It's all the sun's Fault

i had a revelation last night. it was magnificent. mind-blowing. earth-shattering. heaven-shaking. etc. etc.

i finally understood why i'm such a lazy bum. i take that back. i finally understood why i'm such a bum. yeah, i'm graduating and this is my last semester, blah blah blah. but no, this has been a pattern dating back to high school. and i finally understand why.

it's all the sun's fault, with a little help from the earth.

so i'm a procrastinator, but who isn't? but i realized something very important as i started a 7 page paper last night.

i am superman.

i feed off the energy of the sun. when the sun is out, i still believe i have time to waste. this is usually constituted by this pattern:

- check facebook
- check my school e-mail
- check g-mail
- check cnn.com to see if there are any eye-catching headlines like 'man gets eaten by tiger' or 'tiger gets eaten by man'
- click on entertainment section of cnn
- check facebook
- check g-mail
- put on a song on youtube that i'm currently into
- check g-mail

you get the point. and this vicious cycle repeats until the sun goes down! such a waste of time! so why is it the sun's fault that i become a slacker? it's because in the fall, the sun goes down so much earlier! that way, i feel like i have to get work done since it's dark. the sun's not out, so i can't go outside and play. and then in the spring, the sun stays out for so much longer! so i don't get started until 8 or 9 at night, which is ridiculous. case in point, i started that 7 page paper at 8 and didn't finish until 5:30 in the morning. i'm really not a slacker, really... ok, maybe just a little bit.

see, it's not my fault. it's all the sun's fault.

thanks for reading! take care.

-jdv