Heres another reason why peer-edits suck.
On one we did a couple of weeks ago, this girl writes something to effect that that paper didnt sound like my previous ones. That and a slightly faulty point of view gets me accused of plagiarism.
Which is especially annoying because the individual who left the comment isnt exactly the sharpest tool in the shed. Also, it amazes...
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On one we did a couple of weeks ago, this girl writes something to effect that that paper didnt sound like my previous ones. That and a slightly faulty point of view gets me accused of plagiarism.
Which is especially annoying because the individual who left the comment isnt exactly the sharpest tool in the shed. Also, it amazes... Read More
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What is the deal with English profs? Why are they all so hell-bent on group discussions and "peer-editing"? What exactly am I supposed to learn from a bunch of people who can't figure out how to use an apostrophe? Who need things spelled out for them in no uncertain terms?
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tiamat:
i hate peer editing. my essays are good. i know they are good otherwise my grades wouldn't rock. i don't need some first or second year to critique my shit. grrrr.. 
unnecessaryz:
Peer editing is good because people are always better at critiquing other's work than they are their own. You can learn so much from a person who wants to sound smart.
So I wake up to find guys painting outside my window. Then theyre inside the building, tearing up (perfectly good) carpet and painting the doors. Next, theyre putting up butt ugly blue vinyl awnings outside, even on the front of the building, which had a nice looking red brick faade. Not anymore! The fuckers painted over the brick. Its white now. Suddenly, my apartment number...
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crookshark:
ahhh, see! you're old like me. fuck, i was wondering if any of these almost teenage girls would have any idea. i was starting to think i could just rerecord his songs and be the next corey hart and nobody would notice.
ophelia:
yay free month's rent!
I hope that things stay the way they are here for a while.
I'm just sharing my condo with my cats now, and it's heaven, HEAVEN I say.
I hope that things stay the way they are here for a while.
I'm just sharing my condo with my cats now, and it's heaven, HEAVEN I say.
i n f o r m a t i o n
name: troglodyte
real name: uh-huh
single or taken: single.
sex: male.
birthday: 28 jan 76
siblings: one older sister
hair color: brown
r e l a t i o n s h i p
who are your best friends?:
do you have a boyfriend/girlfriend?: no/no
f a s h i o n _ s...
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name: troglodyte
real name: uh-huh
single or taken: single.
sex: male.
birthday: 28 jan 76
siblings: one older sister
hair color: brown
r e l a t i o n s h i p
who are your best friends?:
do you have a boyfriend/girlfriend?: no/no
f a s h i o n _ s...
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ophelia:
Tiamat lies, LIES!
Or she just forgets how bad I am when I first meet people, then every time we hang out with people I don't know very well she's like, "why aren't you talking? what's wrong with you?"
*sighs*
Or she just forgets how bad I am when I first meet people, then every time we hang out with people I don't know very well she's like, "why aren't you talking? what's wrong with you?"
*sighs*
fractal:
name: fracta
real name: its a secret
single or taken: taken
sex: see ques 3
birthday: june 7, 1981
siblings: none
hair color: depends on my mood
r e l a t i o n s h i p
who are your best friends?: hippy, matt, holland, arianne
do you have a boyfriend/girlfriend?: yes
f a s h i o n _ s t u f f
1. where is your favorite place to shop: online
2. any tattoos or piercings: yes
s p e c i f i c s
1. do you do drugs?: caffeine, nicotene
2. what kind of shampoo do you use?: whatever's on sale
3. what are you most scared of?: too many questions
4. what are you listening to right now?: silence
5. who is the last person that called you?: mom
where do you want to get married?: maybe
ok
i tried...that was a bit much.
real name: its a secret
single or taken: taken
sex: see ques 3
birthday: june 7, 1981
siblings: none
hair color: depends on my mood
r e l a t i o n s h i p
who are your best friends?: hippy, matt, holland, arianne
do you have a boyfriend/girlfriend?: yes
f a s h i o n _ s t u f f
1. where is your favorite place to shop: online
2. any tattoos or piercings: yes
s p e c i f i c s
1. do you do drugs?: caffeine, nicotene
2. what kind of shampoo do you use?: whatever's on sale
3. what are you most scared of?: too many questions
4. what are you listening to right now?: silence
5. who is the last person that called you?: mom
where do you want to get married?: maybe
ok
i tried...that was a bit much.
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unnecessaryz:
Your movie just made my computer crash. So I guess it was a comedy then, cause it was pretty fucking funny! I kid.
lulumae:
Y=C+I+G+(X-M)
THE fundamental income-expenditure equation. You can figure out so much if you understand the inner-workings of this.
Good luck!
XOX-L
THE fundamental income-expenditure equation. You can figure out so much if you understand the inner-workings of this.
Good luck!
XOX-L
I am too alone in the world, but not alone enough
to make every minute holy
I am too small in the world, but not small enough
Just to stand before you like a thing,
Dark and shrewd
I want my will, and I want to be with my will
as it moves toward action;
And in those quiet, somehow hesitating times,
When something is...
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to make every minute holy
I am too small in the world, but not small enough
Just to stand before you like a thing,
Dark and shrewd
I want my will, and I want to be with my will
as it moves toward action;
And in those quiet, somehow hesitating times,
When something is...
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morgan:
I don't think he was saying he was a homophobe for feeling this way, I think he was saying that these were the effects of society in general and it's homophobic ideals.
unnecessaryz:
Man, why you got to get all intelligent and shit? We can't be frineds anymore if you gonna be talking funny.
Everybody hates me. 
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unnecessaryz:
Satisfying for me? What makes you think that has anything to do with me?
reprobate:
I'm sorry, did I piss in your cornflakes?
Today, I cleaned the apartment. I've given up trying to stay dry while cleaning the bathroom. I just do it naked now.
My hair was long for so long that I barely remember having it short, and it's doing things I don't remember it doing before. It stands straight up. If this keeps up, when it's a bit longer I'm gonna look like the black...
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My hair was long for so long that I barely remember having it short, and it's doing things I don't remember it doing before. It stands straight up. If this keeps up, when it's a bit longer I'm gonna look like the black...
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ophelia:
horny + being able to get some =
horny + not being able to get any =
horny + not being able to get any =
unnecessaryz:
Being a solitary man is better for many reasons. But mainly because we get to walk around in slow motion with at least one gun in our pocket. Taken guys get to walk around in slow moving grocery lines with a shopping list in one pocket and their balls in the other.
So, I'm going to the Douglas Coupland reading tomorrow night. He'll be signing books as well, and I'm thinking about giving him this little book I got at a giant used book sale called "How to Survive an Atomic Bomb." It's this old handbook, printed in 1950, that tells people how to prepare for and what to do after a nuclear attack (this was before...
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lulumae:
*still pouting*
razor13:
careful, it would seem that saying anything against nuclear weapons here can be construed as an anti-india, anti-israel and anti-american...something of which i have been told that i will be removed for now, so careful about criticism of nuclear weapons and the maniacs that feel they are viable weapons systems, because they seem to run this site and they have little tolerance for people that believe peace is something you work for and not bomb for...damn, i didn't want to sound to bitter, but i noticed you made me a friend and i probably won't be here much longer because of that...so i come off a little bitter....
Sunday Moring Comin' Down
Well I woke up Sunday morning
With no way to hold my head, that didn't hurt
And the beer I had for breakfast wasn't bad,
So I had one more for dessert.
Then I fumbled in my closet through my clothes
And found my cleanest dirty shirt.
Then I washed my face and combed my hair
And stumbled down the stairs...
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Well I woke up Sunday morning
With no way to hold my head, that didn't hurt
And the beer I had for breakfast wasn't bad,
So I had one more for dessert.
Then I fumbled in my closet through my clothes
And found my cleanest dirty shirt.
Then I washed my face and combed my hair
And stumbled down the stairs...
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fox1:
you chuckel heads and your poems. not bad.
lemonkid:
Worse than boot camp - you don't have to pay the army rent.
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[Edited on Sep 14, 2003]
I can't seem to stay awake during poli-sci. The prof, a ridiculously sharp man, has a way of droning, quietly, and I find myself struggling to stay awake. Even during International Relations, which is supposedly the "sexy" field of poli-sci is starting off really slow and bland. Today I had some coffee before the lecture, but that didn't seem to help too much. Perhaps I...
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unnecessaryz:
That's funny, I know another guy here who can't stay awake during poli-sci. Maybe you guys should take a hint and join your school's ROTC program, where you get gassed for sleeping. Saying that there's a sexy side to poli-sci is like saying there's an ugly side to chocolate covered sex. It ain't happenin' (which I'm sure you already knew as evident by your liberal use of quotes around the word sexy).
lulumae:
I misspell ONE letter and you post on my board saying that I got drunk last night? I was working (yes, in a bar, but unfortunately I don't get to drink through that "fun") After work I came home, took time to reply to YOUR message even though I had to get up for school the next morning and it was already three am, and yes, somewhere in there I misspelled my entry.
YOU can't even spell CAFFEINE.
Hmph.
XOX-L
(PS- I'm just having fun with you)
YOU can't even spell CAFFEINE.
Hmph.
XOX-L
(PS- I'm just having fun with you)
New hair!
I've had long hair for so long that I don't remember what it's like to have it short. I swing my head around and nothing happens.
There's before and after pics in my pics.
I've had long hair for so long that I don't remember what it's like to have it short. I swing my head around and nothing happens.
There's before and after pics in my pics.
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unnecessaryz:
An old man use to tell me self improvement begins with a haircut. Of course he was a barber and would tell me whatever I wanted to hear if it meant fattening his tip.
tiamat:
yay for new hair! mine is currently freshly cherry red!
Perhaps the next paper to be turned in should be on the literary value of experimenting with different writing styles. Add a dedication to the professor and thank him for motivating you to be a more unpredictable writer as to make an example that it is harshly and needlessly ignorant to make accusations in the face of expanded creativity.
So now you know.