Why Do You Waste My Time?

I ask myself that question pretty much every time I try to do a homework assignment (which I'm making a valiant attempt to do now). Thanks world, for requiring me to use the biggest f***ing time waster (the internet) to do my homework. Thanks.

This is actually ridiculous. I have a paper to write, but I need to watch a movie on YouTube to do this paper. And the internet here is too slow to watch videos right away on, so I need to wait for them to load. What would YOU do if you had about 10 minutes of free time ON THE INTERNET? The answer is goof off. Facebook. Googling (still can't believe that's a household word) people's names. Blogging (teehee). There are a million ways to waste time on the internet, and it's not cool that I need to do my homework on it. I'm much better off if I unhook my ethernet cord so I can't get online.

Take right now, for example. It's about 3 AM. I have a paper do in 14 hours. I have a large deal of work ahead of me before then. And I want to sleep somewhere in there. What am I doing? Blogging. Researching Google docs (long story). Having to use the internet to do this assignment right now (also, my ADD medication has worn off, so I can not focus for the life of me).

I do not see a cure for this though. I think the internet will always be a huge distraction for literally everyone. Hell, this blog is a blog about being distracted on the internet during class. This is just an issue we (the internet folk) need to learn to deal with. But how? There is no way to unplug parts of the internet, especially in college.

They call this generation the ADD generation. No shit. The internet is this generation. No wonder none of us can focus or get any work done. The internet has just gone into full swing, and it is insanely distracting. Even if you're doing work and trying your hardest not to get distracted, you will (especially if you are using Wikipedia). There's no avoiding it.

And while we learn things, it still becomes a problem. I have a paper to write. I'm sure that half of you (all 4 of my readers) have something else you should be doing, but you're not because it's the internet. But I ramble.

What is really blowing my mind is that while I'm distracted, not a single distraction is counter-productive today (tonight, whatever). If I didn't have to wait for this campus's horrible internet to load this video, I'd probably be getting work done. But since I have to wait, I get sidetracked doing other work. Now even work is a distraction from work. Because it's so easy for me to just make a new tab and start reading about Google (Skynet) and the Google (Skynet) Apps for businesses (working for The Brick makes me feel special).

Again, I ramble.

I don't have a list to write this time. I'm really pressed for time here.

Song:

Sam's Town by The Killers. Probably my favorite song by them.

Now to write that paper...