Your mom does it, your dad does it, all your friends do it. Everyone stop procrastinating! Today we talk about putting things off.
Dialogue
We listen to Andrews story about not doing anything.
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Andrew
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Today I woke up at 9:20 but lay in bed until about 11:30. |
| I wasn’t sleeping, nor was I relaxing. | |
| I wasn’t really thinking of anything in particular either. | |
| I was in a daze. | |
| I finally got out of bed and started walking aimlessly around the house. | |
| Instead of doing anything reasonable, I decided to feel a bit guilty about getting up so late and wasting the morning in bed. | |
| I was just about ready to go to the gym when for some reason I decided to log on to msn messenger and start up a few useless conversations. | |
| An hour flew by and it was now almost 1:00. | |
| I’d had it. | |
| I was sick of all the procrastinating. | |
| I got off msn, grabbed a protein shake and headed off to the gym. |
Key vocabulary and phrases that are discussed in the podcast:
I wasn’t thinking of anything in particular
Nothing specific. Hard to say exactly what you were thinking or doing.
I’m not going anywhere in particular.
What restaurant were you thinking of going to tonight?
Nowhere in particular
I was in a daze
Thinking about something, maybe not moving your eyes much. Just staring at the wall and thinking
Walking aimlessly around the house
No direction. Just walking around with no idea of what to do.
I’d had it.
I was sick of it. I had enough, I couldn’t take it anymore. I needed something to change.
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May 7th, 2008 at 9:38 pm
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February 23rd, 2009 at 9:18 am
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March 20th, 2009 at 8:47 am
hello guys, just i want to say thank you
April 20th, 2009 at 8:07 am
Hi there,
(Sorry guys, for some reason :=) I have posted it already in falls place.)
I came across your pc for a couple of weeks and found it very good, one thing that you are speaking in a normal speed, the words and phrases explanation is absolute amazing, and you are very hilarious Yes it is unique I would say. You are learning in special way, the learner forget that he learns and just hear and has fun and this is the best way to learn actually. thanks, great job.
I download the pcasts on my mp3-player and hear them here and there- Then I read it am PC and I have noticed that the (some) dialogs not exactly in the same words that in the text on website or the other way around. e.g. in this podc, the end of the dialog is absolutely different. But all the same it is also interesting and useful.
It would also be rather helpful if you could make the word for word transcript of what you are saying,
Thanks a lot for your job
Nice Time Guy
April 20th, 2009 at 8:12 am
Sorry one more time, I ment “TEACHING” ofcource
Thanks many times you guys
April 20th, 2009 at 8:51 am
No, I really have problems this morning ( is Monday :<)
I meant it to Pod 3 / The Job Interview
but all the same
One more To You Both (can not harm)
And have a nice time with teaching us
Yours in Ukraine-German-USA
October 24th, 2009 at 1:28 pm
Oh! From this lesson I got realize I ‘m procrastinating.I had lost so many times.
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January 17th, 2010 at 3:09 pm
i forget to mention something
ya all funny when you guys making conversation and i realy liked it.
especial the dude who were saying tell your friends i am intersted
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both of you are funny
please make more funny jokes and story with slang words.
thanks thu
January 17th, 2010 at 3:16 pm
oh one more thing Andrew your morning story was realy intresting and funny
not doing anything, just lay in bed that long!
wow you gotta be kidding me
thanks for sharing your story with us
that happen sometimes
January 18th, 2010 at 8:57 am
Hey Marian,
Where are you from? Thanks so much for the comments and it’s awesome that you like the show! While reading your comments I just realized that I am still sometimes doing that ridiculous habit of lying in bed for so long. I really need to change that! haha
January 24th, 2010 at 12:06 am
well i am original from Africa, and now i live in Minneapolis, MN
there is nothing to be embarrassed or ridiculous. i was just curious about it.
anyways thanks for reading my comments and please keep making the funny stories. i realy appreciated!
May 11th, 2010 at 5:39 pm
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May 29th, 2010 at 10:01 am
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I feel like I could listen your voice all the time 
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June 15th, 2010 at 12:52 am
a lot of times i make the same without knowing any reason and i don’t know how i can stop that
may be because of boring of a lot of things or of hole your life
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