portfolio assignment and other FML moments

So. You guys all know that I was completely stressed out last week because of all the work I had to do, right? Well, last week is gone and I finished all the papers that were due, but this week has been stressful too. You know what? I'm beginning to think that people should like, hire me to worry about things for them - apparently I'm the queen of being stressed out all the time! :)

Anyway, so I was super excited about this week because I knew it was a chance for me to de-stress and just chill a little bit, and I was. Then my computer crashed. And I lost everything. All my work on those three papers. All my work for my portfolio. All three of the papers that were due last week were only drafts...final copies are to be turned in later. Not only that, but I also lost all the research that went into all of those papers.

I have, no, HAD all my documents separated into folders by class. Whenever a paper was assigned for a class, I would create a folder within that class folder specifically for that paper, then within that paper folder would be folders for research, notes, and different parts of the paper. So when my computer crashed I lost everything. Pictures, music, contacts, calendars...and only my entire career as a student. So no big deal, right? Anyone see a cliff for me to jump off of? Just kidding!!! It's just been one (well, 2 or 3) of those weeks where if something can go wrong, it has. But, at the risk of sounding like a really bad Destiny's Child song, I'm a survivor(:

And, because I'm a survivor I'm in the library now, trying to make up for all the lost stuff for my portfolio. Such a great night ahead of me! Gotta jump off now guys.

Peace and love,

Caitlin

argument paper

So I finished my argument paper today, thank God. Now I have 2 more papers to do. One is due tomorrow (Wednesday) and the other is due Friday. I'm just so tired. I'm worn out, physically and emotionally. Something's gotta break soon.

Anyway...about my paper. I'm happy that I did it the way I did it. I wrote my argument, then I wrote the counter-argument and then I finished up. It's like 8 pages long, which I'm damn proud of(: All I have to do is put my folder together, which means doing my self evaluation letter, but that's about it. I had fun doing this paper once I started writing. I think the most fun I had while writing was when I found evidence for my argument and evidence for the counter-argument in the same chapter of Kirkpatrick's book. I love doing stuff like that. Maybe I should go to law school.

Peace and love,

Caitlin

stress overload...

Soooooo I'm seriously on overload right now. I have 5 papers and on some of them I don't even know where to start. Some of them I can't find enough research so I feel like I'm going to get a bad grade, and I'm such a Type A personality that I'm anal about everything being perfect all the time. Which sucks. And I'm freaking out because I lost my iPhone. Someone needs to like, shoot me and hang me from a tree. Just kidding, not really. But damn. Anyone ever had that kind of day?

Peace and love,

Caitlin

Google and other things...

So I got bored today and Googled Facebook. Want to know how many results I got? 5,030,000,000. That's over 5 billion results. That's a lot. Quite frankly it's a little ridiculous. Then I Googled Barack Obama and only got 70,000,000 results.

You know what I noticed? how we are taking nouns and turning them into verbs. Like Google and Facebook. They're nouns, but we constantly say "Google it!" or "Let me Facebook them." It never ceases to amaze me how the English language is constantly evolving.

Can you guys tell I'm bored? I don't really have much to say right now. It's time for me to start getting ready for class. I've been watching a movie called Carolina Moon this afternoon and this woman's boyfriend gave her a puppy and it is the CUTEST little dog I've seen in a long time. I want a puppy soooooo bad!!! Gotta run!

Peace and love,

Caitlin

argument topic, revised

So I've been thinking about it, and I don't think I should limit my paper to just tagging in pictures. I think I want to expand it to include tagging in status updates and wall posts, as well.

I think that expanding my topic will give me more to right about, because quite frankly I was kind of worried about length for this paper. I haven't found much research, though. And that worries me :( I'm not really sure what to do about that part of it. I guess I just have to keep looking. I wonder what I'll be able to find in terms of newspaper articles and such. I don't know. I'll keep thinking about it.

Peace and love,

Caitlin

Argument topic

So I think I'm going to do my argumentative essay on whether or not Facebook users should be able to give permission when being tagged. Like, if my roommate takes a picture of me and uploads it, I think I should get a notification from Facebook asking whether or not I allow this tag. Granted, if people don't want others to see them doing stupid stuff they really shouldn't do stupid stuff. I just think that it would protect a person's privacy a little bit better.

I have a friend who was at a party, and she was drinking. She's my age, 18. She's in a sorority at another school, but before she was initiated the sisters in the house were watching the initiates-to-be like hawks. Anyway, she was caught by the sisters and her initiation was put off because the image she was reflecting to the house wasn't the image that the sisters wanted. She was bringing a bad reputation, and the sisters were finding out about it because she was tagged in pictures.

I'll look into this a little further and let you guys know what I found out.

Peace and love,

Caitlin

Facebook addiction

So I've heard that you can get addicted to Facebook. When I first heard that I thought to myself, "This is ridiculous." But after doing some reading, I've thought more and more that maybe it isn't so ridiculous. Maybe it's a little more scary that ridiculous.

 http://articles.cnn.com/2009-04-23/health/ep.facebook.addict_1_facebook-page-facebook-world-social-networking?_s=PM:HEALTH

It shocks me that people can honestly become obsessed to the point of ignoring their child or jobs or even jeopardizing their marriages for something as silly as Facebook. Yes, it has become an integral part of our culture – connecting millions of people worldwide, starting revolutions – but honestly it's just a pretend world. It's a way for people to escape the daily harshness we have to face in real life. But come on, people. At the end of the day, you still have your responsibilities here, not in cyberspace.

Peace and love,

Caitlin