procrastination...

is a real issue for me. i somehow can't seem to get motivated to work on a project until the last few days (sometimes THE day) before it's due. its not that i forget, or dont have time to work on it...every day that i have time to work, i think about it and tell myself to go work...but i end up using my time for better, more important(ok, thats a lie) things-like, lets say, taking pictures of food? i know this sounds irresponsible, it is BUT i honestly feel like unless i am motivated to do work...it will end up turning out like shit. im not saying that im ONLY motivated when it comes down to the last minute, if im really excited about a project i might get it done early?...or lets say start working on it earlier, but realizing a project is due in 24 hours sure is a motivating force that cant be ignored. now, i realize that in art, there are just some things that you CANT do at the very last minute, trust me, I KNOW. still, i hope some of you will agree that even if you do start a project early, lots of times you arent finished until right before the minute it is due. as artists (of whatever form) a lot of us are perfectionists-i personally, am never completely satisfied with a project--usually its done because its time to turn it in. therefore, answer me this--WHY oh WHY are the computer labs only open until 9:30? there are only certain labs with certain programs (and God knows none of us are financially able to buy any of those couple hundred dollar programs), and those certain labs also have classes held in them throughout the day--therefore, you are only able to work in them outside of class for a few hours each day. For example, tomorrow (thats wednesday) open lab hours are from 11-11:30 am and 8:18-9:30 pm. WHAT?! thats a total of ONE hour and 48 minutes folks. ridiculous-ESPECIALLY if youre working with a program that youre not very familiar with yet-it simply is just not enough time. Between work, and classes, more than two hours a day is going to be needed. Baker systems lab is open 24 hours, so why isnt there a 24 hour lab for art students? on behalf of all the procrastinators, perfectionists and down right POOR art students, i ask you, osu computer lab hour operator, GIVE US A LITTLE GRACE, HUH?

now, on to how food ties in with all this...(?)

after getting fed up with working on my project, (so i left a half hour before the lab closed, shoot me), i came back to have dinner with christopher and jt. after a long time trying to figure out where to eat (conditions: not too expensive, not too heavy, not too bad for you), we decided to go to oodles. on the plus side, there was a lot to choose from-rice dishes, pan fried noodles, noodle soups, dumplings, spring rolls, etc., lots of vegetarian options, fair prices, and quick and friendly service. honestly though, the meal all together was rather lack luster (ive been wanting to use that word for a really long time now). the spring rolls (both vegetarian and with meat) may have been good, but they were too oily to tell and both the noodles and rice dishes that we tried (shrimp pad thai, vegetarian delight over rice and shanghai noodles) were just....eh. the worst part of the meal for me, was i was horribly unsatisfied at the end of it. i was full, but wanted a salad, or something that wasnt soaked in oil or sauce to say "the end" to my meal. unfortunately for jt and christopher, im a horrible complainer and they didnt hear the end of it until...we got dairy queen! (i know...nice salad to end my meal) now, dairy queen may not be my favorite ice cream place (we have been over this ice cream makes me sick but i continue to eat it anyways) but they never disappoint. my kit-kat blizzard was great, sickeningly great. and im sure jt and chris's snickers blizzard (they got the same thing AND theyre brothers?! how cute) were great too...i was just too busy engulfing mine to be polite and ask about theirs. so...i guess the lesson for today is...i wouldnt recommend oodles...but i wouldnt NOT recommend oodles, and dairy queen is a sweet creamy end to any meal! (seriously, if any of you made it through all that i am thoroughly impressed)


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snickers blizzard snugglin up to kit kat blizzard