Week 8 Progress

February was a pretty tumultuous month for me. Between travelling out of town for a grand total of a week straight, some of the most difficult midterms I've ever taken, and a near-persistent cold, it was pretty hard to keep up with this class. On the week I ended in Memphis, I missed pretty much every assignment from this class. That, combined with a few dropped posts here and there, have put me back about a week's worth of points I'll be making up both with extra credit and dead week time. Overall, I'm happy with how my project is coming along, but it's obvious I'll need to think about dedicating more time to this class in the coming weeks.
As far as my writing goes, I want to look more into trying some experimental writing - fancy stuff like second-person perspective, choose-your-own-adventure stories, and foreign land fairy tales.
King Arthur draws Caliburn, a good symbol for what I need to do in this class. Image Source: an apparently bad movie

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  1. Lance JohnsonApril 1, 2019 at 10:48 AM

    Gage,

    Goodness, it seems like February was pretty rough for you, man. Hopefully March ended up being a lot better for you. And a cold on top of everything? You just can't get any sinus relief, can you? Anyway, thanks for the lil update. I hope you're feeling better. You got this homie.
    I'll see you tonight at the IC meeting.

    -Lance J.

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