Adventures in Ottawa

12/02/2009

All-nighter breakdown

6:00 PM: Located all resources, research begins
6:30 PM: Facebook status: workin on essay!
7:30 PM: Research completed, essay outline drafted. First caffeine beverage consumed
8:00 PM: Realization that thesis doesn't work with body of evidence, revise outline
8:10 PM: Draft whole new essay outline
8:45 PM: NACHOS!
10:00 PM: First few pages completed in coherent english, progress seems good at this point. Second caffeine beverage consumed
11:30 PM: Sinking realization that only 4 of 12 pages have been written, and that the last two were irrelevant
11:45: PM: Facebook Status: Still working away... Third caffeine beverage consumed, paranoia begins to creep into subconscious
12:30 AM: Completed half of essay, sinking realization that said half wasn't footnoted properly. Paranoia begins to make an appearance
1:00 AM: 75% finished, but last few pages contain major grammatical errors, and in the case of Waterloo Engineering papers, engrish
1:30 AM: Full-blown hallucinations, consumption of fourth caffeine beverage (Overdose potential is now high)
2:00 AM: Use easybib.com to format bibliography; realize that paper requires chicago/turbian style (on the whim of the prof...what an ass)
2:15 AM: Locate credit card to subscribe to easybib.com, format bibliography
3:00 AM: Finish final few papers, look at self in mirror and feel queasy. Consume another caffeine beverage to settle stomach
3:30 AM: Find another person on the floor who has a working printer, and print off essay
4:00 AM: Crawl into bed, fully dressed, and prepare for an 8:00 AM class...

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