"Traffic was a bitch" is not an excuse for not doing your Altman blog on time. I will not say "It's OK with me" or "It don't worry me."

Just a note of caution: if you are going to write about Nashville and criticize it, that's fine -- several established critics have over the years, including Jonathan Rosenbaum, who's quoted in your reading packet. But ... use what you've learned this year to build a basis for your arguments. Remember, you can stay stuff like "That movie sucked" if you're talking about Meet the Epic Movies or whatever and no one will bat an eye, but if you say an established classic "sucked," your audience will expect a reasoned argument. Is that totally fair? Not really -- you should always try to come up with a reasoned argument for why you like or dislike something.