Doors

I hate that slamming door sound.
You know, the one that always blasts into your ears when someone signs off on AIM. It's not even a gentle closing door, it's an all-out, shatter the wood slam. 
That slamming says to me, 
"Sorry, but I'm closing the door on our possible conversation."
All the inside jokes that could have been made, the heartfelt confessions that only blaring computer screens can provide, hell, our conversation could have lead to a cure for cancer. It doesn't matter if it's an obscure name that has been on my list for so long I don't even remember who it is (but it's probably that one friend I made at that camp I went to for one summer), just knowing that person forcefully shut the door on a possible exchange of thoughts and life stories...well, that just depresses me. 
That's why, instead of a door-slam sound, I have a door Opening sound play when I sign off. This way, people don't feel like they're getting a door closed in their face but instead feel like they are stepping through an open door, into a mindset filled with the possibliity that we can talk later...
 
Which we will. As soon as I sign back on. (I have a chicken cluck for that). 

Defense

The best defense in life is never fighting a pikachu. 

Five Stages of Writing an Essay

1. Denial and Isolation:
"No, I can't go anywhere today, I have to go back to my room for the next six hours and write this essay...I can't believe I didn't start it yesterday, I really had meant to..."

2. Anger:
"How can Professor Generic expect us to write a seven page paper on excruciating subject 1 in only two days!? I don't know anything about the topic!"

3. Bargaining:
"Ok, I'll write two pages now, get some lunch, and write the rest after...or maybe, I can write three pages now, get lunch, AND have time to watch "Awsome Sitcom" before finishing..."

4. Depression:
"*Sigh* I'm never going to finish this- I mean, that's it, I'm going to fail the class, and I'll never graduate college (over-reacting, etc.)..."

5. Acceptance:
"Alright, I just gotta get this done- I can do this..."




I'm currently going through stage 4 right now...(*stupid financial deregulation paper*)