Monday, May 24, 2010

This is what procrastination looks like

At school you sometimes do this thing (the name of the thing escapes me at the moment) where you write up three titles (done in a y shape) The titles are "looks like" "sounds like" and "feels like" Well this is what procrastination looks, sounds and feels like to me when I should be writing reports. (Note: I was home today because Bennett has weak lungs that suck up all my sick time, I thought I should get some report writing done) It looks like: a clean bathroom - toilet, shower, sink floor all cleaned, it also looks like a tray of cupcakes all iced and decorated with sprinkles, and 2 loads of washing cleaned, dried and folded. It sounds like the tapping of my fingers on a keyboard (only I am online and not writing reports), it sounds like bacon and scrambled eggs cooking for brunch, and a child whinging and being placated with medicine and food. It also sounds like Oprah telling me how to live my life. It feels like a warm bed until 9:30 in the morning, but also pacing up and down the stairs all day with the vacuum cleaner and mop. It feels like a warm house and a full belly all day long, but mostly it feels like there is this nagging little creature following me around all day telling me quietly at first to write reports. He gets a little louder with each passing hour - until he is almost deafening and I finally relent. I have written half a class now and he has gone back to a whisper, but he sees me writing this post and is getting ready to pounce.

7 comments:

  1. Reports? When are you supposed to do those? I don't think I'll ever get to mine. I was handing my moderation in today when I found out that there was a third standard to moderate that no one had told me about - they're due in on Thursday. Life is like a shit sandwich - the more bread you have, the less shit you have to take. Hey, I might use that in today's post!

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  2. Life is full of guilt. If the only thing you feel even slightly guilty about is your reports, then you're a better person than I.
    PS Love your Blog
    Insightful, compassionate,lyrical with a hint of cynicism, and a scent of the romantic. Cool.

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  3. "This is what procrastination looks like."
    And also what an unupdated blog looks like.

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  4. This still looks like an unupdated blog.

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  5. I am emphasising the procrastination idea. Actually have just been too busy, I will do one tomorrow.

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  6. Yes, and imagine if I was too busy to update Richard's Bass Bag!

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