to write or die.

against my better judgment, i enrolled in writing 2, which is, you know, what comes after writing 1. i took writing 1 back in 2003 and received a C. actually, i was surprised to see that i had received quite a few C's and even a couple of F's when i received my transcripts from both cypress and CSULB. i didn't recall being that bad of a student and even secretly praised myself thinking i had nothing but A's and B's. i guess you can say i was overconfident, if not delusional.

i considered retaking writing 1 but after consulting with a counselor who urged me to move on and not waste my time retaking a course i didn't do well in, i decided to take my chances. after we discussed the syllabus in my writing 2 class today, the teacher handed out a diagnostic test that will be used to evaluate our individual writing levels. a few things i noticed while i attempted this: i have a hard time transitioning, i write "however" way more than i should, and i probably should have retaken writing 1. as my luck should have it, it's too late for me to retake it now because the universities i will be applying to require that i have both writing 1 and writing 2 completed by the end of this semester.

with that said, you can expect that i'll be spending countless hours working on my writing skills. i'll be damned if i allow this class to mess up all that i've worked hard for up to this point. because i'm unemployed now, i have no excuse... so, here i go. wish me luck.

xo