The Death of a College Student & Correlation with Mid-Terms

I think it's a bad indication of how much pain I get from studying when I'm writing a blog instead of actually studying... considering my track record with blogging and all.
October is national "mid-term" month, when all Professors think it will be a brilliant idea to issue tests all at the same time!
[you would think an individual with a Doctorate would be more clever than that. Or maybe just more nice]

So I spent a lot of time on WebMD today, diagnosing the many "symptoms" I've been experiencing and one of my results was sleep deprivation! Ya' think!?
I propose that WebMD adds a new result labeled "midterm madness".
Similar to mad cow, but caused by the excessive studying and intake of facts that need to be crammed into our brains only to be spewed out in lead pencil in bubble format on a scantron.
The symptoms would include:

- The urge to check Facebook every 2 minutes.
- The sudden desire to e-mail Aunt Nansea on the east coast and tell her ALL about your life, even though you lost contact about 6 months ago.
- Eating obscure food combinations including, but not limited to: m&m's in peanut butter, apples covered in sugar, easy mac with fruit loops interspersed, and countless cups of coffee or some other form of caffeine.
- An immediate interest in cleaning your room, although you haven't done so since you moved in almost 2 months ago.
- Deep and involved conversations with your roommate about the dark inner workings of the phrase "same difference"
- The fascination with clipping your toe/finger nails

many other symptoms are involved, possibly too many to list.
But I guess I should get back to the books now, even though, at this point, the information is just going to leak out of my head...