Monday, November 9, 2009

Senioritous

True procrastination is an art. For example, on Sunday night i needed to memorize tres estrofas de español. "Three stanzas of Spanish." But instead, I played video games, watched shows, then proceeded to repeat the cycle. I would have memorized it but, I really wanted to know what Dudley - from Harry Potter - had said about Cedric in the beginning of the 5th movie. Naturally my interest was then peaked and I remained "occupied" for the next two hours. Things that help the procrastinator do his job can be broken down into three categories. The first is comfort, do you have comfortable surroundings in which you could theoretically put off homework for multiple hours? I for one do. I have a bed aimed at my 24" computer, and a remote that allows me to stay in my bed. This of course sparks the second requirement, you need a media viewing device that can be operated remotely, because if you have to get up each time a show ends or a movie ends, you might end up inadvertently close to your homework and then proceed to do it. The third and most cost taxing "cosa" that you need is media. Have lots of media and have it on you computer. You can take the dvds you have at home and you can move them onto your computer, you could illegally download movies, or you can watch shows online. I recently came across a program that allows you to watch shows online, and you can control the program with your remote, "jackpot." Now all I have to do when I get home is locate my remote, strip down, and procrastinate. Senioritous is great.

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