Sunday, December 5, 2010

on the writing of papers

Freak out. Leave the library. Fight hyperventilation while trying not to crash car. Find parking space in overcrowded apartment complex. Feel like fainting. Carefully ascend stairs. Enter apartment. Freak out. Open notebook. Think. Look at book. Freak out. Stop freaking out. Decide on common theme. Pick three stories. Think about them. Get a glass of water. Regret having drunk so much coffee so quickly with so little food. Write. Look up definition of literary analysis thesis. Wonder why theses (thesisis?) are still so bloody confusing. Write out a thesis. Spend five minutes trying to find the exact word wanted. Spend at least another five finding decent Spanish translation. Begin outline. Refill water. Check facebook. Update status. Get into conversation about status. Turn off facebook. Think about taking catnap. Set alarm for thirty minutes. Close eyes. Change mind and write blog. Finish blog. Check facebook. Turn off facebook. Stare blankly at computer screen for a while. Fight hyperventilation. Breathe. Work.

Next edition: Turn in paper on time?

2 comments:

mmmbah said...

hehe, this sounds somewhat similar to my husband's routine, except add in a few "Comfort wife who thinks you are neglecting her, while trying not to panic because deadline is getting closer with ever moment you spend consoling your insane wife." ;)

I hope you get it done!

Em said...

haha I think I replace the comforting of the spouse I lack with general procrastination