Note to self

When they ask you to help with an emergency band rehearsal on Saturday evening (for the Sunday morning service) it probably means that the guy who was on duty last Sunday didn't put the sound system back together.
So much for finishing my paper tonight...

Also:
When your Philosophy professor encourages you to write the "interesting, dramatic and fictional" paper you're thinking of instead of the "boring, academic" research essay, don't listen to him. In the enduring words of Admiral Ackbar: