#my midterm

MY MIDTERM. I AM A FUCKING IDIOT OKAY? I NEED YOU TO LISTEN TO THIS. YOU NEED TO LISTEN. 

I HAD TO WRITE A GODDAMNED ESSAY ON NATION-BUILDING IN IRAQ WHICH IS A CHORE IN ITSELF, MIGHT I ADD, TOO RESEARCH. AND IT WASN'T ANY PLAIN OLD ESSAY IT WAS A GOD FUCKING DAMN ARGUMENTIVE ESSAY. DO YOU SHITHEADS KNOW HOW HARD THAT PIECE OF FUCK IS TO WRITE? MAYBE I'M A BIT SLOW LIKE A BRAIN-DAMAGED COW OR SOMETHING BUT I PREPARED TWO WEEKS IN ADVANCE. IN. ADVANCE. FOR THIS FUCKING PIECE OF SHIT MIDTERM.

SO THAT'S TWO WHOLE WEEKS OF READING AND RESEARCHING AND READING AND ANNOTATING AND READING AND MARKING DOWN QUOTES JUST TO PROVE WHY NATION-BUILDING IN IRAQ IS A FAILURE.

PERSONALLY, I DON'T GIVE A FUCK EITHER WAY I'M NOT THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE I DON'T DECIDE WHAT THE FUCK I DO WITH OUR TROOPS I JUST SUPPORT THEM. I'M NOT THE ONE SWEATING WEARING 60 POUNDS OF GEAR ON MY BACK JUST TO DO MY JOB SO RESPECT FOR ARMY, NAVY, MARINES, AIR FORCE AND COAST GUARD.

THIS IS WHERE YOU INSERT THAT THE COAST GUARD ISN'T PART OF THE MILITARY BUT FUCK YOU THEY WERE IN NORMANDY.

ANYWAYS, BACK TO MY MIDTERM.

SO I GO AND THE SAME OLD MAN IS THERE WITH HIS SNOW WHITE HAIR AND CUTE LITTLE FACE AND HE'S JUST SO HAPPY WITH LIFE AND I GIVE HIM MY EXAM PASS AND HE GIVES ME A KEY TO A LOCKER THAT I GOTTA PUT MY SHIT AWESOME PURSE IN BECAUSE I GOTTA PROTECT THAT EXPENSIVE FUCKER AND I GO BACK AND I TAKE MY OUTLINE WITH ME TO WRITE THIS ESSAY.

NOW LISTEN YOU SHIT FOR BRAINS. LISTEN TO ME.

MY ESSAY COULD BE NO MORE THAN 750 WORDS. SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY WORDS. DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT? THAT MEANS THAT FOR A GUESSTIMATED SIX PARAGRAPH ESSAY EACH PARAGRAPH NEEDS TO BE 122 WORDS EQUALING THE TOTAL WORD COUNT TO 732.

SO I START TYPING. AND I GET INTO IT. I GET INTO THIS ESSAY BECAUSE I'VE DONE TWO FUCKING WEEKS OF NONSTOP RESEARCH AND I KNOW WHAT THE FUCK I'M TALKING ABOUT AND I'M JUST DIGGING DEEPER AND DEEPER INTO THIS ESSAY GIVING IT MY LIFEBLOOD AND POINTING OUT FACTS AND SUPPORTING THESE FACTS AND ANALYZING QUOTES AND I'M MORE OR LESS HAVING SEX WITH THIS KEYBOARD I AM SO INTO THIS ESSAY.

SO WHEN I FINALLY FINISH I AM PROUD AND HAPPY AND I KNOW I JUST CREATED A GODDAMNED DIAMOND THAT WAS 2.14 PAGES LONG NOT INCLUDING WORKS CITED AND IT'S A MASTERPIECE BUT I NOTICE SOME PARAGRAPHS LOOK A BIT LARGE SO I GO TO SEE THE WORD COUNT.

233 WORDS FOR ONE PARAGRAPH.

I GET SCARED. I GET FUCKING TERRIFIED. I WOULD HAVE WET MYSELF IF THEY WEREN'T THE ONLY PUBLICLY APPROPRIATE PANTS I OWNED.

SO I DECIDE TO SEE HOW MUCH MY ENTIRE ESSAY IS. I'M GOING TO RIP OFF THIS BANDAID AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE AND HOLY FUCKING SHIT IT WAS 2647 WORDS.

TWO THOUSAND

SIX HUNDRED

AND FORTY-SEVEN WORDS.

DO YOU KNOW HOW LONG IT TAKES TO EDIT AN ESSAY THAT LONG DOWN TO 750 WORDS? IT TAKES ABOUT ONE WHOLE HOUR. ONE WHOLE HOUR OF DELETING AND EDITING AND DELETING AND EDITING AND DELETINGDELETINGDELETING AND THIS CHILD OF MINE WITH MY LIFEBLOOD, SWEAT AND TEARS THAT WAS FULL OF PASSION AND ENERGY GOT REDUCED TO THE BORING PIECE OF SHIT THAT IS THE PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM.

YOU GUYS WANNA READ?!

Homestuck Movement

A young man stands in his bedroom. It just so happens that today, the 13th of April, is this young man's birthday. Though it was thirteen years ago he was given life, it is only today he will be given a name! What will the name of this young man be? (Hussie 1)

This is the writing from the inscription of the web comic Homestuck, a web comic that is taking the internet by storm. Unlike other comics, which are limited to the artistic visual aids and bubble style speech, Homestuck is a portrayal of every kind of art form. Within the seven thousand plus pages of this monster of a novel lies art in the shape of images, landscapes, song, video game, interactive media, sign language, braille and many other forms of expressive styles( Rosetti). Containing somewhere around one hundred characters the story follows eight separate universes, six separate species’, as well as infinite alternate timelines and dimensions’. Yet even with the plethora of artistic outlets used in Homestuck. The most enticing and imaginative is the musical composition of the series created by devoted fans. It is created using a diverse arrangement of instruments with deep connection and meaning to the characters and the events they partake in.

One of the aspects of the music came from the characters themselves. Each human originally played an Instrument: The base, piano, violin and turn tables. Thus the song “Showtime” came into being. It was created as a variation for each of the four children to play on each of their instruments. The almost melancholy tune is played in a way that expresses the title of the song. The song in this way foreshadows that the children will soon come to realize that this game is far bigger than anything they could have anticipate, along with repercussions they were never prepared to face.

Many of the characters in Homestuck have a theme running with the musical compositions linked to their persona. Each song is moving, intense while drawing the perfect mental images to the scenes expressed, snapping it all into vivid clarity.  Dave Strider is one of the four human children playing the game. He is known for being able to control and manipulate time and multiple alternate timelines of himself. Because of this many of the songs dedicated to the character have the sounds of clocks in the background as well as a repetitive sound like the passing of time. But their existing traits are not the only things resonating in the songs dedicated to the characters. Many songs portray incidents and dramatic events that have affected them in some way. The song “CAR♑IVAL” brings together the vivid imagery of a once passive character who then goes insane and begins killing off his companions, preaching his dark religion to his best friend over a computer chat. His friend is trying to run away, hide from him knowing that if he is found he will be killed (Hussie 1).While another tune “Requited”was one of lovers separation. Two lovers fighting for change in their world, and are convicted because of it. One was sentenced to death, the other to exile. The song follows the character The Disciple, who draws images of their love on the walls of her cave in her olive colored blood until her untimely death, locked away in isolation(Hussie 1).

 The newest Homestuck Album Genesis Frog was released to the internet viewer on October 23 2012 (Hussie 1). Each song derived itself from the Universe that Earth presents itself within. According to Homestuck our Universe is actually an omnipotent frog which was selectively bred by an alien race (Hussie 1).This nineteen track album is created with imaginative and complex compositions using every instrument in a full symphony. From brass to strings to wind instruments (Rosetti). It blends these sounds into truly the most expansive and Album Homestuck has seen yet.