break away from the mush

so I am sorry, my dear friends, to have brought so much mushiness to my recent blogs

it all still stands as I've said it, but I will nonetheless give you all a break

so, on to the point: bullshitting finals

It has occured to me that taking an exam that consists of open-ended questions easily lends itself to bullshitting
For example, I've got 20-ish minutes left and a question that asks me to trace the development of the narrative process of american cinema from early exhibition to classical hollywood style to the break-down of the classical style. In this discussion I need to mention specific examples from a certain number of films from a given list (maybe it was three out of four or some such. wtf ever). Now, I have some good ideas as to how to answer this, but am not sure that I actually have all the information I need. Maybe this is because I only did maybe two or three readings for the entire semester and couldn't always stay conscious in class... Huh... Now, my natural inclination would be to think it all through and formulate the best answer possible from what I have to work with. But no, I say... NO! This would waste time and now, after reading the question through enough to actually understand it, I only have about 15 minutes left (ish... maybe I lie...). So I just start writing and pulling examples out of the air from films on the list and from films that illustrate my points but aren't on the list (can't hurt) and I pause long enough to massage my aching hand and I just keep writing whatever comes to mind, one idea to the next and so on, and I even keep writing as my visual attention moves across the room to take in the positions of the TAs and of the professor, and to determine how many people are still examming (yes, fuck it, examming), words become a little slanted, but continue to come out. I write down to the last second and can then do nothing but hope that I've come off as... mostly competent.


I think I'll do alright overall in that class. Got A's on all the papers except the last one on which I got a B+. We shall see. And no matter what, it's done now. HEAR ME?!?!?! IT'S FUCKING DONE WITH!!!! YES!!

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I need summer vacation
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and I've had La Vie Bohemme stuck in my head all day
and on that note, I'll leave you

farewell all
may your final exams not kick you in the ass