Lesson plan for week 6: general thoughts and notes

Patrick Mooney, TA
Eng 133TL, Prof. Huang
15 February 2012

Major topics:

1. Thought for the day:

   According to another European observer of America, Jean Baudrillard, part of the pleasure of travel is to dive into places where others are compelled to live and come out unscathed, full of the malicious pleasure of abandoning them to their fate. Even their local happiness seems tuned to a secret resignation. -Geoff Dyer, The Ongoing Moment

2. Questions?
3. Any questions, concerns, or problems re: paper-writing are excellent reasons to come talk to me.
   • Even if problem is "I just can't get started" or "I just don't know what to write about."
4. Writing peer-review exercise (description available here; probably requires campus library login).

   For those who have asked, the musical selections played were:

   1. Cake, Meanwhile, Rick James…
   2. Ollano, Partir Revenir
   3. The Gorillaz, On Melancholy Hill
   4. Shavaree, Goodnight Moon
   5. Miike Snow, Cult Logic
   6. Portishead, Sour Times
   7. Beck, O Maria
   8. Toad the Wet Sprocket, Windmills
   9. Shiny Toy Guns, Rainy Monday