# "I should be studying, but. . ." -- a thread of procrastination. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 16, 2007, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-should-be-studying-but-a-thread-of-procrastination/400273 "2007-04-16T00:16:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2007, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-should-be-studying-but-a-thread-of-procrastination/400273/1 "2007-04-16T00:16:30Z")
Yeah, I should be studying right now. I have two midterms tomorrow, which, admittedly I think will be fairly easy–mostly multiple choice, a couple of matching things, etc. Most of the material on the test comes from preprinted slides and classroom discussion–not necessarily from the textbooks. I’d been reading earlier but I’d taken a break about an hour ago, and now I’m sitting in the living room with my fiancee, typing this post, and watching “Dog: The Bounty Hunter.” I think I’m gonna do good on my test tomorrow. 😃 Tripler Because we all know Air & Spacecraft design has a lot to do with bounty hunting in Hawaii. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2007, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-should-be-studying-but-a-thread-of-procrastination/400273/2 "2007-04-16T00:24:36Z")
I should probably be grading that stack of Free Response Questions on my desk, but I’m watching the pregame celebrations at Dodger Stadium for Jackie Robinson Day instead. Oh, well. The students will understand. Or not. ---
**Author:** ![Sock\_of\_Doom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/71c47a/32.png) [@Sock\_of\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sock_of_Doom)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2007, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-should-be-studying-but-a-thread-of-procrastination/400273/3 "2007-04-16T00:50:27Z")
[QUOTE=Tripler] I think I’m gonna do good on my test tomorrow. 😃 [/QUOTE] Do **WELL** on the test! Good luck 😛 I should be grading lab reports. Instead, I’m drinking wine. ---
**Author:** ![Millit\_the\_Frail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/51bf81/32.png) [@Millit\_the\_Frail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Millit_the_Frail)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2007, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-should-be-studying-but-a-thread-of-procrastination/400273/4 "2007-04-16T02:00:21Z")
This thread speaks to me! I also have exams tomorrow. Microbiology, both a lab and a lecture exam. But, as is probably apparent by now, I’m posting to and reading the Dope. God help me tomorrow, because I’ve got no idea which gram negative rods ferment dextrose!!! I should go find out right about now. …or maybe I’ll take a nice long shower… ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2007, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-should-be-studying-but-a-thread-of-procrastination/400273/5 "2007-04-16T02:22:05Z")
I should be writing my lesson plan for tomorrow evening, but I’m going to read instead and play Beat the Clock tomorrow. I know what I’m going to do; I just need to type it. Tomorrow I’ll procrastinate on writing an article. After that, I’ll procrastinate on a Wednesday presentation. ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2007, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-should-be-studying-but-a-thread-of-procrastination/400273/6 "2007-04-16T02:29:01Z")
Yeah, I have an Econ exam tomorrow. I really should be studying… ---
**Author:** ![Lakai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de0a6/32.png) [@Lakai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lakai)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2007, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-should-be-studying-but-a-thread-of-procrastination/400273/7 "2007-04-16T03:05:48Z")
I have an exam tomorrow and a research paper due May 1st. I should be studying today, hell, I should have been studying for the past week while my school had spring break. Instead I started the week off by discovering the Charlie Rose show and watching almost every show on Google video. After I saw his show about Stanley Kubrick, I watched [Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures](http://imdb.com/title/tt0278736/), and am now in the process of watching every Stanley Kubrick film ever made. So far I saw everything except \*Lolita, Barry Lyndon, Eyes Wide Shut \*and his films prior to _The Killing_. Great director. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2007, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-should-be-studying-but-a-thread-of-procrastination/400273/8 "2007-04-16T03:09:58Z")
I should be working, but I’m trying to select just the right cheese for my crackers. …but my cat is lying on my chest and can’t be disturbed. ---
**Author:** ![Sunrazor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sunrazor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunrazor)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2007, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-should-be-studying-but-a-thread-of-procrastination/400273/9 "2007-04-16T04:06:59Z")
I know … I have a rough draft of a 15-page semester paper due in Restoration English Lit on Tuesday, and I barely have six disjointed paragraphs done. The 20-pager for Modern Lit is done, but needs polishing. No finals to study for (we don’t have 'em in graduate school) but the papers have to be top-notch, and I’m running out of time. So, of course, here I am posting on SDMB – hey, any of you guys know where I can get a good graduate level paper on the influence of Puritan providence stories on Defoe’s “Journal of a Plague Year”? I didn’t think so. Slackers! ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2007, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-should-be-studying-but-a-thread-of-procrastination/400273/10 "2007-04-16T04:26:42Z")
That’s me. I should be reviewing pensions and then EPS for the final on Saturday, but I’m surfing for a couple minutes before I go do a couple other things. Ah well, I have 5 days. I should do better than I did last time I took this course (actually, I already am… this time I’m actually understanding it. Last time I was foolish enough to not drop it when I should’ve.) ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2007, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-should-be-studying-but-a-thread-of-procrastination/400273/11 "2007-04-16T16:02:00Z")
I’ve got a paper due today by 4 (it’s already half-done, though) and two exams to study for. Instead, I’m contemplating going downstairs for lunch. _sigh_ ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_C](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Captain\_C](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_C)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2007, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-should-be-studying-but-a-thread-of-procrastination/400273/12 "2007-04-16T16:20:12Z")
I have a job interview in 2 hours, but I’m kind of tired, so I’m thinking about calling in to cancel it so I can take a nap. I don’t really want the job anyway, so it wouldn’t be a complete loss. I was mostly going just for interview practice. _yawn_ Yep, nap is going to win. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2007, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-should-be-studying-but-a-thread-of-procrastination/400273/13 "2007-04-16T16:30:15Z")
I should be working on my project, because the rest of it is easy to do, but instead, I’m sitting in the audio lab, pretending to work. I’d do it tonight, but I’ve got night class. There’s always tomorrow. Besides, the deadline isn’t until Friday. Robin ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2007, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-should-be-studying-but-a-thread-of-procrastination/400273/14 "2007-04-16T16:38:23Z")
I’m cleaning the house. Really. See me clean? Clean, clean, clean. Well, the laundry’s on. Does that count? ---
**Author:** ![Blaster\_Master](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/cab0a1/32.png) [@Blaster\_Master](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blaster_Master)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2007, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-should-be-studying-but-a-thread-of-procrastination/400273/15 "2007-04-16T17:09:54Z")
I’m at work; I should be working on one of the many projects on my plate. Or I should at least be working on one of my term projects. But instead, I’m doing… this. Hey, at least I’m out of the mafia game, so I can’t use that as an excuse anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2007, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-should-be-studying-but-a-thread-of-procrastination/400273/16 "2007-04-16T17:30:51Z")
I would come up with something witty and cool to say in this thread, but I’ll get around to it later… ---
**Author:** ![Clockwork\_Jackal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b5e925/32.png) [@Clockwork\_Jackal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clockwork_Jackal)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2007, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-should-be-studying-but-a-thread-of-procrastination/400273/17 "2007-04-17T01:14:43Z")
I should be working on an Anthropology paper that is due 3:30 Thursday, but instead I’m watching my boyfriend play Zelda: Twilight Princess. ---
**Author:** ![DaphneBlack](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daphneblack/32/5389_2.png) [@DaphneBlack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaphneBlack)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2007, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-should-be-studying-but-a-thread-of-procrastination/400273/18 "2007-04-17T01:28:44Z")
I have a (more or less reasonably complete) draft of my master’s thesis due in a week and the final draft due 31 May. I spent the day posting my travel photos online. Woo! ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2007, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-should-be-studying-but-a-thread-of-procrastination/400273/19 "2007-04-17T01:36:20Z")
Wow! I didn’t think I’d get so many procrastinators like me. . . . . . see, I’ve got _another_ final tomorrow, and I should be studying, but I think I already know half of this crap. I know where the flaps, slats, spoilers, trim tabs, and ailerons are. I know the difference between TCASS and a transponder. I know of Kepler’s laws of motion. It ain’t that hard. . . . . . but instead, I’m surfing the Dope. . . _again!_ Tripler Gawd, it’s like I’m addicted to this place or something. ---
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2007, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-should-be-studying-but-a-thread-of-procrastination/400273/20 "2007-04-17T01:56:19Z")
Yes, folks, instead of studying, he’s walking around the house with spicy pickle breath, talking to the cats while packing his gym bag for the morning and generally wasting time he should spend studying. Then he can get his graduate degree and keep me in the style to which I’ve become accustomed! 😃 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-should-be-studying-but-a-thread-of-procrastination/400273.md?page=2)