School projects...

Anxiety. Overwhelming ideas keep persuing my brains. I'm involved in two coinciding research projects. One- Our (societis) obsession with death didn't end with the Romantic period. It has continued with our own modes of media penetrating into almost everything we watch, read or hear. But the obsession is viewed differently now than it was over 100 years ago. In all a very interesting and large topic that I'm trying to make smaller while balancing #2- Red guard literature from China. Those who lived through the Cultural Revolution, primarily concerning re-education. I'm going to make the argument that you can learn from literature, but need to be careful in doing so, due to the easy manipulation of words and drama of fiction. Another interesting topic that will be much easier to do, except for the 5 or so extra books I need to try to get through. Not too mention a book report that is due on Monday and I just picked the book up today, and another 5 page paper due Thursday in my woman's lit class. So I must ask what am I doing on the computer? Instead of procrastinating (a special talent of mine) I am going to do my reading now...