1: Read blogs. Like this one. And this one. And this one. Oh, and this one, this one, this one and this one.
2: Create important works of art (like the one above).
3: Pretend that I’m a world-famous concert pianist. You can do this yourself. All you need is this and this . When you’re finished playing, do this.
4: Improve my word skills.
5: Motivate myself to become more physically active.
6: Search for ideas on finishing the upstairs bathroom.
7: Keep on top of important news. Like the latest toy recall from China.
8: Research appetite suppressants and health products.
9: Watch the “Chocolate Rain” video. Again.
10: Satisfy my morbid curiosity.
11: Catch up on my reading of important literature.
12: Check my Karma. So far, so good.
13: More honing of artistic skills on Mr. Picassohead.
14: Um… do other important stuff.
15: Compose a sentence or two for upcoming article.
OMG-So, so fvnny! Thanks!
Thanks for stopping by, Jennifer. Enjoyed reading your post on WordCamp Israel.
Me too. Procrastinate today……….Don’t put it off.
My motto exactly!
LMAO.. this was great.. – great blog, really.
Will be back for more.
Thanks, Paul. Glad you liked it!
Wow! You really know how to prepare! It shows in your writing.
Er, um…thanks, RM!
This was most fun! What a great post. I loved everything, especially Chocolate Rain and the painting. What’s up with that Chocolate Rain song? It’s in my head now. Forever.
It’s been in my head for months now. Grrrrr…Look it up on YouTube, Wendy. The guy who sings it is now weirdly famous. It’s incredible.
I love love love Mr. Picassohead.
Me too!!!
if i did every single tip you share above, I might get too exhausted in the end to remember I still have some writing to do.
That sometimes happens to me too, Ian. Occasionally, I have to take a little nap before I get to number 15.
This post is the finest example of procrastination in existence. I’m impressed.
Thanks, Renee. It’s a gift. Burning question: how do you get the little accent mark above the “e” in your name?
Ms. McQueen, would you mind if I featured the bubble wrap site, the composer site and the Mr. Picassohead site in my next eNewsletter? It’s really outright theft of ideas, and I thought I should ask first. Thanks for finding these hilarious time-wasters, err, I mean writing prep sites.
Beth- Feel free. Just glad I can contribute to helping the writing community be more productive! Mine was outright theft too, but in a way, it’s nice because it brings more people to these sites. I’m sure we’ll be hearing if there are any problems with this.
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moon!
i never expected this from you! how come you are a blogscraper????????
you scraped two of my ideas even before i could put them in my blog!
seriously, i could forgive you when i saw bansky in your blogroll, but um, picassohead too??????
you know all the art sites worth knowing?!
but please do tell me, did you deface yourself (the first image, collage of your self) in an online site? if so, pssst, what it the url?
Um…okay, Netty. What’s a blogscraper? It sounds bad. Have I done something wrong? Oh God, oh dear, oh no. Are you a Banksy fan too? And a Mr. Picassohead fan?
I did NOT deface myself. It’s a beautiful work of art- can’t you see that? It’s from Wet Paint- see #2, above for the link.
oh!
you mentioned the link already!
i have to confess there were so many links that i merely skimmed over rhem instead of clicking or relating to them much. you know that i am a sucker for links!
and about that image,
ye, you are right! that IS a beautiful piece of art, one that falls under dadaism. you’d do marcel duchamp proud for sure!
and blogscraping? i was just kidding!
it is when people do what you call “swipe”. i was thinking of doing a review of these sites – first bansky and then picassohead. but you invaded my thought and swiped my links
and i can’t sue cos my thoughts weren’t copyrighted!
Thank you for realizing what a masterpiece that is, Netty.
I hope I’m not swiping. Being pretty new to blogging, I love links, and i love sharing interesting sites with people. Not swiped content though, and I do see a difference. I am sorry for stealing your thoughts though– I think you should go ahead and link to Banksy and Mr P. They both deserve recognition.
It’s so good to finally know what Darth Vader’s son really looks like. It was so hard to imagine that blond hair, blue eye, Luke Skywalker could have come from the same gene pool as James Earl Jones. It’s kinda like walking into a black person’s house and seeing a picture of a blond hair, blue eye, little baby Jesus (its worth seeing Talledaga Nights just for the little baby Jesus scene) it just doesn’t fit and you know and they know and we all know it, but don’t tell anybody.
Anyway, it’s good to know that the real Luke Skywalker is alive and well and enjoying a successful singing career (though he could use some help on song selection). By the way if your dad had the breathing problems of Darth Vader, you would step away from the mic to inhale also.
@ Little Brother: It took me a while to understand what you were talking about. Somehow, I never made a connection between Tay Zonday, James Earl Jones, Luke Skywalker, and baby Jesus. How could I have missed that?
You missed a fabulous round of “Help Mom Move” this weekend. You’re very smart to have stayed at home.
i nominate Chocolate rain as the #1 most likely song to get stuck in a person’s head
I second that nomination!
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