So finals are just around the corner. How much stuff have you put off?

(Laughs) Oh, the whole thing.

What do you have left to do, then, specifically?

Everything. I have to write a four-page paper, a four-page analysis on that paper. I have to study for my Italian class, which I haven’t gone to in two weeks. (Laughs) And then I have to, um, yeah, just two more finals that I have to study for.

Double-spaced or single-spaced on those papers?

Oh, double-spaced, so it’s not that bad.

So why did you do all that for yourself?

Oh, actually I work better under pressure.

All right, I like your style. I’m kind of the same way. So what are you least looking forward to doing?

The least? Um …

Is it the analysis of the paper you haven’t written yet?

No, no, not that. I (pauses) actually it’s my Italian final. I have, I’m completely lost in that class.

When was the last time you went? Give me the date.

Um, it was a Friday two weeks ago because I remember I was going to do that right before Thanksgiving break. (Laughs)

So what are you most nervous about for that class?

Oh, just getting a big fat “”F.””

But you’re a freshman so you’ve got like, what, seven more semesters left to get at least a “”C,”” right?

(Laughs) Yeah, I guess. I don’t know. I didn’t study Spanish but now I’m thinking about going back to Spanish.

So if your mom reads this, what would you tell her?

Oh, I would just tell her whatever. It’s Italian and it’s more than you know. (Laughs)

— Brian Kimball