To a great and thoughtful group of minds, thanks. This was the best course ever.
It is refreshing to see a class that actually makes wonderful use of theory, which I believe is extremely lacking even at the master's level here. Sad, yes, I know.
And it's not so often that we can have our own blogs to speak our minds on (on pertinent issues, of course) in addition to class discussions. Actually, this is the first and only class that I've done this, on any level. It enables us to get our ideas in writing in an unorthodox way (in comparison to other classes) and to come into class already prepared to sound off on what we've read without feeling like we've just wrote another boring response paper. Thanks to Professor Tougaw for that! I'm keeping the blog up, and changing the name, so it's not so mundane and insignificant (who am I, after all?). In addition, I won't become so "searchable" either. Very important in the work sphere. For me, anyway.
I plan to stretch out the story I'm writing ("Lullaby") beyond 10,000 words. Hopefully, I can make it into a novella or even a novel of sorts. But I wouldn't be opposed to keeping it short either. I like the challenge of maintaining brevity with the issues that I confront in it.
So to all of you, much luck in what you do! Have a great holiday! Hope to see you around.