Geneseo Day

Keith and I went to Geneseo today as planned. I slept through my alarm set for 1130 so keith woke me up at 1230 and we left fifteen minutes later. It was good to see Ben, especially by surprising him with a random visit, and it was good to escape Alfred. We played some poker, because that's our style, and I won both games, even by playing my cards blind against Ben, because it was fun and I'm just that good. Don't you question me! I have three tests next week that are pressuring me because I've not done much yet and I feel unprepared. I wrote that poem below a few hours ago, but I've been thinking about it for a while. Every word was carefully chosen, so every line has meaning, which is how we deciphered Levine's poems. I'm very happy with it; I think it's deep, well written, structured... it's the best I've done. I love criticism though, so feel free to tell me what you think, got from it, whatever. But now I have to write a rough draft for our essay, due tomorrow. Mark isn't doing it, for he is angered by Yanda's ways and grading. It's always humorous to talk to him. I just watched Gladiator, with Nick and Mark, which is amazing. Neal is coming home this weekend from Vermont, so I'd like to see him, but I don't want to go home. I was home last weekend, and I want to stay in Alfred this weekend, whether it's from work I have to do or fatigue from traveling or something else. I told him I'd try to find a way home, but I've since decided I don't want to, so hopefully he'll have to drive himself here. I hope that's not selfish. Anyways, I've found myself in the balance between temptation and pressure lately, so I'm trying to win it for the good of my future. Damn my procrastination and sleep schedule! Even when Friday comes, I'm given no rest from the imminent work that lies before me, and follows me into my sleep. Okay, it doesn't go that far, but I seriously have a lot of reading and studying to do. I need to be more Ben-like and do work consistently. I'm pretty tired right now, but I'm going to at least outline my rough draft, so I can finish my rough draft by 3 pm tomorrow. I haven't really been in writing blog moods lately, which is why I haven't. I hope nobody has lost any sleep over it.