Stress-free or care-free

I just realized how long it has been since one of my posts that is actually something worth posting other then reminders for myself or lists of stuff to do and what not. So I've been doing alot of thinking and writing and reading lately, and also with talking to a few friends, I've realized I'm an extremely weird person. Well, more like weird-case in terms of study and school wise. Let me put it this way, it seems like I'm the type of person who is never completely on track with my work, I always fall behind, I always slack off, but I get my work done. I rarely get stressed out, even before big tests or exams, I hardly ever study hard for any tests or exams, and my mark shows. Depending on who you are (the reader), my mark could be horrendous (hi mom, dad, people who get 90s, you see the pattern), or my mark could be excellent with the work and effort I put in. Now I hear people often stressing out about how they did on a test, always thinking back and talking ALOT with others about a particular question, I have always been the one who will check the textbook for a question and the answer, and leave it, I always avoid talking about a test/exam until I get it back. While I see everyone around me stressing out about a particular exam, I go on about my life. I would study, do my reading, but I won't be stressing out to a point of close to having a breakdown. When I need to do my papers, its either always do it VERY early, or the last couple of days before its due. Sometimes I would do bits and pieces of it over a period of time, but thats very rare. But when it comes down to crunch time, I get my work done. But putting myself in that crunch time work mode is the hard part. When exams and tests comes around, I'm in the same boat. I would study, do my reading, go over course notes and matierals, do my practice exams, redo the parts I have difficulty on, and move on. Others have commented I do not prepare at all, others have said I do not prepare enough, but I know for one thing, never has anyone said I am too well prepared. Which leads to another question, do I really not care about my results, or am I just not "programmed" to be the type that stresses out. I think its a combination of both among other variables. I choose not to stress myself out, knowing it won't help me at all, but I also acknowledge the fact that there have been times when I have "dogged" it. One thing is for sure, I am a rare breed in today's society where everyone seems to be stressing over one thing or another at any given time.

While I do not know the purpose of this blog, nor do I know the reason I wrote this, it helped me put my mind off studying and reading psychology for 10 minutes =D


Now a Wesley "long" blog MUST contain some sports (almost all baseball) talk, so here it goes.
-rumour has it former Jays GM Pat Gillick offered JP Bobby Abreu for Vernon Wells. Interesting offer, but given the fact that Abreu is older, and has more money left on his contract, Wells should be staying put.
-another rumour, it seems the Jays are front runners for the services of AJ Burnett, but with as many as 22 teams competiting for his services. it looks certain his services will not come cheaper than 10 million a season for at least 3-4 seaons
-one of the most interesting off-season for the Jays in awhile, this off-season could possibly "make or break" the Jays future in the next couple of years. with boston having its own troubles with the GM vacancy and possibility of losing a few key players, and the Evil Empire looking as weak as ever, this upcoming 2006 season could be the season the Jays make a push towards the playoffs. that being said, we are still a couple of players away.
-o'dog on his way out? interesting twist, blue jays reacquiring versatile IF John MacDonald. with 6 players and 4 IF spots available, it seems inevitable that one player will be moved. it seems it will be o'dog being moved to lure a power bat and having hill take over 2B. it will not be a popular trade if it happens, as o'dog is one of the more popular player, but "quality must be traded to acquire quality"
-looks like thome will be headed to an AL team. even though the phillies are not actively shopping jim thome, i'm guessing if the right opportunity came along, the DH slot in an AL team would be a perfect fit for him. only if his contract wasn't so large, maybe philly would swallow up parts of it...wells, followed by thome
-delgado on the block. interesting to see trade rumour going on regarding delgado's future. one year after leaving the jays, seems like typical toronto media to bring up the idea of bring him back to hit behind wells and florida carry part of the pay. highly unlikely in my opinion. JP made it very clear he wanted to unload delgado's contract when he arrived, it seems unlikely he would bring him back.
-personal sports pet-peeve, why must all these armchair GMs bring up ridiculous trade and write it as a rumour? you know the ones where you will have their favourite team getting rid of a player they don't want, and in return getting a player every team wants to get in return. i mean if toronto wants to trade eric hinske, you will not have the other 29 teams asking for his price, so what makes those "armchair GMs" thinking hinske plus batista will get you a bobby abreu?

Now that my sports part is as long as my "blog" part, i think it is time for me to wrap it up and go back to psych