i sent in my art school application for next fall and im just going to assume that i am not going to get in. They don't accept transfers as easily and it's already really hard to get into. I think my portfolio was pretty good i just know that my GPA wasn't up to par last semester and it sucks that that will effect my chances.Oh, well at least i tried.

i hate oral presentations. i mean i knew everything i should of done, and i practiced, but i just will always suck at giving oral presentations. i mean at least i did it and i really did try to do my best and i thought i would do fine but i really didn't. i get too scared, i really don't know of what though. I think that the the summaries i gave were to general. I summarized the whole source instead of just the parts i would use. I can see how this would make my topic seem scattered. Also, it might just be a little too broad. I'm editing my summaries so hopefully my topic with start coming together and making sense. If not i will have to make my paper more focused on one of the ideas in my research.

i have to work on alot for my research presentation. I am usually horrible at any oral presentations, but im really gonna try hard to do ok on this one. I'm just gonna make sure that i know all of the information i was given from front to back so that i will be somewhat confident about what im talking about. I think i'm gonna use note cards, but probably not a powerpoint. I want to see how other people do theirs first, but i'm signed up for the first day to make myself just get it over with. This won't be too hard.

it's crazy to think that we only have like five weeks of school left. This year, especially this semester, has gone by soooo fast. I guess everything seems to of gone by fast after it's happened. Like all of highschool did. Soon we will no longer be freshman, thank god. I am finally getting my schoolwork together. This semester my grades are alot better than last semester. It sucks that i have to turn in my art application in now because my gpa was lower than it should of been last semester. I am retaking that class now and i have an A so at least the one bad grade i got will be replaced. I am just trying to keep focused and get through these next couple of weeks. I am currently apartment searching and it is really hard to find 3 bedroom apartments. I feel like i have alot hanging over my head right now and im sure i will feel that way untill this year is over.

peer edit

The peer editing helped me to see what i was missing. I thought that maybe my summaries were too long but i think they're ok. One of the people who edited mine figured out what my topic was and one of them couldn't. I fixed it a little and tried to make my topic more clearer in my assessment of the source so that hopefully whoever gets my topic tomorrow won't be confused. I'm finding it a little hard to find more sources that i want to use so i have to work on that.

I think that my first 3 annotated bibliographies might actually be too long. I don't know if i would be able to pinpoint my research question by just looking at my sources. It's hard because there's not really a source that is exactly about what my question is. My question is how does censorship in the media affect the American culture. I'm trying to research how the government censors us, why, and how that influences our perceptions and our lives. I hope that i can bring my paper, and my sources, together when i have to.

i think my first annotated bibliography was actually too long. it was more than a page and it wasn't even double spaced. I think i just got too carried away in the summary section. There was alot of information and i wasnt sure if we were supposed to put all of the information we are going to use for are paper in the summary or not. I'm used to annotated bibliographies being about a paragraph long and just briefly saying what the source is about, whether it's credible, and whether it's useful. I'm glad that one of my sources is a movie because usually i only find good sources online. I hope that whoever gets my bibliography will be be able to understand what im getting to in my paper.

annotated bib

It was pretty hard for me to pick a topic, as usual. I ended up just making my topic more specific. The first source i used was a documentary that was very interesting so it wasn't hard to pay attention or anything. It was hard taking notes though i had to pause it alot. I am looking for more sources and i have found a lot i am just deciding which ones to use. I'm kind of glad that we're using other peoples information for out oral presentations. I think because now we don't really have a way to prepare to far ahead of time so i wont like memorize something and get nervous. We're just gonna have to like pull it together sort of. I've learned alot of thing i had no idea about before doing this research and im glad that i found someting that wasn't boring to me.

mid-term self evaluation

In general, i am doing alot better in school this semester. I think its because i am taking more hours. Last semester i only had 13 and this semester i have 17. I think having more to do makes me actually keep up with my work. when i had alot of free time it made me do alot of noting. Now I'm more used to living here and scheduling my time. I can definitely still do better than i am though. I need to get my shit together. After todays meeting, i realized that i definitely need to try really hard in participating in class. Its not that hard, i just need to be aware and do it. I also really need to find a research topic that i am interested in because i know i will do better if i am. I will get sooo bored if i just settle with a topic. I am planning on getting all As and Bs this semester, and if i keep trying i am pretty sure i can do it.

There is alot of bullshit on the internet. I question almost everything i see on the web. Anyone can put anything on the internet. Especially when it comes to sketch things like Wikipedia, anyone can edit it.Its valuable to be able to pick out phony information on the internet, especially if your doing research. When it comes to things like celebrity gossip, you'll never know if something is true or not. unless its on Perez Hilton.. haah