I can't actually access twitter on my phone so I started texting tweets with a hashtag #libraryobservations (which I later found out didn't even make it to my twitter profile). I didn't want to link my computer up to the internet, because I'd just sit on Facebook and it would completely defeat the object of why I left my bedroom. However, these observations we're an excellent form of procrastination, which totally distracted from what I was trying to achieve by going to the library. At 20p a pop I decided to stop tweeting and instead started typing into a word document; satisfying two things – saving me money and making it look I was doing a lot of work (which seemed to be really annoying the girl sat opposite me).
For those who don't know, a tweet is a message of only 140 characters. Hashtags (# followed by a word) are used on twitter I presume to aid searching for trending topics (words or phrases that lots of people are tweeting about). Most of these weren't actually tweeted, but they are all under 140 characters (not including the timestamp, I added that for your benefit). You can follow me on twitter at http://twitter.com/minimarshmallow
03:37pm: Going for the @hexachordal and philosophy combination again, but in the library this time. Let's get this essay done :)
03:51pm: A guy in front of me is watching a YouTube video of a person dancing and he looks disturbingly like Tash's brother #libraryobservations
03:55pm: The Chinese girl in front of the YouTube guy has the tiniest Netbook I've ever seen #libraryobservations #notprocrastinating
04:01pm: These seats aren't very comfortable #libraryobservations
04:03pm: The girl opposite me doesn't seem to like it if I knock the table while shifting my chair #libraryobservations
04:10pm: On second thoughts, that might not be a Netbook, looks a bit like one of those mini DVD-players #libraryobservations
04:16pm: There seem to be an inadequate number of plug sockets around this place #libraryobservations
04:19pm: Orange, yellow, green and malachite… shame my essay isn't on art (#currentlylistening Indigo – Tom Milsom) #notprocrastinating
04:21pm: There are an abundance of litter bins though; and yet there seems to be a lot of litter on windowsills #libraryobservations
04:23pm: I only have three hundred words left to do #progress
04:26pm: The girl opposite me seems to be procrastinating almost as much as I am #libraryobservations
04:28pm: Favourite @hexachordal song just came on (#currentlylistening Jake's Song – Tom Milsom)
04:35pm: Just realised that if I close all of the background applications on my laptop then the battery will last longer #idiot
04:35pm: I also need the loo but last time I went in the library the toilets were awful #libraryobservations
04:37pm: Haha the girl opposite me is trying too hard to make it look like she is doing lots of work because I just started typing furiously #libraryobservations
04:38pm: Due in tomorrow and I dislike this essay. I may go home and completely reorganise what I've already written #makingthingsdifficult
04:43pm: I don't speak Chinese, but her tone makes me think that Lady Gaga is just odd in all languages #libraryobservations
05:01pm: Time to completely re-format this essay :) yay for my own idiocy and perfectionism
05:02pm: I'm sure I went to high school with him! #kitchenobservations
06:06pm: Let's not talk about hardcore porn over the kitchen table please guys #kitchenobservations
07:07pm: I skyped my dad and my best friend is there #lifeisgood
07:19pm: My dad is dissing naps and Tash is taking my side. This woman is my soulmate #marriedlife
07:39pm: "I'll hire a hot actor to be your nurse" And I get to pay for it do I Tash? #marriedlife
07:41pm: "Do me a favour, when I get old and decrepit will you put me down?" Gladly Tash, and I might not even wait till you get old. #marriedlife
08:03pm: I didn't even say anything philosophical, it was just basic logic. "Erm… we're from Skem, we don't know what logic is!" #marriedlife
08:04pm: "Isn't that what you put in your washing machine bio-logic-al" #family
08:18pm: Tash is the loudest person I know, and yet I can't hear her on Skype! "Well if you open your window…"
08:41pm: The only reason I am writing at this point is because I'm not allowed that bar of chocolate until I finish #notprocrastinating
09:43pm: I've been writing this essay with double spacing for so long I forgot what 1.15 spacing looks like!
10:30pm: When you walk into the kitchen and it smells like brownies, you know you lucked out in the flatmate department :)
10:53pm: I've hit stalemate with my essay, so I have printed a copy and I'm taking the scissors to it to try and rearrange it :)
11:09pm: I threw out a paragraph. This is going well.
I know that this post is not what you're used to. But in case you didn't notice from that ^ I'm working on an essay. Also, after deciding I didn't like the format and having an overhaul I then spent two hours and three sheets of paper trying to change it to something I liked better, before deciding to revert back to the original format.
I tweet more than I post to Facebook because my Facebook friends get a little bit annoyed if I post more than 30 updates in one afternoon. In my opinion, Twitter is made for spamming and it also helps my inner thoughts get out to a bigger audience, but at the consequence of tweets being less personal (I could write a whole post about contrasting my attitudes to Facebook and Twitter at this point, but I have an essay to write so I'll make a note about this for later).
Deadline is in 14 and a half hours. I'm still going but I should have it finished in the next hour (if I stop procrastinating on my blog that is).
HAHA I just got this twitter @reply:
@minimarshmallow Hello, need any help with your essay? You are just one click away from help! http://ow.ly/38w5g" Seriously?
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