planned procrastination

i have a presentation due tomorrow...ugh...when i plan "study" time or whatever you want to call it, i invariably squeeze a nice-sized slot for pure procrastination...truth be told, i feel old in all of these classes...(see, kids, this is what happens when you wait ten years to go back and finish college!)

we were paired up for some idiotic assignment where you have to list ten things you like about yourself (whyyyy??) and five things you dont like about yourself (whyyyy??)...and, of course, i was paired with super blonde lindsey...she's super cute and super fun!...anyhow, i made some comment about something from when i was in high school..she said, oh, like you are so much older than me!...now, bitsy is young and happy with the world...why not, she is the cute-central capitol of her world! (to be fair, she is a very sweet girl)...i blinked one of those looong blinks that speaks for itself...i'm 31 i tell her...i reach out to catch her eyes as they pop out of her head...are you sure???...another loooong blink...yes, i am sure...wow, she says, I'm only 19!!...really?..hmm..surprise...when i asked her how old she thought i was she replied....i didnt think you were, like, over 25 or something...

hmmm...like, 25 or something...well, all of a sudden buffy seems like one smart gal!...25 or something lol...

back to the assignment...i asked bubbles, the super happy teacher who is "facilitating your learning" why we list ten good and five bad...get this..."well, cg, it is so that you will be able to see that you have more good qualities than bad"...dot dot dot...silence...and we wonder why the education system is in such shambles...

i find that going back to school at an older age you argue a helluva lot more with your instructors and you give quite a lot less shit about what anyone thinks..case in point, we were discussing the word turgid (some idiot had no idea what it meant) and the teacher asked us to give examples of something that could be described as turgid...no one volunteers...amid the sea of question marks i pipe up...

PENIS!

(enter Clueless) uh, what does turgid have to do with a penis??...not holding back my grin i elaborate...you know how a penis grows and swells and becomes thick and hard? that is a turgid penis...

well, ms instructor was quite unthrilled with my example...bite me...

bet that not one person in that room will forget how to use the word turgid in a sentence...

procrastination time over...bleh...

cg