Classes...

Just a brief note on the classes... They have started, and things will be "interesting"... this will likely be one of my more "project heavy" semesters, even though the reading may be lighter.

I am happy to report that the Research class, while "having a consistent format is important" when citing sources, the instructor is not too OCD about the MLA format. If things are not 100% perfect, it sounds like no shakes - where other instructors may burn people for a period instead of a comma, etc.

I have spent the better part of the last couple of (work) days - between calls - surfing Wikipedia and other sites for a project we have already been given. The project: Researching the literary culture of a particular year [mine is 1940] - looking at Pulitzers and Nobels (in Literature)... I've already decided to go a little further, and have also looked into the Hollywood circle of the time, looking at the Oscars.

Of course, that's the problem with surfing... too many tangents can be found (I hit a major detour and ended up spending a lot of time reading about GI Joe characters and story lines, after seeing something about the movie slated for Summer 2009 release)... But I have several web sources already, I just need to spend a little time in the library next week, showing that I know (or, remember) how to find some "real" sources, and can look things up in a library. The instructor did make a comment that he was interested to see how many web sources would be used.

Back to the grindstone... I have my rough list started, I just need to look for critiques of the works.