Things I've Written, Entirely Out of Context: Academia Edition (2017-18)

It's time for another...

Things I've Written, Entirely Out of Context:

Academia Edition

(2017-18 Term)

A.K.A. all the times my personal writing style may have influenced my academic writing style a little too much, to the chagrin and occasional amusement of my professors. In this essay I will discuss:

• Misapplied science!
• Conspiracy theories about children's books!
• Shade thrown at literary characters!
• Puns!
• Memes!
• Whiny Heterosexual Men™ called out on their nonsense!
• And, as is to be expected, a great deal of sarcasm!

Things I've Written, Entirely Out of Context: Nostalgia Edition (2008-2011)

It's the beginning of the school year, which means more work for your resident college student and, unfortunately, less time and energy spent on new writing to entertain all you folks here at Mapping Out a Sky. But before I disappear into the mists of academia, here's another round of intriguing and amusing excerpts—this time from various works of mine written years and years ago! Keep an eye out for:

• Preteens snarking about how much "smarter" they are than adults!
• Grown adults snarking about how much smarter they are than other adults!
• The author snarking about the state of the education system!
• Fanfiction! Bonus points if you can guess the fandom.
• Random exclamations!
• Women snarking about the utter incompetence of men and running away with each other!

That's right, it's time for...

Things I've Written, Entirely Out of Context:

Nostalgia Edition

(2008-2011)

Gas Law's Activities

Last Wednesday, my Chem class was doing a lab experiment involving gas laws, but when my teacher handed out the instructions, there was a glaring apostrophe error smack dab in the middle of the title. I groaned and scribbled the apostrophe out with my pen. However, later on, my lab partner Pat speculated that maybe the worksheet was talking about the actual activities of a person named Gas Law. He then proceeded to draw "Gas Law, Private Eye". I then countered with a drawing of "Miss Charlie Boyle," whose "voluptuous volume made the room grow warmer".

You can probably guess where this is headed.

But wait! There's more! In the style of Garrison Keillor's "Guy Noir," I decided to record myself reciting this story and put some snazzy noir music in the background. You can listen to that recording below and read the actual text of the story under the cut.

Character “Gas Law” created by Pat O'Connor; special thanks to Mrs. Martin for the chemistry, Mr. Morisseau for the “Maximum Entropy” name, and whoever misplaced an apostrophe in “Gas Laws Activities”.

Gas Law's Activities