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Lyrics from the Beastie Boys “Remote Control.” I like this title because it has a dual meaning; remote control could mean that we control things from a distance, or it could mean that control is remote or removed from us.

"Things get hectic quick
Remote Control
Remote Control

Until your back's up against the wall
You never know yourself that much at all
So you've got to share your love with a friend
That's all you've got left in the end
Living in this city of pure confusion
People misled by their own illusion
All this action, no satisfaction

So, while looking for poetry titles, I discoved the following:

"Infidel" is a person who has no religious faith or is an unbeliever of a particular religion.

"Infidelity" is better known as adultery.

Annotatively, the common root makes sense. Connotatively, they're completely separate ideas.

Twisty, neh?

Hello friends.

The time has come for me to.....have actual appointments! Well, technically that's not true. I'm still supposed to be team-tutoring, but thanks to this hectic time of term, I've flown solo a few times in the past 2 weeks.

Locking my bike to the pole of the “handicapped parking” sign, the irony halts me.

So its been a while since I’ve made a blog post, but Marjorie’s guilt trip has taken effect on me and I decided to share one of my recent experiences with writing that might serve some semi-educational purpose for the assistants that are posting on portal a lot for training, as well as potentially amuse anyone else who reads it.

By this point in my training, I can see why people freak out about it so much. That is to say, why people tend to procrastinate paper-writing and rarely see academic writing as an outlet for their musings and passions, but often see them as...impending doom.

Not to exclude myself from the freaked-out procrastination. Oh gosh, no. But after having read The Bedford guide and brooding semi-extensively over fish hatcheries, et cetera, I see the technicalities of writing far more than I did a few months ago.

I have been looking at my first OWL today, and I really had no idea where to start.

Writers block. Nuts.

The writer definitely has excellent language, some sharp ideas, and a fun style, but there's not a lot of connection to the source material. Dennis was definitely right about the lack of face-to-face contact that means so much in sessions. I never realized how much it matters to me to have somebody to listen to and talk with! Thank mercy Marjorie had some good suggestions of how to get in the right mind-set to do a response.

Hi Everyone!!!

(I will not be outdone by Katie!)

Hello all!