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Vitals

Birthday
• 1990-05-20
Gender
• Female
Location
• Koreatown, Chicago (seriously)
Member Since
• 2005-10-16
Occupation
• recently promoted to Ultimate Fangirl :3
Real Name
• H.L.

Personal

Goals
• To become mature enough to accomplish something in my life.
Hobbies
• Dolls, photography, films, music, and anything even remotely artsy.
Talents
• Writing, occasionally being very creative, and thinking I'm funny.

myOtaku.com: bellpickle

Thursday, November 2, 2006

major Lit geek post ahead
On writing alone, Journalism is probably the most technical of my three English classes. I doubt very many people are anal enough to notice it, but I've progressively stopped writing embarassingly long run-on sentences.

AP Lit is surprisingly well-rounded. It isn't all SYMBOLISM SYMBOLISM like I thought it would be; a good portion of the curriculum is devoted to vocabulary, literature terms, proper essay writing, etc. Though the biggest difference between American Lit and AP Lit is the fact that you can't BS your way towards an A during class discussions. ("This ellipse marks Laura's indecision of whether or not to accept Jim's offer of friendship.")

One of the most notable differences in curriculum between AP Lit and Creative Writing is the reading material. In Creative Writing, we spend much of class time reading contemporary short stories and works, whereas in AP Lit we read... Doctor Faustus. Admittedly the works of Toni Morrison are far more readable for me than Marlowe or Shakespeare, though in the end I know the latter will end up being more valuable.

To end this on an entirely random note, here's a translation of a conversation I had today in Japanese:

Me: Yan-san, have you seen a UFO before?
A: Yes.
Me: How was it?
A: It was very good.
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