Don't Worry, I'm Procrastinating, Too

I have procrastination down to an art form (or a mathematical equation):

The Office + Pandora = Not Much Work Done on Studying for CivPro.

Here is the evidence:

1. The Office teaches you more than you can ever learn from a casebook or a hornbook.

Exhibit One: American History.

Michael Scott: Abraham Lincoln once said that "If you're a racist, I will attack you with the North," and these are the principles I carry with me in the workplace.

Exhibit Two: How To Save Money.

Michael Scott: When I was Ryan’s age, I worked in a fast food restaurant to save up money for school. And then I lost it in a pyramid scheme, but I learned more about business right then and there than business school would ever teach me – or Ryan would ever teach me.

Thank you for your wisdom, Michael Scott.

2. Pandora teaches about you music that you should never buy on iTunes.
Lessons learned today:
- I still hate the Goo Goo Dolls as much as I did in middle school.
- That U2 song, (insert song title here) is still annoying, even after 5 years.
- That one single off of The Script is amazing, but the rest of the CD is the lead singer's efforts at rapping. And he's Irish, white, and the lyrics are about how he wants to see some girl named Kate. Enough said.

3. I have actually gotten about 20 pages done on my outline today, so it's really not that counter-productive. But I have listened to about 6 hours of music with my earbuds in and I'm afraid I've done some permanent ear damage here, but if I take them out I'll have to listen to the girl in the carrel next to me and she breathes really loud and hasn't figured out how to get her phone off vibrate since about 10 this morning.

And because I still haven't had enough time procrastinating yet:

26. Who has done something today to show they care about you?
In about 4 hours I will be enjoying the glory that is Lizard's Thicket with Kell and Buckner. And that my friend, is the best way to express kindness, by taking your friends to gorge themselves on Southern food and perhaps finishing it off with a pie eating contest.

27. Do you have a lot to learn?
Let's just give an example:

Dad: Did you hear what happened on the Supreme Court this week?
Me: No. Did someone die?
Dad: One of the justice's retired.
Me: Rhenquist?
Dad: No. He's already dead.
Me: Roberts?
Dad: He just got appointed.
Me: Sandra Day O'Connor?
Dad: She already retired. Do you really not know?
Me: I don't watch the news.
Dad: Well, Stevens retired.
Me : Who is that?

This is either evidence of (a) I don't watch enough news/read the paper or (b) I only know things dead Irish writers and Italian art theory.

28. If you could learn how to do three things just by wishing and not by working what would they be?

A. How to make A's on my finals.
B. How to play the cello
C. How to speak Spanish

29. Which do you remember the longest: what other people say, what other people do or how other people make you feel?
Actions resonate the longest for me.

30. What are the key ingredients to having a good relationship?
Jesus, honesty, accountability, emotional maturity, same life goals

31. What 3 things do you want to do before you die?

A. Get married.
B. Write a book.
C. Go to India.

32. What three things would you want to die to avoid doing?

A. Mountain/rock climbing
B. Being audited by the IRS
C. Restarting Law School

33. Is there a cause you believe in more than any other cause?
Leading others to Christ.

34. What does each decade make you think of:
The 19..
20's: the Charleston, Bonnie and Clyde
30's: WPA, Frida Khalo
40's: "We can do it!"
50's: "7 Brides for 7 Brothers" Elvis, poodle skirts
60's: the Beatles, "Rebel Without a Cause"
70's: Jim Morrison
80's: me!
90's: Boy Bands
2000 (so far): the rise of the Disney Channel stars
2010's: Law School

35. Which decade do you feel the most special connection to and why?
the 50s: I always think about Jim and Elisabeth Elliott. They went to Ecuador to be missionaries and shortly after they were married Jim was killed by the Acua Indians, the tribe he was teaching about Christ. Elisabeth wrote "Passion and Purity" about her relationship with Jim, and it was one of the most touching things that I have ever read. For me, the 50s were about purity and living boldly for the Lord. I feel like we've lost a lot of that in the modern church.

36. What is your favorite oldie/classic rock song?
"These Arms of Mine" Otis Redding

37. What country do you live in and who is the leader of that country?
USA: Barack Obama
If you could say any sentence to the current leader of your country what would it be?
"So, what exactly are you planning to do about getting troops out of Iraq and Afghanistan?"

38. What's your favorite TV channel to watch in the middle of the night?
Lifetime Movie Network (I only have the most basic cable so it's a guilty pleasure when I'm at my grandparents' house)

I should probably get back to work now. BOO!