Just spent a good hour and a half reading Steven Moffat's Twitter, stalking a girl from my government class on google, and not much else, really. An extremely productive use of time in the Law Library while Danny does his final exam and I ignore the fact I have one coming up. I like to live dangerously.

I just de-friended a few journals, mostly because I don't get on here very often anymore, and when I do "quickly" is the operative word. I'll be friend-locking this entry in a couple of days, so if you haven't seen it by then, no harm done. I hope you continue to have a great time with everything and I'll never forget all the Harry Potter / Doctor Who dorking that it is likely, at some point, we shared.

So, the dilemma: Media Politics (Government) or American Foundations (American Studies/History) The way the Media and Communications degree works means I only get one elected unit for semester one other than french, and then only french as an elective in semester two. So I could do both, and no french, and then do some cool government subjects in semester two, and no french. But at the moment I have french and I'm pretty sure I'm keeping it. We'll see how I feel after I've slept on it and maybe got some feedback.

GOVT2603 - Media Politics
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences - 6 credit points
Domestic Fee: $3,090
International Fee: $3,420

Classes: 1x2hr lecture/week, 1x1hr tutorial/week commencing week 2
Assessment: 2000wd essays (2x45%) and 1x in-class quiz (10%)

This unit is primarily about news, its production, contents and impacts. It will examine the special demands of different news organisations and of reporting different news areas; the news media as an arena in political conflicts and the consequent interests and strategies of various groups in affecting news content; and the impacts of news on political processes and relationships. Our primary focus is on Australia, but there is some comparison with other affluent liberal democracies. The substantive areas the course will focus on include election reporting, scandals and the reporting of war and terrorism.


+ contributes to a govt major, possibly honours
+ relevant to the society in which I live on a large scale. V. useul in understanding the way in which the media manipulates the public during election times and through the media available.
+ I like the way govt is taught
+ means I only have to go Monday/Wednesday, which leaves Tuesday/Thursday/Friday(afternoon) free.
+ very little assessments. Two 2,000 word essays are a cinch, and an in class test? Awesome. That means two spread out essays and an easy test.

- doing too many media subjects? I have to to two next semester, compulsory. Give it a rest?
- Australian studies irk me. But you know, get over it. Learn the secrets of what they're doing. I did, if in the area of government, want to get into international studies though (all the good ones are offered next semester)
- May not relate well with govt subjects in the future.
- only offered in Semester 1 (meaning I definitely have to choose now)

( Department and Major/Honours Information )

AMST2601 - American Foundations
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences - 6 credit points
Domestic Fee: $2,790
International Fee: $3,300

Classes: 2x1-hr lectures/week, 1x1-hr tutorial/week
Assessment: 1x1000wd close-reading exercise (15%), 1x2000wd essay (45%), 1x1500wd take-home exam (30%) and tutorial participation (10%)

This unit introduces students to the contradictory richness of 'Americanness' from an interdisciplinary standpoint and prepares them for the Major in American Studies. It is divided into different modules, each addressing a core national myth. We will approach each module from a variety of angles: historiographical, literary and visual, opening lines of interrelation between historical and imaginary forms in the construction and ongoing redefinition of the United States. In 2011 this unit will include a module that involves collaboration with students and staff at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

+ ties in with government/international studies of Aust-US relations, US-world relations
+ the major comprises of a variety of subjects to study, including peace and conflict studies, history, US-related govt subjects and english (US historical/political literature) which could be quite fun, if US relations is what I decide to look at
+ gap year in the US, I would assume (this would take precedence over a French major/French exchange)
+ the myths look like they could be fun
+ solid major set up
+ fun break from french and media and government for at least one semester

- I'm not sure I want to do an american studies major, I got bullied into it a little bit after I suggested it at enrolment
- how useful is it going to be? is it too closed in?
- what relevance does this have to my media degree other than media = medium for expressing opinions learned in this major
- only have to go Monday and Wednesday if I work my timetable right

( Department and Major/Honours Information )

If I was to drop French and do both of these, it would mean:

+ I don't have to choose
- (I kind of want to choose)
- wouldn't be learning a language
+ I was sick of reading my french novel by the end
- still kind of loved learning french and what I could do with it.
- wouldn't be able to take the second unit in semester two
+ that space would be open for interesting government and international relations subjects (either US Studies, Peace Conflict, GOVT &c. Another choice would have to be made)

The fact that Danny is maybe learning French and we'll be able to learn/talk/study together is a little comforting, too. Buddy system.

Sleep.

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Nineteen, twenty this year (!). I live in Sydney, Australia, and I'm pretty happy about that fact. I'm at the University of Sydney, which feeds my not-so-secret nerdy love of sandstone architecture, which might date back to the adolescent Harry Potter obsession that brought me close to a lot of wonderful people around the world. These days I mainly hang out with and keep up with really close friends, quality over quantity. I like to be busy, which isn't hard when I study and train full-time for the heptathlon. I'm making it my plan to wear the Australian colours at least once, if not twice or three times in the next five years. I've got a wonderful boyfriend, a three-cup-a-day addiction to tea (mainly black) and I still live at home. I'm awful at cleaning, and probably wouldn't if it wasn't for the allergy-prone other half. I think it's catching.

I'm the author on elizabethflew, so if you've found me through there, I'm more than happy to add you. Just leave a comment so it doesn't go unnoticed and hopefully, we'll get on in a dandy fashion.

I admit, I had to do something to make this assessment less scary. So I invited the Doctor into my French dialogue! Seriously though, I am so scared. So, so, so scared. I can't remember all those words! AHHHHHH! ( sous la coupe, le dialogue. Aidez-moi s'il vous plaît! ) Seriously, I am so scared. I need your help! If you can speak french, please le me know what you think.

You know you're probably reaching the end of your ability to study French coherantly when you typo "Doctir Who" and think, "Ooh, an -ir verbe! Time to conjugate - is it a passé, infinitif or présent?" This was a picture I took on Friday afternoon after submitting my history essay. I realised I'm a part of the city now. I walk around with a tired purpose on a friday afternoon as the sun goes down. I'm a Sydney citizen, not just someone who catches an awful lot of trains.

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