My research this week consisted mainly of combing through the psychologically based articles that I have already found, including; Distinguishing Memory From Fantasy, Not Just Another False Memory: Further Thoughts on the UFO Abduction Phenomenon, Alien abduction experiences: Some clues from neuropsychology and neuropsychiatry, Memory Distortion in People Reporting Abduction by Aliens, UFO Abductees and Contactees: Psychopathology or Fantasy Proneness, and last but not least Ghosts, UFOs, and Magic: Positive Affect and the Experiential System. These articles had my complete attention, and as is usually the case when reading about anything related to UFOs, they left me wondering how it was possible that the problem they described is not public discourse. This problem, what ever it actually may be, of alien abduction experiences will sooner or later be exposed on an international level.

While I should theoretically have already mastered the majority of the concepts that have been presented this semester in W 233, I must admit that I have not. I am disappointed in myself because I have already completed W131, and it seems as if we went over most of the concepts such as; rhetoric, tone audience, ect. None the less I still find myself lost part of the time, and have to review terms that I thought I already knew. Much the same transpired this week, as I re-learned the difference between primary and secondary research. The best sense I could make out of it, is that primary research is sort of like first hand knowledge, whereas secondary research is sort of like second hand knowledge.

Is there anybody out there that is actually reading these blog posts? I am really beginning to feel as though I am talking to myself here. Is this thing on? Does anyone know if we have to make a research blog post over spring break? Look at me now, I am actually asking questions to, well I guess, to myself. But I fear not, because as we all know, it is when you start answering yourself that you know you are in trouble.