Well? Again, the hard work pays off...

I GOT AN "A" IN MY ENGLISH VICTORIAN LITERATURE CLASS!!!

So yeah...that's what's up. Current GPA: 4.0. And now? Back to work in a week...oh well.

- El Ruiz

Not exactly, but I haven't updated in a long while. On a positive note, I have enjoyed--more than words can possibly say--my summer. English classes (two of 'em) and knowledge beyond what I could have imagined have totally saturated me; I needed it! For those of you who remember me saying it, last year was not at all fulfilling as far as my ( Read more... )

Do you all realize how much great reading there is out there? I've read Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte) and The Mill on the Floss (George Eliot) now, for this second class...and I have no words to thank these authors for the journey my heart and soul have experienced. What truth; what insight; what writing ( Read more... )

Los Lonely Boys relased another CD today...love them. "Sacred" is going to be mine today...and they rock. Their originiality is what makes them...and orginaly motifs in music are RARE these days...can we all say together, "Danni California"? Yeah, that's what's up.

-El Ruiz

Short Story: English 514.
Credit Hours: 3

Final Grade: A

My hard work as paid off. I plan on a 4.0 in grad school, people...here's to more sleepless nights!

My next class begins on Monday: English Romanticism and Victorianism. Sound good?

- El Ruiz

My final paper for this class: an analysis of "Janus," by Ann Beattie according to John Gardener ( Read more... )

I'm here outside driking sweet tea (Melissa makes the best, by the way) and typing my paper. In the distance are sounds of riding mowers and birds. The summer sounds surround me as I invoke the muse for aid in my 'adventurous song ( Read more... )

Last Thursday, we turned in our most demanding paper yet. It was no easy task to interpret White's story (see a prior entry) through the eyes of Wayne Booth. In fact, it is the most demanding analysis I have ever done. I worked HARD. I was determined to nail this one. I worked on two pages of text for nearly 8 hours. By the time I was finished, I ( Read more... )

Here it is, again; are any of you reading this? These papers we're writing for the "Short Story" class CANNOT exceed two pages. So, they're brief. I'll eagerly await your comments ( Read more... )

Why I am a Christian ( Read more... )