(this journal entry was done on 11/24/02, but was not posted til later due to the website difficulties; it was sent to the mailing list on time for recordation)

This week, I wanted to get my web page more organized and work on some finishing touches. The people in my group have made some good suggestions on how I can improve my genres. I haven't made all the changes that I want to yet, so I was hoping to get that done. One of our assignments for this week was to organize our web page the way we would like people to see it. I did not get to complete this stuff though because unfortunately, there is something wrong with the
website. Makes me a little nervous, because there is a lot of work that I still need to do. Mrs. McCommas knows about these problems though and assured us that the problem will most likely be fixed soon. She's had a lot more experience with this website than I have, so I feel better about that. Right now I do not feel good about this project at all. I do not feel like mine is very good and I feel very behind. There are still a lot of things that I need to do, and I am planning on doing it over Thanksgiving break while I am at home. However, it seems like I every time I plan on getting work done at home, I never get as much done as I need to. There is so much other stuff for me to do and the last thing that I want to do is sit down and do work. So I guess I'm just going to have to force myself to take one day just to get this done. I was able to get one assignment done for this week though. It had to do with the peer editing projects we have been doing each week. I noticed in mine that I concentrated more on the grammar and misspellings than on the content. I also noticed that I am really careful when I criticize their work. Everyone in my group did a great job on their genres, in my opinion, and I did not want them
to take it the wrong way when I made suggestions. So, I always tried to make sure they knew that I thought it was good. Also, I wanted them
to know that they did not have to take my suggestions; it was just simply a suggestion.