Oct 12, 2004 00:08
hmm... procrastination is definitely a function of guilt. i put off things for so long because watching tv and playing kingdom of loathing and other random crap doesn't make me feel guilty for quite awhile. i have a presentation due on thursday, and a meeting with the professor tomorrow to discuss it, but i've hardly done anything. because i feel like i'll still be able to get it done, no problem. and i do feel guilty about playing on the computer, but it hasn't reached the threshold yet to motivate me. jonathan feels guilty if he's not working if there is any work to be done for any date, no matter how far away, so his procrastination doesn't win, and the guilt level is high enough to set off the working. why am i so good at not feeling guilty? (because i know it will be okay if i don't do it right now, if i wait, and throw something together at the last moment.) but doing well on my genetics test felt so good. and i know that that was possible only because i somehow forced myself to study a little bit at a time over a few days. but the merits of that method don't stick in my mind, so whatever. i'll just type in the white box anyway, and then maybe search for random pointless things on google until i finally admit how tired i am. (but i slept twelve hours last night i should be fine!)
it's finally getting quite cold out by my standards. which is still just fall to people from things more north than texas, but it's cold cold cold to me. my nose hurts and runs when i'm outside, and i shiver, particularly when crossing bridges. i hate fall because it always feels really cold since it's always colder than the week before. i think it's funny that when it's exactly this temperature in the spring, i'm going to be sooooo glad that it feels so warm.
my favorite non-chocolate candy is sour-patch kids. the sour sugar leftover at the bottom of the bag is my favorite part.
i'm just now starting to feel ready for new classes. i don't know why i feel restless about these already. maybe i'm just anxious for the pace to pick up some more, but that seems like a masochistic desire.
i've gotten in the habit of eating raw food that really ought to be cooked, just because i don't have many normal snack foods around. today, besides the sour-patch kids, i also snacked on uncooked rice noodles and uncooked oatmeal (it tastes almost like oatmeal cookies if you have a good imagination). bizarreeeee.
jonathan,
food,
mit