college writing frustrations expressed through AIM

(9:42:01 PM) Jake: just started the writing class one
(9:42:16 PM) Jake: ought to be able to bang out a decent draft by the end of the night
(9:42:46 PM) Nathalie: very nice
(10:04:18 PM) Jake: the concept is that we take an object and describe ourselves through and with respect to that object
(10:04:52 PM) Nathalie: ... "I am tall. wine bottles are tall. I am also alcoholic."
(10:04:54 PM) Nathalie: the end.
(10:04:59 PM) Jake: generally.
(10:05:16 PM) Jake: I'm using the house I lived in in portland
(10:05:32 PM) Jake: not sure yet how I'm gonna make it work, though
(10:06:10 PM) Nathalie: go for it
(10:06:24 PM) Jake: already wrote like half a page of one-sentence paragraphs
(10:06:30 PM) Jake: nothing's really coming out
(10:06:32 PM) Jake: :(
(10:06:47 PM) Nathalie: you can do it
(10:07:27 PM) Jake: nahh
(10:07:50 PM) Jake: way too much shit happened in that house that can't really be described in terms of the house without sounding cliche
(10:08:03 PM) Nathalie: hm.. what else then?
(10:08:31 PM) Jake: it's a generally materialistic exercise
(10:08:44 PM) Jake: and I'm not a very materialistic person
(10:08:53 PM) Jake: actually, I'm kinda not at all
(10:09:12 PM) Jake: if I drop something and don't immediately see where it went, I honestly doubt that it ever existed at all
(10:09:34 PM) Jake: then I find it and that feeling passes
(10:09:45 PM) Jake: but if I don't find it, it never existed
(10:10:02 PM) Jake: and must have been part of my imagination
(10:10:39 PM) Nathalie: you are so trippy
(10:10:46 PM) Jake: :) I know
(10:11:03 PM) Jake: but that's really what I feel
(10:11:13 PM) Jake: so I kinda don't know how to do this assignment
(10:11:19 PM) Jake: screw kinda
(10:11:26 PM) Jake: I don't know how to do this assignment
(10:11:36 PM) Jake: I don't and can't define myself in terms of objects
(10:11:57 PM) Jake: there've been no constant objects in my life
(10:12:21 PM) Nathalie: look at it more simply
(10:12:27 PM) Nathalie: you think too much
(10:12:32 PM) Nathalie: and thus are mulling
(10:12:34 PM) Jake: :) ok
(10:12:42 PM) Jake: how?
(10:13:13 PM) Jake: less is more, right?
(10:13:44 PM) Jake: so I can describe a pack of cards while detailing playing gin rummy as a little kid with my mother and NEVER winning
(10:13:57 PM) Nathalie: sure
(10:14:14 PM) Jake: kicking my 2-week girlfriend's ass at strip poker freshman year
(10:14:27 PM) Jake: stuff like that
(10:14:32 PM) Jake: but that's kinda lame
(10:15:08 PM) Nathalie: psh lame is better than nothing
(10:15:16 PM) Jake: indeed.
(10:15:22 PM) Jake: but not lame is also better than nothing
(10:15:39 PM) Jake: and a rough draft is due on tuesday, so I'm not worried in the least
(10:15:54 PM) Jake: like, I could pass in what I've already got on tuesday
(10:15:59 PM) Nathalie: yeah
(10:16:20 PM) Jake: and the actual thing is due the following thursday
(10:16:35 PM) Jake: the 21st
(10:16:43 PM) Jake: so I have time to mull, I think
(10:16:49 PM) Nathalie: very nice :)