September 30, 2008 
September 29, 2008 
So, Wednesday starts the last quarter of the year. 3 months in which I said in my goals post that I would get CP finished. And I kinda decided to write a different story for NaNoWriMo…
September 26, 2008 
Thursday Thirteen: 13 Procrastination Tools
I’ve been procrastinating lately. So why not share the ways?
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- Plurk. It’s amusing, similar to Twitter but with dancing bananas.
- LOLCats. ‘Nough said.
- Facebook. Another common time-waster for me.
- Books. There is always another one to read, and I do my fair share.
- Wiki. Look up one thing, and five hours later you don’t even remember why you started looking in the first place, but you now know more about statistical mechanics than you ever thought possible.
- To make it more interesting, check out the random Wiki article tool.
- Seventh Sanctum generators. Way too much of a time sink, especially for authors who can pretend it’s “doing research.”
- YouTube. Naturally. You’d be amazed (or maybe not) at the things you can find there.
- WordPress blogs. Mine and others.
- Movies. When in doubt, watch a movie you know and love. Like the Princess Bride. Or Enchanted. Or Stardust. (Can’t quote it? Then you haven’t seen it enough times.)
- D&D. This does require other people to play it with, so may be prohibitive when you’re procrastinating work and need to appear to be working. You can’t tell them you’re working if they know you’re not because you’re PLAYING WITH THEM. To combat this, find a computer game you can play instead. I recommend something mindless but addictive, like one of the Dash games or Zuma or JewelQuest.
- Blogthings. Want to know what color orange you are? Or what your music taste says about you? Go to Blogthings and find out all that and more! (I spend lots of time there. It’s sad, really.)
- Sleep. “I was just closing my eyes to concentrate better” is a great excuse.
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Happy Thursday!
