I spent yesterday reading my classmates' theses and watching trailers for upcoming movies on the Apple website. Here's how that breaks down:
1. Read classmate's thesis. Am consumed with jealousy that I am not that funny. Type up notes designed to hopefully conceal said jealousy but still give props where they are due.
2. Despair that I am a hack.
3. Watch trailer for "Wild Hogs."
4. Feel much, much better about my thesis.
5. Read second classmate's thesis. Am consumed with jealousy that my characters are no where near as believable or well-observed. Type up notes designed to hopefully conceal said jealousy but still give props where they are due.
6. Despair that I am a hack.
7. Watch trailer for "Music and Lyrics."
8. Feel much, much better about my thesis.
9. Read third classmate's thesis. Am consumed with jealousy that my plot is an incoherent, sluggish mess compared to the breezy, engaging three acts I've just read. Type up notes designed to hopefully conceal said jealousy but still give props where they are due.
10. Despair that I am a hack.
11. Watch trailer for "Hang Six."
12. Feel much, much better about my thesis.
13. Read fourth classmate's thesis. Am consumed with jealousy that my thesis has none of the emotional sweep or human warmth of this piece. Type up notes designed to hopefully conceal said jealousy but still give props where they are due.
14. Despair that I am a hack.
15. Watch trailer for "Evan Almighty."
16. Feel even worse
17. Watch trailer for "The Cleaner."
18. Miraculously recover sense of self worth.
19. Read own thesis, now that it's been a day and a half.
20. Discover 14 typos and several misspellings, including nunchucks (my guess: nun-chuks), Mahmoud Amadinejad (or, in my world: Mamoud Amadinajaad.) Plus one giant plot inconsistency involving a Great Dane that appears in one scene and vanishes for 60 pages.
21. Reset self-worth back to zero.
22. Drown sorrows in grande non-fat latte.
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