Free Write

I haven't just written about what's going on for awhile. Here goes. Justin and I are going to school, and kind of sick of it already. I'm taking Major Authors: Dickens, American Literature, Intro to Visual Arts, Beginning Drawing, and Intermediate Fiction Writing. By the way, why do the professors here at SUU feel like they have to babysit their students? Each of my classes have their own weird little attendance policies, which blows my mind. One of my classes says that if you come in late or leave a little early, that equals 1/3 of an absence. If you have more than 3 absences, your entire grade gets dropped one letter grade. How do they come up with this stuff?

Oh, that reminds me of something else that totally blows my mind. Yes, Nic, Logan drivers are the worst, but Cedar City drivers are right there with them. Justin and I were talking about this the other day and he came to the interesting conclusion that Logan drivers are just stupid, they don't know what they're doing, whereas Cedar City drivers and just bad, meaning they know what they're supposed to do and just don't do it. The biggest thing that I cannot fathom is how Cedar City drivers don't pull over for ambulences. I know, what?!?! It's true. Within a week, I saw it happen twice. An ambulance is coming, I pull over to the side of the road, and people that were behind me actually pass me and keep on driving...I don't get it. I. don't. get. it. Yes, you getting to Wal-Mart 5 seconds earlier than you would if you had to pull over IS more important than somebody's LIFE.

But back to school, Justin seems to like these classes much more than last semester. He's taking Child Development, Intro to Criminal Justice, Intermediate Writing, Humanities, and Forensic Science. We never feel like going to school, or doing homework for that matter, and I think it's much harder to stay focused on those things when you're married. Especially when you're newly married, and both working at opposite times, and going to school at opposite times. Meaning, whatever "free" time you have, you want to spend together, canoodling on the couch, watching movies, chatting it up, or some other stuff. You don't want to be reading The Old Curiosity Shop, or Mary Rowlandson's captivity narrative, no matter how interesting they are. This is also why my screenplay isn't completely finished already. I have it all worked out, just not written out. And all because I want to see my husband once in awhile.

Oh my gosh, I just heard someone talking about ANOTHER Spiderman movie. ...is this true?? If anyone knows if this is true, please let me know. Remember how I said the LAST thing Hollywood needs is another movie about Spiderman? I have no more words on the subject.

So, there's the random stuff that I'm thinking about at the moment. Oh, except one more thing. In all my english classes, there is this group of really snotty girls present. They are the same girls, give or take a few, and they think they know it all, and they think they are very clever. Both of these are incorrect. I just found out that they all work in the Writing Lab in the English Building and all of the sudden, it made sense. This brings me to my point. I don't understand why people think they have to act superior to others, or react abrasively to new ideas. Is it a defense mechanism, or do they really think they're entitled to act this way? I have self-confidence, but I don't presume to think that I'm better than everyone else, or that my opinions are the only right ones. The thing I love about literature is that everyone can look at it a different way and come to a different conclusion. Discussion classes used to be about sharing personal and new insight. If anyone has any insight on this topic, please let me know.