Seated at my desk with chemistry notes scattered to my left and the accompanying text book open on my right, I heave a sigh against the light of the computer screen.
"C'mon Dray, you can figure this out."
I snort at my own forced optimism as I move the mouse along a list of search results provided by Google. It's my latest attempt to wrangle some form of coherent answer from the assigned home work and the material presented; much like my previous efforts this one had seen little progress. After several minutes of searching I sigh again and exit out of the browser and closed my eyes for a moment to think. When they opened again something on the desk top caught my eye.
"Oh no you don't Emerson...you have way to much work to do." The voice popped into my head like the proverbial angel on the shoulder you see in old cartoons.
"Eh, what's a half hour break?"
"More like forty five to an hour bud. You know that game usually runs longer than thirty minutes."
League of Legends. A free, easy to learn online game and not an exactly mindless assassin of time. One could say when I'm frustrated or stressed I blow an hour or three on a distraction like this to help my thoughts reset or to just generally unwind. Unfortunately sometimes I distract/relax/unwind too much. The program's distinctive 'L' icon glowed on the screen like a yellow and gold beacon of hope yet I hesitated to commit with a double click.
"But I've been trying to figure this crap out for almost two hours now!" There's that frustration coming in and I can't quite keep the exasperation from showing.
"So? Suck it up son! This ain't high school no more."
"Bah, all work and no play...."
"Don't make me throw the book at you."
"Oh don't even start with the whole childish things shtick." I move the cursor away from the game's icon and clicked into my Internet browser instead. I figured maybe I could contact some of my friends on G Chat and pick their brains a little, maybe even set up something with the academic center if absolutely necessary.
"Good choice Emerson."
"Sod off."
"Hey! That wasn't very nice."
"Shut up will you? I'm trying to figure this out....."
Nice, very smooth, very insightful into procrastinator psychology.. You understand how dialogue works, have a good ear, waste no time with pointless verbs.
ReplyDeleteAnd, good to have Mel rescue you so you could do this pesky 162 stuff before dropping into the oblivion of L of L.
She was a life saver, that's for sure! Though I wouldn't call 162 pesky at all, I'm rather enjoying writing :)
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