Problematic

Sometimes. I mentioned recently that I am taking a YA Literature course. I am also taking a French course and a Philosophy of Science course. French is a little bit aggravating because I have to film video chats with my class mates, occasionally, and part of what I look for in online courses is the ability to avoid human interaction. So far the Philosophy of Science class has been the most accommodating in that regard, and it's the one class I am actually taking on campus. But my YA Lit class is so far the best, because I am having to read YA again. And when I say the best, I mean it's incredibly easy (so far) and incredibly obnoxious- because YA literature is inherently obnoxious...because teenagers are inherently obnoxious. I am mortified by the things I did when I was young. I will probably be forever mortified by the ridiculousness of my past self, as it is often the human condition, but I think the inane ramblings of my teen years are the worst. In some aspects I was...

The title has nothing to do with the post. Right now I am watching Amy Schumer and mourning. The list of shows that got cut from Fall 2015 is coming out and I lose friends every year to the culling. (Television is my only true friend.) With the end of Parks and Recreation and the cancellation of the Mindy Project I feel like female driven comedy took a big hit on network TV this season. This is especially surprising because the season started with so many romcoms- maybe too many romcoms. It is entirely possible that romcoms are a very cheap way of appealing to female viewership (I'm looking at you, Manhattan Love Story .) However, beyond the four romcoms that premiered this season there were several comedies that starred a female lead and two of those female leads were women of color!! That brought female driven comedies starring a woman of color up to three shows. THREE SHOWS TOTAL. And now there is one. Don't get me wrong, Jane the Virgin is fantastic and probably th...

I'm having a hard time with cohesive thought. I haven't been sleeping well. Luckily, in a week my first semester is over. Unfortunately, before that I have exams. And finals, if I do atrociously on my exams. And work- forever. You'll be happy to know that the next semester includes a writing course. Hopefully, that will make the quality (maybe even quantity?) of these posts better. In the interim my next couple of exams are written exams and I find trying to outline the material difficult. I can't remember how this went in semesters long ago so I can't predict whether I will succeed. Mindy Kaling recently 'grammed a photo of her essay topics for her next book so I feel I should consider at this point: what would Mindy Kaling do? Probably take another photo with an awesome gift she got for being a well known public figure. Damn, I wish that were an option. It would probably be better to consider what Mindy would do pre-fame but I haven't finished her fir...