I'm stressed as all get out (as my good friend, who unrelatedly happens to be a direct descendant of Robert the Bruce would say), but I can't help but take study breaks using the Internet.
One of my less guilty pleasures is the BBC, which is also my main source of news these days. CNN is very US-centric, I find, and Czech Republic's economic paper, though worth reading for the brilliant commentary pieces from a family friend, usually runs headlines like "Our parliament is doing silly things again, make it stop" and "It might be a bit cold tommorrow, wear a hat" and so is more of a way to feel connected to home than a news source.
The BBC, however, has:
-An Ian McKellen hiphop video involving shakespeare
-Stalin's (?) lewd comments on various form sketches
-the most amazing octopus video you will ever see
As well as real news from parts of the world other than New England and the Middle East!
(I recognize that this makes me sound like a pretentious news snob. This is not the case. I am not nearly as articulate about modern policy and issues as I would like to be, so I'm trying to use the BBC to catch up to the rest of the world. So in fact, it is I who is behind.)
