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raybearNumber of minutes I procrastinated on writing up the student learning analysis of my field study requirement for my Master's degree (estimated): 259,200
Number of minutes it took to complete said write up: 46
I like to think of procrastination as the uber-distilling process in my brain, where I sit and let thoughts marinate and simmer and become more potent and then the final product is almost the same as if I had been working on something a little bit over time.
But mostly I'm full of isht.
Of course having said that, I hope it will work tomorrow when I sit down to write two novel chapters I've been mulling over for the past 2 weeks.
I bought this book at a used bookstore months ago, and kept meaning to pick it up, but didn't, and last weekend I finally did and it's perfect -- one of those times where you read the exact right book at the exact right time. Anyway, it's called War Is a Force that Gives Us Meaning which I love as a title and thought it would be about something else, a kind of pro-war book as part of my research, but it's not at all, and it makes me think of the general topic of great titles. There are several that I love and wish I'd thought of, regardless of whether I liked or even read the book itself.
They include:
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love - (Raymond Carver)
I Know This Much Is True - (Wally Lamb)
You Get So Alone at Times It Just Makes Sense - (Charles Bukowski)
Colors Insulting to Nature - (Cintra Wilson)
I Spit on Your Graves - (Boris Vian)
I Am No One You Know - (Joyce Carol Oates)
I can't think of any others right now.
Number of minutes it took to complete said write up: 46
I like to think of procrastination as the uber-distilling process in my brain, where I sit and let thoughts marinate and simmer and become more potent and then the final product is almost the same as if I had been working on something a little bit over time.
But mostly I'm full of isht.
Of course having said that, I hope it will work tomorrow when I sit down to write two novel chapters I've been mulling over for the past 2 weeks.
I bought this book at a used bookstore months ago, and kept meaning to pick it up, but didn't, and last weekend I finally did and it's perfect -- one of those times where you read the exact right book at the exact right time. Anyway, it's called War Is a Force that Gives Us Meaning which I love as a title and thought it would be about something else, a kind of pro-war book as part of my research, but it's not at all, and it makes me think of the general topic of great titles. There are several that I love and wish I'd thought of, regardless of whether I liked or even read the book itself.
They include:
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love - (Raymond Carver)
I Know This Much Is True - (Wally Lamb)
You Get So Alone at Times It Just Makes Sense - (Charles Bukowski)
Colors Insulting to Nature - (Cintra Wilson)
I Spit on Your Graves - (Boris Vian)
I Am No One You Know - (Joyce Carol Oates)
I can't think of any others right now.
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Date: 2005-11-13 08:53 am (UTC)NO, NO This rationalization works for me!! Don't shatter my illusions!!