Procrastination...

"I wait longer to do things because I will be older, therefore wiser."

This is one of those quotes that I hear all the time but never really seems to work out for me. All throughout dead days and even into finals week I have found myself procrastinating on getting things done (one of the reasons for the delay of this posting!) The really interesting thing I found about this quote is that it shows how we try to laugh off our tendency to not do what we know we are supposed to do. I constantly find myself using humor to try and shrug off criticisms from other people, and that's usually all well and good. In this case however, it seems that I'm using humor to shrug off my brain trying to tell me that if I don't study I'm going to get bad grades.

Whatever brain. What do you know anyways?

(My brain's response to this would probably be along the lines of "Nothing, because you haven't been studying at all.")

Reading other people's blogs, I was glad to see I'm not alone in the procrastination department. For some reason, it comforts me slightly to know that others are wasting their hours occupied with the same task that has been occupying my time: that task is nothing. In the words of C.S. Lewis "Nothing is very strong: strong enough to steal away a man's best years.. in a dreary flickering of the mind over it knows not what and knows not why." He seems to have diagnosed the very problem I seem to be having: my addiction to Nothing. (Also, note that C.S. Lewis used the word "very," not me. Just keeping myself clear).

The fortunate thing about this addiction to Nothing is that it has lead me to some funny clips that I would like to share with you.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVA047JAQsk

Well I know I said clips, but after reviewing them I realized that if I posted more than one, things were going to get out of control, and I'm sure all of us are already out of control because of finals and whatnot.

Anyways, here's to hoping that even with all of the craziness that has gone on in our lives within this past week that we all find enough time in the day to make a memory and have a laugh!