The Big Decision

To sleep, or not to sleep: that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous homeworks,
Or to take arms against this sea of assignments
and by sleeping end them. To delay, to sleep-
No more-and by a sleep to say we end
The College Essay, and the thousand math problems
that flesh is heir to! 'Tis a consummation
Devoutly to be wished.

I could keep going, but it would just get dumber and dumber. But really. The big question is this:
Should I stay up into the ungodly hours of the night, get all my work done, but be moody and sleepy through the day?
Or should I not drink that cup of coffee and sleep now, only to be faced with worse grades and self-disappointment.

Well, it's a redundant question. I know already I'm going to stay up late and try to get things done. Which means to finish my first draft, and read as much of Jane Eyre as possible.

But sometimes when I'm reading the books I'm assigned to read, I catch out of the corner of my eye another book. It doesn't matter what book. I recently got three new Camus books, and a shiny shiny copy of Ulysses. And for some reason, I have this overwhelming desire to put down my book and start reading one of dem. Or wikipedia in great detail literary movements and eras. I like figuring out this stuff, and reading classics, and learning tons

... just not when it's assigned to me. I think this means that college is either going to be great, or be awful. Depends where I go, I suppose...