Icarus' Journal

9:46am: Star Trek, time travel, and the Ides of March
I want it to be May 8th, now.

I just saw the 3rd Star Trek trailer. The first one just showed the ship. This gives you an idea of the action and plot and special effects and -- oh, oh, I want to see it now.

In other news, it's snowing today. In Seattle. On the Ides of March. I took video that I'll upload once I figure out how (again).

Three essays in two days. I can do this, right?

4:05pm: The world's worst parallel parker.
FYI, the Greek History class continues to be torture. I've yet another prompt that baby-steps the writer into writing exactly what the professor wants to hear.

But it's almost over. One 10-page essay, and it's over.

ETA: About halfway through that essay. Taking a break from it.

Enjoy the world's worst parallel parker. Hee.

8:02pm: Enjoy my distraction.
Current pattern of work:

1 - Write two paragraphs of miserable Greek History essay.
2 - Two minutes of glassy-eyed internet escape.
3 - Write two more paragraphs of essay for control freak, micro-managed, poorly written essay prompt.
4 - Five minutes to eat chocolate.
5 - One paragraph of awful essay for the professor who attempts to control every word that leaks out of your pen...

I think you guys should at least enjoy some of my internet escape time.

For those of you who love Greek history... I love it, too. I just hate the fact that my professor is a terrible writer, doesn't know it, and attempts to force everyone to write like her.

My essays are good. If you give me enough rein, they can be very good, and enjoyable.

Put me on a chokechain and the professor deserves what she gets. But I don't deserve to be penalized for it -- unless I go with my whim of including a two page Socratic dialogue between "Socrates" and "Hesiod." Which I'm tempted to do, just so I can enjoy the ride my GPA sinks to the bottom of the ocean.