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[jadesfire]

It's almost 3pm here and we haven't seen the sun all day. It feels more like 6pm and I'm ready to go home, not work 2 more hours. *sobs*

I often despair of humanity, but I should remember not to click links that make that worse, especially when I'm like this. The current battle is to not go and empty the vending machine of mars bars, but to have a banana, a decent coffee *hugs cafetiere* and get some work done so that I don't feel the day has been a complete waste.

The irony is, of course, that I have achieved things today, just...not that I can remember.

*sigh* Come on folks, what are you up to? Tell me what you've achieved today - I need some hope here!

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[rivers-bend.livejournal.com]

It's only 8:07am here, but so far today I've set myself a goal of only staying in bed with the internets on my iPod until 8am, and I got up on the dot of 8. And I added paper to my printer so that I can print out the chapter I need to edit.

I wish you luck with the rest of your work day, and thank you for making me want a banana. Fruit is good.


*hugs and hugs*

[greyias.livejournal.com]

Awww *hugs* I've definitely had at least one of those days this week, so I can understand. I was going over a list with my boss the other day and realized "Oh, I did get stuff done last week. Why didn't it feel like it?"

I often despair of humanity, but I should remember not to click links that make that worse

I've been having a very annoyed time with the internet as of late, so I'm trying to figure out a way to distance myself without having to... drive myself crazy? Er, I have not quite fully thought this plan through. It's a work in progress.

Tell me what you've achieved today - I need some hope here!

I've finished the major edits on that Vet presentation that was sucking the soul out of me the other day. I feel that's a great achievement! I also have a number I have to call later, so hopefully I'll finally have a date to nail down plans around.

[blackmare-9.livejournal.com]

I've not achieved much today but am now getting things under way. Coffee will probably help.

I did get the photos I needed, last night, and get them sent off to the new Art Center where I'll be teaching. I thought I took forever to do that -- three days! Because I didn't have a decent shot of myself and had to get one -- but they thanked me for my quick response. :-)

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

*hugs*

I've achieved not ripping someone apart for their blatant desire to have people fawning over their brilliance when in fact they have no idea what they are posting and have just C&Ped something from a fairly inaccurate wikia(I just may bitch about it in my LJ in a locked post though) That's something right?

[travels-in-time.livejournal.com]

I've achieved a totally incoherent write-up of the last couple of Sarah Jane Adventure episodes, and a teeniny White Collar ficlet. Which, considering the last couple of weeks, is DOUBLE awesome. And I intend to go on a massive tidying-up rampage while listening to the rest of Zagreus, which will also be Double Awesome.

[dune-drd.livejournal.com]

It's almost 3pm here and we haven't seen the sun all day. It feels more like 6pm and I'm ready to go home, not work 2 more hours. *sobs*

Sounds a lot like my place ^^

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

You've got loads of time to get stuff done, it sounds like you're off to a good start :)

Thanks *hugs back* I'm back with my SAD light and absolutely basking now *happy sigh*

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

I'm moving very slowly, but need to remind myself that that's better than most Octobers when I've failed to move AT ALL. Then I really slow down for November *rolls eyes*

It's like a vicious circle - when I'm feeling good, I know better than to click the links that will make me cross (I stay out of fandom drama, but the other stuff is just as rage-inducing). When I'm feeling down, it's like I can't help myself. Maybe if I keep telling myself not to I'll get the message in the end!

Woot! That definitely sounds like an achievement :D

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

Coffee helps everything. TRUFAX.

It's funny how other people's timescales aren't like ours, isn't it? Also, internet time is definitely different to real time ;)

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

Yeesh, that's a HUGE achievement. (although I am intrigued/impressed enough to want that flocked post ;))

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

That is HUGE *\o/* go you!

Ooh, definitely get through the rest of Zagreus - I'm about 3 or 4 episodes down the line and it gets even better. Enjoy!

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

I think it's when I'm away from my light that I really notice it (duh). Back here at my desk with it shining in my eyes, I feel much better!

[wildcat88.livejournal.com]

It's 11:00 am here and we are expecting another round of thunderstorms. It has dropped 10 degrees in the last hour or so. It was warm and muggy here this morning (75 degrees). I have done a few minor work related things, but truthfully, I don't have much to do. Next on my list (after lunch, of course) is to work on my zine submission. It's due Sunday (though they've offered a few more days if I need it). I'm at almost 8000 words which is about 2/3 of the way done.

So, what have I achieved?

1. I have found a costume for the costume party tomorrow. I've been a little stressed over it (weird thing to stress over, I know).
2. I have finally figured out where my zine story is going.
3. I have finalized plans to have dinner with a friend who is moving soon to Thailand.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

Too late. *hangs head*

They sniped at my questioning the authenticity of their facts and I was slightly ruder than I should have been. (Because, seriously, finding something on the internet (especially if it's in only one place) doesn't make it true, now does it?)

[rustydog.livejournal.com]

I'm just here to see if anybody else has achieved something. I can say I've survived today so far, but achievement would be a bit of an overstatement. Well. I did make it out of bed and to work, feeling like a train wreck and utterly shocked that it was not Friday yet. (Your weather sounds like ours. I think we've seen the sun four days out of the last 20 and today is not one of those days.)

I figure by now you've finished or almost finished your work day? If so congratulations for making it through!

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

*winces* Hon, I'm a librarian. One of my continual bugbears is academics and information professionals quoting Wikipedia as though it's an authoritative source. It BURNSSSSSSSSSSSSSS, my preciousssssssssss...

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

Ooh, that sounds exciting! what zine? And what are you going to the party as? I'm not going to a Halloween party, but I'm going to a Buffy-themed LJ-meet-up tomorrow, so have an outfit planned for that. Very dull - all black with little cross earrings - but then I do have to wear it to work!

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

Oh sweetie *hugs gently* Sorry you're feeling so rotton :( I'm getting towards the end of the day, thank goodness, and thought of you just now. I needed a box for the record cards I'm using to write my book orders on but couldn't find one the right size, so I made one out of a cardboard box lid \o/ I felt very creative and practical at the same time, which always makes me think of you :D

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

Oh lordy, yes. Wikipedia and especially specific wikia fan pages are FAR from accurate and perfect. Can you consider them a good place to provide some basic info and use that to jumpstart your research? Sure? But for nothing more.

I pointed to numerous other webpages that listed the correct info, but NO, wikia said X and what does it matter if her post is right or not anyway? (which was when I backed away and ran for the hills)

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

THAT'S the one that always gets me. Intellectually, I know that some people don't really mind whether their facts are right or not, but it's something I don't *get*.

Sounds like you're well out of that one!

*g* And yes, I mostly use Wiki for a list of references, because when you read entries on subjects that you actually know something about? Sheesh.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

I don't understand it either. Not at all. But then again, I'll spend hours doing research on a drabble, so maybe I'm a little nuts.

[greyias.livejournal.com]

Moving slowly is still moving! *nods firmly*

Maybe if I keep telling myself not to I'll get the message in the end!

Y'know, I think an insatiable curiosity is part of the problem. I can control it some when I'm up, because I have the foresight to go "Well, I know that's not going to lead me anywhere good". When I'm down, I kind of have this self-destructive tendency to feed the bad thought loop.

Right now, I'm making up mantras to repeat when I catch myself in the middle of one of those vicious looping thoughts, and so far it's working to bring me back. I figure if I aim for neutrality, I might one day get there.

(And I've been whapping myself upside the head all week, because it took me this long to realize that I'd allowed myself to get drawn into fandom drama again... d'oh)

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

TBH, I'm so out of touch with fandom these days that I wouldn't even know where to LOOK for drama, let alone get sucked into it. So I click on the news equivalents, which I'm not sure is much of an improvement...

Baby steps, one day at a time etc etc, eh?

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

Well, you and your insanity are always welcome in my journal, you know that ;D

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

Hooray!

[greyias.livejournal.com]

I think the news equivalents are far more frustrating, because at least it's something that's really happening. I usually just start imagining streams, happy puppies, and other fluffy imagery whenever someone tries to bring it up in conversation in RL.

And the fandom drama... it wasn't so much that I went looking for it. It just kept popping up on my flist in ways that I couldn't quite avoid without using filters or list trimming.

Baby steps, one day at a time etc etc, eh?

Rome was not built in a day, so they say.

[rustydog.livejournal.com]

\o/ Improvisation FTW! And thank you, I'm happy to be thought of as creative and practical. :) (I've been listening to the commentary on a classic Who episode this week, and they talk a lot about how they created the sets and costumes with about 99p to work with -- cork and glowsticks feature heavily! I admired it.)

[white_hart]

I've calmed down a panicky academic and put together a £3.5m grant costing more-or-less from scratch and, despite being under the influence of insane levels of hormones I haven't killed anyone. And I left work at 5pm for the first time this week.

[mad-jaks.livejournal.com]

I did laundry.
I *almost* got the bootees I've knitted to felt... ALMOST.
I wrote (okay it was flyby PWP) but that makes three days in a row I have managed to engage in writing (or some part of that process).

[itsarift-thing.livejournal.com]

You. Win.

That is all.

[itsarift-thing.livejournal.com]

*snuggles you*

Sorry you're having such a cruddy day love.

[wildcat88.livejournal.com]

The zine is called Jumper 3 (I think that means third edition). It's a gen zine that focuses on the friendship between John and Rodney.

I really suck at costume stuff but a coworker helped me out. Her husband used to be a race car driver so she lent me his suit, helmet and gloves. I'm going as Danica Patrick. It's okay if you don't know who she is. I know very little about race car driving except that she is one of the rare females in the sport.

Your party sounds fun! Wish I knew a few LJ folks around here to meet up with on occasion.

[phinnia.livejournal.com]

i had a nap? i know, not much at all. i finished a book way early this morning which is why i'm so tired (and i'm also sick), so i suppose that goes on today's accomplishments, and i'm keeping up with my page-a-day kanji book (today's kanji was 'five'.)
OH: and i got the kid out the door to school despite his crankiness. kid-launches are always important.

[phinnia.livejournal.com]

... what does it matter if her post is right or not?
... what the hell kind of question is that?

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

That's what she said to me when I pointed out the incorrect information in her post. I think she didn't really see why anyone would have an issue with it.

[travels-in-time.livejournal.com]

I am back to report MASSIVE SUCCESS with the tidying-up plan. There is now one room in our apartment which is completely clutter-free! This may not sound like a lot, but considering the boxes which line every wall, it really is. *g*