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Famous Last Words: Recovering from the Flu

The past couple of weeks I've definitely fallen behind due to being sick. This week, I only completed half of the reading, which is unfortunate because I was excited for this section. I think I may use the extra credit reading in a future week to go back and revisit this week's sections. I remember the reading that I did complete was strange and that it left me wondering if it actually conveyed any moral lesson, and who the audience for that story was. I definitely want to revisit those ideas in future storytelling. Sadly, I also didn't complete the storytelling assignment for this week so I'll have to remember to come back to this later in the semester.

This week I had to write a strategy brief for an advertising campaign for my ad copy class. Normally I hate copywriting with a passion–I'm much better at art direction and academic writing. However, I think I nailed that assignment and that I might finally be getting the hang of a solid copywriting strategy. As for this class, I think I do my best writing when I'm fresh off of doing something non-creative. When I have to switch gears so abruptly, my brain goes to some strange places which works well for myths.

I read an introduction from someone about post service workers delivering mail addressed to the sun and moon, and I thought the combination of those two worlds was so smart. The writing was also very engaging and I'll definitely have to go back and reference it when writing my stories.

I have also fallen behind in my other classes as a result of this lovely, wonderful, amazing flu that is traveling amongst OU students at the moment. However, I'm finally bouncing back and I'm excited to throw myself back into work and campus life next week.

Here's an infographic with some flu tips for anyone who hasn't gotten the flu yet and wants to avoid it!

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