Paper Draft/Update

Over spring break, I've done quite a few couple hour sessions of writing my paper.
My paper is concerned with the proper use of sarcasm and how it can promote self-actualization.
So far, I've decided to incorporate Maslow's theory of self-actualization as a base to critique sarcasm from. I've found some bounds to my topic including speech being purposeful, and also not overtly harmful.
So far, I have assessed what it takes to develop properly as an individual according to humanistic psychology. I have several primary source materials that are psychological studies of the interpretation of sarcasm. These will be used to identify the processing, cognition, and specialization of sarcasm.
The next steps involve social cognition, more references to neurobiology, and cultural interpretations of sarcasm.
After that, images will be ananlyzed for sarcasm and irony. [I'm still choosing images]
Then, with the empirical base in place, I'll move on to professional and personal accounts of sarcasm, humor, the mixing of human emotions, and potential therapeutic benefits of sarcasm.
It seems like my research and hard-work is coming together quite well.

Topic Update

I have changed my topic again in hopes of something a little more substantial than a "hot mess." My new idea, "Sarcasm = Life" will most likely be more able to be evaluated from both a visual rhetoric standpoint, and has the potential for more interest and personal application as well.
I am currently in the library trying to make up for lost time, but I have since found two Psychological research articles dealing with the idea of sarcasm and how it is perceived. I'll be using Lester's six points to assess visual images that I have yet to determine, but will most likely feature political sarcasm, and internet "spoofs" or "ventings" by e-cartoonists, but I have yet to make a concrete decision on this aspect.
I have a feeling I'll be up past 3 am each day for the rest of the week. Again. :D