in Life's name and for Life's sake

I think the problem is that this paper isn't for an English class, and I feel like the professor and GSI both don't care nearly as much about the way in which the information is presented (such as style and structure) as long as you have interesting analyses and interpretations...which I usually do. So I can get all the ideas out by the end of the night, no problem. It just won't look as pretty as some other papers I've written...

And it's not like I hadn't thought about the paper at all before today; I, too, am a copious note-maker.

Good luck with your paper!