Procrastinating is bad for your health
Have I mentioned what a procrastinator I am? I was always one of those people who had to pull an all-nighter to finish that big paper or study for finals. Every term I would say “I will not wait until the last minute this time” and then? I would late until the last minute.
This term I’m taking Graphic Design and Mass Media in America. I have Graphic Design at 8am and Mass Media in the late afternoons on Monday and Wednesdays. Our Graphic Design assignments are typically due on Monday morning. I’m usually finishing them up around 1am Sunday night/Monday morning. We usually have a couple of reading assignments for my Mass Media class. I am often found reading those assignments on my lunch break at work just before class.
I can’t help it. It’s just who I am. A procrastinator.
The very first day of class our Mass Media instructor handed us a syllabus that talked about a big research paper we would be working on throughout the term. There were several checkpoints in the last few months. We had to come up with a topic within the first several weeks. Then turn in an annotated bibliography. Followed by our coding sheets. And finally a progress report. I turned in all of these assignments, but never put forth a lot of effort in them. Because, of course, I like to wait until the last minute to work on big research papers so I can have the satisfaction of worrying and pulling my hair out and getting no sleep for days.
This research paper was supposed to be due this Wednesday (tomorrow). Last week we talked our instructor in to giving us another weekend to work on it and now it’s not due until Monday. Thank goodness. Because, of course, I was totally behind.
My research paper is on tween shows and how they portray school, teachers, and homework. All I’ve been doing for the last several days is watching mind-numbing tween shows on Disney and Nickelodeon. Shows like Hannah Montana, iCarly, and The Suite Life of Zack and Cody. Some of these shows are tolerable (Hannah Montana) and others are nauseating (The Suite Life). I definitely should have spread this TV watching out over several weeks to give my brain some time to recuperate.
So in other words, this is why I’ve been neglecting my blog. Because I’ve been too busy embracing my inner tween and watching way too much “oh. my. God. that cute boy like me” TV. I need some vodka.
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Momilies Said,
April 28, 2009 @ 5:50 pm
The funny thing…my teen, when she was a tween, didn’t like the tween shows. But my 7 year old is absolutely addicted to iCarly and the Suite Life. ?? I’ve watched them, I don’t get it.
Momiliess last blog post..The Bacone
Christine Said,
April 28, 2009 @ 8:15 pm
“I will not wait until the last minute.”
How many times do I say that as well? Never fails. I’m still working on getting my wedding pictures from 2 1/2 years ago (though it’s not *all* my fault, the photographer has some too, but it’s mostly me).
My main problem now is getting my butt to the gym.
“Eh, I”ll do it tomorrow.”
This is the reason my butt ain’t getting any smaller.
As for the Disney: I’m sooooooooo sorry. I get stuck watching that junk when I’m at my mom’s (sister in middle school). I’d rather stick a fork in my eye than watch Hannah and Suite Life.
Christines last blog post..A Month Ago
Stuffgirlswant Said,
April 30, 2009 @ 6:01 am
I thought you were supposed to stop procrastinating when you got older, right? Yea right!
My ten year old watches all three of those shows on a regular basis. Usually in my bedroom while I’m in there, forcing me to at least listen to them. Makes me want to find something else in a different room to have to do. Even clean the toilet!!!! Yikes!
Farmer Matt Said,
April 30, 2009 @ 8:31 am
Hanna Montana bugs me because Miley Cyrus is such a bad actress. And, when you consider she is playing herself, you’d think she could pull off the character. Still, I am never able to suspend disbelief and get into the show.
I like Wizards of Waverly Place. Selena Gomez, her character, rubs me the wrong way. Still, good show. Demi Lovato in Sonny With a Chance, too, is worth watching.
Coming Soon: The Next Dana Plato
My dirty pleasure in watching these kids shows is trying to figure out which child star will be the next Dana Plato or Danny Bonaduce.
It all started a few years ago when I was watching Barney. I immediately got a vibe that one of the kids was on the verge of going all Drew Barrymore. Last year, I read an article in the newspaper that the kid, now 15, was busted for drugs and was entering rehab!
Given the number of child actors, a certain percentage will most certainly crash and burn. It is horrible, I know, but I like to internally wager on which ones will blow up.
Cheers,
Matt
Jackie Ashton Said,
April 30, 2009 @ 3:10 pm
Love it. I am a professional procrastinator. Do you think it is a learned, or an innate skill? Hmm…
The Informal Matriarch Said,
May 3, 2009 @ 10:26 pm
I think I’ve blogged 8000 times about how bad of a procrastinator I am. I don’t think I could handle tween shows without vodka…*shudder*
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Angela Giles Klocke Said,
May 4, 2009 @ 10:23 am
Ummmmm…yeah…so I’m here reading this instead of writing my final paper for Humanities. Which is due tomorrow.
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Farmer Matt Said,
May 4, 2009 @ 10:28 am
Don’t worry about your paper, Angela. Humanity is going to hell in a hand basket. Soon that subject matter will be irrelevant.
Cheers,
Matt
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