Writing About Literature: The WWW in the Literature Classroom

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->->->-> AL connected at: Sun Feb  7 1999 15:58:57
AL>>do de do de doo
AL>>waiting for my group
AL>>la la la la la la la la
AL>>ok, it's 4:02, dum de dum
AL>>where is my group, do de do
AL>>dagnabit! where is my group??
->->->-> TC connected at: Sun Feb  7 1999 16:21:32
TC>>Alex
AL>>woohoo!!
AL>>hello there
TC>>we finally found each other
AL>>yay!!
TC>>have you heard from Erin
AL>>been on for long?
AL>>erin?
AL>>no, we're waiting for jenn
TC>>no these computers in the business lab are SLOW
TC>>Jenn I meant
TC>>Duh
AL>>i'm sorry
TC>>I am so fried!!!
AL>>from work/
TC>>yup
AL>>where do you work?
TC>>I work full time at WInn Dixie
TC>>Do you work?
AL>>i didn't even know they had winn dixies up here!!
TC>>yup!
AL>>i haven't seen any!
TC>>Where are you from?
AL>>pembroke pines, right in between ft. lauderdale and
        miami
TC>>oh cool! 
TC>>Do u like it here?
AL>>what about yourself?
TC>>I live in Brandon
AL>>well, i miss my family and my boyfriend
AL>>coo
TC>>for seven years
AL>>so where is the winn dixie?
TC>>in Brandon like ten minutes from my house
AL>>i have to go there some time, that's the only place
        that sells tobelerone bars
TC>> I have to be honest I have not gotten the anthology
        yet is it the library since I was absent I have no clue what is going
        on
TC>>I'll bring you a tobelerone bar okay!
AL>>you will???
TC>>THe book totally confused me it jumps around and
        loses me what did you think
AL>>i thought it was hard to understand too
TC>>Is prof. lucas supposed to chat with us too?
AL>>i think what confused me the most was the language
AL>>i think he might pop in to see how we are, but i
        dunno
TC>>True I mean the time is different and you have to
        use the back
TC>>So what is the anthology all about 
AL>>have you read it?
AL>>well the basic jist of it is that the novel is a
        story about how to write a sci-fi story
TC>>I haven't been able to find it at home and this is
        the first time I have gotton up here.
TC>>is it in the library?
AL>>oh, well you should ask lucas for the book so you
        can see the essay
AL>>he has it
AL>>his office is CPR 293
AL>>i think
TC>>did he read it in class?
AL>>no he had the book and assigned different essays to
        each group
TC>>which one was ours
AL>>we're supposed to read our essay, and discuss with
        the group peeps, then write a paper about it, due tuesday
AL>>#1
AL>>the oneby Kettering
TC>>so do you have a copy?
AL>>yeah i made a copy after class on thursday
TC>>is there any way I could copy it from you if I came
        and got it?
AL>>yeah sure no problem
AL>>i live in epsilon
TC>>okay I'm not to sure where that is
AL>>ummmm ok, you know where the big parking garage is??
TC>>yeah
AL>>ok, well it's the dorm directly across the street
        from it
TC>>that's what I thought what is your room #
AL>>if you go to the door facing the parking garage,
        call 5-7076, and i'll come down and give it to you
TC>>cool! I really appreciate it
AL>>i can take you to the andros center if you want to
        make a copy of it
TC>>I haven't checked my mail today did Jenn say she'd
        be in today
TC>>that's cool I really apreciate it 
AL>>yeah, i checked the listserv and she said ok
AL>>but i dunno, maybe she was attacked by a bear?
TC>>i don't think the other groups have had much luck of
        getting together
AL>>i don't think so either
TC>>I mean this is our attendence for thursday right
AL>>right, for last thursday, we have class this thursday
TC>>I was so nervous I would not get in touch with you
AL>>i was worried about the same thing!
TC>>Did u have fun  ewith your family while they were
        down?
AL>>oh yeah it was really coo
AL>>my mom and brother came up, and my boyfriend and his
        mom too
TC>>oh that's so sweet
TC>>My boyfriend was supposed to bring my backpack to
        work so I wouldn't have to stop at the house but he forgot and that
        is why I was late
AL>>yeah then last night, my roomie and her boyfriend
        and me and my boyfriend and my brother went to gasparilla
TC>>did u have fun
TC>>I had to work
AL>>while my mom and my future mother in law went to the
        movies
AL>>oh yeah, i was flashin my boobs all over the place!!
        :)
TC>>Did u get any beads????:)
AL>>it was the funniest thing, we didn't get any for the
        longest time, cuz we weren't drunk or flashing ourselves...
TC>>I hate that last time I went it was the same thing
AL>>but then karl (my boyf) and i were in this stor and
        the rest of my peeps were outside, and this guy drove by and threw a
        huge bags of beads at them
AL>>so we all got hundreds of beads
AL>>it was awesome
TC>>I bet I used to be in the parade and I would get a
        ton
AL>>actually, i only got 30
AL>>but that's a lot!!
AL>>so we were like, ok our work here is fone
AL>>done
TC>>that's cool 
AL>>yeah
AL>>so when did you want t come over to get the essay?
TC>>Well I'm here now so whenever we are done on here.
AL>>ok sounds good to me.
TC>>how long should we wait for Jenn
AL>>does it count for us meeting, even though jenn's not
        here?
AL>>let's give her 15 minutes
TC>>I guess it would just be an absence but I feel bad
TC>>okay that's cool
TC>>you can access this from your room
AL>>yeah i have a computer
TC>>because I can't from computer at home I have to
        update my browser
TC>>it sucks to have to drive all the way out hered you
        know?
AL>>i'd love to be able to drive somewhere, but alas, i
        am without wheels
AL>>which is why i live on campus
TC>>really? I don't know if I could live without my car
AL>>it's hard, i can't go anywhere ever, i always have
        to depend on other people
TC>>I know my boyfriend is like that
AL>>how long have you been going out?
TC>>he has a motorcycle and its broken so I drive
        himeverywhere
TC>>7 months tomorrow
AL>>awwwwwwwww
TC>>obviously you and your boyfrien are engaged howlong
        for u 2?
AL>>1 year, 1 month, and 5 days
AL>>no we;re not engaged yet
AL>>but we've talked about it
TC>>oh I just thought from future mother-in-laW
AL>>and we'll probably get engaged when we're a little
        older
AL>>oh, no, but she's my future mother in law, that's
        what i always call her
AL>>we're a little young now
TC>>I agree Jimmy(my boy) and I have talked about it but
        want to move in together first and see
AL>>yeah, that's a good idea
AL>>going out with someone is wayyyyyyyy different than
        living with them
TC>>I know 
TC>>plus he has a long way to go to get his life back on
        track
AL>>how come, i mean if you don't mind my asking?
TC>>well he droppred at of school last year and got with
        the wrong crowd
AL>>ah, i know guys who've done the same thing
AL>>the smart ones realize what they're doing and fix it
TC>>but now he's clean and he's getting his GED and
        starting community college in the fall
TC>>he is so smart and never uses it
AL>>well, i'm sure if you encourage him, he'll come
        around
AL>>well it sounds like he's getting it together
AL>>is he planning on transferring to usf?
TC>>oh yeah his mom says I am the best thing that could
        have happened to him
AL>>hehehe, that's so cute
TC>>but now we have to tame his little brother
AL>>uh oh
TC>>Man I was reading the listserve and some people are
        pissed
AL>>about what?
TC>>I guess this wasn't such a good idea
AL>>any word from jenn?
TC>>the whole project and giving up time outside of class
AL>>yeah, i'm kinda stressing about the paper we have to
        write
TC>>nope the same one you read earler
AL>>dang
TC>>I agree I stress about every paper we write in this
        class
TC>>I never seem to say what he wants to hear
AL>>yeah i know exactly what you mean
TC>>but he seems to like you and the other guy who
        speaks out ALOT
AL>>the old guy?
TC>>yup
AL>>the one who uses SAT words for no reason?
TC>>Man I didn't realize we had to read four short
        stories for tues. too
TC>>yeah
AL>>oh damn, we do>?
TC>>I am like whose the teacher here?
AL>>crap
AL>>hehehehehehe
AL>>i knw right
TC>>I know this class is never ending
AL>>well i like the class, i just wish i was smarter and
        understood it more
TC>>should we wait some more
AL>>and i wish that old guy would shut up and let lucas
        talk every once in a whi;e
TC>>oh I agree I think it expands the mind
TC>>I think lucas has great points
AL>>yeah, he says stuff i would've never thought of
TC>>it makes me think about what I read
AL>>and then that other guy has to blabber until i
        totally frogot what the original point was
TC>>true
AL>>but oh well
AL>>i suppose jenn couldn't make it today
TC>>and then the girl next to him always agrees or
        disagrees but says something
AL>>if you want to, you can come on over, and i'll go
        with you to make a copy of the essay
TC>>OKAY
AL>>alright, it's epsilon, and dial 5-7076
TC>>I just need to check my e-mail then go to my car and
        drive over
AL>>ok no problem, you'll probably find closest parking
        in the delta lot
TC>>alright I will be there in like 10 minute
TC>>thanks
AL>>k bring dimes for the machine
TC>>okay
AL>>unless you have $$ on your card
AL>>see you soon
TC>>I think I do
TC>>bye
AL>>bye
<-<-<-<- AL disconnected at: Sun Feb  7 1999 17:05:55
<-<-<-<- TC disconnected at: Sun Feb  7 1999 17:06:03



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