Alright! Fine, I’m back. I, uh, fell behind on Nanowrimo *cough* but I’m not giving up. I’m still in the game, though I have quite a bit to catch up on. Chris asked me last night if I had quit and I realized I haven’t–though it seems that I have because I haven’t written much. I did write some this weekend…some, not much. I could theoretically catch up.
So, what have I been doing for the last two weeks instead of writing? Well, procrastinating of course! Why do today what you can put off until tomorrow? Or as Douglas Adams so aptly put, “I love deadlines. I especially like the whooshing sound they make as they go flying by.”
I’ve been reading a lot. I’ve read:
- Even Cowgirls Get the Blues by Tom Robbins
- Diary by Chuck Palahniuk
- I’m almost done with a collection of short stories by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
I’ve also watch a couple of movies:
- Name of the Rose
- Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
- Mr. Brooks
- Knocked Up
- Mean Girls
- Meet the Parent
- Meet the Fockers
I’ve been working I’ve:
- Published a quarterly e-mail newsletter as project manager and editor
- Written 9 or ten pages pieces of copy for various resources and business partner write-ups
- Attended 4 scheduled conference calls in addition to various impromptu calls
Finally, I’ve been sort of keeping house: laundry, bills, cooking, cleaning etc. LOL. Does any of this convince you that these are good excuses for not writing? No? Me neither. But it makes me look busy doesn’t it. I wonder if by procrastinating writing if I’m not getting more done than usual just to avoid writing.
In the spirit of procrastination, here is a meme I found over at Shapely Prose. Of course my creative and independent spirit has changed it a bit. Instead of typing the answers into Google image search and posting the first image, I typed the answer into Flickr and I’m posting the most interesting result (except in the case where I’ve mentioned).
1. Age at next birthday:
Summer (via mirienandi)
2. A place you’d like to travel:
going for the finish (via hkvam)
3. Your favorite place:
llibreria (via Mor (bcnbits))
4. Your favorite objects:
Shell pick ‘n’ mix, lightly arranged (via ßl?e?ãv?)
5. Your favorite food:
hot goat (via Lemon2)
6. Your favorite animals:
Center of the Whirled (via Living Juicy) This was the second most interesting photo on Flickr for Bobby McGee, but since it was my own, I had to use it. Plus this is officially my favorite animal.
7. Your favorite color:
The streets of Gion at night (via manganite)
8. Town where you were born:
Austin, Texas from South Congress Avenue (via gdsanders)
9. Town where you live:
big ol’ treasure chest (via ) This was the fourth most interesting photo with my town’s name as a tag. It was the first to let me post.
10. Name of a past pet:
you’re doing good (via gboone31) This was the third photo for Bevo, which is the name I gave to an orange cat I had in high school. This photo is hilarious.
11. First name of a past love:
Boozin’, Surfin’ & Strobin’ (via sumrow)
12. Best friend’s nickname:
3.14159 26535 89793 23846 26433… (via itsjustanalias) This was the third most interesting for my best friend’s nickname, it was the first to allow me to post to my blog.
13. Your screen/nickname:
Finale (via Living Juicy) Again, this is one my photos. Go figure, I’m the only person on Flickr to have photos tagged “sydlicious”.
14. Your first name:
my best polaroid ever …. (via james m) This was actually the third most interesting for my first name. Funny.
15. Your middle name:
The Eye (via _Arunan)
16. Your last name:
speed screen (via pbo31) This was the third ranking interesting photo for my last name. The two before it did not allow you to post to blog.
17. Bad habit of yours:
corner (via Bukutgirl)
18. First job:
McAsswriting (via unsure shot)
19. Grandmother’s name:
Give Em A Kiss (via Living Juicy) This photos was also the second most interesting, however it’s mine and it is the person in question so I had to use it.
20. College major:
public relations (via phil h)
If you do this on your own blog, will you link to it in my comments?
