2 random thoughts

This is a pretty random blog entry, but it's 1:00AM and I'm wide awake with no sign of falling asleep for another hour or so. What else is there to do but post a new blog entry for my faithful readers (if there are any)?

Random Thought #1: Intramural basketball has ups and downs

Ups:
meeting new people to team up with since all the "solid" open gym regulars decided to put themselves on one gigantic team. . .

being able to throw a few elbows here and there, with the absence of REAL referees, to all the guys that did it to you in the past (It's payback time fool)

being able to say a team of 6 players went 4-2 in the regular season while playing teams with 2 squads

getting to have a real excuse for delaying or completely disregarding school work

Downs:
having your team as a target for the opposing team for reasons other than sportsmanship: some of the teams we've played (not to mention specific groups or frats) have taken the game a little too serious and pushed the meaning of assault (josh... thanks for having our backs man)

dealing with poor officiating and watching the refs play favorites

winning 2 of your 4 games by forfeit


Random Thought #2: Procrastination CAN pay off

It is Sunday, 2:00PM, you have to read a 150 page book and write a 3-5 page IN DEPTH review that you must turn in on Monday at 9:00AM sharp. You have an intramural game at 6:00pm and you haven't started reading until now (2:00pm). You also have your friend about to leave for bootcamp over for the weekend so you must hang out with him. What do you do?

Step 1: Look for the section of the book titled "Introduction" where you can find the author's thesis. Copy down simple notes regarding his thesis OR highlight it.

Step 2: Spend a few hours skimming through the "Introduction" as well as the first and concluding couple of paragraphs in each chapter. Chances are, the author has included the main idea with a few supporting facts in both the beginning and ending of a chapter. Highlight those.

Step 3: Chill with your friend before the 6:00pm game.

Step 4: Play your 6pm game AND win it too!

Step 5: Eat some dinner (just so happened to be Big Mac & fries with a tea)

Step 6: It is now 9:00PM and you have 6 more chapters to skim (by skim I actually mean reading the intro and concluding paragraphs in depth).

Step 7: In between skimming and playing FIFA, you begin to ponder what to include in your paper and get started. It is now 12AM and you've played games of FIFA with little spurts of skimming.

Step 8: At 1AM you finally decide to get down to business on your measely 3 page book review. Because you have all the main points from each chapter down AND the author's thesis, you should roll with the paper quite easily.

Step 9: Finish your 3page minimum book review by 2AM, which ended up having 5 solid pages full of nothing but factual, supported analysis (a.k.a. BS).

Step 10: Listen to your iPod and sleep it off and wait a week for your A!

Most of my papers are put off until the very end simply because I work better under pressure and am far too busy with other things (like FIFA, napping, chilling). Some people might say I committ suicide by waiting until the very last minute; to them I say:

"I have cheated death (in this situation) by not only procrastinating, but by earning A's on the papers I have procrastinated with!"

So if you are bold enough and can withstand the pressure, keep on procrastinating and learn from the Master Procrastinaor himself (me).