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So I’ve been reading something other than a textbook lately. I know, it’s strange that I’d be reading something on my own time. Anyhow, I’ve been reading Chuck Palahniuk’s Stranger Than Fiction, and I absolutely love it.

Palahniuk is the author of Fight Club, and apparently many of his other books have gained a lot of acclaim. His modern and edgy writing is something so refreshing. He writes in a kind of minimalistic style with little pretense. No need to pad his writing with extraneous fanciful details, it’s straight to the point and powerful.

What really annoys me most about poorly written literature is how it often tries to mask lack of thought or insight with wordiness, and by being overly dramatic or verbose. From what I’ve seen so far, Palahniuk writes with a ton of insight but in such a minimal way to avoid coming off as pretentious or pompous. I think this appeals to me quite a lot because I am so riddled with ADD that it’s nice to cut through all the BS and present something meaningful and interesting.

I’m definitely gonna read up on his other books when I can.

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On another topic, my group project mark for that class I mentioned earlier came in. We got 100%, but the worst part is that the lowest mark was 91%. On a curved course this is terrible for us. The distribution of our marks are so tightly packed because of this that our entire grade rests on the small 15% epilogue test.

It was so disheartening to see that we poured so much work into our projects only to gain so little recognition.  We protested our point, and the professor took our concerns into consideration and said he’d remark all the projects.  I’m quite sure the second time around will have a wider distribution for us, and I’m hoping it’ll be enough such that our marks are pushed ahead.

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Last day marked the end of class.  I have 5 days to study and learn/relearn the entire math term, and 8 days to learn/relearn everything taught in my databases course.  It’s gonna be a tough few days.  I’m hoping all goes well and that I’ll be seeing Renata soon in about 8 days.

I’ve decided to take a 3D graphics course next term.  It’s going to be really math heavy, and I’ve heard it’s a very heavy course.  However, it’s gonna be a wicked fun course to take and our term project in that course will be to develop a video game.  How cool is that?!  My only problem is to think of a simple game to work on… gimme some ideas!

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