8-page paper due tomorrow WOO-HOO!!!

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Gather sources: Check!

Have a general idea of what to do: Well, I'm halfway there...


I'm mainly writing this as a way to motivate myself, because I know I'll just be wasting away my time and I'll eventually come back here. Believe me folks, I tried to do it over the break...

Friday: "Hm... well 2 pages a day shouldn't be too bad..." Then I rediscovered MAME.

Saturday: "3 pages a day. I can do that." Then I'm told I have to go to my mom's friend's surprise birthday party. After that I wasn't really in the mood for any writing.

Sunday: "4 pages a day... still better than doing it all on Monday, at least..." Then my cousin comes over and I'm obligated to entertain him and stuff. Still, it wasn't all bad; I spent a lot of time at this sitelearning questionably useful things such as the location of states (and learning all of them again) and increasing my vocabulary...

Today (Monday): Well I woke up 30 minutes before my alarm went off (7:00)... that has to be a good thing, right?


Notable "last-minute paper" successes:

Sociology: I wrote a 5-page paper on the movie Chicken Run (a very fun movie, by the way), finishing at around 3:00 am. I got a "B". And I have to admit that I got some twisted satisfaction learning that some people didn't even do it... *grin* Still, the teacher was cool and extended the deadline, or something...

English 1C: All three of my papers were last-minute jobs, finishing well past midnight. At least here I learned that it takes me about an hour per page when I have absolutely nothing to go on. All "A"s, with special marks, even. I can't claim all the credit, though... either he was a really good teacher or I took surprisingly good notes.


I'm happy to say that I've never plagiarized. It's just not worth it, people!


Other "last-minute paper" stories are welcome.

(Winnie! You'll say something encouraging, won't you? )

Could've been worse...

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Ouch. Today it hit me like a punch in the face... way too many things due in these last few weeks. There's a paper I have yet to start (not my fault), and some surprisingly hard Japanese assignment (two, actually). Quizzes, tests, finals - don't worry, there's plenty of that too.

Before Japanese class, Sam ended up teaching me some Chinese - just some written words, of course... luckily, I'm already halfway there! Then there was some kanji quiz. We never learned 鶏（にわとり）, but 鶏肉 was on there. It was supposed to be 鳥肉（とりにく）... I knew it already, of course. Heh.

Boy, I wish there was a kanji quiz everyday, or that kanji was 90% of your grade. Why? Well... here's (part of) the reason why I cram so much kanji in a short time: kanji = women!

1) It takes a long, long time to understand them...

2) You can't live with them, you can't live without them...

3) They're beautiful... *nervous laugh*

Later on I had to see some old (b&w) movie. I already forgot what it was called. It wasn't entertaining in the least, but I think I still have to write something good about it anyway if I want points. That ending, my goodness... when I said "I'm still waiting for the second part," I didn't mean "WOW! I can't wait for more!", I meant "ok what the heck was that". At least it's memorable, because it's still stuck in my mind. Not because it was "profound" (well, maybe it was), but because I'm still trying to make sense of it. (well maybe that means it's profound...)

Coming home, I got a ride from Terry! I felt bad suddenly springing this extra responsibilty on her (I didn't expect it either), but my house was apparently on her way, and at least we didn't get lost driving in the dark! The ride home wasn't as awkward as I thought it would be - it turned out to be pretty fun. There was actually a lot to talk about (at least for this one time... and how about that - I have the same birthday as her brother!), though I'm sure she probably thinks less of me now. Suggestions for me making up for this are welcome.

And now that not one but two people from my class know where I live... er, that can only be a good thing, right? *nervous laugh*