Last year a humongous urge to procrastinate came over me. I was supposed to spend my time productively by re-reading my old Medical-Surgery textbook from college and prepare myself for the NCLEX exam that I needed to take. But then Christmas vacation rolled around and when the whole family decided to just lounge around the house, I found it extremely difficult to concentrate. So I picked up the non-academic first book that caught my fancy in my bookshelf. Lo, and behold! Indeed, it was The Lord of the Rings trilogy, otherwise known as The Bane of My Existence. I first…