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AggieDave

Is It Too Early?

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So its 3pm and I just poured myself a drink. This is a study break for me, being all stressed out with this paper. The paper IS the grade for my Senior level history course. The paper is up to about 12 pages long now and I'm not near being done. Its due by Thursday (the earlier the better for the prof), and I feel like I need another month to get it exactly right.

Agggghhhh...its a good thing I got a whole lot of jumps this weekend, or I would be seriously hurt'n.
--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

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got to love those semester papers. i have one of those due at the end of this semester. mine is over the integration of fuel cells into modern passenger vehicles and has to be 12-20 pages and with visual aides....fun fun...havent even started



Here's to the Breezes that blows through the Trezzez.....

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It's not to early at all to pour yourself a drink. Plus, you need to relax a little before you really get working on the paper. I was the queen of procrastination when I was in college. I'm sure the paper will turn out just fine.



"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away..."

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Mate, if the pub's open, how can it possibly be too early? It's when your friends and a pool table enter the equation that you have to worry about work. If you keep drinking you may find a worrying number of "therefore"s and "however"s creeping into your paper.:S


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Ugh! I hate research papers!

But then again, being a Criminal Justice major our final grade includes taking a trip to the Huntsville,Tx prison system...including a walk-through of the death chamber.:S



You are soooo lucky! The most fun I get to have is making 3 million year old human skulls talk, and they even stopped me from doing that :(.

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Hi AggieDave,

I feel your pain and can so relate. I too am working on a physics research paper. Wanna trade? My advice, pour yourself a drink if that relaxes you and helps you to focus. For me, the trick is coffee and lots of it along with some good tunes to burn the midnight oil. A little time inflicted pressure to get the job done and the contemplation of feeling the end result accomplished also helps me stay on top of it. Don't stress over it though, just do it. You can get it done.
Roy Bacon: "Elvises, light your fires."

Sting: "Be yourself no matter what they say."

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Dave,

Just start your paper with, "And the Republic of Texas is one of the greatest countries in the world"

and fill in the middle with the typical....."The story of The Alamo and Crockett, why Big Bend is unbelievable, the view of Blue Bonnet's and Indian paintbrushes on the side of the highway, how you can drive all day and still...be in Texas, Blue Bell icecream, the hillcountry, the triangle of San Antonio, Dallas, and Houston.....and end the paper with......"And that's why Texas and Mexico are separate!!"sly]

cheers brudder...........


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"Hey, you ask me what I like about Texas
It's Blue Bonnet and Indian paint brushes
Swimming in the sacred waters of Barton Springs
It's body surfing at Freo
It's Saturday night in Del Rio!
Driving across the border for some cultural exchange!
"

Yup.
--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

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Man, you make me homesick! reply]

Me homesick too....but, I'm returning in just a few short weeks and then permanently this summer, I hope!

And I forgot a couple things.....the Mexican freetail bats flying at Austin (cool), and margaritas, and friggin breakfast tacos, the bonfire, South Padre during spring break (waking up with seagulls diving on ya), Shiner Bock, Freebirds burritos (food!), the drive between Houston and SA, the sunsets!



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Sounds like you have a good start anyway. Keep pluggin away at it! This reminds me of my own paper crisis while in college. It was due in 5 days, and I have only a general idea of a topic. Worse yet my relationship with my long time sweet heart is on the rocks. I arrange a trip to see her at her college for a 3 day meeting. So here I am in an Amtrak lounge car for 13 hours (Lakeshore Limited) speeding toward Syracuse, NY trying to write this paper all the while worrying about the relationship. Needless to say the paper "bombed" and so did the relationship some time later. What is it they say about college being about deeper lessons of life? Dave forget the paper, go SKYDIVE!

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