It Hurts And Stings!

I hate the weekend before finals. Stress, papers, and studying when I'd rather play video games.

It's been snowing/raining on and off over the past couple of days, and it was coming down pretty heavily yesterday. It snowed last night, and there was actually still some left on the ground when I got up this morning. While I love snow, I really hope that it doesn't snow here on Christmas Eve. I'm all for a white Christmas, but we're hosting Christmas Eve here (I believe), and I would rather people not have to stress about driving in snow. I also hope that it doesn't snow this weekend--we have to get to finals next week!

Speaking of finals, here's my To Do List:


To Do:
1. Write paper in imitation of the writing style of Daniel Defoe, due Monday at 12:00 noon.
2. Study for difficult 8:00 am Monday Medieval Manuscripts final.
3. Study for slightly-less-difficult 10:15 am Monday History of Christianity Final.


These are the things I must do this weekend. I may also go to a review session on Sunday, if my paper is done by then. (It must be! I have to study sometime.)

I was a bad girl last night and played video games instead of working on my paper. On the upside: I finally defeated Hades in Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories! Huzzah! Now, of course, I am being a good girl (aside from procrastination) and not playing video games. As soon as I'm done updating here, I shall go and make brunch and work on my paper. That must be done today. Luckily, it's a short paper--only six to eight pages, and two of those are going to be a creative short story in the style of Daniel Defoe's "A True Relation of the Apparition of One Mrs. Veal." The rest gets to be analysis of how my work is a close imitation of said piece, including terms that we studied during the term. I wish that my teacher would allow us to turn this paper in at the Wednesday final instead of by noon on Monday--that would let me work on the paper on Tuesday while I'm studying for the final for that class, rather than working on it and jeopardizing my study time. (Of course, I'm not actually using that study time at the moment, but that's beside the point!)

I would also like to mention that this is the season during which I have a very difficult time sticking to my diet. Last night, Alex and I made Wedding Chicken, which is based on the chicken we had at our wedding (wow!) and involves a cream sauce. Soooo yummy. We had no leftovers. We also watched Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, which was severely cute and just what we needed.

Eventually, I shall write another entry reflecting on reading my past LJ, but not now. Now, it's time for eggs. More detailed updates will follow.

HALT THE FLOW OF TIIIIIIIIIIIME!

Unfortunately, I'm not Emperor of the Galaxy or whatever, so I can't do that. Poot.

Here's my Homework Update:

1) Paper: 3/4 of the way done. I did it backwards. I have to write the creative part, which is in my head. This is a good thing, because I already analyzed it and compared it to Daniel Defoe's "A True Relation of the Apparition of one Mrs. Veal, The next Day after Her Death; To One Mrs. Bargrave at Canterbury. The 8th of September, 1705." Defoe had a thing for long titles, I think. Admittedly, Robinson Crusoe is relatively short. Anyway. The creative part has to be 1-2 pages. I hope I can make it that short and include everything that's in my analysis.

2) Studying for History of Christianity: I'm not sure where I am on this one. I need to make flashcards.

3) Studying for Medieval Manuscripts: Bah. That shall happen tomorrow.

Back to the paper. I think I had something else to say about wanting more time to play video games, but that's wandered out of my head now.

EDIT: Paper's done. Studying tomorrow. Bah. I hate cramming.