What is WRONG with me?!

[matt1993]

Okay, you see, my SAT is tomorrow and I have been practicing essay prompts with pathvain_aelien. I was originally going to use an example from The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck to support my thesis in today's essay, but then when I got to the paragraph I was going to talk about it in, I said "In The Good Earth..." and then talked about The Lord of the Flies by William Golding as if I were absolutely sure Buck and Golding made an agreement to switch their names and the names of their books. Good thing I noticed it before time ran out...

WHAT THE BEAT COPING GNAT WAS I THINKING?!?!

Anycattlenotingway, here's the obligatory quiz:

How geeky are you?

You are not really Geeky!

You may like a few things that are geeky, but overall you aren’t really much of a geek.

Oh yeah? Well, I know the last digit of pi! It's...uh...green.

Get the conch

Comments

[rovanda.livejournal.com]

Just remember to keep breathing :)

Good luck!

[matt1993]

Keep breathing? What does that have to do with anything?

And you wished me good luck after the SAT started. But fortunately, before it ended.

[rovanda.livejournal.com]

My timing's never been that good :-p

When I'm stressed, my breathing gets shallow and I can't think as well. If I can remember to breathe slowly and deeply, my brain gets more oxygen, I think better, and often start to feel less stressed too. When I'm really focused on something and concentrating, I actually hold my breath unconsciously and generally get a headache unless I remember to breathe.

Kinda weird, I know, but it seems to happen to other people too. In yoga class, the teachers are always reminding people to breathe because a lot of people tend to hold their breath while doing difficult poses.

[matt1993]

Ah.