Man, you know how sometimes, you have to waste a certain amount of time before you can focus on your work? Yea, I get that a lot- it's like necessary braindead time. Like, I mean, I guess I could try to work before braindead time, but wouldn't get a whole lot of work done cuz my mind would wander. It's kinda like you have to prime your brain for efficient operation. So I guess in sense, it's not really "wasting" time, its more like getting the obligatory mind wandering out of the way before hw.

The exception to this is when I'm imminently screwed. Ok, like, you could say that I've got a penchant for procrastination. But when it's crunch-time, I can really kick it into high gear. Errrr... at least I used to be able to; my ability to function without sleep seems to be waning these days. =/ (I think it's cuz I don't get enough caffeine in my system these days.) But yea, generally, I work best when I can feel the noose tightening around my neck.