3 posts tagged “wired”
If there is one thing I fervently believe in it is the fruitful benefits of procrastination. Procrastination doesn't always leave you with the most comfortable situation at the end of the rope, but the key is to make your procrastination productive. What you end up getting is hours of constructive, meaningful activities while putting off that one thing that you really don't want to do. How about that!
Naturally this comes to mind in the wired 5:30 AM brain of a second semester senior trying to finish her paper on Dutch and Flemish painting, but hey! Here are the top 10 steps that will ensure the most productive procrastination possible, give or take a few moments of "there is no way I can finish this by tomorrow". Huzzah!:
1. Do 50 Jumping Jacks
2. Floss your teeth!
3. Make a cup of coffee and pretend like you woke up early to see the sunrise.
4. Write e-mails to long distance friends that you miss, and if necessary, call them and 'squee' to them how much you miss them (if it's not too late at night)
5. Check AIM to see if anyone else is even alive at this hour
6. Eat a piece of cold pizza that you found abandoned in the living room
7. Clean your room to create a more viable 'thinking space'
8. Listen to Seu Jorge, the Amelie soundtrack, and Kings of Convenience to retain a calm state of mind
9. Reassure yourself that in a week and a half, it'll all be done. It'll all be over.
10. Take three confident sips of coffee, put on your bear hat, and work till its done!
Oh, and its not like I need to make a point of this any longer, but re-blogging is absolutely too convenient:
The two magazines I subscribe to are wired and flaunt. I encountered both initially on one of my bi-monthly magazine hunts (which usually takes place at Fry's Electronics or Borders). I have this addiction where I will go to the large magazine racks and scavange for covers that intreigue me, usually in the art/design/nerd sections. Sometimes I'll pick up four or five obscure magazines that cost way to much, but are worth the purchase for inspiration and wall hang ups.
The first time I saw wired this cover was shown. I'm a total sucker for Japanese anything, and at the time was pretty deep in some Animes, Mangas, and RPG Video Games (*snort*). Naturally, an awesome cover with a gleaming Anime mecha-babe on it made me instantly grab the issue. After I read through it from front to back, I knew I needed to get this magazine every month. Now I have to fight with my siblings and dad for my issue because they like it too.
The first time I saw flaunt was when Brad Pitt was the featured celebrity. I had (okay, I have) an über crush on Mr. Pitt (yeah, like everybody else) and Flaunt's combination of sleek design and excellent photography grabbed me. It's a little more pricey than your average celeb/fashion magazine, but the price is worth it. You get great articles on pop culture, whats hip, and all the new legitamately interesting movies, music, and gallery showings in all of the big cities. While I'm sure their topics are propelled by whatever sponsors they have (like every other magazine) I feel as though Flaunt makes an effort to weed out any flop material. They always have two covers to their issues; the front one being a design/artistic piece and the one behind the front displaying the featured celebrity of the issue.
My good friend Tom sent me this
link to read. The first part is in reference to some other
article he wrote, but the list of ten things towards the end has some
good stuff. Plus, I really loved his statement about hipsters:
Conformity through consumption is the name of the game these days. What
is a hipster, after all, other than a successful slave to the dictates
of the pop culture police? A ponce like that isn't going to stick his
neck out for anything. What? And risk having some baton-wielding cop
break his iPod? I mean, how annoying is that?
Disclaimer: I quote this because I think its entertaining. Hipsters, I still less than three you.
