procrastinating as usual

i'm supposed to be plugging away at my english homework right now. i'm a week behind actually, and not looking forward to crunch time sunday night. normally it wouldnt be an issue, except that i didnt do it last week, and that assignment is hellish. another one of those god awful "read the passages assigned and answer the moronic questions that follow it". i dont know who writes these damned english text books, but they seriously need to learn how to write decent questions. that and pick some stuff thats actually enjoyable to read to ask us questions about.

why, oh why, do i give a flying fuk about the creation myths of 6 different cultures, and what those myths mean about the cultures, in relation to eachother? easy answer? i dont! which is why the assignment is so hard. i dont give a rats ass about the differences between christianity and shintoism based solely on one smidgen of a story from each. give me an overview of the entire religion, let me study them both in depth, then, and only then, will i feel that i have the right to make a judgement about their differences and similarities. but based just on a three-quarter page snippet of each's mythology? are you kidding? thats just a ridiculous request. absolutely insane. not to mention, all the questions are, instead of a single question, actually 4 or 5 questions... which means each question takes a page to answer... and i have to answer 6... so really about 20 or 30... argh. and then, on top of that, i have the current assignment, which is to read a chapter in a real book -- The Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell -- and respond to it. i love that book. its so awesome. it always gets me thinking so so so much about everything, god, religion, society, life, dreams, love, everything important. and we're allowed to write whatever we want! whatever comes to mind after reading it! i love that kind of assignment. but unfortunately it takes time... and time is the one thing i never seem to have enough of, at least, when i need time. if i dont have anything i need to do, time is always in abundance. but the moment i need to do like 7 things yesterday, time just goes *poof* and i run circles like a chicken with its head cut off.... blah.

and yes, i know, instead of writing this blog, complaining my ass off, i could actually be doing the work and getting it out of the way... but if i did that, i wouldnt be procrastinating now would i? and procrastination is my middle name (okay, not literally, but you know what i mean). besides, i work best when the clock is ticking. and so far, the one hour count down hasnt started yet. hehe.

i think im gonna go veg in front of the tv now (hum i'm already in front of the tv... gotta love laptops), and just let my mind wander. either that or take a nap. ahhhhhhhh naps... wonderful things... such a waste of time, but so well worth it.