Sleepless Night.

Went 36 hours without sleep yesterday. Advertising assignment in which I had to create three different posters. Now, the work itself, in a pure, solid chunk, only took at most 4 hours. The reason I had to go through Monday night without sleep was simple. Procrastination. Tuesday being the due day, I had to rush. The Adobe Creative suite DVD my friend passed to me wouldn't work on my laptop, and so I had to go to the cybercafe (thankfully its only 1.50 an hour), download the program, install it, then, since I was there, do it. They turned out well enough, and in fact, I was quite pleased with the second one.

In any case, the whole thing was done and finished in time, although printing was something of a rush. Went home at 9, took a bath, changed, then headed out again. Somehow I think this won't be the last occurance of late night grinds through assignments. The whole thing reminds me of my computer project back in Form 5... Had a long grace period of two weeks after the deadline to finish it. Me being me, I left it until the last day, then rushed through it the whole evening. My database didn't work as planned, and most of the stuff I typed was mindless drivel. All that being said, I got it done.

Imagine my surprise when the teacher passes it back and says: "Anand, I'm very disappointed." Got my project back, and bam, 38/50. For rushed, last minute work that doesn't function the way I wanted it too... 38/50 was a good grade. Heck, I got higher than the majority of the class. Like then, I'm reminded of the lesson I told myself I'd learn.

If I just do my work when its given, rather than at the last minute, I'm pretty sure it'll end up pretty damn good. At least, so I hope, considering that I've never given that a shot. I find that the only way I can work, and work efficiently, is under pressure. Hopefully that's not really the case, as, frankly, I'd hate to go another 36 plus hours without sleep.

Ah well. College.

Cheers.