Decisions

One week has officially passed here in North Bay, and already the assignments are starting to pile up; but hey, it won't be that bad. I'm actually looking forward to the research assigment due in ENGL 2005. I love this course, it is the greatest course in the world. I found out what my mid-term mark is... 78%!

As for the research assignment, I was going to do option #7: World War I poetry. Unfortunatly, however, because it is the only modern option for the papers, everyone is doing it. Sir Gawian is an option, but Heather is doing that, so therefore I'm going with option #6. Here it is:

Although most obviously about a painter, Christina Rossetti's "In An Artist's Studio" can be read as a response to a whole tradition of male representation of women. Compare "In An Artist's Studio" with William Shakespeare's "Sonnet 18: Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?"

Or, maybe I should just stick with the World War I poetry?

Wilfred Owen, who was killed one week before Armistice, wrote some of the most powerful poetry about the horrors of World War One. Develop a critical analysis of Owen's response to modern warfare in TWO of the following: "Dulce Et Decorum Est," "Insensibility," OR "Strange Meeting."

If I chose that option, I would doing the first two poems and it is more to my liking... I like the gritty dark stuff. Any suggestions?

So, over the Christmas I worked at the LCBO. Man, government jobs rock. $10/hour and lots of hours is really, really good for a student. They want me back for the summer, so I really can't wait for that... not that dealing with drunks is fun, or getting hit on by old men... or being called a variety of names after refusing service to underage asses with fake ids. It is fun to hold the power though. Hehe...

I've designated today as my cleaning day. My room shall be spotless by the time I'm to go to Tabetha's for our superheroes game tonight. Which is good, because messiness makes me unmotivated.