It’s 10:23 p.m. on a Thursday night. I’m sitting in front of a blank screen on my computer contemplating whether or not I should start my next column, which is due in about an hour, or study for my upcoming midterm. I think long and hard on what I should do, when all of a sudden a thought enters my mind: “CSI” re-runs are on tonight!

I turn my television on, eager to involve myself into another episode of suspense and mind-games. My homework will get done, eventually. I promise. I planned on getting back to my homework after the show, but something else caught my attention: Did you know that after 10 p.m., TV Land plays marathons of Fresh Prince?

I am a master when it comes to procrastination. I can do the most random things to stay off track, and I love it. I could clean my apartment, wash my laundry and figure out how to cure cancer before I would start my homework. Even with procrastination, I pretty much get my stuff together when needed. Finishing a task or an assignment without distractions has always been really difficult for me. Procrastination is all too present in my life.

It’s the way I get things done, successfully. I mean, come on. This column was due last week. It’s my own all-too-famous creed that eliminates any possibility to accomplish anything on time. For me, procrastination is the key to success. It works for me. Having that pressure build up and feeling the deadlines compress down on my fingertips forcing me to type out a damn good column is what I live for. Having that stress of getting the assignment done helps me finish it better than if I would have done it earlier and with time.

It’s a bitter habit with a kick of addiction. But I must have a quick fix in order to feel some sort of stress and demanding pressure to get something done.

Undeclared freshman Amber Powell, agrees that procrastination is important to the life of a college student.

“College kids procrastinate all the time. How would we ever get things done if we didn’t procrastinate on our homework?” Powell has a good point. If we didn’t procrastinate on our work, we would never have time to attend that party on the weekend, run those all important errands or watch the season premiere of our favorite show. I don’t know about you, but I just can’t miss “Grey’s Anatomy” or “The Office.”

We have all done it before. We’re given an assignment and we don’t start it until the night before it’s due. Powell is all too familiar with putting off a task until the last minute. “I procrastinate so much that I have a project due in a week that I haven’t started on, yet the assignment was given back when school started,” said Powell. Yup, that’s pretty much how I run the show.

I was thinking about starting my column after Fresh Prince, but then my friend called and asked if I would accompany her to pick some things up at the store.

And I wonder why it takes me so long to write a one-page paper. Believe me, if you’re freaked out about procrastinating on a paper or project that’s due soon, take my advice and think about it first. What’s the rush? Isn’t it better to go head first into the problem with a brilliant solution than to start off not knowing what to do?

My inability to start my homework has carried me into a state of grooming. I sit here painting my fingernails, staring at a blank computer screen where all I have managed to do is type my name. I was going to type in the date, but I’ll just do that later.