In coming!

I'm taking this class called "Dealing with the Media". It's a total, complete, utter waste of time. While I would hesitate to call the lecturer an 'idiot' (he isn't totally), I would definitely question his organizational skills and maybe bring to light his over confidence as a teacher. Yes, he has written a couple books (about Smyrna, no less), but he still can't seem to string together a coherent thought and has created a course without any central train of thought. Oh, and I haven't learned a damn thing about the media, other than journalists are busy people (umm, join the club?). Apparently some people are too busy to dig up some relevant material to teach. ahem.

Anyway, blathering on about the inadequacies of my lecturers wasn't the intent of this entry. Instead, it was going to talk about blogging itself. In one particularly riveting lecture (I drew pictures, sent text messages to my boyfriend, and passed notes in class -- I was caught and appropriately chastised) the lecturer (who, from now on I will simply refer to as 'Dwight') started talking about blogs. I don't remember what the exact context was because I refuse to do the readings (I can get info from Wikipedia all by myself, thank you very much) and I only half listen. But, I do remember Dwight saying that the premise of blogging is that entries are supposed to be daily and, additionally, that comments are usually made about social topics, business, sport etc. Something societal, anyhow.

WTF! Nobody told me that! Blogs aren't supposed to just be about the individual person (read: me) and all the (un)exciting things they're (I'm) doing with their (my) lives (life)? Apparently, blogs are influencing a lot of people and acting as a serious conduit of public opinion. No, really! Dwight said so! And, seeing as Dwight seems to always be saying such intelligent things, you've heard it here first, people: I'm going to start writing about more important stuff, thus adding to the delusion that people actually read this thing.

Okay, I'm totally lying. I'm going to just keep putting pics and stuff up (my mom is coming for Christmas, after all!). But, every so often I might take a stab at saying something worthwhile and unrelated to survivor. And yes, in retrospect, the point of this entry is that my lecturer (a so-called member of the Australian 'intelligentsia') is actually just a bumbling moron.