I know I have said this before, and hopefully other people feel the same way, but I am certainly finding this blogging experience a learning one. I realized just now that I do not have a blog roll for my classmates but am incapeable of setting this up do to my technological incompetence. It is on my list of things to do I guess. I know Scott is excited for us to learn how to do things like adding you tube clips and photos, but for me this is not in my foreseeable future. Instead, I have decided to spend my time on the things I am actually capeable of doing.

Even though our project due date is extended, I think it is time for me to settle on my topic for the paper. Since I am into all great "chick flick" movies, I thought I could get the most out of this paper by writting about something I am actually interested in...and therefore have settled on using "How to Lose A Guy in 10 Days" as the focus of my paper. For those of you who have not seen it, Andy Anderson (played by Kate Hudson) is a writer for "Composure", a women's fashion magazine. One of her assignments is to do an experiment/assignement where she must date a guy and then get him to dump her. She has to deal with writting ethics and struggles throughout the film with the fact that she desires to write about things such as politics, religion, and world problems rather than fashion. I know that I need to do more brainstorming to really pull this topic together but I am thinking/hoping that once I collect and organize my thoughts I will come up with something intersting.

An official blogger

After some technical difficulties getting my blog started (perhaps a result of my own technological incompetence) I am finally able to post. I am just getting ready to start reading the Foucault "What is an Author" article and am hoping it is a little easier to comprehend than our last assignment. I went back and took another look at Wednesday's readings and was still unable to wrap my head around the complicated arguments he is making. Perhaps it is the philosophical nature of it all that has me confused. I am looking forward to going to class tomorrow and seeing what the other groups made of the reading, since my group was the first and only one able to speak on Wednesday. I guess I am just hoping that everyone else is as confused as I am and it will suddenly all start to make sense at some point, otherwise I am in for trouble.

First Post Ever

This is the first blog I have ever had and am just now creating one as a requirement for my English 201 class. I am excited about the experience and hope to learn a lot more about technology in general through my blogging. I am looking forward to posting each week on things both related and unrelated to the course and will be able to use this blog to track my overall progress in the course throughout the semester.