Dracula

I have never read the book of Dracula or seen the movie. This week while reading the book of Dracula I am finding it not as good as I thought it would be. A lot of people talk about it like it is the best, but I am not seeing it. I think what made it so big is that it was the first vampire story that was easy to understand and had the sexual desires and other aspects that young adults like. I must say that going over the book in class discussion is helping me out, because while reading the book in the journal and diary way it is written I miss some stuff. Maybe that is one of the reasons I am not liking the book as much as I thought I would, the way a book is written is very important and I am not liking the journals and the diaries.

Elizabeth Bathory

I am looking up information about Elizabeth Bathory for a project in my comp class. That girl was nuts! The things that I have read about her are crazy and I can't believe she lived like that. She would take baths in the blood of virgins to make her seem younger and more beautiful, which is why she is called the Blood Countess. Taking baths in blood makes her insane enough without considering all the other horrible things she had done.

Stage Fright

In my comp2 class we are having to do presentations. I really like the topic that my group is working on and I am okay with the presentation until it is my turn to go. I have horrible stage fright and our instructor is going to let us have an audience to present our presentations to. I am going to have the worst stage fright ever come this Friday when I get to talk about a topic that most people won't know about in front of people I don't know. Speaking in front of people for me is always better when I know the people, but since I won't know the people on Friday I am sure I will mess up somewhere. I can't wait to get the presentation over on Friday. I am already getting nervous and that's not good.

Group Projects

It seems like at least once a semester a person will have a group project in a class. Group projects can be fun if it is under the right circumstances. I am having to do a group project in my comp2 class and I'm not sure exactly how i feel about it. I like group projects and they can be interesting. The problem I am having with this group project though is we don't have enough time it seems like to make 10-15 minute presentation about our topic. We are having to rush around to find the right sources that we can use and on top of finding the correct academic sources we must find time to acutally meet as a group and work on the project, which is hard in college since we all have different schedules and activities to work around. Group projects...I like them, but then I don't at the same time.