Thursday, December 2, 2010
Flaw
Tapping his fingers on his laptop as his expression grew more and more distressed, he wondered what in the hell he was going to write about. As he thought, his mind simply remained blank, alt-tabbing out of his Word window and instead opting to browse for the latest funny cat videos on youtube, still in thought about what to write about. He opened up his usual forum and news windows while continuing to "brainstorm." None of it: not the North Korea-South Korea tensions, the cat-going-down-slide videos, or the judgmental hipsters arguing online about which Smashing Pumpkins album is the best registered in his mind, overwhelmed by all of the information rushing into his head. This lack of needed concentration greatly appealed to him. That is, before he realized that he had 5 more hours before class to turn this damn 5 page history essay in.
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sounds a typical "day at the office" for a college student with an assignment due. Everyone should feel some affinity for this one. I grappled with my "flaw" since I think I'm darned near perfect, but then being a snob about the cleanliness (or in my case lack thereof) of Wal Mart proves that point so I digress....
ReplyDeleteCindy Davis
I do that exact same thing. It might not be a flaw as much as it is the way that you work. When it comes to papers that I don't want to write, i can't do them until the night before or morning of. When I do assignments well in advance of the due date, they suck. When I feel the pressure to do them at that moment, they come out alright.
ReplyDeleteD. Ryan