Ode to the Slacker

So as some of you are aware, I've been sick since we arrived in St. Louis (for the most part), but that doesn't stop me from having things to do. :o( So today I had quite a moment when I was leaving my class to get on the CABS on my way to work on a group project where I had to leave early for a committee meeting while wearing business casual in order to go straight to a program we were doing with our graduate chapter. I was thinking about all of the various t-shirt wearers in the world, or the people in group projects who don't do anything, or the people on committees who fight for a task and then never follow through...and I got incredibly jealous of them! I can't handle knowingly (or unknowlingly, if that's possible) disappointing someone. I can't handle having a reputation of failure associated with my name. I can't handle not knowing what is going on in programs, events or work that is associated with my name. So here I am... on a bus... wishing that I could have a day where I didn't care about anything. And I know most of my pain is self-inflicted because like I said, "I can't handle doing less." So I started my Ode to the Slacker...


Oh slacker, Oh slacker, Teach me your ways!
I wish I could have control over all of my days!
I admire your guts, your audacity, your nerve...
Taking credit and awards you know you don't deserve.

Oh slacker, Oh slacker, how do you do it?
Representing an organization in which you have no influence.
Others make up for your slack, often carrying more than they can juggle.
How does one watch while their fellow peers struggle?

Oh slacker, Oh slacker, you seem so well-rested,
How can you take on a task to which you are not invested?
I wish I knew how not to care about work,
Instead of doing everyone else's job--like a jerk.

Oh slacker, Oh slacker what is your decree:
Who needs A's when C's and D's get degrees?
I wish I could learn to slack off in class,
Instead of reaching for excellence and busting my :o)

Oh slacker, Oh slacker I do not mean to offend,
I only ask a helping hand to extend.
Who am I kidding, I could never be you,
For I can't stop asking: IF NOT ME THEN WHO?