Revised essay proposal
Here is how my essay proposal for Candian Studies should have read:
I propose to analyze a newspaper not available online, and only available in two places - Montreal or Sept-Iles.
Given that Sept-Iles is 12 hours away, I propose that I buy a $50 ticket to Montreal on the weekend and brave the Sunday archive crowds to stare at microfilm and feel my head pound.
I propose that I will have gotten 6 hours of cumulative sleep the two previous nights.
I propose that I will run into bureaucratic loops, where each library employee has a different concept of the rules over library cards, and not be able to get a library card because I'm not a damn resident of Quebec. Is looking at your newspapers in-library too much to ask?
I propose that I will not be able to complete my research and repeat the aforementioned steps next weekend.
I propose that I take up drinking, smoking, yoga, and jogging to combat the stress, and busk along the street to pay for my transportation.
I suggest selling artifacts that I make or find to pay for expensive relaxation habits mentioned above.
Finally, through a theoretical framework, I will analyze why I become Grendel's mother when around large hoards of people and slacking employees and people behind me in line who keep bumping into me.
WTF.
Works Cited:
- Shitty Greyhound cafeteria sandwich
- good conversation with Montreal friend
- flattened ass from sitting all day
- panic


1 Comments:
Sympathy high-five on the shitty Greyhound sandwich. I remember eating breakfast at the Montreal bus station cafeteria and thinking "I have failed at life."
But Montreal has Sunday archive crowds? That's weird and interesting! May I suggest you refine your essay topic to "Montreal Sunday Archive Crowds: Who Are You People?"
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