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Can we skip the sections with cannibalism?
Nov. 2nd, 2011 09:25 pmWell, it's a little late for Halloween, but if you're looking for something horrifying, try the book I'm reading in my history class: Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin. I've had to stop reading this before bed, guys. Seriously, this is the most sickening thing I think I've ever been exposed to, and it's worse because it actually happened. This actually makes the Western idea of what the Nazi concentration camps were like look like a picnic in spring, it's so horrifying. This is the stuff that makes you go, "Oh, god, I never, ever wanted to know that," but someone's got to learn it. I kind of just wish that someone wasn't me.
In other news, I finished my rough rough draft of the English paper (the one on the portrayal of the military in SG-1 and SGA) this morning. We were supposed to 'workshop' each others' drafts; pass the draft to someone, they fill out a sheet about it, repeat. Well, the people in my class are a bunch of slackers. I mean, even more than I am. In my group of four, I had six pages (missing some detail from a few sources and a conclusion for the eventual 8-10-page final paper), and one person I think had three pages. The other two people had two pages. One girl didn't even get to her actual thesis statement! ::facepalm:: I finished up the rough draft to turn in this afternoon; it clocks in at just over 8 pages right now.
Now I have to really get going on the paper for said history class. I really need to sit down and devote about a day to going through all my research material and making dedicated notes. Then, I think we have a 10-page draft due soon-ish. Yikes. This paper is not horrifying, however; it's on British home front propaganda, official and unofficial and officially unofficial. It's actually fairly interesting (to me) but I won't bore any of you with it.
In other news, I finished my rough rough draft of the English paper (the one on the portrayal of the military in SG-1 and SGA) this morning. We were supposed to 'workshop' each others' drafts; pass the draft to someone, they fill out a sheet about it, repeat. Well, the people in my class are a bunch of slackers. I mean, even more than I am. In my group of four, I had six pages (missing some detail from a few sources and a conclusion for the eventual 8-10-page final paper), and one person I think had three pages. The other two people had two pages. One girl didn't even get to her actual thesis statement! ::facepalm:: I finished up the rough draft to turn in this afternoon; it clocks in at just over 8 pages right now.
Now I have to really get going on the paper for said history class. I really need to sit down and devote about a day to going through all my research material and making dedicated notes. Then, I think we have a 10-page draft due soon-ish. Yikes. This paper is not horrifying, however; it's on British home front propaganda, official and unofficial and officially unofficial. It's actually fairly interesting (to me) but I won't bore any of you with it.
