Essay. From the French essayer, meaning to try. 

I'm trying but I'm sure not getting anywhere. I have a 16 page paper on the treatment of bulimia due on Monday for my advanced psychopathology seminar. I've been staring at a blank screen since 1:00 this afternoon and all I've got so far is 166 words in which I regurgitate the DSM-IV TR criteria for bulimia. In those 166 words, I use the words vomit or purge 7 times. This is gonna be a great essay. 

You'd think I would have a lot to say on this topic, seeing as I wrote a paper on it last year and I just did a half hour presentation/debate on it less than two weeks ago. But no, my brain has decided it has worked too hard for the past 17 years and it wants a break. 

I'm going to eat. Hopefully I'll have a somewhat intelligent conversation with my roommate and recharge my neurons.