In which I am made of epic fail

[fictional]

So. If you looked up procrastination in the dictionary, you would NOT therein find a picture of me, because I would've thought, eh, tomorrow's soon enough to send it in, no?

*headdesk*

I have vowed to not sleep before finishing this paper. It is on Doctor Who. WHY CAN I NOT CONCENTRATE FOR MORE THAN FIVE MINUTES AT A TIME? WHY???

In the last two days, I have a) not done anything fun, and b) also not done anything productive. I have, however, read the ridiculous lj comms about lifestyle master/slaves, read the NY Times, written some fanfic, read the Guardian, read post secret, refreshed LJ 14 squintillion times, drank a whole lot of red bull.

My life is so glamorous.

Comfort me with apples. Or you know, encouragement.

I beg of you.

...Maybe I should take a bath.

Comments

[contrarywise]

Boy howdy, considering how much I procrastinate on loads of things and how much time I spend either (re-)reading smuttysmutty fanfic, poring over LJ or playing with the Love Cats, I can certainly relate to and sympathize with your current situation.

I endorse sang's suggestion for getting something written. Especially if you eventually find yourself writing something like, "See, I thought this stupid paper would be fairly simple and straightforward. It starts with this cool idea, and I have plenty of evidence to back that up, see? Like this, and this and this..." Sometimes if you cut to the chase and pretend that you've already written the paper and some random friend asks you what it's about, and you write your response to that person, that can lead to all kinds of actual paper writing.

Good luck! Been there, done that, survived somehow. And you will too.

[kalichan.livejournal.com]

Man, you guys are super crafty. I love it. I do not know why I must trick myself into doing work, but apparently it is so, and one cannot argue with one's nature.

The saddest thing about this is that I'm pretty sure you can't write a dissertation all in one night, so I may not, you know, ever get my degree. But that, as they say, is a problem for another night.