Break Time

Despite the fact that I have a paper that is begging to be written and exams that I really need to prepare for, I have decided to take a couple days off. No homework, no studying, just relaxing. I have been Little Miss Productivity for an long time now and yes, I have been knocking out assignments left and right, but it has not been easy. Actually, it has been quite difficult in I-hate-everything-I-write-so-I-should-drop-out-of-college-and-become-a-professional-panhandler kind of way. And since I have been getting headaches every night for the last few days, I think that's my cue to calm down.

In my mind, I deserve a short break. But only a small one. This is not procrastination, it is creative planning for the future.

One of These Days I Will Stop Making Mistakes

I keep posting my posts for this blog on my other blog. This time the post was actually somewhat relevant, but still. This only seems to happen after I get done with a large amount of homework. The extreme fatigue starts to set in and make my mind burn.

The light at the end of the semester long tunnel is on the horizon and it is the only thing getting me through each day. Just two more big assignments before finals week. It's really almost over.

Now if I can just get through my final week of blog posts without screwing it up again...

Because Video Games are the Only Thing That Matters

Final Assignment #1: Study the language of a certain group and report your findings.

In a way, this is all deja vu. Once again I have to be a creeper to complete an assignment, but this time we were given much more control. We were required to choose a certain subgroup of English to study and prepare a short presentation that would lead to a medium size essay.

At first, I attempt to trick myself into doing the project on something that didn't interest me at all, but I soon realized that I was only hurting myself (and my grade). I fell back on my old standby topic: video games.

Yes, whenever I am able to choose my own topic with no restrictions, I almost always include video games in some way. Once, I even composed an essay about Shakespeare, video games, Roger Ebert and swans, and not only did it work, I consider it one of the best papers I've ever completed.

I ended up focusing on the terminology used to discuss the Super Smash Bros. games, which is actually much more extensive that I thought. My presentation is tomorrow and I can tell that it's going to be good because I'm actually extremely excited. And I'm terribly afraid of public speaking.

But it's way too easy for me to get excited when video games are involved.