Why So Serious? I'm in IB.

The Extended Essay. Duhn. Duhn. Duhn. It's like my high school thesis, and all IB diploma candidates have to write one to get their diploma. It's supposed to be somewhere around 4,000 words, and you can write it on anything you want. For the longest time I struggled with what to write my essay on, because I am interested in SO many things. It's like I went from "Oh, fashion and feminism might hold some possibilities" to "what can I write about with the Arab Spring and The Hunger Games?" It was like a stream of consciousness piece of writing, flowing from one idea to the next, with a thin thread connecting the concepts. Finally, I was eating dinner at a local pizza place when the idea struck me. I gasped aloud and yelled really quickly "TERRORISM IN THE DARK KNIGHT!!!!"

Since then I've been on a wild roller coaster ride. My Process Paper was due on November 1, and I had to title it using a 6 word memoir. Not to brag, but mine was brilliant. Why So Serious? I'm in IB. Yeah, that just says it all. The title of the actual paper will be even awesomer. Some Men Just Want to Watch the World Burn: An Analysis of the Role of Terrorism in The Dark Knight Trilogy. Boom!

So I went to the library to do some research. When I found the terrorism section I was greeted with this:

I had to stand there in shock for about 5 minutes. Inside I was like, "Whaaaa?" THERE WERE SO MANY BOOKS!!!! Eventually I found a starting place and claimed a study station. I sat there, scribbling notes and listening to the soundtrack of The Dark Knight (never underestimate the power of good background music while studying). I had finished off my white chocolate mocha frappuccino from the good people at le Star Bucks, and naturally I had to pee. Fearing for the safety of my stack o' books while I was gone, I left this warning to any overeager librarians on a mission to re-shelve every book in sight:

There are added benefits to writing about Batman, after all. It did give me a pretty good excuse to buy a Batman mask at ye olde Party City. After I had selected a suitable mask and had begun to walk away, an employee called after me and said, "Do you need a grappling hook?" Very tempting, but I declined. The mask was super awesome until my dog ate it (first time a canine of mine has eaten my homework). I have developed a decent Batman voice -

Just like that.