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[chess]

I appear to be entirely incapable of working. Instead of working I have been sitting around on #larp and basically sitting on the internet reading porn. (My definition of 'porn' in relation to 'reading porn on the internet' is anything that I read for no particular purpose except immediate distraction.)

I think I may fail my exams. (Where Fail = Get a 2.2, because I already know enough to get a 2.2 whether I do any work or not.) This prospect does not fill me with the requisite amount of horror; lots of people appear to survive significantly worse jobs than I'm likely to get coming out of Cambridge with a 2.2 in Computer Science. I am just not good with stress, and tend to react to the general Exam Doom Vibes by being mentally paralysed and incapable of doing anything useful rather than being encouraged to do work. (Actual Work Deadline Doom Stress, as tested by the Group Project, seems to actually inspire me to get stuff done, so I should be okay when I get out of this place.)

I guess this summer I'll find out whether I am really going to be all right when I get out of here, or whether I'm just completely doomed.

Comments

[edith-the-hutt.livejournal.com]

PORN!!!

O_O

Oh and wait until panic attacks set in three days before exams. That usually translates to insane amounts of work.

[requiem-17-23.livejournal.com]

shutupshutupshutup! :P

*works*

[adamosity.livejournal.com]

If you come to the states, you'll get a good job simply because of a degree from Cambridge, 2:2 or not.

[chess]

Unfortunately, that requires being anywhere near your crazy country with all of the insane Americans. And I'm not sure there's anywhere in the States that the climate won't kill me; it's getting on for deadly here, and it's always been milder over here.

[adamosity.livejournal.com]

Seattle/Portland is very similar to London weather-wise. San Francisco has very odd weather, but generally mild.

[king-of-wrong.livejournal.com]

There's no way I can say this without sounding conceited, so I won't even try.

You shouldn't be filled with horror at the prospect of a 2ii because it's pretty much completely irrelevant - the number of jobs that actually care can be counted on one hand, and most of those won't even care once you've a year or two's work experience. In any case, three years after graduation you trade up to an (unclassified) MA, making the BA class irrelevant.