Pretty good examination imho. Actually managed to complete it, although I know I definitely bummed out a few of the questions that involved mathematics.
I'm not memorising an entire essay - just the quotes and, if I can remember them, their associated techniques and purpose.
Although.. I do know a few that have said they will go down the memorising path.. despite the teachers' repetitious statements of "don't do it!!!!!!!1111!!!!1!!". :)
For some reason, I'm ridiculously calm about the entire thing. Even though my HDD pretty much died the other week, I was able to recover most of my notes for both English papers, which are fairly complete. I've just been sitting down, memorising them every now and then over these past three...
This.
In all honesty, as others have suggested, try following Buddhism or any other "religion" which requires you to do some form of meditation. That would probably be your best bet at repairing and regaining a full and joyous life.
Guide: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Lucid_Dreaming
I do it quite often and it's pretty damn epic when you do.
My little tutorial is to get some music that makes you visualise things when you are awake (could be epic music, or simply classical music, it's entirely personal). Then go to bed with...
@OP: This is coming from an experience web dev and programmer. Don't bother, it isn't worth the hassle. If you choose to, don't change it too much, or give users the option instead of forcing it upon them. All people care about is content, so stack up on that instead.