anything but studying.

Have you ever noticed how, whenever you have to study, you feel an innate urge to do, well, just about anything BUT study? For example, just now I looked up the word “innate” to make sure it wasn’t misspelled (“misspelled” itself being a commonly misspelled word). I didn’t really have to do it, but I did.

Before I even started the second paragraph, I managed to venture into the German Wikipedia, and it’s entry for the Icelandic language. Interesting enough for me, as an Icelander, and a very nice article as well, having been article of the day or whatever the German equivalent is. Shame I don’t understand much beyond basic German. Are you wondering how I got to that article? So am I.

It’s wonderful. You can think of the most preposterous things to do. Clean your room, which I did several times before my IBO exams last spring, organize things, or even cut your toenails (did mine two days ago). Actually sitting down and reading is, well, hard! But don’t get me wrong – it’s not as if there is a complete lack of motivation. True, I’m not as motivated as I could be for the upcoming exams (20th and 23rd), but I am motivated none the less. And I do read. It’s just that there are these things that get in the way. And when they do, it’s as if my brain is simply incapable of saying; “Uhm, no, you have better things to do.”

Tonight, I’ve managed to create a Flickr account, uploaded about 20+ pictures, and organized them to the extent that you can see where they were taken on a map of the world with an error margin of about 20-30 meters. I for one think that is absolutely fantastic. I’ve also played around with my devART account, updating my profile, added a couple of favorites, and made a few comments here and there.

And I think it says a lot that in the past three days, when of course, I should have been studying hard, I have made three blog posts to this site as well as create pages about me and my photos. There’s no doubt in my mind that this one-post-a-day stuff will not keep going for long. Especially once exams finish and everyone in this town will hit the bottle, hard.

My only question is; how will I do on Saturday?