I'm Presenting in Six Days...Yikes

Six days until I present and I've got to say, I am actually in a MUCH better position than I was before the start of break. I wrote some pages of the script, and, surprisingly enough, they are actually funny. Whenever I am about to write, I get nervous and develop momentary writer's block, but yesterday, I woke up and busted out a few solid pages. Needless to say, I was pretty happy. Also, a great idea popped into my head this weekend regarding my presentation. I think I am going to host a debate between whether or not marijuana is portrayed too positively in movies and if glorifying it sends the message to children that it is acceptable to do. I will also show the class a trailer for my movie starring my friends. At this point, I am very hopeful and even excited to be working on this project, considering how easily it is coming now.

UPDATE: Helen Keller, aka Erica Heller, has just given me an idea about an alternative presentation. I could show a clip from a movie portraying use of drugs as silly, not sinister, and see what the class thinks about it by making them respond to questions. As for now, it's been a fun year. Keep it real.

Final Project...or Should I Say POTject?

As school is coming to a close, I feel more and more pressured and rushed to complete this project. With the addition of the oral presentation, I feel like I will really have to work to get it all done. For my oral presentation, I am going to briefly touch upon the research I used. I will also pass around The Cannabis Companion, seeing as how it interests almost anyone and everyone whose eye it catches. I will show and describe to the class my screenplay (ie: the plot, characters, etc). Lastly, which will probably be the most enjoyable for the class to view, I will make a coming attraction for LIT, starring myself and my friends, and show it. I am sincerely hoping that everything looks professional, and that the preview is at least somewhat enjoyable for the class. My main concern is time management. Since I have not even started my oral presentation and do not have much of my script completed, I hope I can manage my time well enough to have both completed by the time I present. My goal by week's end is to have much more of my script written, so I have some idea as to what scenes to include in the preview. There is an art to the stoner film coming attraction, so I am going to watch the Half Baked Preview, The Super High Me Preview, and the Pineapple Express Preview...again.

I've Gots To Be Finishing This Research Paper

Alright, it's time to kick it into high gear. The paper is due in four days, I've got a lot of work to get done. My one huge regret is that I didn't do more of this work earlier. If only I had at least a page completed, I would feel so much more comfortable. Instead, I feel rushed and nervous about having to write this whole essay. Oh well, everyone makes mistakes. This week, my main goal is to just finish this paper. I may even finish early so I can send it to the writing cener, seeing as this is one of the biggest projects we've done all year. My sources are all very helpful and credible, so I am basically all set to knock this paper out. I think that I will have two pages completed by tomorrow night, and three by Wednesday. If I don't wrap it up in three pages, Thursday will be the night in which I complete my paper. I have REALLY been slacking on my project though. I have not written anything in so long, even though I really want to. I think I'm scared it won't be funny, and if that's the case, I will be very dejected. I've just got to really set some goals and accomplish them. I think I'll be fine.
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Week 3? Who Knows

Ideas have been racing around inside my head. Now that I have completed my movie outline (which I am very happy about), I know what direction I am going in, which allows me to start developing ideas and jokes. My goals for this week are to really get going on my research paper, which I have already started, and to get a good idea for the upcoming scenes in LIT. I have overcome last week's problem of finding useful websites, because I have a plethera of them now. Combined with my priceless Entertainment Weekly article, I am pretty much set for my paper. My newest problem is just pure laziness. I have to look past the fact that it's Spring, (even though it is, and I've got to be outside, playing stickball) and get my work done. I need to actually apply myself and prove that I am still capable of doing work, or else I will be doomed in college. I have begun doing research on classic stoner movies such as the Cheech and Chong films, Dazed and Confused, Half Baked, How High, Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle, Grandma's Boy, Sean Penn's character in Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Reefer Madness AND Reefer Madness: The Musical. I have of course seen all of these, but am going to rewatch them in order to gain better insight on the crazy, pot-addled minds of "stoners." Also, even though it hasn't come out yet, I am going to watch, and rewatch, and rewatch the trailer for Pineapple Express, which will undoubtedly be the greatest stoner movie of ever created.