"That is the ultimate in procrastination"
I wish I could remember exactly what he said, but this is very close. In case you are confused, that is what Jared said to me as we were walking out of music theory class. This was after I told him that I had done my music theory homework 1 1/2 hrs before music theory class.
This may seem like a long time, but when you consider the assignment was choosing a Psalm and putting it to an original melody, having it written on staff paper with words, phrasing, breath marks, correct rythm, and at least legible enough that she could read it, it begins to take on a whole new meaning.
Now, having said that, I had already chosen my Psalm. It was a passage that I happened to read alot lately, and it had a great line that stuck out to me _ "...even at night my heart instructs me..." I don't know why I like this so much. I guess I think it is so neat to think that even as we sleep the Lord is still working on us. No time is wasted with the Lord. As well, I didn't have every single element present in my written work, but none-the-less, I think that's pretty good for an hour and a half.
It's sad really how disorganized and how much of a procrastinator I can be. And it's not like I didn't try to do it earlier. I sat in one of the practice rooms for an hour before supper yesterday playing different melodies, trying to find one I liked, but no such luck. Sometimes it's as if I can't do anything unless I have the pressure of the deadline fast approaching.
Oh, and you may say, set a new deadline, make the assignment due earlier on your calander so you still get the same effect, but you have it done in time. That is a very good suggestion, but I've tried that, and I still know in the back of my head that the assignment isn't really due till whenever it is really due, and the motivation is gone. It's just like when you set you clock 5 mins fast hoping to arrive to things earlier. It sounds like a good idea at first, but inevitably you always remember you set your clock fast and you adjust accordingly in your head. So, it seems rather pointless all these faux deadlines and fakes times.
While I'm on a rant, I have to rant about something else. I don't remember ever being as busy any other year as I am right now. I know that as the years pass, the work should be getting harder and longer so I guess it's natural, but I don't like it. Maybe I'm too used to being a slacker, so this having to work all the time is just an adjustment for me, but is it normal to feel like you have no free time, that you have to go from one homewrok assignment to the next, from one comittment to the next, with not even a chance to breath hardly? I don't know, I just don't like it.
Yesterday was good though. I ignored the things I needed to do ( my music theory homework being the primary thing), and I watched two wonderfully suspenful movies.
The first was Along Came a Spider with Morgan Freeman and Monica Potter. Monica Potter is one of those actresses that looks really familiar, like you've seen her in a bunch of movies, but you can't remember which ones. We were talking about that last night acctually, and none of us could agree where she was acctually from. So, for anyone who wants to know, I give you the IMDb. Otherwise known as the Internet Movie Database it will tell you every movie or TV appearence a celeb has ever done. It's amazing!
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005321/
This is the one for her.
So, back to the movie, it was suspensful, and had a bunch of twists, and it had Morgan Freeman, and I love his acting, and it was all around very good. Plus, I was watching it with great friends of mine who I do not hang out with enough so that was also very good.
The next movie was Sleeping with the Enemy - Julia Roberts. This movie is a classic! I love it. I know this movie, so theoretically I should not be scared when the scary parts come up, but this time I was. Maybe it's because I had just watched the other rather suspensful movie, I don't know. But at the end, which I will not disclose in case some of you have not seen it, I have never jumped so high, or screamed so loud at a movie. I was so scared I started to laugh. Reverse coping mechanism perhaps?
Well, this post has gone on long enough, and I need to get to lunch so I can eat some cafeteria crap and have a lovely chat with my fiance. I do so love him :)
Bye for now ya'll ( that's my fiance rubbing off on me)
This may seem like a long time, but when you consider the assignment was choosing a Psalm and putting it to an original melody, having it written on staff paper with words, phrasing, breath marks, correct rythm, and at least legible enough that she could read it, it begins to take on a whole new meaning.
Now, having said that, I had already chosen my Psalm. It was a passage that I happened to read alot lately, and it had a great line that stuck out to me _ "...even at night my heart instructs me..." I don't know why I like this so much. I guess I think it is so neat to think that even as we sleep the Lord is still working on us. No time is wasted with the Lord. As well, I didn't have every single element present in my written work, but none-the-less, I think that's pretty good for an hour and a half.
It's sad really how disorganized and how much of a procrastinator I can be. And it's not like I didn't try to do it earlier. I sat in one of the practice rooms for an hour before supper yesterday playing different melodies, trying to find one I liked, but no such luck. Sometimes it's as if I can't do anything unless I have the pressure of the deadline fast approaching.
Oh, and you may say, set a new deadline, make the assignment due earlier on your calander so you still get the same effect, but you have it done in time. That is a very good suggestion, but I've tried that, and I still know in the back of my head that the assignment isn't really due till whenever it is really due, and the motivation is gone. It's just like when you set you clock 5 mins fast hoping to arrive to things earlier. It sounds like a good idea at first, but inevitably you always remember you set your clock fast and you adjust accordingly in your head. So, it seems rather pointless all these faux deadlines and fakes times.
While I'm on a rant, I have to rant about something else. I don't remember ever being as busy any other year as I am right now. I know that as the years pass, the work should be getting harder and longer so I guess it's natural, but I don't like it. Maybe I'm too used to being a slacker, so this having to work all the time is just an adjustment for me, but is it normal to feel like you have no free time, that you have to go from one homewrok assignment to the next, from one comittment to the next, with not even a chance to breath hardly? I don't know, I just don't like it.
Yesterday was good though. I ignored the things I needed to do ( my music theory homework being the primary thing), and I watched two wonderfully suspenful movies.
The first was Along Came a Spider with Morgan Freeman and Monica Potter. Monica Potter is one of those actresses that looks really familiar, like you've seen her in a bunch of movies, but you can't remember which ones. We were talking about that last night acctually, and none of us could agree where she was acctually from. So, for anyone who wants to know, I give you the IMDb. Otherwise known as the Internet Movie Database it will tell you every movie or TV appearence a celeb has ever done. It's amazing!
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005321/
This is the one for her.
So, back to the movie, it was suspensful, and had a bunch of twists, and it had Morgan Freeman, and I love his acting, and it was all around very good. Plus, I was watching it with great friends of mine who I do not hang out with enough so that was also very good.
The next movie was Sleeping with the Enemy - Julia Roberts. This movie is a classic! I love it. I know this movie, so theoretically I should not be scared when the scary parts come up, but this time I was. Maybe it's because I had just watched the other rather suspensful movie, I don't know. But at the end, which I will not disclose in case some of you have not seen it, I have never jumped so high, or screamed so loud at a movie. I was so scared I started to laugh. Reverse coping mechanism perhaps?
Well, this post has gone on long enough, and I need to get to lunch so I can eat some cafeteria crap and have a lovely chat with my fiance. I do so love him :)
Bye for now ya'll ( that's my fiance rubbing off on me)
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