or don’t, but please don’t tell my Honors writing class teacher (Fred Pinegar) that I really didn’t much care for Moby Dick. Sure, some parts were okay, but I really didn’t get too tied up in the knot chapters.
Ehe. Hehe. You got the pun there?
Actually, aside from Moby Dick, I really got a lot out of that writing class. It was a class I took during my very first semester as an undergrad. In fact, I believe it was my second class (on my schedule) of that semester.
Consider:
- I met my wife in that class.
- I gained a true appreciation for the craft of writing.
- I fell more in love with Shakespeare.
That’s pretty okay, eh?
Anyway.
Here’s the report:
I’ve spent a lot of time lately looking for a full-time job. I’m still scooting after that dream and all, but money is required. The family needs to eat and a mortgage payment needs to be paid… sometime.
However, I have done some work on adjusting some passages so that they are more suited to higher level readers. That’s been fun. I’ve also completed a large amount of data entry for a professor I’ve known for some years. This has equalled some $, which is much appreciated.
I’ve begun research on another personal finance article for LDS Living. I am confident that will come out well.
And I’ve been working hard on improving the quality of my blogs. Making them more interesting and such. I recently launched my gardening blog: http://theprovidentgarden.wordpress.com, and am working on getting a massive pile of existing content up over there. I should make progress on that today.
But today I need to work on data entry, as well as do some work with those higher-level passages. So since those both pay and they are high priority, I will do them first.
Oh yeah, I put together my first advertorial this week. It was fun. I bet you can guess what an advertorial is by the creative way that word has been invented. Putting one together is like a cross between doing some graphics work along with composing content. Man I need to learn graphic design. Hmm, better not forget to bill those guys.
I’m also creating a brochure for a chiropractor. This work is being done in trade.
So I’m keeping busy, but I can see the other side of this work… and it looks pretty empty of the old cash thing.
Onward into the dark.
I’ll do a writing exercise on Friday.
carpe somnium
You are a busy man! And I've never read Moby Dick because I've heard too many people complaining that they had to. (Maybe someday.)
Hey! I had Fred Pinegar for that class too!! Wow, he's been teaching for awhile. I also never quite got into Moby Dick the way he did… he always seemed a bit fanatical about it.