My second revision of the gender studies paper finally feels right, and Pennington must’ve thought so too because it’s ready for my portfolio! You know what that means…
Four essays down, two to go!
After my near breakdown in my last blog post, I decided to forgo mentioning Adele in the essay because I was worried it would cause me to lose focus with the main ideas. What I ended up doing is adding in more textual evidence to show the eroticism of the sea throughout the novel so that my claim that the sea is a symbol of lesbian love wasn’t so outlandish (although, I do still need to work on this for my final draft). I also took out some parts that were too general and polished up some little details.
Overall, I’m very happy with how this essay turned out, and I think it might be my best one so far. It was a lot of work, but I think it definitely paid off. So here, have a celebratory gif from my favorite soccer player:
In other news, there are only four weeks of the semester left, and oh my goodness am I feeling the stress. With the New Historicism draft due date coming up, a short story draft due, SNC Times articles due, piano juries on the horizon, and preparing for a huge speech, I’m swimming in stress (ooh, that would be a good band name). Four weeks feels like a lifetime when I want nothing more than to be done.
BUT. I will keep pressing on, because really, what other choice do I have? These final four weeks will be difficult, but it will feel so good when they’re over. I’ve worked harder this semester than I have in any other semester so far, and I can’t stop now. In the wise, wise words of Miley Cyrus: “Can’t stop, won’t stop.”
