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Procrastination 101

Top eleven signs that you're procrastinating, because you don't want to write a twenty page paper:
(11) You nearly convinced yourself that you need, need, a $100 "Zen Alarm Clock" that wakes you with a tibetan chime (it's in the 'Gift Items' section...in case you're in the market for one as well).
(10) You read the Star of Mysore in its entirety (I blame that one on KJS).
(9) You also read your Asia travel journal in its entirety (all 80 or so pages of it).
(8) You spent a long time organizing all the books you're using as references into four very organized piles according to topic and level of relevance.
(7) You write everything single-spaced and then double space it after every sentence you write to see how long it is (currently: two pages and four lines).
(6)You've written shopping lists for the grocery store and the drug store, even though there's nothing you need at the drug store (but hey, who can't use more cotton balls and nail polish, really?).
(5) You check you msn list obsessively to see if anyone else has logged in in the past ten seconds.
(4) Cleaning the toilet suddenly seems like an incredibly enticing task.
(3) You decided that your 'handwash only' shirt needs to be handwashed, immediately, if not sooner.
(2) One word: Wikipedia.
(1) You've done at least half a dozen headstands in the middle of your living room...because you can.

If you answered, "Shit, that's totally me.." to at least one of the above statements, not only are you procrastinating, you're also somewhat neurotic.

Comments

Hmm... I was about to ask how you knew so much about my life, but then I read your last line and I don't want to say it out loud so much anymore.

I guess that's why the best time for me to write papers was on the Saturday night before they were due, sometime between midnight and 6 a.m. usually.

But hey, procrastinating from school at least makes you practice your headstands... And I also really want a Zen Alarm clock (no but seriously, how cool is it?!). And you're right, cotton balls and nail polish? ALWAYS useful. The new nail polish especially is... when you're ALWAYS wearing the same one anyways. ;)

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