shanmonster | Warning: Steep Grade

snowy_kathryn is in the depths of hell. She is marking papers written by second year university students. Last night, a paper was so bad that she puked everywhere, including on the neighbour's door (but that's another story).

Ok, so maybe she has the stomach flu, but after reading excerpts from the paper in question, I felt ill, too.

When I was in my second year of university studies, I took a third year class in psychopathology. I wrote a paper on nature/nurture and schizophrenia. The essay came back with an A crossed out, and a D written underneath it accompanied by the message, "Come and see me after class."

When I asked the professor what was wrong, and why my A had been downgraded, he told me that since no second year student could write so well, the paper was plagiarized. But because he couldn't prove I'd copied my work, he gave me a D instead of an F. Nothing I said could budge him, so I left his office depressed and finished the year with a ruinous GPA.

What a bastard. If I'd known then what I know now, I'd have taken this matter up with the Dean of Students.

I have a hair appointment tomorrow. Here's hoping it doesn't get all fuckered like it did last time!

I've also been calling around to get other things done. I'm going to try to learn how to do bike repair, and I also want to get back into paper-making for fun and profit. I've missed making paper.

Link time!

Bacon Scented Bacon Print Tuxedo: I think I want one, but I'm not quite sure (thanks,

water_of_fire).

Steampunk Star Wars: These drawings are really quite clever. I especially like the Death Star.

Steam Trek: Because you can't have one without the other.

Deerhoof - Kidz are so Small: Bizarre music video which makes me strangely pleased.

Alanis Morissette - My Humps: An unlikely cover that left me giggling like a free ride when you're already there (thanks,

longpig).

World's First Spiritual Perfume Introduced; Virtue(R) Reminds Wearer of God: I don't mind the idea of perfumes based on deities, but I think it would be much more interesting to have perfumes based on other gods, too. Then again, who would really want to wear a fishy Poseidon fragrance, or a nasty simian Hanuman cologne? Eugh. Old Testament YHWH would smell like sulpher and burning bushes, I'd imagine. Way to set off the smoke detectors (thanks, Benoit)....

Court to rule if chimp has human rights: Interesting article, if rather moot. It's not like all humans receive basic human rights. Consider the anthropophagy of the bushmeat trade in the Congo, where Pygmy tribespeople and Bonobo apes alike are considered tasty snacks.