GRE Vocab: The FreeRice method

One week from today, I will tackle that leviathan of standardized, computer-adaptive, I-am-completely-unprepared-for-this-and-I-haven’t-done-long-division-by-hand-since-middle-school tests, the GRE.  Thanks to my extreme procrastinatory superpowers, I have held off on doing any significant preparation for the test until two weeks before the fact.  Is this a surprising turn of events?  In an obscure word that lends itself to [...]

Typical Me

It’s now 5:53 AM. My Math Structures exam is due at 9:50. There are nine problems, I’m on #2. This has to be healthy.
On the plus side, the Twins beat the Indians 6-5 in 10 innings last night night. I know; I was there. After all, who’s going to pass [...]

Sleep: How I Scorn Thee Meaninglessly

You know you’ve got senioritis when you’re not sleeping enough–not because you have too much work to do–but because you just procrastinate that much.
I am a useless ball of procrastination.  I cannot get myself to do anything, and when I do, it is only under penalty of severe sleeplessness.  It’s amazing how good I seem [...]

Procrastination Technique #48: Blog

Stupid deadlines.
I don’t really want to be sitting here in the Internet cafe here in Kolkata. I’d much rather be out exploring more of the city, or maybe stuffing myself silly with Bengali food and sweets. Or in all likelihood, spending more money on Indian cookbooks (in multiple moments of weakness, I’ve bought [...]

Posting Again

OK, that is IT. I am WRITING SOMETHING, dammit.
It just happens not to be any of my papers.
I have been contemplating my triumphant return to blogging for a couple of weeks now. I took some much needed time off, while I got some things in order. I even considered quitting the blog [...]