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beccaelizabethKracauer is a nincompoop and I have less than 1000 words left to explain why.
A lot of other people have explained why in quite a lot of detail, but having read the stupid book I feel the need to join in.
Also my essay is not turning out to be about what I set out to make it be about.
Since we have to make up the question this time I could possibly tweak the question to fit the end result better, but, I don't want to, I just want to fix the essay.
It is full of quotes and empty of meaning right now.
On the plus side I found all the quotes I wanted.
On the minus side it's really far too many quotes.
Why are people so wordy? Everyone should have a 1500 word limit. Then they can't arse about inventing new language and explaining it, they have to have a point.
Actually Kracauer was answering a widely felt need to find an explanation for the general feeling of "WTF Germany WTF" after WWII. Most of the world was busy explaining to themselves that they were not and could not be fucking Nazis. Lots of books explained all the symptoms of being nazis and how the reader, not being German, didn't have them.
I feel this is a slightly misapplied effort. But I'm not a big fan of humans.
... I think between Maus and the shadow of Hitler that Kracauer's big book threw all over Weimar cinema we have been studying vaguely Nazi bastards all college year.
As soon as I get this essay done I am going to rinse my brain.
... as soon as I get this essay done I need a research proposal and annotated bibliography about Doctor Who. Which should be good brain rinse. Except I have this horrible sinking feeling that I'm not going to get anything at all reasonable done, and I should have by now, easily, so I feel really deeply stupid.
Arse.
I have no sense of scheduling or time management or whatever else.
... also I have either insomnia or sleeping more than 12 hours, take your pick, both are quite destructive to actually getting stuff done.
I still only have until midnight Friday to do all this work. With the extension already.
Arse!
A lot of other people have explained why in quite a lot of detail, but having read the stupid book I feel the need to join in.
Also my essay is not turning out to be about what I set out to make it be about.
Since we have to make up the question this time I could possibly tweak the question to fit the end result better, but, I don't want to, I just want to fix the essay.
It is full of quotes and empty of meaning right now.
On the plus side I found all the quotes I wanted.
On the minus side it's really far too many quotes.
Why are people so wordy? Everyone should have a 1500 word limit. Then they can't arse about inventing new language and explaining it, they have to have a point.
Actually Kracauer was answering a widely felt need to find an explanation for the general feeling of "WTF Germany WTF" after WWII. Most of the world was busy explaining to themselves that they were not and could not be fucking Nazis. Lots of books explained all the symptoms of being nazis and how the reader, not being German, didn't have them.
I feel this is a slightly misapplied effort. But I'm not a big fan of humans.
... I think between Maus and the shadow of Hitler that Kracauer's big book threw all over Weimar cinema we have been studying vaguely Nazi bastards all college year.
As soon as I get this essay done I am going to rinse my brain.
... as soon as I get this essay done I need a research proposal and annotated bibliography about Doctor Who. Which should be good brain rinse. Except I have this horrible sinking feeling that I'm not going to get anything at all reasonable done, and I should have by now, easily, so I feel really deeply stupid.
Arse.
I have no sense of scheduling or time management or whatever else.
... also I have either insomnia or sleeping more than 12 hours, take your pick, both are quite destructive to actually getting stuff done.
I still only have until midnight Friday to do all this work. With the extension already.
Arse!
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