Finding ways to procrastinate

[ausare]

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Because I have an almost 3000-words public relations proposal and a 2500-to-3000-words audience study research essay due in about four and seven days respectively, I am actively searching for ways to procrastinate.

The weather has gone mental this week. I have a fan aimed at my face and turned on HIGH and I'm still sweating. Sometimes I really hate living near the Equator. I've tied up my hair and still the fan managed to blow stray fringe into my eye. From the right side of my face to my left eye. Hair poking at eye wearing contact equates to Much Pain. And my mother is still looking for various ways to prove that her ability at being an arse is at a level above mine (both proven and disproved: it's at a thousand levels above mine). I wanted to go to the airport with S.Lan and Christelle to work on my PR assignment (very common in Singapore. Think about it: free air-conditioning, close proximity to fast food, relatively peaceful if you can find the right spot, and the unfamiliar location would reduce the occurrence of procrastination. It's difficult to find powerpoint to plug in the laptop, though) and the woman automatically assumes that I have a rendezvous meeting somewhere. Hello? Major assignments? Fast-approaching deadlines? Packed university schedule? I HAVE NO TIME TO SPARE FOR DATING. She wants me to go to the library instead. Really? On a weekend? Let's see. No seats, 'nuff said. Ask my friends to come over? What, did I not get the memo that I'm supposed to be treated like I'm 10-years-old? My friends are too afraid of my parents and their psychotic ways to want to come over, anyway. And the fan turned on HIGH is still not working for me. And I can't switch on the air-con because psychotic parents will blame me for excessive electricity consumption. And I want to fast-forward to 12 a.m. of the 14^th because future-me would have been done with all the assignments. I envy future-me. I tried to do some work in the library near my house yesterday, and ended up writing part of a Eric/Ryan fanfiction which I may not even post up, and re-reading my major essay from last trimester (damn, past-me is damn good at writing essays). I want to smack myself so bad. PRIORITIES! Damn, yesterday-me! I'm unable to tear myself away from the LJ updating page because I don't want to get back to work but I know I have to! ARGH! I hate myself so bad. And I want a new laptop because dear old Presario M2000 is an old lady who complains at moving a touch faster than a snail's pace and stops to fall asleep whichever time she damn well wants to, and always at my inconvenience. And the system is so screwed up I can't update my FireFox (so it's still stuck at ver.3.0 when the latest version is at 3.0.8) and I can't update my JAVA and my iTunes can't connect to the Internet, and it takes forever to load Photoshop. And I want a new laptop so bad and I don't have the cash to buy one and I need a job because CASH! and it gives me more excuses to stay away from home. Parenting, you're doing it wrong! You know you fail when your kid would rather stay in the library, staked out in a spot the whole day and risk starvation because she doesn't want to leave and give up her spot, just so she can spend one less second at home. Oh. I think I've just figured out what to do during my darn-short-three-weeks holiday this trimester.

Procrastination count: 54 minutes. Only?! Damn.

Oh, and regarding the first part of this entry about the Audience Studies presentation and the assholey questions the arses from the other group threw at us? My group got a distinction grade for the whole assignment, anyway. Take that, so there. HAH.

And it's Y.Mei's birthday today! Happy 21^st, babe! Another one of us has become legal!

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以上、Chii です。

Comments

[lausi-gm.livejournal.com]

Here's a message to "yesterday-you": I WANT to see that Ryan/Eric thingy posted!!! You hear me????? I don't care how many minutes this will add to your procrastination count.... JUST DO IT!!!! (you're far tooo good a writer to keep that from us!) Yup, and you may not realize that, but you have an obligation to your fan(s)! Yup. I think so LOL...

Message to "future-you": You did it once again. Met all the deadlines and did well on all the assignments, ... admittedly... with the usual ratio of procrastination...but what the hell... who cares ;)

A few things that really puzzle me...

a) WHY are there no seats in your libraries???? (or rather, why do so many peeps spend their precious time there, so that you can't even leave your seat - once you got one - to get something to drink/or eat?!?!? Is it the only place with a functioning AC?

b) going to the airport to work on your assignments... what a marvellous idea. Mind you, how you can get ANY work done there beats me. I just loooove airports and the atmosphere there, I'd be constantly people-watching instead of getting anything done LOL

c) You need a job ---> hence cash ----> a new labtop (note to self: CEBIT is long gone, go and BUY that damn labtop you've been promising yourself for ages) ---> you need to move out!

And YAY you (your group) for beating the assholeness of the questions the other group threw at you!!! *does cheerleader dance for your group*

Have a great Sunday, dear!

[ausare.livejournal.com]

XD HAHA you're the first person to tell me to keep procrastinating for the sake of FANFIC! and that made me feel all fuzzy inside *blushes* I'll try to do something about that fic when my holidays start =)

My usual ratio of procrastination is what made me scold myself every time when it's 10 hours before a deadline and I'm barely half finished (cue mental rant, "ZQ! You brought this onto yourself! Damn, me!")

And in RE:
a) There are seats, if you look hard enough, the problem is that every morning when the library opens, people have already gathered and they RUSH to the tables with a powerpoint nearby because they ALL need to use their laptop. And everyone else who comes in later than that is just waiting for someone to leave before usurping that seat, so if you leave for food, don't even think about getting another seat when you come back. And other places with AC don't have powerpoints for laptops. Hmm. Feels like suddenly, everyone living in my area has bought a laptop.

b) Our second terminal was pretty quiet, so usually we'd go there to do work/study. Lesser people equates to lesser people-watching activities XD And compared to my productivity at home, the airport is a pretty good alternative location XD

c) Because my laptop is so screwed, the screen will breakaway from the main chasis/keyboard if I move it away from its permanent spot on my desk. Eh, so I can't bring it out, like do work in school and stuff. So new laptop = need cash. Cash = need job. And because my mother's purpose in life is to pick on me for no reason everyday, new laptop = working/studying outside (library? At least I can do my own stuff in peace. Hm. Fics, maybe?) = lesser time spent at home = peace for my ears.

Ok I've procrastinated enough this morning XD Back to work!

Have a great week ahead! =D