#end of class

[ellecdc]

Someone yelled at me today because I was talking about jegulus and they said that I shouldn’t ship them because it’s not canon and I said, ”well Canon James is dead so I don’t really think it matter”

(I love your writing so so much. I look at your blog every single day to see if you wrote something new I love you.)

ugh

I know it's not canon.....that's the point weirdo's

you speak your truth babes

(also stop right now you're so stinking cute xoxoxoxo love you)

[aikarie18]

𝐕𝐚𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐯𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐬, 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧? :>

[campusmaximus]

[jennifermchang]

Final thoughts

All in all, I’m very happy that I took this class. I thought it was a great upper-division seminar and I think I learned a lot just by asking questions and thinking about the class in the context of modern life and technology. Reading all of the different kinds of content and learning about “distant reading,” paired with the ubiquitous nature of data and quantitative information, forced me to take a step back and reflect deeply upon the way I use technology on a day-to-day basis, as well as the ways in which the digital age affects the way I read and interpret texts.

There’s so much content out there, from novels to political discourse to personal blogs, and we play such a large role in creating it every second. And the fact that we’re constantly inundated with it changes the way we pay attention to it. It almost necessitates distant reading, simply because we don’t have the attention span or the mental capacity to pay such close attention to everything. I don’t think it’s necessarily a bad thing...it’s just a demonstration of the way that the world is changing and the way literature itself is changing, both the way it’s written and the way it’s read. I do think it’s a little sad, though, that people don’t put as much thought into literary interpretation in general anymore. It’s sad that we have such short attention spans, that we can only digest information in small tidbits, or read at surface-level. It’s sad that we are distant readers, when writers have poured out their hearts and souls into their work.

I think that’s one thing I like about being an English major. Even though it doesn’t look as impressive, I like to think of it as preserving art. By continuing the practice of close reading and extensive literary interpretation, we’re giving authors’ work the attention it deserves. I think that’s what writers live for, not only for their work to be enjoyed and appreciated, but also for it to have meaning to someone.

[thosefunnyones]

[whatshouldmartialartistscallme]

When there's a minute left in class and my instructor thinks we can still fit a workout in

And I'm standing there like

[inspirationlovebeauty-blog]

day eight: gratitude challenge

Today I'm grateful for the end of class. I absolutely love learning, and the content of this class was wonderful, however it feels great to be able to read for fun on my lunch break, go to the gym after work, then getting my nails done. I feel so productive!

[thisneverexistedokay]

every time i get a chance to /try/ talking to a girl, something always go wrong