STRESSED OUT

but then what college student isn't?

I'm conflicted between studying for the Final tomorrow and working on my presentation for My Country Versus Me but I'm thinking that the presentation is worth more points so I'm going to focus on that more.

In response to your blog, Laurie, I recall that you got in a quite heated debate with our fellow classmate on the discussion of Hyphen and how they should go mainstream. I think I agree with you more than I did with the other person. I was going to point out that that person's argument seemed very strategic and a very businessman-like move. It also didn't really seem to me like the editors of Hyphen had a huge interest in going mainstream at all, and I didn't get the gist that they were "struggling" either. I feel like the readership they have (6,000) is pretty incredible for such an underground magazine. I was also very impressed that they've gotten themselves on newsstands nationally and internationally.

Yes, I do agree that if they mixed in "mainstream" stuff, they might be able to get more exposure because believe or not, it's what most people like to read. To be perfectly honest, when I was skimming through the magazine, I wasn't very interested. But that's just my opinion. However, I do respect and very much appreciate their efforts to keep an Asian American magazine alive which is why I do agree with you that if they were to go mainstream, it wouldn't be true to the mission they set out to fulfill.

In regards to my essay, I was pretty disappointed with the grade that I got. I thought I was going to do much better because I worked pretty hard on that paper but I guess it wasn't quite what Christine and Chia-Chi were looking for. According to the comments I got back, my essay "does not do a thorough job of deeply analyzing this correlation between affection (in both the familial and romantic senses) and Gogol's cultural development." I guess I didn't delve into the argument as I should have, although I thought I did. Rawr, I don't think I've ever analyzed a book this much in my life! haha.

Here's a sidenote though, I think for next semester, people who do presentations shouldn't have to do a short-response paper on their book :D just a thought.
I'm having a hard time understanding Wen Ho Lee when he goes on a scientific rant because I am personally not very interested in hearing about the details of how a nuclear reactor works. haha. Oh well. Okay I have to go work on my presentation, bye!

Dao Nguyen