I'm back!

I'm so sorry that I haven't updated in awhile. I actually tried posting in earlier January, but kept receiving odd error messages. Hopefully, this works now! I've missed writing on the blog.

Anyway, let's talk LEARNLINK! Learnlink is my current obsession and has been since I was freshman. It is Emory's online community, run by a server called First Class. Besides receiving personal e-mail and academic announcements, Learnlink also includes:

*"Conferences" for every club and class you're in
* Emory Announcements, where students can post about activities, meetings, performances and any events around campus
* Career resources
* Lost & Found postings
* Classifieds
* Textbook exchange
* Syllabus database
* Discussion on professor and classes, so students can decide what classes to register for (kind of like our own ratemyprofesor.com)
* The ability for students to create their own conferences (friends, their freshman hall, lab partners...any group!)
*Instant Messaging and instant group chats


It's hard to fully explain unless you see it, but student LOVE love love Learnlink! It makes communicating with friends, classmates, club members and even professors and faculty super easy. It's also extremely well organized. Little red flags pop up every time a new message appears. Every member of the Emory community has an e-mail address. You don't actually have to remember everyone's address though; simply type in part of their first and late names...and suggestions for their full name appear.

I recently wrote a poetry collection for my Intermediate Poetry class. While trying to think up ideas for poems, I explored Learnlink. I also searched online for different forms of poetry. Then, it hit me...I would write a poem about Learnlink!

Here it is:

Ode to Learnlink
Thy kind DUC computer so bright and my tiny hands so ready
A beautiful blue and green oval, my eyes catch thine splendor
Fingertips mount on the keyboard, I type with care. Keep steady
A six-letter surname, a complete user ID thus it render
Stroke my password out in precise rhythm with passion
Access be granted, a bright white rectangle forms in greeting
Oh mailbox! Oh conferences! Oh glorious glorious flags in red!
Activities, greetings and news of the hour laid out in such fashion
Thy entertainment and sense of community is never ever fleeting
Behold! A ting my ears do hear. A new message hath arrived in a thread!

Total time used: 32 weeks 7 hours 51 minutes

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I never write in Old English, but thought it was appropriate to properly express my love.