And I'm STILL working on my 13-page paper!!!

[SmileyBoy]

I got about half of it done last night, did some other projects for other classes today, now I have to finish the damn thing tonight, and add footnotes and headers in tomorrow morning. I've got 6 pages done, 2,383 words. It really SUCKS having to write this.:(

This BLOWS.

[SmileyBoy]

1. 2,417 words now.

:D

[CarpeDiebold]

2. hah, oh man. i remember those days.

good luck bro, you're half way home. are you pullin an all nighter?

[SmileyBoy]

3. Tonight, I think I'm going to.

This might take longer than I thought.

[Droopy]

4. I quit college shortly after

I had to write a 15 page paper. I just couldn't cut it. It was really a culmination of several smaller things plus the 15 pager. I was a junior and thought that things weren't going to get any easier. I'm not college material anyway. I was born for the road.

Sorry, I'm not feeling too inspirational tonight.

Look at it this way. You can either write the 5000 word papers now and have a nice white collar job making 50k to start out after school or you can hit the factory and start at $8 an hour.

[SmileyBoy]

6. Unfortunately, I don't have the street smarts you have.

I'm sort of lacking in the "people skills" department. I need that white-collar job.

Besides, architects make at least $75,000 per year once they get licensed.:)

[Droopy]

7. Haha!

There you go, man! I want to see you making blueprints and not drawling, "10-4 on the smokie in the middle at the 184."

[SmileyBoy]

8. Actually, I've always admired truckers.

I can stay awake for long periods of time, too. I also love the open road, driving and travelling. The problem I would have is that I don't think I could drive an 18-wheeler very good.

[Droopy]

10. Well, let's not find out.

It's actually a good job for a single, blue collar person. But trucking is more than a job. It's a lifestyle and it can be a pain in the ass sometimes.

[SmileyBoy]

11. You're probably right...

I wouldn't want to be a trucker here in ND, that's for sure. The flat landscape would induce highway hypnosis.

[Ladyhawk]

32. Droopy, college burned me out.

I studied really hard and really put a lot of effort into those 13- to 14-page term papers.

A combination of overwork, Depression, relationship issues and having my world view completely smashed to smithereens left me unable to do much. I couldn't cut the stress anymore.

So, SmileyBoy, don't sweat it too much, okay? I didn't take time to "stop and smell the roses" when I was in college. I used my classes as a shield against pain and when the classes ended, I suddenly realized I was SO fucked. My support system and social structure was gone. If yours isn't, make sure you party as much as you study, okay?

I wouldn't want you to have a burnout.

[MissB]

5. Someday, you'll forget you even had to do this shit.

Hell, I've completely blocked out Electrical Circuits.

[SmileyBoy]

9. This is a political science paper, too.

Systemic, state and individual-level analysis on the Cuban Missile Crisis.:(

[deadparrot]

12. I just studied that for my international relations test. Allison, right?

:scared:

[SmileyBoy]

14. Allison who??

:shrug:

[deadparrot]

18. Graham Allison...he wrote "Conceptual Models and the Cuban Missile Crisis"

:shrug:

Meh. It's in my "Classical Readings in IR" text and I've already been tested on it. It's long since left my brain. :D

[Jennos20]

19. Wow you have to read that also!

Allisson and Zelikow Essence of Decision. Gotta love that rational actor model....

[MissB]

16. Sounds fascinating.

Fascinating, as in, better you than me. :D

[SmileyBoy]

17. Heh heh heh heh...

:(

[Jennos20]

20. I just wrote a

policy brief about the cuban missile crisis....Good times. I feel you! Good luck with it.

[Ladyhawk]

33. I haven't forgotten...probably because I'm doing it again...ARRRGH! n/t

[BigMcLargehuge]

13. you must type slow

:)

I kid, I kid because I love.

But seriously, what's the topic?

[SmileyBoy]

15. Check post 9.

:D

[SmileyBoy]

21. Over 7 pages done - 2,879 words!!!

:bounce:

[struggle4progress]

22. Does it get longer or shorter as you write more?

[SmileyBoy]

24. Seems to get longer.

I'm starting to "Stephen King" it again, in that I'm writing more than I actually need to.:(

[leftofthedial]

23. how do you know it's 13 pages

if you're not done yet?

what if it's 14 pages? or--gasp!--only 12?

[SmileyBoy]

25. I HOPE it'll be only 12.

The criteria said a 10-13 page paper, but I estimated that I would be writing around 13 pages. Probably I might end up with 11 or 12.

[leftofthedial]

27. Oh, so now its an *estimated* 13 pages . . .

In that case, I only *estimate* that I feel sorry for you . . .

Don't treat it like a bad thing. It's a chance to form an opinion and make your case. Give 'em hell!

[SmileyBoy]

26. Good news!! 7 1/2 pages, 3,027 words!!

:bounce:

[SmileyBoy]

28. 8 pages and 3,225 words now!!

I've only got one more level of analysis to do, and the conclusion. Afterwards, I'll have to insert footnotes and headers.

[Robeson]

29. Wow. sorry SmileyBoy. I remember those days well...

...back when I was doing it, it was done on a typewriter. If I made a mistake, I had to pull out the correction liquid. The finished product always looked sloppy.

[Ladyhawk]

30. I commiserate. See my related post:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x4980553

God, I hate writing essays and term papers. I hate it. Hear me? HATE IT! HATE IT! HATE IT!

[SmileyBoy]

31. HALLELUJAH!!! State-level analysis is COMPLETE!!! 9 pages are done!!

3,748 words are completed!!!:bounce:

[SmileyBoy]

34. I'm almost done with the last section!!! Only the conclusion is left!!

10 1/2 pages done, 4,410 words!! Only 1 1/2 to 2 pages to go!!!:bounce:

[ScreamingMeemie]

35. You Can Do IT!!!

And, when you are done, could you come finish this appraisal report for me? :hi:

[SmileyBoy]

36. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA - NO.

:D