what i learned from television

I have admitted before that I have really struggled trying to understand some of the chapters in Ulmer's book. Call me unintelligent or feel free to appoint me a better smarter-sounding label that still means that I am rather obtuse....can I at least get a A for effort?

Anyway, Chapter 5 in particular was very difficult. Usually I highlight points that I understand or may find useful when writing my blog. Chapter 5 has no highlighting from page 120 until you reach 134. All the pages are gray in my mind. I can't remember a single thing that I understood or could piece together as a single corresponding thought. I'm sure the chapter makes sense, but I never could get the pieces of this reading puzzle to fit.

As much as I would like to write that I found some profound gem on page 134, I really am just digging myself into a hole. This video is a clip from Big Bang Theory that discusses mimesis. I got the biggest kick out of actually discovering a new word that I learned off television. That was my profound discovery. Out of the twenty or so-odd pages in chapter 5, that's what I got out of it...a lesson on Nebraska football and kite fighting. All this being stated, I am really looking forward to class this week in hopes that we will be discussing some of this information to I can try and make some form of basic sense. I hope your blogs on chapter 5 are thorough, because they are going to have to be my teacher.