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I think I use footnotes too much in my essays, 5000 words in and I have 54 notes.

I'm not even sure what context you're supposed to use them.

I just mean for references. I reference everything religiously. I could probably group some quotes into one reference even though they're a few sentences apart but I never do.

Che if you're around what can you tell me about Raul Jimenez?

I loathed referencing, it was one part of the transition from A-Level to Degree that I never really got to grips with. I absorb a huge amount of information from all sorts of sources and write essays based on that, even if I could name all of them, most aren't really worthy of going in a Bibliography, I think I had about 3 in my first essay, I didn't even get a third for that. After first year I realised I need a new technique, so I wrote all my essays as I had done before, then one I'd finished the essay used Google Scholar to find papers that were making the same point as I was. Nobody noticed.

I would do something similar and then just throw in quotes from books that pretty much agreed with the argument I was already making. Whenever I tried to reference as I went I found I spent too long gathering as many related books as possible instead of actually doing the work.

Sean wrote:Che if you're around what can you tell me about Raul Jimenez?

Played for the enemy. 

He was pretty good though. Decent with his feet, good in the air, good work ethic, tall but prefers to play facing the goal. 

He doesn't have many weaknesses besides sometimes making bad decisions during one on ones.

Been on the fringe of Mexico's first eleven for a while but with Peralta and Hernandez first and second choice he doesn't start much.

Scored a great overhead goal in qualifying that kinda saved our world cup ambitions though.

Do you think he will do well at Atleti?

Maybe, I don't think he'll be an impact right away like someone like Hernandez will be but maybe once he gets used to the pace of the game in Europe he might. Raul doesn't have that one thing that he's really good at but rather good at but not spectacular at many things so it kinda makes it difficult for me to judge. Also I'm biased against him so I have trouble taking off my extra critical glasses off.

He probably has enough talent to succeed in most places if nothing not football related gets in the way.

Also did you see your boys first for Madrid today, striiiiiike.

Nope haven't gotten around to see it. Heard he scored two goals in four minutes though. Typical Hernandez shit, score a brace faster than it takes for my microwave burritos to be done.

I'm fairly sure one of my roommates ate some of my cookies.

Are your roommates friends or just random people?

One of them is a cousin, and the other is a friend.

Turns out the FIFA 15 trial is only 6 hours long. I thought I could play till the game came out. Not sure I think spending $5 to play FIFA for six hours is a wise investment.

Got less than 2 hours left and my cousin still has Destiny. Ugh, at the rate this is going I might as well get a social life. Got nothing better to do.

Free_Mustache_Rides wrote:Turns out the FIFA 15 trial is only 6 hours long. I thought I could play till the game came out. Not sure I think spending $5 to play FIFA for six hours is a wise investment.

Got less than 2 hours left and my cousin still has Destiny. Ugh, at the rate this is going I might as well get a social life. Got nothing better to do.

Che man I literally wrote that above you on the FIFA thread

Ha, you're right. I actually remembered reading it too and like it just didn't register or some shit. 

For some reason I was able to download Forza Motor Sport 5 or whatever for free. I guess it's free now or some shit but yeah, I'm just as bad behind the wheel in that game as I am in real life.

So it seems like either I'm more forgetful than I thought, or one of my roommates is a lying cunt.

set up a camera

I already finished the rest of the cookies.

bake.

I don't bake. I bought them from somewhere.

SBSP obviously baked weed cookies and thats why he's so pissed.

I think you mean ordered them from Colorado.

SBSP wrote:I'm fairly sure one of my roommates ate some of my cookies.

SBSP wrote:So it seems like either I'm more forgetful than I thought, or one of my roommates is a lying cunt.

Stab both of them in their sleep just to be safe.

I got my car up to 100mph on the motorway today but it started shaking and I could smell burning rubber and I got scared I was going to travel back in time or something so I slowed down.

Speaking of time travel, listening to Enya on a Sunday afternoon just makes me want to either go back in time or watch LOTR again.

I've actually been watching bits of it again this past week.

I also sat through the first Hobbit film for the first time. It's just not the same.

I enjoyed the Hobbit, but then I just enjoy anything Martin Freeman is involved with.