Procrastination: I’m supposed to be working, but instead, I’m wasting more of my potential.

Alas, it is a beautiful day here in Berkeley, California.
The sun is shining. I can hear the bells of the ice cream truck outside my window. The kids that live next door are enjoying their plastic pool. It’s 75° and a cool breeze is blowing.
I am inside.
Why?
Because I’m supposed to be writing my first field [...]

Paris Hilton is boring, and I’m not going to take it anymore. . . .

I used to frequent gossip sites. You know, those nasty, vituperative sites that catalogue absolutely everything that a celebrity, or quasi-celebrity, does, then mocks it? (For those of you who do not frequent, here is a sample.)
Now, I’m no stranger to judgment. It’s my favorite game. Especially when it comes to women.
Except that recently, I’ve [...]

Procrastination, revisited: I am addicted to gaming

I guess you could say that I’ve always been a gamer chick. Since the old days of Atari, Ms. Pac Man and Donkey Kong. When Tetris came out, I played it nonstop. Ditto for the original PS system.
My version of crack are RPGs (role-playing games for those who are not versed in gamer lingo), or [...]

Procrastination facts

Clearly, I am procrastinating. But, ever the perfectionist, I wanted to make certain I was doing it right. So, ergo the following, taken from an institutional (oops, I meant to say educational institution’s) web page. For your own procrastinating pleasure. And, please, let me know if any of the following seem all-too familiar.
Procrastination and Its [...]