Procrastination: (Suzanne)

Involves 5 hours of reading newspapers (of another country) on the net even if after the first 30 minutes you get the point already.

Involves listening to a back-to-back marathon of Prokofiev piano concertos instead of practicing.

Involves waiting for an hour for a Saturday Night Live sketch of a Palin vs Clinton debate to load on Youtube even when you know your crappy internet will never cough it up.

Involves skipping that dinner and concert you planned to go to because you really, really, really want to watch that sketch on Saturday Night Live.

Involves that sketch never loading.

Involves, in case you were wondering, not doing reading, or your Techniques assignment, or your practice, or your laundry, or finding a new accompanist after your last one pulled out, or many of the other things you really need to do.

Involves attempting to watch TV to at least get some quality relaxation time in but finding you’ve become too much of a snob to watch Australian Idol.

Involves deep philosophical questions pondering whether it is actually possible for people to sing worse than the American Idols.

Involves the answer ‘yes’, and ‘Australia’, not necessarily in that order.

Involves attempting to think about the Constitution but finding out you’ve become far too lazy to think.

Is probably symptomatic of the fact that you have too much to do and too little time.

Is probably symptomatic of the fact that you have too little to do and too much time.

Is probably a coping mechanism to deal with the fact that your grades this semester determine which music specialisation you can do.

Will probably prevent you from getting into that specialisation.

Is either a major problem reflecting deep-seated psychological issues, or a way of getting in much-needed relaxation time.

Is a result of doing too much last semester and being burnt out.

Is a result of doing nothing during the holidays and getting used to it.

Is a result of anxiety over the fact that the most powerful country in the world may soon be taken over by someone who hates polar bears and thinks that you can see Russia from her home in Alaska.

Is a result of incredulity that someone who hates polar bears and thinks you can see Russia from her home in Alaska is considered qualified to hold the second-most powerful political position of the most powerful country in the world by the public of that country.

Results in a deep-seated need to see same polar-bear hater skewered on a YouTube clip.

Causes you to stay up late for no good reason.

Causes you to rue the fact that Facebook won’t load either.

Needs to stop immediately.

…dammit, why won’t that Saturday Night Live sketch load?