Reeaally need to get my frustration with everything off my chest. There are three things in my life right now that cause me immense dissatisfaction. 1) My English Extension conference paper (due in three days); 2) Blogger doesn't like my dad's computer; 3) There were no decent movies at the video store today. I will address them all individually below. Prepare yourselves.
1) English Extension: When I'm writing things that even I don't understand, I'd say that's valid reason for concern. Example: "In contrast to structural semiotics, Chandler suggests that contemporary semiotics focuses on signs not in isolation but as part of larger ‘sign systems’ (Chandler, 2003), emphasising the study of how different signs communicate meaning." It took a whole essay from this Chandler fellow to define 'semiotics', and sadly, I've been learning about it for months. This situation isn't helped by the fact that Blogger, my new toy, is the perfect form of procrastination.
2) Blogger doesn't like my dad's computer: 'Dislike' seems like an understatement. They get along about as well as Hayrünissa and Maimuna--that is to say, not at all. So I can't access it from home (probably a good thing, since I need to work on my essay...)
3) Lack of good movies released on DVD right now. Probably also a good thing, this paper needs urgent help.
Back now to syntagmatic and paradigmatic analysis, signs and signifiers, and reception theory.
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