Advice Not Taken
I'll be brief. Or brief-ish.
When your professor tells you in January not to put off writing your paper until the night before it's due, he might not be kidding. I'm just saying.
I am writing the final 500 or so words on a paper that is due at 4:00 p.m. today. I presented this paper last week (before I wrote it, how's that for clever?) but I haven't managed to finish it yet.
I have a final exam at 4:00. I wonder if I should have studied for it.
I have another 2500 word paper due by the end of day Friday for another class. I'd hoped to have it finised today so I didn't have to drive the 50 miles to campus again on Friday, but seeing how I haven't even started that paper (or even done much research), I guess I'll just have to get busy tonight* so I can get a passing grade in that class. It's a good thing I'm a genius or I'd never be able to pull this off. (Ha!)
*Of course, I do have priorities. Namely, the season finale of LOST! Tonight! Nine Pee Emm. Two hours of Losty goodness! OhmygodOmygodOmygod! What's going to happen? How will it end? What am I going to do until Season 3 premiers? Yikes!
Also, did anyone watch House last night? I hope you weren't eating like I was. Holy cow that was gross.
This was supposed to be brief! I know!
Wish me luck. My head may actually implode from all this excitement today.
5 Comments:
Good luck.
I suffered from the same problem when I was in school. I blame it on a high school with no academic standards (we used to do our homework as we shuffled between classes and at recess) - it was a about as unchallenging and unstimulating as you could get without making us watch paint dry.
College and University did come as a bit of a shock. But I survived. Of course my habits still remain - nothing gets started until I can smell the deadline.
When my boss asks me if I can have something ready by the end of the day, I still ask: "Is that end of the day today or is that end of the day before you get in tomorrow morning?"
I think you need to drink more coffee to help steady your nerves and calm your mind ;-)
The House finale: Good, gross(but tolerably so), but frustrating at the end. I think I'd rather not have a full episode that was all a dream, but then again, maybe they can give us something important that will change my perception of it when next season starts.
Lost: Soooooo good and soooo frustrating to have to wait until next year. Sometimes, I wish it were just a really, really long movie that I could watch and see the whole thing now.
I always waited until the last minute to do papers for school but luckily I managed to do okay. Some people just work better under pressure.
Lost finale - OMG!!! I think I watched the last half hour with my jaw on the floor in amazement. Questions answered, new questions asked. Those writers are geniuses.
I'm glad you managed to survive! Hopefully each semester will get easier (snort...sorry).
ohmigod, I'm getting back-to-school nightmare flashes triggers just from reading that. gah.
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