In the movie, Potter dies.

You’re welcome, Foley!

Quoting Marjorie Foley <foleymd@mail.utexas.edu>:

 You’re receiving this email because I am missing your paper 2,  Revised, for various reasons. Please submit/resubmit via email to me ASAP.

 Thanks,

Foley

THIS IS THE THIRD ASSIGNMENT IN A ROW THAT BLACKBOARD HAS NOT ACCEPTED. THIS IS GETTING RIDICULOUS.

http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?vid=1&hid=105&sid=c0ce749c-4bfd-480b-aec1-dd642b4fd8a0%40sessionmgr114 I do not want to imitate this article because it is a scientific article and has a shit ton of numbers and charts.

http://p9003-sfx.lib.utexas.edu.ezproxy.lib.utexas.edu/sfx_local?genre=article&isbn=&issn=02634503&title=Marketing+Intelligence+%26+Planning&volume=27&issue=6&date=20090101&atitle=Never+tickle+a+sleeping+bookworm%3a+How+readers+devour+Harry+Potter.&aulast=Patterson%2c+Tony&spage=818&sid=EBSCO:PsycINFO&pid= I think this article rocks. However, I would not want to imitate it because it draws a lot from interviews. I don’t have time to do interviews (not enough to be published, anyway) and I don’t really want the majority of my article to be interviews.

http://p9003-sfx.lib.utexas.edu.ezproxy.lib.utexas.edu/sfx_local?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&url_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info%3Aofi%2Fenc%3AUTF-8&ctx_id=10_1&rft.artnum=2007297173&rft.auinit=D&rft.volume=40&rft.issn=0022-3840&rft.genre=article&rft.issue=1&rft.pages=69-89&rft.eissn=1540-5931&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fwww.exlibrisgroup.com%3Abx-menu&rft.stitle=J%20POP%20CULT&rft.aufirst=DUSTIN&rft_id=urn%3Abx%3A644984&rft.atitle=Harry%20Potter%20and%20the%20Functions%20of%20Popular%20Culture.&rft.aulast=KIDD&rft.jtitle=Journal%20of%20popular%20culture&rft.date=2007-02-01&rft.au=KIDD%2C%20DUSTIN&rft.epage=89&rft.spage=69&rft.auinit1=D&rft.object_id=95492541 7990&rft_dat=urn%3Abx%3A644984&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&sfx.previous_request_idI I do not want to imitate this article because it doesn’t sound like it belongs in an academic journal. The headings are huge, the vocabulary is easy, and doesn’t come across as super intelligent. Also, this URL is ridiculous. f=9659883&svc.fulltext=yes&svc_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:sch_svc

http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?vid=1&hid=105&sid=cf3028df-f76e-41c3-bb50-09bce9524e3c%40sessionmgr110 This article is actually really interesting. It’s pretty much about a kid who reassures his sexual identity through Harry Potter. What I would like to imitate is the intelligence of this article and the thought-provoking subject matter.

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/mar.20343/full This article is awesome because it has at least two references for pretty much every sentence. That gets kind of tedious after a while, but I want to imitate how much evidence it has.

http://p9003-sfx.lib.utexas.edu.ezproxy.lib.utexas.edu/sfx_local?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&url_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info%3Aofi%2Fenc%3AUTF-8&ctx_id=10_1&rft.auinit=A&rft.volume=37&rft.issn=0045-6713&rft.genre=article&rft.issue=1&rft.pages=1-13&rft.eissn=1573-1693&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fwww.exlibrisgroup.com%3Abx-menu&rft.stitle=CHILDRENS%20LITERATURE%20IN%20EDUCATION&rft.aufirst=Alice&rft_id=urn%3Abx%3A4303579&rft.atitle=Harry%20Potter%20and%20the%20Terrors%20of%20the%20Toilet.&rft.aulast=Mills&rft.jtitle=Children’s%20literature%20in%20education&rft.date=2006-03-01&rft.au=Mills%2C%20Alice&rft.epage=13&rft.spage=1&rft.auinit1=A&rft.object_id=954925455952&rft_dat=urn%3Abx%3A4303579&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&sfx.previous_request_id=9659946&svc.fulltext=yes&svc_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:sch_svcWhWhat 

What I like about this article is that the subject matter is super engaging. It doesn’t push away its readers by sounding pretentious. The only thing I don’t like is the references in the sidebar. It’s distracting.

Topic: You should read Harry Potter because Hermione is in favor of social activism and it’s important to be exposed to other viewpoints concerning politics.

Blogs I would like to imitate:

Harry Potter Alliance (http://thehpalliance.org/) I don’t particularly like that they are using HP for politics. However, I think getting kids to care about politics is great. I like that they make everything (e.g. information about politics) so accessible.

An Unrepentant Communist (http://unrepentantcommunist.blogspot.com/) I like this person’s use of pictures and videos to supplement his/her posts. It’s a little wordy for me, but I like it otherwise.

The Red Phoenix (http://theredphoenix.wordpress.com/) Lots of big pictures, lots of color, and a reference to Dumbledore’s pet. What more could you want?

Red Side-A Socialist Blog (http://www.redside.hostzi.com/b2evolution/blogs/index.php) I particularly like this blog because it’s super informative and super easy to read. I want my blog to be like that except snarkier.

David Osler’s Blog (http://www.davidosler.com/) Osler is a British journalist. He’s clever and quick. Done.

Blogs I do not want to imitate:

Lenin’s Tomb (http://leninology.blogspot.com/) Despite the legit name, the blog is BORING!! Lots of words and one person’s opinion. No pictures. Awful.

Christian Blog (http://www.christianblog.com/) Too many posts and not enough information.

A Religious Liberal Blog (http://religiousliberal.blogspot.com/) First of all, oxymoron. Second of all, no one wants to read your lessons from church. That’s what the Bible is for.

So I hated the first version of my essay and my grade certainly reflected that. Needless to say, I wasn’t very happy about it. I complained about it to Foley and she suggested that I make an appointment to meet with her so we could talk about it. We met up on Thursday and it was probably the best thing I could have done for this paper. Experts say that one of the better ways you can start a paper is by talking about it, working out the details, having someone play devil’s advocate to your topic. Foley is such a great resource! I don’t know if anyone else has gone to talk to her about their papers before, but if you haven’t, I would definitely suggest it for paper 3. Don’t be scared. She doesn’t bite. Unless provoked.

Have you seen UT’s homepage? It’s like they know what your topic is or something. I would make sure you’re not being followed or stalked. Just throwing that out there.

Check it out!

I missed getting to see your handsome face yesterday.