I wrote a fabulous post full of wit and wimsy. Then, after committing the cardinal sin of not clicking on “Save As Draft” first, I tried to Preview it and lost it. Then I cussed in the general direction of the cats and dogs for a minute. They didn’t care – they were too busy getting their nap on. Regardless, here is my best reinactment of said post, from memory. And no, it isn’t live, and it isn’t Memorex – it is the dregs of what my foggy brain can remember from what I wrote. Enjoy!
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Reminder: The vote in Congress that can make or break the Internet and Network Neutrality is Monday, May 8th. There is still time to learn about the bill and the issue, sign the petition, and write or call your congressman. For more on the issue, including a short video explaining Network Neutrality, scroll down. I have posted about this several times over the past weeks.
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So, previously, I was in the middle of waxing poetic about procrastination when I was so rudely interrupted by my own carelessness. Sheesh. You’d think I’d get out of my own way already. What I was saying was that I was So Happy It Is Friday. This is actually unusual for me. I write and edit from the comfort of my own home, so it is a rare week when I feel the old five-day work week pressure. It happens. Usually I’m a night writer, up until the wee hours, slaving away at my trusty iBook and iMac. Occasionally though, a combination of errands, real life, work duties and appointments will set in that puts me on a hectic weekday work schedule wiith every minute packed. This was definitely one of those weeks.
I had many appointments and many errands, and in between I occupied my self (mainly for purposes of staying awake, but I cleverly disguised it as work) with a variety of tasks I’d been neglecting. I recreated marketing materials, revamped websites (most importantly mine and his, with my creative writing site next on the list), ordered new marketing materials, and filed. Filing may not seem like a huge thing to y’all, but believe me when I say that I let it build up. To skyscraper levels. Filing is the bane of my otherwise content existence. I will do nearly anything to avoid it, until it overtakes the office and I am forced to take care of the ever growing pile.
Which brings me to procrastination, which I am quite good at when it comes to avoiding filing, and which is what I was blogging about when my lurking evil twin took over and anihilated the post I was nearly done writing. Feh. I love to put off filing as long as possible. First, I will catch up on my daily addictions, er, favorite bloggers. Who do I read every day? Well, Amalah (now in three luscious flavors!), Miss Zoot, Rock Star Mommy, Go Fug Yourself, Snarkywood, Aces Full of Links, and so many more. I BlogRoll them, so if you’re curious to see the whole list you can see it on my BlogRoll -> -> )
After I’m done reading and writing blogs, I catch up on my reading. I should catch up on writing my novel, but I go through phases where I’d rather read other novels than continue my own. It’s kind of a creativity recharge – keeps me from getting stuck in my own writing to just put it down once in a while. Once I’m done with all of that, and my clients are taken care of for my business writing and editing, I spend some quality time with my DVR. Oh, how I love my DVR. Whatever did I do without it? Now I can watch American Idol when we get home from socializing and honey can just go to bed, and I still have time to vote. (voteforchrisvoteforchrisvoteforchris /subliminal message) missing House, MD (Hot damn is Hugh Laurie sexy in this role) while watching American Idol? Not to worry, my DVR is on the job. Honey can watch afternoon Red Sox games, and catch Dr Who on the Sci Fi channel. We can both record those movies we’ve been dying to see that seem to only come on at 3 AM (What is that all about anyway? Show the same four movies during the daytime for a week then kick it up a notch when everyone is sleeping and can’t enjoy it? I don’t get that.). For the inventor(s) of DVR technology, I raise my glass. Because dude(s), what a fine idea you had.
So, back to the fact that today is Friday. Thank goodness! I can take a break and so can many of you. Enjoy each other. If you celebrate Cinco De Mayo (aka “tequila for everyone” day at our house), have a great time.
In honor of Cinco de Mayo, ¡Hasta La Vista!
Procrastination
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