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Why do I do this to myself?
As stated in my previous post (On my MySpace), the end of the semester is coming up. I was scheduled to have 3 papers due by the end of last week, but one of them was pushed back to be handed in on the day of the final.
I had planned to work on said paper this evening. Instead, however, I ended up taking a 3-4 hour nap. It is now 1:45 according to my clock, and I have just now decided which poem to write about.
I had planned on spending all day tomorrow to study for my finals, but now it looks like I'll be doing a 4 page paper tomorrow as well. 4 pages isn't really that bad, though, considering the other papers I've had to write recently. My plan is to wake up around 10:00 am, and be done with this paper by absolutely no later than 2:00 pm. At that point, I'll begin studying for my brit lit final, which consists of reading 41 different poems, and being ready to identify (by parts of the poem) both the title and the author of 6 out of 8 of those poems. Then I'll have to write a short paragraph on the significance and meaning of the lines given. After that part, I'll then have two short essays I'll have to write.
My other final is for Crime Fiction, where I will need to identify 6 out of 8 passages, from 3 different books, and then write a short paragraph about the significance of the passages. After that part, I will have 2 out of 3 essays to write about the comic books and movies we've read and seen this semester. As you might be able to guess, I have the same teacher for both classes, lol.
I'm worried that I've put studying and writing off for too long, and that I'm going to pay for it Tuesday. At the same time, however, I'm not as worried as I should be. I have a bad habit of putting things off until the last minute, resulting in me staying up far too late for my own good to get things done on time. The funny thing is, though, I still get semi-decent grades. Imagine if I wasn't such a horrible procrastinator. Despite having to mow my Aunt's lawn tomorrow, and having my first Savoyards rehearsal tomorrow, I feel that I'm gonna be okay tomorrow time wise.
Of course, it's 2:00 am now, and my drowzy mind might just be playing tricks on me. I may be screwed.
I've written quite a bit here. It's funny how I have no problem writing stuff like this down, but the moment you give me a topic or an assignment, I freeze up. It takes me forever to actually get an assignment done for some reason. I blame the internet. I've recently resorted to doing my papers in my bedroom, with the radio off, to avoid all distractions. It's worked pretty well, actually. Only problem now, is that this paper I'm doing requires a bit of research. Since it's far too late to do any library stuff, the internet is my only means. We have to choose a poem we havn't discussed in class, and then write a 4-5 page discussion on the poem. It was pretty much described as "You're the editor of a collection of poems meant to be read by 1st year brit lit students. Choose a poem and present it in a manor which you thing would help a student just walking into the class understand it." We can pretty much do what ever with this paper, as long as it's usefull information, and understandable. You'd think it would be easy, but I'm wondering if I'll be able to get 4 pages out of a poem telling me how to make my long winter nights seem shorter. (Thats the topic of the poem I chose, when I'm thinking clearer tomorrow, I'll search for deeper meaning.) Some of the paper will be a short biography on the author, and then a description of each line of the poem. Then I'll talk about the rhyme scheme and format of the poem (such as, is it iambic pentameter, which I already know it isn't.)
Okay, time to stop writting. If I'm not writting my paper, I shouldn't be spending my time writting a blog entry. I still have laundry I need to go fold.
Goodnight all.
As stated in my previous post (On my MySpace), the end of the semester is coming up. I was scheduled to have 3 papers due by the end of last week, but one of them was pushed back to be handed in on the day of the final.
I had planned to work on said paper this evening. Instead, however, I ended up taking a 3-4 hour nap. It is now 1:45 according to my clock, and I have just now decided which poem to write about.
I had planned on spending all day tomorrow to study for my finals, but now it looks like I'll be doing a 4 page paper tomorrow as well. 4 pages isn't really that bad, though, considering the other papers I've had to write recently. My plan is to wake up around 10:00 am, and be done with this paper by absolutely no later than 2:00 pm. At that point, I'll begin studying for my brit lit final, which consists of reading 41 different poems, and being ready to identify (by parts of the poem) both the title and the author of 6 out of 8 of those poems. Then I'll have to write a short paragraph on the significance and meaning of the lines given. After that part, I'll then have two short essays I'll have to write.
My other final is for Crime Fiction, where I will need to identify 6 out of 8 passages, from 3 different books, and then write a short paragraph about the significance of the passages. After that part, I will have 2 out of 3 essays to write about the comic books and movies we've read and seen this semester. As you might be able to guess, I have the same teacher for both classes, lol.
I'm worried that I've put studying and writing off for too long, and that I'm going to pay for it Tuesday. At the same time, however, I'm not as worried as I should be. I have a bad habit of putting things off until the last minute, resulting in me staying up far too late for my own good to get things done on time. The funny thing is, though, I still get semi-decent grades. Imagine if I wasn't such a horrible procrastinator. Despite having to mow my Aunt's lawn tomorrow, and having my first Savoyards rehearsal tomorrow, I feel that I'm gonna be okay tomorrow time wise.
Of course, it's 2:00 am now, and my drowzy mind might just be playing tricks on me. I may be screwed.
I've written quite a bit here. It's funny how I have no problem writing stuff like this down, but the moment you give me a topic or an assignment, I freeze up. It takes me forever to actually get an assignment done for some reason. I blame the internet. I've recently resorted to doing my papers in my bedroom, with the radio off, to avoid all distractions. It's worked pretty well, actually. Only problem now, is that this paper I'm doing requires a bit of research. Since it's far too late to do any library stuff, the internet is my only means. We have to choose a poem we havn't discussed in class, and then write a 4-5 page discussion on the poem. It was pretty much described as "You're the editor of a collection of poems meant to be read by 1st year brit lit students. Choose a poem and present it in a manor which you thing would help a student just walking into the class understand it." We can pretty much do what ever with this paper, as long as it's usefull information, and understandable. You'd think it would be easy, but I'm wondering if I'll be able to get 4 pages out of a poem telling me how to make my long winter nights seem shorter. (Thats the topic of the poem I chose, when I'm thinking clearer tomorrow, I'll search for deeper meaning.) Some of the paper will be a short biography on the author, and then a description of each line of the poem. Then I'll talk about the rhyme scheme and format of the poem (such as, is it iambic pentameter, which I already know it isn't.)
Okay, time to stop writting. If I'm not writting my paper, I shouldn't be spending my time writting a blog entry. I still have laundry I need to go fold.
Goodnight all.