It's not a good sign to have a writer's block in your own blog. I'm suppose to be able to rant, crack jokes, reminisce, comment about random inconsequential things. Yet... (*knock knock) I can't come up with anything.
There's a couple of things I can attribute this lack of brain juice to:
1. The iPhone
My brain has been over stimulated by this handy device, I can't tear my eyes off the puny screen for one bit. It now follows me to my place of inspiration (ie - the toilet), where I used to hatch ideas while squatting over the bowl among other things. I find it a chore to lift my fingers off the touch phone and even reach for the toilet paper now. With my eyes on the small screen, everything else comes in auto pilot mode - flushing, washing my hands, etc... (At least I think I washed my hands... Ho-hum..) Maybe you should think twice about ever touching my phone again. Muahahaha.
2. TV
With Masterchef, America's Next Top Model, New Girl, etc... various entertainment showing on TV, why would I wanna do anything else? It's far too tempting to sit on the couch and nua... Doesn't help that the food on Masterchef looks too darn good and makes me salivate constantly even though I've already eaten. As such, I'm growing fatter in front of the TV everyday. Catching all the different seasons of America's Next Top Model must have turned me dumber... but I couldn't will myself to stop. I "wanna be on top" and I reckon I needed to pick up some bitching skills. See, my favorite channels used to be Animal Planet and Discovery Channel... but these days, my desire to gain new knowledge have sizzled out with the very last reason...
3. S-C-H-O-O-L
Bah. Bah. Bah. Did I really think I loved writing essays this much? Give me something interesting to write about, something like sharks, diving, sports... etc, I'll gladly do it. How am I suppose to bull my way through about theories of communication? Quote the other academics... that should help to make up at least another 300 words out of a 2000 word essay.
Seriously, all you had to do is quote another smart guy, who quoted some other smart guy, who quoted another and another and another.. till you have no idea where the theory came from in the first place. For all you know, that last guy quoted the theory from the very first guy and it all goes in a circle. Hell, I could just throw in anything that sounds convincing and quote something out of context from a scholar and it could turn up in somewhere in somebody else's report. Just like how you could make up things in wikipedia.
And honestly, some assignments that are meant to be fun is made a total killjoy by lecturers. I'd love to write a review about a professional theatrical performance that I've watched but the criteria and window period is just ludicrous. How many interesting theatrical plays do you think you can find in a span of 10 days? For an assignment that is due in Dec, do you think we can remember it in detail by the end of this week? And I'm so tied up for cash right now, do you seriously think I'd fork out at least 30 bucks to watch a play just to complete this assignment? As if the school would reimburse me for having to pay to do the assignment which I'm unlikely to score well in anyway. With the stringent marking scheme (highest in class for a particular assignment is 14/20), I'm less than motivated to spend too much time in it. I suspect those jackasses mark upon a perfect score of 75%. I doubt they would even score well if they were to mark their own work.
Argh... just finish the damn thing already so that I can get back to Masterchef and see some happy food! Woots.
Hah. For somebody that started off with nothing to write about... I sure found my pent up anger and energy.
Till I rant again... (needa go check on my pets in the iphone now). Ciaoz.
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