My, my, it has been a while, hasn't it? I don't think I've written a blog in well over a month. Which is not to say that I didn't think about writing one. I guess I just didn't find the time to do so. Things have been crazy around here for a while now. But I'm back for good, I hope, and I feel I should give you some sort of sitrep of my life so far.
First of all, major kudos should be awarded to me for not having failed a single course this exam period. I can honestly say I was pleasantly surprised to see not one grade below 10. I guess all those hours I spent feeling trapped and isolated in the library really paid off.
Secondly, I can happily inform you that Project Sheffield is well under way of becoming a fixed reality. The only thing missing is my motivational letter and some minor paperwork (oh, and the approval of the Erasmus committee, of course). After that, it's fingers crossed, a couple dozen Hail Mary's, some lucky charms and all the candles you can light up to get me into Sheffield University! As always, I'll keep you posted on said mission.
Another important something that happened to me during this incredibly long hiatus is the fact that I got my first article published. Well, maybe not so much published as uploaded to the world wide web. My first assignment was writing a review on the game Tron Evolution. I have to say, I didn't really love the game, but I mean, there were a couple of noteworthy elements. Still, I wrote about it in all honesty; I mentioned the faulty controls, the monotone world as well as the wickedly great soundtrack and the high-tech ambience.
When I uploaded my article, I knew editorial would still have to edit it, because, well, that's what they do isn't it? But that's where it went wrong. You might think it cocky of me, or even downright arrogant, but they completely f'ed the article up. They changed the title, did some cut-paste hack job on the structure of the text and thoroughly tore down the entire feel of the article.
Now, since I'm not an editor or something like that, I don't know whether or not what they did was justified, but I like to believe that, being a 2nd year student of Language & Literature and having been writing for such a long time, I should know a thing or two about writing an article or whatever. So you could say that I'm sort of totally disappointed with the way editorial handeled my article.
When I uploaded my article, I knew editorial would still have to edit it, because, well, that's what they do isn't it? But that's where it went wrong. You might think it cocky of me, or even downright arrogant, but they completely f'ed the article up. They changed the title, did some cut-paste hack job on the structure of the text and thoroughly tore down the entire feel of the article.
Now, since I'm not an editor or something like that, I don't know whether or not what they did was justified, but I like to believe that, being a 2nd year student of Language & Literature and having been writing for such a long time, I should know a thing or two about writing an article or whatever. So you could say that I'm sort of totally disappointed with the way editorial handeled my article.
On a more positive note, I did get the chance to see some awesome new stuff that I really think you should know about, but I'll put it in my next blog, so as not to completely drown you in this flood of information.
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