Editors' rant: The art of procrastination

Web ed: Boo for the printer... no print edition of The Zine today =(
We also fixed up a fatal error to do with an apostrophe... the editor has been slapped for not proofreading thoroughly and allowing such a shocker to get through. Perhaps it's a good thing the printer was down? If you download the print ed (PDF) try and spot it - the editor who wrote it is particularly upset because bad grammar, spelling and punctuation is a pet peeve of hers. Anyhoo... onto the real story:

Hi everybody! (waits for unison response… “Hi Dr. Nick”). It’s Week 2 - yay, it’s Monday - boo, but it’s beach day - yay. That does mean that you will start off today with 4 straight classes (fingers crossed you have spares somewhere in between). So yes, that’s bad. But then again… you do get to knock off early - that’s good!

Today we thought we’d focus on a craft that your editors’ have had no problems in fully mastering - the art of procrastination. What’s that… we shouldn’t be using words with more than 4 syllables? Basically for those who are unfamiliar with the term, it is defined as: “To put off doing something, especially out of habitual carelessness or laziness”.

So the burning question is how does one procrastinate? Well, there are many ways to pass time while you are avoiding doing something else… some of the following from our favourite stash which might strike a chord with you include:
• Just one more game of online poker
• Just one more episode of Grey’s Anatomy
• Just one more Tim Tam
• Just a 10 minute powernap
And while all of these methods are great, there is a super-weapon now available if you are in great need of procrastination. Its name is Facebook. In fact, there is a “If procrastination were a subject, I’d be top of my class” group for those who are really keen. Oops, better stop procrastinating… MUST. FINISH. ZINE.

- Sheryl & Jen