Researching was oh-so-fun. I decided to research on the art of ventriloquism because I've always wanted to learn how to do the practice. With the prospect of an upcoming research paper, I decided I might as well do it on something I could use in the future... because I will obviously be using ventriloquism in my life probably on a daily basis... Anywho, I had a spectacular topic, and plenty of research articles to go off of. In fact, probably too much research for the amount of time the typical college student with a job has.
What research I had a chance to look for was great--- super interesting, and with all the research I could probably be a ventriloquism guru now. If only I could have done the research justice. Anyway, since I didn't have about thirty hours to devote to learning the art, my paper really wasn't as in depth as I would have liked it, but I felt like I got the general idea of the topic in any case.
The other big part about the research paper that could have been a little better... was that I didn't personally really support my thesis. I just needed something to go off of so I decided to argue that ventriloquism wasn't actually talent but trickery from technology. WRONG! It's totally an art! But alas, I had to have something somewhat logical sounding so the entire time I was writing to the paper I felt like a I was betraying the fine art I will someday learn. Whatever.
Other than not having enough time to do the research justice and not agreeing with my thesis... I felt the paper went marginally well. That is the actual paper--- not the writing process of it. And by writing process I mean sitting out in the half-lit living room of my apartment until the wee hours of the morning.. Well maybe not so wee, but I did manage to get to bed before my roommates got up for the day. So, in essence, I need to work on not procrastinating in the future. But that's life, and it's done! C'est la guerre, Napoleon.
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