Morning Suprises.

I have my first term paper due this coming Wednesday. How prepared am I for this paper, you ask? Nicht soviel. The paper consists of an analysis of two novels (Darkness at Noon and Brave New World), as well as developing a definition of totalitarianism and discussing its prevalence in Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia. These are essentially four questions that could each, easily, be answered in their own 10-15 page papers.... but we have to find a way to cram concise answers to each question into one cohesive 10-15 page paper. I finished reading both of the books when I got back from Scandinavia, which was two weeks before the paper's due, so I figured I would be good. But then time just happened to sneak up on me! I started a brief outline for it on Wednesday, but couldn't really go into too many specifics because of a lack of materials. And then Thursday just turned into a fail of school productivity, but a success of personal productivity (and those days are always so rewarding). Friday we went to Sachsenhausen, a concentration camp on the outskirts of Berlin. It was one of the FU BEST excursions, and was probably the only time they've actually let us go off on our own. It was wonderful! I got more of an intense feel from Sachsenhausen than I did from Auschwitz purely based on the fact that I was only with two other people, and not crammed into a group of people. So yay for Fu BEST finally letting us explore on our own, and not forcing us into embarrassingly large tour groups! After that, I grabbed some lunch with some people, and took a nap. Then a friend had a party... and I slept in a little too much on Saturday than I should have! I was still able to get a lot of work done on my paper though, and ended up with a 5 page long outline, full of quotes and all sorts of good stuff! I had to go see a movie for my film class that night, and stupid s-bahn construction ended up getting me there late.... which means that I have to see the movie tonight. So, just a brief recap, tomorrow I have due: field report for history, field report for cinema, outline for cinema research paper, and Term paper for totalitarian due Wednesday. And because of some rather stupid personal decisions, I've got to cram this all into today, Sunday. Which means, going to a museum, writing about said museum, writing at least 8 pages of my paper, outlining another paper, going to a movie, and writing about said movie. Oh, and did I mention the museum takes an hour or so to get to and from? This leads me to the point of this procrastinatory blog (yes, that's a word I just made up). I woke up this morning (from a terrifying dream, I might add) to find that it was not 8:45, as I'd set my alarm for, but in fact it was 7:45! Sweet ignorance about day lights saving awarded me with an extra hour to get everything done today! I couldn't have been happier when I figured it out :) Unfortunately... it's now 16:45, the film starts in two hours, and I'm nowhere near as close to being done with my to do list as I should be. In any case, I'm still glad I got that extra hour :)

Post Script: Today is one of those days where I have so much to do that writing 12 pages of a 15 page paper means I don't get to check it off my list, thereby making it seem like I've done absolutely nothing all day.