Just in case you missed it: for Monday, read the intro to Bullfight, plus the first paragraph of each piece (except "Shortcuts"). Once you've done the reading, write a page in your journal explaining your initial impression of Orlean as a writer.
The money quote from the intro:
"An ordinary life examined closely reveals itself to be exquisite and complicated and exceptional, somehow managing to be both heroic and plain." Your motto for the freshman profile...
Here are a couple of links that might be interesting to you:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJQK1KV-EPo
http://www.bookpage.com/0101bp/susan_orlean.html
http://74.125.47.132/search?q=cache:HZAX2qUK0RAJ:woe.ucdavis.edu/An_Interview_with_Susan_Orlean.pdf+colin+duffy+susan+orlean+uc+davis&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=safari
