WRY?!!

[reppu]

I don't even know what I'm writing about!! Damn this paper to a fiery burning hell! C'mon, 16.67% of my total grade isn't a lot, is it? I could just forget about this paper and still make a decent grade, right? Does the world really need to know the ways that West African music inspired current black gospel music? I think not.

This is obviously a sign that school needs to be over NOW.

[EDIT] thehoyden, forgive me for not getting back to you about that beta reading. I will as soon as this report is done on Tuesday.

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[photoash.livejournal.com]

just think it's almost over :) *pets pets*

oh I remember feeling that way too :)

[reppu.livejournal.com]

It is almost over. When April 30th hits, I won't have to do another paper again! At least until graduate school. Though you've just reminded me that I have a paper due tomorrow AND Tuesday. Ugh, I'm tired of papers...

[lizstarsky.livejournal.com]

Definitely know what you mean. XD;;; But the only way out is through--keep plugging on through and soon the obnoxious school stuff will be behind you. *waves GANBATTE banner* \^o^/

It also might help to set some reward for yourself--e.g., "If I finish this paper, I'll..." For example: (1) Buy myself ____, (2) eat ____, or (3) bury myself in porny doujinshi for the rest of the evening. :P

Good luck!

[reppu.livejournal.com]

You've got food problems to worry about! How did dinner go this time? It's like watching Top Chef or something when I read about your kitchen adventures! Plus it's one helluva lot more interesting than this paper, I guarantee...

After this paper on Tuesday, I'm gonna scan up a bunch of porny doujinshi and send it to the four winds for translation. But actually, I really want to clean my room. I can see dust bunnies and I'm more disgusted by this than I'm letting on. Oh, but Wednesday is fried chicken day. That's a nice payback...

[reppu.livejournal.com]

Oh ho, if we were doing just gospel music, I'd be fine. That's what I wanted to do in the first place. But this particular class doesn't allow for Judeo-Christian topics of study unless they are linked to something else, hence this comparison paper. I'm also deeply linked to gospel music; I sing in the church choir (and I'm particularly fond of Long as I got King Jesus).

I guess I'm frustrated by my lack of definitive resources. What religious tradition in West Africa should I link gospel music to? What styles are the same? I mean, I know, but how do I write that academically? And I don't think you want to read this thing, as it will be crap.

By the way, what part of southern Louisiana? My family's from Baton Rouge and that area. If I knew what we were, I'd tell ya, but well, we don't have good family records or anything. ^^;;

[reppu.livejournal.com]

Yup, that's the problem. I know gospel music, but I can't define it. Only academia asks you to justify something that's become instinctive. >__>

I'd go by my grandmother's word, but Big Mama had Alzheimer's since I was just a little thing, so no askin' her (that and she passed near three years back). I found out I'm part Irish on my maternal grandmother's side around Christmas, which was a shocker to me. Americans really are the mutts of the world, aren't we? I was raised black, taught Native American pride, and understood I was partly white. I can't even be mad about it. XD

But I related to Louisiana as home, even though I was born and raised in Georgia. I wanna go back and have some good food again. Big Mama couldn't remember our names, but that never stopped her from cooking! I'd love for some of my relatives to cook for me again. And BR does smell...you've got a better picture of it than I do. I think it just smells like sewage. >__>

[thehoyden.livejournal.com]

No problem, it's no hurry! Good luck with your paper (and senioritis).

[sarahofcroydon.livejournal.com]

I hear you. :(

[love_archived]

*hugs* You can BS your way through that, babe.

[roseofjuly.livejournal.com]

Ugh, that sounds like the most awful paper topic.