Week 5

Week five and surprisingly I'm still alive. I don't have much this week because my brain is mush. We talked about Auden in Modern British Poetry, which was great because I've never read Auden. Really, I haven't read many of the "modern British poets," we're covering; except Hughes, which I'm happy to look at in the coming weeks. But Auden is great. I really dig is simplistic way of conveying larger themes. He sort of reminds me of Gregory Corso. I would like to read some more female poets in this class though. Alright. Bye, bye.

week 4

Wow Modern Brit Poetry is exactly half way over with. It's crazy to think about, but this semester has been flying by. I still got a little more to do, but I feel like I'm keeping my head above water alright. This week I have to write an episode for Comedy and Satire, discussion board in MBP, and I have no idea in Screenwriting. Probably just because its so laid back, I don't know, but it doesn't seem like I'm going to have a tough time with it. I just have to come up with an idea for a screenplay. Man walks into bar. And.. whatever I'll think of it later.

Week 3

I can't believe next week is the half way mark for Modern British Poetry. This week I plan on starting my term paper and the website. Grad school is kicking my butt right now, I knew the work load would be more, but christ man. This week we did a few T.S. Eliot, which is always cool with me.

Week 2

My head is spinnin' and it feels alright. The second week of school is hear and gone and I have Labor Day to take it easy and hopefully get caught up on some reading. This past week I had to finish The Road for mondays Screenwriting class, which I did by the skin on my teeth. For Comedy and Satire, I had to finish A Summer of Naked Swim Parties and discuss all week. In British Poetry, we covered Hardy, Yeats, Lawrence, Sassoon, Owen, and Sitwell. My favorite poem was Sassoon's "Represesson of War Experience," which is about a man going insane with trying to forget his experiences in WWI. The pain and terror of the speakers voice gives this piece a rather disturbing feel.