I finally got my marks and comments back on my 2905 Creative Writing project:

I thought your project was intriguing to say the least. It had the feel of a Dr. Faustus-type story in which the protagonist's wishes for success (or his agent's perhaps in this case) seem to unravel and take some hellish form. Many of your descriptions are first rate ("beams of car headlights poured out the stains..."), showing me once again that your command of language can be excellent. At times, however, in this piece, I thought there were certain stylistic infelicities, things that didn't quite come off, and this showed a straining for effect that didn't mar your previous work. I wasn't clear on how the protagonist's skin began to blister, or what precisely was happening to him as a result of meeting this woman. The things that happen to him come across too abruptly, without adequate narrative preparation. Was she a demon, or was he just going mad? I suppose that this doubt is not so much the problem as the handling of it. If I haven't done so already I'd recommend reading Nathaniel Hawthorne's "My Kinsman, Major Molineux" or "Young Goodman Brown" for examples of this type of narrative.

Final Project: 27.3/35 (78)

Assigned Exercises: 29.05/35
Participation: 24.6/30

Final Mark: 81

I'd have to agree with most of my professor's comments. I rushed a lot of the final submissions, which hindered me from really fleshing out the story and descriptions as nicely as I would've liked. I'm moderately satisfied with my final mark, but I know I've got the potential to do better. I guess it's the price I pay for procrastination.

Just a quick but big thank you for the DD for "Poisons". I really appreciated all the comments and criticisms! I really wasn't expecting any of that.

Okay.

So it's a new term of classes and I'm taking English 2905: Intro to Creative Writing... again...

Apparently the English 3905 class I attended was English 2905 in disguise. So the good news is that I can still get credit for essentially taking the same course again. The bad news is that if there's ever a chance to take 3905 again, I won't get credit.

Oh, well.

Anywho, I'll be submitting my work on DA as the course progresses. I'm going to encourage my class mates to visit the respective web-page to the poem I submit in class and leave comments. Shameless self-promotion anyone?

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I have a new blog that I've been focusing some time on: [link]

It's my new hub for posting mash-ups, remixes and full sets I record. There's a nice bit of material available there already. More to come.

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I'll be damned if I can't think of anything else to write right now. Huh.

Here's some random info before I hit the hay:

On Saturday, November 24th, 2007 I DJ-ed at my first real show with the good old boys from Rip-It-Up Productions: DJ Mikey B, Mr. Low and DJ Azrael. Basically, DJ Edwin couldn't make the gig so it was all rather impromptu and I only mixed for about a half-hour, but it was bliss. I can't wait for my new gear I ordered to get here so I can take my laptop to more parties and start building up the scene around here.

Speaking of which, I'm waiting for my new MOTU Ultralite external sound-card and AKG K 240 S Studio Monitoring Headphones so come in. I've already received by custom Fire-wire cable to set everything up.

Exams start Monday next week and end the same Friday. JOY.

That's all for the moment. I need to go to bed. I still have around 20 hours left to work at my part-time job at the SWGC Bursar's office.

Goodnight!

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Hello again.

It's been some time since I've updated my DA account, let alone even visit DA.

I've cleaned up a few things on my profile and added some deviations and scraps from my English 3905: Creative Writing course.

I had a pretty crazy summer which can probably be summed up like this:

Sex. -> Work. -> Daft Punk Alive 2007. -> Work. -> Sex.

I hope to put out another mix CD and even an EP soon.

That's all I can think of to write about right now.

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