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Fan Fiction booms as modern folklore, by Diane Werts

Yet another article about fanfic that doesn't really answer much about it. Is there any archive of articles written about fanfic? I know I've read some good ones, and some really bad ones.

We're going grad dress shopping today for Shannon, and trying on all sorts of clothes.I'm looking forward to it, but I'm feeling iffy, and just want to curl up with a mug of tea and a book.

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What sucks is that I have the hours for a double honours, but not the GPA. Bah.

Wait a second. Unless I'm doing the math wrong, my GPA in Anthro is 2.9something (low, but better if you take away the two fails). And I need only 6 more credit hours in fourth year anthro if I do a double honours and if I do it on what I'd like (Oral History), I really can't see myself getting lower than a B. Hmm. I'm going to make an appointment with an academic adivsor soon (as much as I hate going to see them, since they usually know nothing.)

....and I sent an email to the linguistics prof telling her that I probably won't be doing the double honours after all. Erm, oops.

Omg, _jibberish_, or pyroclasticgrub, numensule or any of the other anthro girls, can I meet with one of you tonight to go over this and see if I'm going crazy? Arrgh. Why do I do this to myself?

Okay. I realize that I've been talking about my NSTP project a lot here, but I may not have fully explained it (and if I do go, I might not be around online much for about a month or so). I'm planning on going up north to Thompson and the surrounding areas, and interviewing female native elders for their life histories and stories that they'd like to see preserved. This is important (both to me, and in general) for many reasons.

As we know, stories are important. They're ways of strengthening and maintaining social bonds, spreading information and a record of history. One thing that we see in many cultures is that there is a difference between the stories that men tell, and those that women tell. Historically it's mainly been men's stories that have been recorded, for many reasons (being allowed to hear them, interest in the subject, perceived importance...)

I'll be working with a group called Honekwe (a Dene word meaning, I think,"house of stories") They collect stories and make them available. There are many reasons for this, (one of which being that many young people aren't ready to hear them yet this is one of the aspects of the changing culture for the people in the north) and so this is a way of collecting these stories while they're still available so that when they're ready, the younger generations can learn from them (it's morbid, I know, but elders are... elderly, and not going to be around forever.)

When I come back from being up north, I'll then transcribe the stories and give copies to the interview subjects, Honekwe and I'll be able to use the stories for future work. One of the things I'd like to do is look at them as an oral artifact, and either look at the form that orality uses to shape the stories, or as an oral history itself, and look at it from an informative point of view.

So yes. This is what I'm doing. Hopefully. I don't want to jinx it.

ETA: Arrgh. I need to get A's in 2 more anthro courses to get into honours. What should I do? I am stumped. Do I stick around longer, hoping to get he marks to qualify for the double honours, or do I just take my degree and run? It won't really matter in the long run, but oh. The things I could be studying while doing it.

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Dress shopping with Shannon was unsuccessful, but even though I was the only one not to try on any clothing, I'm the only one who did buy clothing. Yes, I caved to the pressure and bought a silly scarf. Look at me, I'm cool! Eh.

We weren't shopping anywhere that had clothes that would fit/suit me, and I'm having a low self esteem day as it is. I think that I'm better off not having tried on anything today.

So, my mom saying "make sure you're home by dinner" did not in fact mean that she would be making dinner and that I'd better not miss is, but rather "I'd like to see you at some point this evening." What we have here is a failure to communicate. And I'm still hungry. And very, very tired.

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Just watched The Bourne Supremacy.

Was v. v. good, even if the car chase scenes were too long (even if very good).

That Matt Damon is a bit of an alright, isn't he? Oh god, I am so v. v. shallow.

Redrum and Hi-5 and 7-Up is quite nummy. Am not drunk, just v. v. mellow.

Tomorrow we're going to see Constantine at the cheap seats, and then on Monday I believe I'll watch Ocean's 11. Yaye!

So v. v. mellow.