Stupid papers

Twelve hours ago I'm pretty sure I wrote something about intending to write my Civ paper and then didn't post it (because I knew it was a lie). Okay, maybe slightly less than twelve hours ago. But still a while ago. Yeah... I have a sentence written. The paper is due in eight hours. On the plus side, I'm not terribly tired yet. ... Unfortunately, it takes next-to-nothing to distract me from this paper. And I would like to get some sleep tonight. Eventually. (Okay, this morning. Tonight will be over long before I have enough of the paper done to take a nap). Oddly enough, I think this is a slightly better situation than I'd be in if I'd worried, fretted, and pecked away at it over the entire weekend. That just makes me sick of the paper. So, provided I can sit myself down soonish and get typing (at least I have an outline) I should be okay.

My roomie just came back... humming that blasted Fall Out Boy song. chocolatemoose? I'm blaming this on you, too. Even though it's probably more related to her unfortunate taste in music than your flat-out evilness.

I think I'll apologize to this entry now, because it's likely to have the crap edited out of it as the night goes on. For now, though... I promise myself I will get off the internet for an hour and write!

Edit 1: [4:45 AM] And, you know, since I forgot to mention this before... piratehughes@uchicago.edu is now a functioning e-mail address. And he will respond if you e-mail him. I haven't gotten around to the facebook account because, really, I have no idea what to put as his name (Pirate Hughes isn't something he'd write as his name, and going as far as Mad Hughes the Constant pushes it into the level of inside joke that will have the rest of facebook reacting with the wrong sort of wtf). I... clearly think way too much about totally random things. You should see the plot I'm about to start over at the rp. (Actually, it's best you don't. It involves time travel and the Hitchhiker's Guide... and possibly Ishbal War angst and the FUTURE.)

Edit 2: [5:57 AM] (One page) I've seen far too many sunrises this quarter. Oof. At least the Xenogears soundtrack is sort of making for good writing music. And, for the most part, I haven't actually hit the point where I don't know what to write about anymore. That's sort of a good sign, right? (Nevermind that I only have six mor hours to finish this.) And I have more than one decent point that I'd like to make. Maybe I'll be lucky and that'll warrant more than a B- on this paper. (As long as I don't get a C in this class, I think I'll be happy.)

Edit 3: [6:23] (One page) Oh. em. gee. Someone please turn off LJ or surgically remove my word processor from my computer/the internet. Ahhhh I have no desire to write this paper ahhhhh. Also, the sun turned the sky somewhat pretty for about fifteen minutes... and now everything is grey again. I'll blame my not-writing on that.

Edit 4: [6:33] (Page and a half) After trying and failing to convince myself that maybe thinking of Newton and Descartes as a pairing I had to justify in canon would help me write this, I have told myself that if I get this page done before seven, I'll let myself stand angstily by the window for a few minutes because that seems like a cool thing to do. ... Good morning, isn't it lovely that I always go nuts a little after six?

Edit 5: [7:38] (Three pages) Man, I'm bored. Now I have to start talking about Newton, and compared to Descartes' random assumptions and insanity, he's all... logical. And so I don't have much to say about him. Yay, these are his three laws, and they all make sense because he did actual experiments and believed that you could actually rely on your senses, because if you can't do that, what good does it do you? What's the point of conclusions from things you can't observe? Ahhh. I know it's going to be nine or something and my eyes will barely be open anymore and I'll really wish I'd gone to sleep instead of wasting all the time I did earlier. La la la.

Edit 6: [8:05] (4.5 pages) Well then... another page and a half and I've hit my requirement... and I think I still have a fair amount to say. I haven't even gotten into Newton's attacks on Descartes. This might just be a good sign. Woo! Maybe I won't fail this paper! Oh, and it's going to be warm this week! Almost 60 by Saturday, if the weather channel is to be trusted (which it isn't more than three days in advance). But I'm totally up for it being 47 today. Maybe that'll keep me awake.