Whaddya know, I just pulled another All-Nighter.

But this time, it has been a huge success so far. I got 10 hours of work in instead of 3. I've really got a good grasp of the idea now, and the paper is starting to materialize in my head. It's due tomorrow and not today, so my plan is to get it done by tonight so, for the first time in a long time, I can get some sleep the night before a test. WOOHOO!

All-Nighter! Yay!

I decided to have my all-night Paper-writing-fest about 4 days early. That way, I have the whole weekend to make everything good.

It's fun, and I lose a lot of weight because energy drinks make me sweat profusely. Just took a Monster (green tab) and damn they are DISGUSTING. I'm usually a Full Throttle man, and I think I'll stick to that from now on because if I close my eyes when drinking a Full Throttle, I can pretend I'm drinking an Orangina. Monsters have no soft-drink counterpart because they are just NASTY.

The main problem I have with all-nighters is the feeling I have after too long. I'm woozy and exhausted. My legs hurt and my mind is awake on a caffeine buzz, and that creates confusion. Sometimes I even start feeling a little paranoid, and whenever I get paranoid, my greatest irrational fear haunts me- that I have a case of the hiccups that never goes away. No, I'm serious. It's a stupid fear, I know, but damn that would really suck. And it's really happened. I'd make links, but you're going to have to search yourself because that shit scares the fuck out of me. You know why I'm so nifty with hiccup cures?

Anyways, the paper is on James Joyce. He's a tough guy to write on, but I'm glad I chose him (there was a list of topics to choose from) because there's shelves and shelves of books on Joyce ripe for quoting. Good thing I'll have all weekend! Now back to reading...

Study like a Rockstar

or at least studying while hopped on Rockstar. It is 5:49 AM. I have not gone to sleep. An essay is due tomorrow (or should I say today?) and I just got through Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant for the second time. Before I reread it, I didn't have any answers. Now that I have, I have too many answers, and I'm searching for the right one, the thesis that will give me the best grade.

I also have a German exam I haven't had time to study. Scheiße.

Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant is a really good book. It's not a style I particularly enjoy, but it has a theme of adaptation, people finding their own joy, their own happiness, their own little place where they belong. It's the kind of book you'd really want to read if it were about you. You start to notice little habits and tics you do, things you always noticed, but never really realized.

I like to think of myself as someone who is able to adapt when it's necessary. Like right now, where hectic days and hectic weeks are becoming more and more typical. I'm a lifelong procrastinator, but it seems I work best at the last minute. I'm adapting with Rockstars and reading. My head feels heavy and my arms are tired, but my brain is awake and buzzing. Now that I've made it through the night, I'm wondering how I'm going to make it through the day without falling asleep.