Click! Pessimism is knowing that when you have an essay due the next day that you'll have writers block.

Pessimist, el pesimista (Spanish), pessimiste (French), schwarzseher (German); No matter how you say it, a pessimist is a person who sees the glass half empty instead of half full, who takes the gloomiest possible view, and who believes that the evil in the world out-weights the good. Pessimists are everywhere; the student that just knows that he/she is going to flunk the test even though he/she spent hours studying, the co-worker that stresses …

…more like a nightmare. You rub your eyes and wonder if the dream was a sign that you should skip school today. Quickly eradicating the thought from your mind you don your favorite outfit and head off to school, not realizing that you forgot to study for your final till the teacher says, "Clear your desk." And you can't help but think "This day can only get worse." Welcome to the life of the pessimist.