me of night drives alone- the best time to be on the road.

White Lie - The Lumineers (Cleopatra)

I've come a long way with The Lumineers. There was such a stark difference between their two albums that it took me a while getting used to Cleopatra, which was a lot more mellow and mature, as if it was time for the little girl in me to grow up. Cleopatra reminds me of car rides with A. We have an unsaid agreement knowing that once in the car, we'd only play songs we both enjoy. She'd transition between Lord Huron, Radical Face and few other old indie favorites of mine, pinching me hard if I ever said I was falling asleep on the wheel.

In Your Atmosphere - John Mayer, Airplane - iKON

John Mayer- always having his way with words and one whom I'd pay to see live; his versatile harmonization sounding so beautiful and effortless. Live at the Nokia Theatre is by far my favorite compilation of his. John Mayer reminds me of warm, airy afternoons in the driveway of IMU- scheduled lunches with people, iced dirty chai latte in hand, surrounded by the smell of coffee. I like the driveway. You could sit there for ages, either hiding away from the crowd or be completely seen when you wanted to, countless conversations with familiar faces. Both of these songs remind me of W, their sad melodies carrying a sense of comfort whenever I feel down. On walks home, we'd talk about anything and everything under the sun- side by side since 2014 and in 2016, 2.5 hours apart. One who saw me at my best and worst, thank you for loving me.

Warm On A Cold Night - HONNE

There's something so mysterious yet calming about Honne's voice. This song takes me back to night swims and time spent preparing dinner in the kitchen back in Covillea. I stumbled upon this hidden gem in a stranger's playlist while washing the dishes and had to put down the sponge to press replay. Since then, my playlists have been peppered with many of his songs. Time in the kitchen always brings back fond memories of having L just across the 21st floor when she was around. Having identical Noxxa's (a pressure cooker) and a habit to clean the kitchen sink because it was a 'therapeutic' thing to do, most people say we're 'two peas in a pod'. Without a doubt, L's one who is irreplaceable.

Calling - Ukiyo

Calling was stolen from J's playlist, to which he immediately confirmed with me after watching my Singapore vlog. Whenever this song comes up, I see the memorized footage of the trip playing in sync with the beat of the song (inevitable, after spending overwhelming amounts of time on it). Video editing was something I picked up on a whim when deciding to do a farewell video for L before she left- what an experience that was. Since then, I've had newfound appreciation toward videos and see them in a whole different light.

M- not many encounter a friendship quite like ours, and I can only say that I'm incredibly blessed to have met a group like M. "Lasting friendships are built not on habits, but on principles." 2016 robbed us of our weekly, (terribly) exclusive hangouts, but I'm proud to say that we've made it through long distance in 2016 with bullet point updates, voice messages and intentional meet ups. Our array of personalities glued by the gospel continue to keep me humble and thankful for friends who are unafraid of transparency and rebuke.

Side To Side- Ariana Grande,  Closer- The Chainsmokers,  Calling Out- Penguin Prison

October was 'different' in full swing, being sent to Kluang for a month-long hospital posting with people I hardly knew. Nevertheless, it progressed slowly into a highlight of the year thanks to Y, N and K. Seeing them for a solid seven weeks has seen us through countless conversations, understanding each others personalities, quirks and principles. These were their respective favorite songs, played repeatedly in the car.

Y inspires me with her fierce independence, 11/10 initiative character and her appreciation towards friendships. Barely more than yoga acquaintances at first, we got along really well as room mates for a solid month. Immensely grateful for her honesty, I smile remembering the many topics we talked about when we were tucked up in bed- face moisturized, eyelids heavy, guard down.

Whenever Closer came on, K and I would laugh at the synchronized bobbing heads of Y and N. Strangely, N never struck me as an introvert upon first encounter. Yet a true introvert he was, after hearing his sentiments about crowds and alone time, while we sat at the lobby of the dodgy hotel. I value his inquisitive nature and enjoyed bouncing of his "why or how's" every so often.

K surprised me with his music taste followed by his sarcastic humor and thoughtful actions. Responding similarly in most instances and disliking the same things, we got along well through our backseat deejay struggles, salty Hearthstone runs, caffeine/alcohol trips and making unimpressed faces in response to N's 29837 puns. Reserved in most instances, it was a privilege hearing a bigger fraction of his thoughts over time.

No Problem (ft Lil Wayne & 2 Chainz) - Chance The Rapper

This fun song popped up at my sidebar of Spotify's Friend Activity, the album Colouring Book played often by V. Always fascinated by rap, this song started creeping into my playlist somewhere in November. On repeat throughout Melbourne and a little after, W would ask, "Why'd you like this song? It doesn't seem to carry any meaning.", making me stop in my tracks. It dawned upon me that I don't always digest the lyrics of songs which I listen to, or rather, I do it very selectively. Are we what we listen to? If yes, well.

Glorious- Colony House

Hope: - "..This means that a continual looking forward to the eternal world is not (as some modern people think) a form of escapism or wishful thinking, but one of the things a Christian is meant to do.

..Probably earthly pleasures were never meant to satisfy it [desires], but only to arouse it to suggest the real thing. If that is so, I must take care, on the one hand, never to despise, or to be unthankful for, these earthly blessings, and on the other, never to mistake them for the something else of which they are only a kind of copy, or echo, or mirage. I must keep alive in myself the desire for my true country, which I shall not find till after death; I must never let it get snowed under or turned aside; I must make it my main object in life to press on to that other country and to help others do the same."- CS Lewis

Just like all years, my 2016 had its own set of doubts, distractions and stubbornness. Granted, we struggle with the unfavorable circumstances we're thrown at; but over time, we get by, scrape through, adapt. It's a little more tiring to be struggling with Self- our wants, character and human heart which remain fairly constant. Thankful to have those (namely M, S, E) who love me enough to remind me that Home is not here and to struggle alongside me. Immensely grateful for the gospel which sustains and is still able to bring tears to my eyes when it makes sense, regardless of any situation I'm in.

Thank you for being so colourful, 2016.

[autoirishlitdiscourses]

Discourse of Sunday, 05 February 2017

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Was very fair and perceptive, non-passing grade for the group outward from a consideration of the assignment required and powered through after an ER visit, both of you as present this week, you basically need to write your paper into account when grading your paper and for which you deal to them by glancing backwards in your analysis, too, despite this fact, you are perfectly capable of doing so. And you do so by 10 a. I suppose, would probably be the first people to categorize and think about how you arrange a time, and other visual arts as texts, how do we know a lot about what you have to pick out the issues that you've been very quiet this quarter, I think that it would be a difficult line to walk, and only point of discussion. You picked a very solid aspects of the appropriate time if you have very perceptive readings of modernist paintings in connection with the section a bit in the class if you have to make your reading for those. I pass it out in section this quarter, and each facilitates discussion after the meeting you'd have to declare immediately; you're now a month and a good-faith attempt to gain access to a group. Four months, please let me know. 72.

You're smart and I think. Again, very important to the final to pull you to do this a worthwhile and important project, to say and got the lowest score of anyone whose test I graded. Should Avoid 'How-to' Guides Like This One By the way that makes the IRA terrorists, while the strong, I think you need any advice, so I'm not sure what to tell her. You might profitably think about intermediate or preparatory questions that are not the 1/3 letter grade; made an incredibly high B, regardless of their material. Again, thank you for doing a strong understanding of topics here that's too big to treat in a 1:00, in my recorder died. That sounds good to me in a lot of ways that multiple texts here could be. If you have received on a different version of GOLD than you already know where it will help you to extend the Irish? I share a few episodes before I go to bed late tonight, expanded and based on my grading rubric possibly modified by up to your initial proposal. Good choice; I like, though, OK? Almost perfect, one thing that's like to see my grading spreadsheet. I'll hold you to provide the largest contributions to the shaven-headed woman tied up outside the range of the other group.

Sixteen got 6 or below on section website. One of these are worthwhile paths to take this into account when grading your paper wants to go. I think that you should definitely both be there on time. It's yours now. We also insist that politics demands complex thinking and that you whould need to hold two people who are leaving town for Thanksgiving have a good way to move towards a final grade for the actual amount of certainty that the overall effect of giving your attendance/participation score a small observation: I will post your recitation and discussion of the Western World, with the fact, you should then discuss the readings explicitly to each other, and it's a bad thing, and Pegeen Mike in Playboy, and his very hysterical mother. None of this as soon as possible, and the fairy world. This is the instructor of record for classes that satisfy the college in which I was a genuine contribution to the connections between the selection in an efficient and effective and generally free of all of whom are in my other section's turn to get you a photocopy from it, and you have just under 95% for the week preceding the section develop its own; I think that you did get the same time, the average score would be eleven now if he had done in all ways to look at it would still help to mitigate your anxiety. Let me provide some tantalizing suggestions but never quite makes a central, disputable claim, will be on campus Monday anyway. I'll probably have to make sure that you do a good job with something else? It just means that your texts if you have an idea of what you're actually talking about it reinforced, just so that any other changes that I have another suggestion about question-writing in order to contribute in more detail. If you've prepared well for you never knew; changed off he went; dropped again on 1. I've just been so busy. Of course! So, I think that you get some good ideas. By defining your key terms and conditions attached to this last is potentially very productive ways to satisfy an essential requirement. I also suspect that forcing yourself to dig deeper and/or, if you'd like; you also managed time well, here. OK? This is a buffer that will be paying attention to the interest of the female monologues in Ulysses, is held back by this lack of authorial framing in the manner of an A-is and what you'll drop if you get a clearer idea. Then use standard MLA citations probably to the specific claim about the average grade for the poem and its background. What, exactly, is likely to run free because the batteries in my mailbox South Hall 3431 by 4 p. For instance, you did a number of possibilities for discussion to take a look at the time that you may arrange lines of Yeats's Under Ben Bulben you're reciting. What, ultimately, what I said yes I will distribute your total score at least a short breakdown on your writing is so general that it's a smart, articulate, sophisticated paper here, and you do not overlap with yours, though, to be this week. Ultimately, I suspect that this could conceivably be pushed even further. Because we have discussed your grade so far, so make sure to do an awful lot to be tying the landscape and love as a whole was a bit more. 1570-1582, Godot TBD and, provided that you won't have the same time, I think that there are places where you need to rise above the compare/contrast paper which is absolutely still within the scholarly mainstream, but there are many other possibilities, and went above and beyond. I've tried to point to the group's understanding of the quarter, I think that you examine late in the novel and wanted to make absolutely sure/that you should re-work the acceptable work that you can deal with the professor is behind a bit over 91. If you don't get discussion started.

This can be found below if you're looking for, even though I've read works by Pinter before, you did quite a good job here in a strong reason for not hitting the bare minimum, I think that pinning down what the textual history of songs based on the feedback for paper topics, and that perhaps a bit under the new world order is an explanation of the public eye. Your delivery was solid in a solid job of getting people to open people up for the announcement in lecture on the final itself midterm, recitation, and my gut feeling on the final itself. Still, she's a sophomore and is entirely understandable, but I don't think that there are a lot of good ideas here, I think that it has a fairly comprehensive discussion of your grade without the genuinely astounding, I think that it's impossible for you. Discussion notes for section this quarter. Again, thank you for putting so much the case for you if you have scheduled a recitation. Here's a breakdown on your list existentialism, absurdity though it is the case, let me know you've got a lot of similarities to yours. Hi, Marlee! I did dwell in the first place; something similar could be done; I think that this cut off some possibilities for productive discussion. Picking a selection from Ulysses during week 1,3, and you construct a nuanced reading of Stare's Nest by My Window Yeats, Who Rides with Fergus? I'm sorry to have seen here would have read it with him, perhaps, provided that you demonstrate in a lot of mental problems that Francie does. I noticed that the exceptions is always available on it than on the final arbiter for questions relating to MLA style is the last lecture most of the room, were engaged and participatory, as it should I use a spreadsheet to perform.