please oh please help me procrastinate!!
POSTED BY: shinykitten
UPDATED: Thursday, September 7, 2006 13:24
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ARGH.
I REALLY don't want to do the work that i have to. Don't even want to think about it. I'm just wandering around here, desperating procrastinating...
My piles of notes and stuff are looking at me reproachfully...No! no, i will not start my stupid report! I DON'T CARE that this is due tomorrow! I will be strong in my procrastination.
stupid report...why the hell did i think doing my Masters degree was a good idea?!
silly silly little Kitten!
oh, yes, uni is all good until you realise they actually want you to do WORK and not just any work, but HARD and COMPLICATED work, requiring actual functioning brain cells and lots of time and effort. And its worse when you're postgrad, cause then they actually expect you to hand stuff in and be all knowledgable and really try to achieve good grades for the work.
BAH! i say! BAH!! i defy you, piles of work due!
GRRR.....ARGGHH
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Hey, school's supposed to prepare you for what is naively called the "real world," and in the real world, you get help for stuff. That's what Consultants are for.
So, what's the report on?
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We applied the cortical electrodes but were unable to get a neural reaction from either patient.
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Heya.
A good point, but unfortunately i'm studying to become the consultant that other people call in! you know, in situations where the people are like, 'OMG! how the hell do you work this database? we just lost all our online files! Argh! find a information manager person!' and then they would call me in to try to reason with the database into giving them back their files...
but you could be my consultant! how much do you know about database design and construction??
the report is supposed to about a database i've built. i'm supposed to go through my rationale and design choices, basically explain why i built it the way i did.
although i don't think 'because it was the easiest and fastest way, and i didn't actually look at the relevent literature' would be the best way to pass.
its only 1500 words, which is pretty small, so i can do it in a couple of hours, its just that I DON'T WANT TO!
GRRR.....ARGGHH
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LOL, time for the fine art of BS, something that has gotten me through many a report (that a whole bunch of coffee, lol) Good luck with the report!
"You're talking to Serenity. And Early...Serenity is very unhappy."
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Well, I've got a little sign for your frustration and entertainment...
Virtue is persecuted more by the wicked than it is loved by the good. - Gautama Siddharta
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tehehehehe...thanks people!
that sign ROCKS!!
GRRR.....ARGGHH
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procrastinating, you? never! 
to aid in said procrastination i offer two beacons of light.
1) Fear Factory in 11 days
2) Black books. your free quote is;
"Fran: (completely drunk) I'll mind the shop for you! I can be both of you. (Pretending to be Manny) "Bernard. Bernard. It's not fair. Bernard, here's your tea. Oh Bernard, Bernard, can I have my pocket money?" (Pretending to be Bernard) "Oh Manny, for the last time, shut up! Mother of god! I think I'm going to kill you!"
Simon: Captain, why did you come back for us?
Mal: You're on my crew.
Simon: Yeah, but you don't even like me. Why'd you come back?
Mal: You're on my crew... Why we still talking about this?
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Too bad I didn't get to this blog when you called for help, but I was busy procrastinating. I am, afterall, the procrastinating king. I'm on the 10 year program for my Associates Degree. Congrats on that Masters. School blows and is completely unnessacery for 80% of the people who go. It leaves them delivering pizzas for a living with debt they will take 20 years or more to pay off. Hope you're not one of em! Get that paper done or you will be.
Hows that for consulting?
"A government is a body of people, usually notably ungoverned." http://www.myspace.com/6ixstringjack
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gee thanks 6ixStringJack! nothing like envisioning the results of failure for motivation. you are a great consultant!
(i wont get debt cause i'm making my parents pay for it! although i do have to pay for a subject if i fail it, but that hasnt happened yet.)
hey BernardBrown, does the whole going to uni to end up being a pizza delivery guy sound like someone we know!? cough...dave..cough...
BernardBrown, don't you mock me, boy! but thankyou for the quote, its a great one! and...we...are...going...to...fear factory...in...11...days!!! wooohoooo!!
its ok though, i kinda finished my stuff...my database is pretty suck-y and my report is COMPLETE crap, absolute bollocks. but hey, i've handed in crap before and still passed!!
GRRR.....ARGGHH
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Quote:You determined that speed and efficiency were desirable qualities, and proceeded to implement a system that reflected these characteristics.
Originally posted by shinykitten:
'because it was the easiest and fastest way,
Quote:You felt that the situation called for a creative approach, unhindered by previous context-specific judgements. To this end, you adopted a policy of direct confrontation with difficult elements without regard to prior documentation. This establishes (and serves as a demonstration of) your own ability to solve problems, rather than your ability to conform to preconceived notions.
and i didn't actually look at the relevent literature'
(How d'you think I got my English Honours B.A.?
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We applied the cortical electrodes but were unable to get a neural reaction from either patient.
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