It's official
I've lost any and all academic momentum I had this year.
I can tell you that it happened at around 2:15pm today, when I decided that I just had to go to Chermside shopping centre to buy coriander and Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close.* I do not believe that there has ever been a situation in the history of the world where somebody had to stop everything they were doing to buy some herbs and a book - for both of which there was no pressing need. Inconceivable!
Then, when I returned home just after 5pm today, I cleaned the kitchen** and spent the subsequent two hours cooking. I occupied the next hour with eating and surfing the internet. After such an exhausting day, I decided that I had to go to sleep. Instead, I ate more of the ultimate veggie burgers that I made earlier in the evening,*** and watched television.
Finally, deciding that I must do something - anything - for my rapidly upcoming presentation, I wrote some notes on a blank piece of paper. Profound thoughts and razor-sharp observations such as the follow punctuate the A4 page:
- This debate has many facets. Different schools of thought approach these facets in different ways.
- This debate highlights the fact that your background, world-view and value-systems influence the way you read and interpret books.
I will totally ace this presentation.
*I started reading it while waiting for the bus. I did not put it down until I was at my door and had to put the key into the keyhole. I was completely riveted. I now think that I need to buy a tambourine.
**This is probably the fifth time I've cleaned my kitchen in the past two weeks. I mean really, really clean. Even the oven, and the oven racks. But not the fridges. I'm saving the fridges for my law essays.
***I've already brushed my teeth two times tonight, thinking I'd go to sleep straight after doing so. Instead, like aforementioned, I ate more veggie burgers, necessitating another round of flossing and teeth brushing. I have, at the very least, one more round to go.
I can tell you that it happened at around 2:15pm today, when I decided that I just had to go to Chermside shopping centre to buy coriander and Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close.* I do not believe that there has ever been a situation in the history of the world where somebody had to stop everything they were doing to buy some herbs and a book - for both of which there was no pressing need. Inconceivable!
Then, when I returned home just after 5pm today, I cleaned the kitchen** and spent the subsequent two hours cooking. I occupied the next hour with eating and surfing the internet. After such an exhausting day, I decided that I had to go to sleep. Instead, I ate more of the ultimate veggie burgers that I made earlier in the evening,*** and watched television.
Finally, deciding that I must do something - anything - for my rapidly upcoming presentation, I wrote some notes on a blank piece of paper. Profound thoughts and razor-sharp observations such as the follow punctuate the A4 page:
- This debate has many facets. Different schools of thought approach these facets in different ways.
- This debate highlights the fact that your background, world-view and value-systems influence the way you read and interpret books.
I will totally ace this presentation.
*I started reading it while waiting for the bus. I did not put it down until I was at my door and had to put the key into the keyhole. I was completely riveted. I now think that I need to buy a tambourine.
**This is probably the fifth time I've cleaned my kitchen in the past two weeks. I mean really, really clean. Even the oven, and the oven racks. But not the fridges. I'm saving the fridges for my law essays.
***I've already brushed my teeth two times tonight, thinking I'd go to sleep straight after doing so. Instead, like aforementioned, I ate more veggie burgers, necessitating another round of flossing and teeth brushing. I have, at the very least, one more round to go.