I'll be up all night editing - blatherings

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I'll be up all night editing

Now, I recognize that I am a lazy slug - it was well past noon when I pulled my sorry carcass out of bed - but why do students leave papers till the last minute? S has two papers due tomorrow. Have they been started? Well, there are intro paragraphs for both. so he is going to bang them both out tonight, and he is even going to class. I who have nothing due tomorrow can’t even say that. Now, I realize this is nothing on Kvitsh who wrote a paper the DAY it was due, or B who wrote his entire honours thesis in 10 days. But still, why? Is this how we make being a student exciting? Does this really get our adrenaline pumping? Is this so we can blame the mark on how little time we took with it? Its not as though S can blame working full time anymore. And we’ve managed to see a movie a night for the last couple of day. Oh, I should add that everyone seems to get decent marks doing this.... But I don’t get it, even though I do it.

20.10.04 21:49

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K'vitsh / Website (20.10.04 22:35)
I don't either. Get it, I mean. I left my Jandek review 'till the last minute and was up 'till 1/2 a.m. Of course, I got to listen to an interesting Art Bell, but still.
I think it's partially so I can feel good. Look, I got a b+ when I wrote it that morning. I am so smart. Laziness is a huge factor, as well. There's also putziness.

Chris / Website (2.11.04 16:14)
It's a classic sign of procrastination - rush to finish the paper, get a decent grade, conclude that "if I'd only spent more time, I'd have done even better," lather, rinse, repeat.
What's rational about that? Nothing.