I was warned by my friend David that "procrastination is bad for your health." I didn't listen to his advice, but can anyone blame me? Is procrastination even a choice? I mean really people. It just takes over when the perfect combination of monotone voices, simplistic content, and the world of endless distractions just one click away. It's a lethal combination.
Most college students have mastered the art of what I will term procrastiparticipation. Procrastiparticipation is the act of procrastinating while actively giving the appearance of participation. This "participation" comes in the form of looking up from ones computer on average every 7 seconds, intervalled with a 1 second pause in typing, and then resuming. This three step process gives the impression that you are paying attention, taking notes, and pondering what the professor is presenting to you. The ratio of computer to teacher glances can drastically decrease when the professor turns their back to you. It is to you benefit if you can nod or emit a slight "hmmm," but be careful, only experienced procrastiparticipators should attempt this because it could get you into a question you may not know the answer to. Also, I am told that females are better at this then males. They can focus on various things at once, while males will forget to go through steps 1 and 2 (looking up and pausing typing) although this claim is still in the midst of further research.
This is the situation I find myself in right now. It's 9:45 a.m. and I am sitting in my Conservation and Human Rights course. Past weeks have taught me that 6 hours of class would be a battle of stamina, so I grabbed some NutriSnack cookies and filled up my Nalgene for sustenance before coming to class. I could tell you about what we are learning, but I would rather give you information that is way more relevant to your life and mine at this moment. No that photosynthesis isn't relevant. I mean, where would we be without it? But I'm pretty sure you will be just fine without a review in High Shool Bio.
First things first. Check out this video. It was written by a guy names Human, and the lyrics are provoking.
Imagine Human meeting aliens:
-Hi, I'm Human.
~gReeEtiNgSsss HuMAaan. WaaAt eeeeS yOurr NamE?
-Human.
~HuMAAn, wAaaAtt Eees YouRR NamE?
-Human
*Aliens get frustrated and laser blast him. KABOOM!*
The lyrics are even more impacting after you have visited a banana plantation that DOLE purchases from. I can 95% guarantee you that we have all eaten a banana from this exact plantation. Makes you ask lots of questions when pesticide planes are flying over you treating your food with chemicals that are landing on school playgrounds, on workers, and in nearby water sources. It makes you think even more when you follow up this visit by hiking 4 hours in the rain through the Caribbean rainforest until you reach a permaculture farm in the middle of nowhere that uses and re-uses everything, including human caca! So neat!
In case you don't know permaculture is derived from the words permanent and culture. It means an agricultural system intended to be sustainable and self sufficient.
The owner of Punta Mona, the farm we visited, is Stephen Brooks. He is the founder of Kopali organic products which you can find at Whole Food's. I put more new things into my mouth on a square foot of his permaculture farm in the rainforest than I have ever seen in my life. Let me just say, we are not taking advantage of the nature around us in the U.S. like we could be. Mama nature has so much to give us!
For example Jack fruit. It's the largest tree born fruit and can literally reach the size of two soccerballs. It's filamenty and slimy on the inside and has a slippery texture in your mouth. The taste was new, so I can't describe it to you, but it's an acquired one. Anything edible right from nature is worth acquiring though I think. Ok I realize that, I may regret that statement later....
Well I better get back to class. Thanks for the 15 minute distraction. On to anaerobic respiration and Botox! Woohoo!
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