Breaking News: I'm a baaaaad student

Oops. I just got an email. Well, four of them, actually. It seems that I don't know the difference between an annotated bibliography and a literature review. (Oh please, like you did.) Also, it seems that I haven't checked my ECU email in a while, and I'm supposed to moderate a discussion on Blackboard uh, this week. Which means that I'm supposed to have already read roughly 150-200 pages on empirical evaluations of concept mapping, information design principles, and visual-based modules for teaching writing. Oops.

So tonight, while BB's in class reading his own share of crap on accounting principles and spreadsheets, I'll be tucked into my chair, cat at my feet, crying into my...Diet Wild Cherry Pepsi...because I'm behind. And also because frankly, I don't know what visual-based teaching modules are. The worst part of it all is that I don't care. (Yes, yes..."It's not that I'm lazy. It's that I just don't care.") I mean, yes, I care about getting my degree, because it means more money and I like money, true. But I don't care about research in technical and professional communication, nor do I care about discussion boards or projects or comprehensive exams.

A little bit I want to quit. But then, I don't like to be a quitter. Unless it comes to things like teaching night classes. Boy, would I love to be a quitter then. The unfortunate thing about quitting is that I'll just have to take the class over again, and who wants to subject themselves to more semesters of Research Methods than they have to? Certainly not me.

Other breaking news:

One of my co-workers got arrested last week for leading police on a high-speed chase. I kid you not.

Also, my brother got some fish to add to his animal kingdom and it got me thinking: should I get some fish for my office? I contemplated this for a while until my mom asked me what I'd do with them over the weekend. Can fish live without food for a weekend? I'm going to investigate this, and I'll get back to you.