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And so ends the first two heady days of school when the profs let you out of class early and you have no homework to worry about. It's all downhill from here.
In a truly sad turn of events I started the research for one of my Canadian Studies term papers. The thing isn't due until November 15th but I've taken courses from this prof before and I know he likes a lot of research. It's like a guaranteed A. I checked out three books from the university library and a fourth is on its way. I can't decide if this makes me really studious or really lame. :-) The topic isn't half bad though: "To what degree is Canadian popular culture a reflection of United States popular culture?" Basically, do we Canadians just copy everything the Americans do or do we have a unique pop culture of our own? Not really sure what my argument will be. First I have to find a definition of popular culture that's to my liking and I can't do that since the stupid university library website is down and I can't access the article index. Blargh! That's my best source for research materials. I do have one thing in my advantage. The other Canadian Studies course I'm taking is about Canadian humour and Canada definitely has a unique brand of humour. I can totally work in what I learn from that course into the term paper.
My other course for the fall semester is a genre fiction class, or a slacker English class. This year I'm taking the Detective Fiction course, or Dick Fic as it's sometimes called. While the books for this class look interesting I'm not that excited. I was more excited for the Science Fiction English course I took two years ago. It was stuff I actually liked and could BS my way through if needed in an essay. Also didn't hurt that the TA, who filled in for the prof while he was away sick, was a big Stargate fan and liked to use the show as an example. We'll see how Dick Fic goes. The prof wants to show some movies and was thinking about screening a Prime Suspect as well.
One final exam but my semester seems essay heavy this year. Hopefully I don't go crazy before Christmas.
(And it occurs to me that now school has started up again I'm posting more on LJ. Apparently procrastination starts from day one.)
In a truly sad turn of events I started the research for one of my Canadian Studies term papers. The thing isn't due until November 15th but I've taken courses from this prof before and I know he likes a lot of research. It's like a guaranteed A. I checked out three books from the university library and a fourth is on its way. I can't decide if this makes me really studious or really lame. :-) The topic isn't half bad though: "To what degree is Canadian popular culture a reflection of United States popular culture?" Basically, do we Canadians just copy everything the Americans do or do we have a unique pop culture of our own? Not really sure what my argument will be. First I have to find a definition of popular culture that's to my liking and I can't do that since the stupid university library website is down and I can't access the article index. Blargh! That's my best source for research materials. I do have one thing in my advantage. The other Canadian Studies course I'm taking is about Canadian humour and Canada definitely has a unique brand of humour. I can totally work in what I learn from that course into the term paper.
My other course for the fall semester is a genre fiction class, or a slacker English class. This year I'm taking the Detective Fiction course, or Dick Fic as it's sometimes called. While the books for this class look interesting I'm not that excited. I was more excited for the Science Fiction English course I took two years ago. It was stuff I actually liked and could BS my way through if needed in an essay. Also didn't hurt that the TA, who filled in for the prof while he was away sick, was a big Stargate fan and liked to use the show as an example. We'll see how Dick Fic goes. The prof wants to show some movies and was thinking about screening a Prime Suspect as well.
One final exam but my semester seems essay heavy this year. Hopefully I don't go crazy before Christmas.
(And it occurs to me that now school has started up again I'm posting more on LJ. Apparently procrastination starts from day one.)
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