I'm sorry to admit that this blog has become more about my pursuit of beating the laziness and procrastination bug than anything else. But I believe that this is a good thing. I would much rather get my work done on time and talk about it for a little while on this page than to not get my work done and fume about how it was other people's faults besides my own. I feel myself realizing more and more how important the grade I get now are going to be in the long run.

I am sometimes frustrated with my parents, because I don't think they can tell that I'm take a turn for the better, that I'm working harder. I just wish they would commend me more for the things I have done rather than my imperfections. Today was great example of this. I told my dad that I got an A+ on an English quiz. He didn't look up from his book and just said "nice job". But when I told him that I forgot my jacket in my math class, he went on a ten minute long lecture about how I always forget things. But I'm happy with myself for now. I pat myself on the back and say "nice job, Sean".

I think today I am suffering from severe writer's block. Anything that I use to be able to write for ages about has gone away. The imagination well has dried up. I am officially mentally retarded when it comes to writing. I think I need to find a more steady work and study habit. Here are the goals.
- Find a constant place to do homework
- Write everything down in my agenda
- Take advantage of the weekend to get ahead
- Do the homework the night it is assigned

Procrastination

In order to silence my critics who believe I write too little, I'm going to write about something that genuinely interests me. Procrastination has always been my worst habit. Ever since the sixth grade I have put off large projects and essays until the very last day, hoping with every fiber in my body that I do well on it or the due date is extended. And even when the due date is extended, I always seem to be hunched over this keyboard at ten o'clock at night, once again hoping that the latest project would not be due. What is it about me that causes me to put off this important work? Why don't I see the error of my ways the first time and move on from their? Perhaps it is that I don't see the importance of hard work, or that I underestimate the amount of work it will take. As soon as I get projects assigned, I gauge how long it will take, or how long I can put it off before I hit last minute panic mode.

I believe this horrid habit has a direct correlation with me just being plain lazy. Although I work very hard on concentrating on the task at hand, I always seem to get bored. I make that excuse many times, saying that it is uninteresting. What I need to start reminding myself is that I don't have a choice about what I study, I just need to do it. I need to realize that if I work hard now, in the long run it will pay off tremendously. One of my new personal favorite quotes, one I will add onto my quotes list is:

HARD WORK OFTEN PAYS OFF AFTER TIME,
BUT LAZINESS ALWAYS PAYS OFF NOW

I think that I need to keep my goals in sight, keep my eye on the prize, and just continue to remind myself that one day all the hard work that I do now will soon pay off. From here on out, I will make sure that I am a beacon of hard work and justice (I only said justice because it sounded dramatic). From now on I will no longer procrastinate, or make the "uninteresting" excuse to myself. This blog post will be a record of this promise I have made to myself at 6:49 on February 13 of 2008. I will not let myself down.

West Side Story vs. Romeo and Juliet

There were several very prominent similarties between the video West Side Story and Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet". To start, they both have two separate groups. In Romeo and Juliet it was the Capulets and the Montagues battling. In West Side Story it was the two playground gangs, the Jets and the Sharks. They both are declared arch enemies, although in West Side Story, the Sharks are a new nemesis for the fabled Jets of the west side neighborhoods of Manhattan. The similarities do not stop at the characters either. There are also several comparisons to be made about the layout of the story. Both of the stories began with the introduction of the two rivals, and the interaction between the two escalates into a fight, although one is larger than the other. In "Romeo and Juliet" people are killed and the fighting is at swordpoint to the death. In West Side Story it meerly becomes a small scuffle. It may have grew into something larger but the policeman and investigator broke it up.