As I sit in the library with my unopened Chipotle next to me, (that is the first and last time Kim Philipp will ever make that statement because when I get Chipotle, it is gone in about 5 minutes, however my stomach kills from the 5 Hour energies I just gulped down alongside with the Chex Mix I decided to munch on even though I knew I was going to get Chipotle) I keep going back and forth on a paper topic. My English Professor for Topics in African American Literature provided four paper topics and for choice D (mine) we have the option to compare Valerian and Margaret OR Jadine and Son – has anyone read Tar Baby? Those are some of the characters and I keep changing, which couple I want to choose and write on. I thrive on the opportunity to utilize quotes, make connections, and the like in essays and usually I know exactly what I want to do. I love the feelings of incorporating that perfect quote, BAM on the keys! And then the explanation that releases the POW! And the result where my instructor marks in bloody red ink – good! I’m a nerd because of the satisfaction I gain in accomplishing such with my papers, I know. Alas, I am in my senior year of college and am stuck, mind you, on and English paper that should not be giving me such trouble. Frustrating.
The thing about college is, as one of you wise peers stated on your blog, that it’s all about knowing what to skip. However, this paper cannot be skipped, like so many other assignments and I feel the meltdown coming very soon considering this is due tomorrow. I have to write a paper the day before it is due, it’s true, and it is a terrible flaw of mine. Procrastination is my middle name but somehow it is also the companion that has provided me with many A’s and B’s in my high school and college days and I wouldn’t travel anywhere without it. It’s working on me now as I sit her procrastinating my paper and blogging to my classmates. Sigh.
Procrastination and me, me and procrastination: 2 peas in a pod.
P.S. I apologize that I have not blogged in the last 2 weeks until today, I was sick and very rundown– sorry I was overdue for writing!
