tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3221819058568684886.post1148894518301018795..comments2023-10-17T08:16:35.305-04:00Comments on That's Why: This is Tara, Mr. Steinbecklisahgoldenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11158660223296807317noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3221819058568684886.post-12427592381304980502012-07-23T14:12:21.222-04:002012-07-23T14:12:21.222-04:00Lisa, you just described my every day for the past...Lisa, you just described my every day for the past few weeks! I cannot focus to save my life, I've been forever distracted and derailed this whole month!meleah rebeccahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08116656129112106780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3221819058568684886.post-5871738486159659052012-07-19T17:47:05.645-04:002012-07-19T17:47:05.645-04:00I'm single with only a tiny dog and a cat to d...I'm single with only a tiny dog and a cat to distract me and STILL the only time I create to read is right before bed, which gives me maybe 10 good minutes before my eyes glaze over and my head slumps forward. The next day I have no memory of what I read the night before and so have to go back several pages and re-read. It's an endless game of Chutes and Fucking Ladders. And yet I keep downloading books with every intention of reading them. I suck.injaynesworldhttp://injaynesworld.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3221819058568684886.post-7547343733770811372012-07-18T21:54:54.597-04:002012-07-18T21:54:54.597-04:00I'm more of a zip gun. Improvised from random...I'm more of a zip gun. Improvised from random materials, prone to last minute conversions, and always illegal.<br /><br />I'm trying to slog my way through "Piece by Piece" by Tori Amos. It's been about 2 months now, and I'm only on chapter two. I've stopped no less than 40 times so far, asking myself if I'm high. [The Real Sudafed has since negated the need to ask.]<br /><br />I can't stick with much of anything right now. As my co-worker so accurately noted the other day, my medication is making me act like "A Spider Monkey with ADD".rennhttp://rennratt.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3221819058568684886.post-74012614945834966982012-07-18T21:18:16.944-04:002012-07-18T21:18:16.944-04:00I've been sitting here staring into space for ...I've been sitting here staring into space for the last two minutes wondering if I'm a rifle or a shotgun; I've come to the conclusion I'm more of a slingshot - a long, hard pull followed by a quick release. <br /><br />This was a great post. Your capacity to make me laugh is boundless.susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747450215034568033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3221819058568684886.post-12055999224319925442012-07-18T16:03:01.443-04:002012-07-18T16:03:01.443-04:00I'm a fork.I'm a fork.Downithnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3221819058568684886.post-70780635103968825542012-07-18T14:36:55.297-04:002012-07-18T14:36:55.297-04:00I'm neither. I don't know what I am. Any...I'm neither. I don't know what I am. Anybody have the name of a good therapist?<br /><br />Yesterday I wrote and edited what I wrote for a solid 7 hours. That's the longest single-sitting for the ass-in-chair theory. It was exhausting. <br /><br />But then there was wine.Terihttp://tericarter.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3221819058568684886.post-74659083858570002812012-07-18T12:06:53.033-04:002012-07-18T12:06:53.033-04:00My good intentions for writing are often foiled by...My good intentions for writing are often foiled by the need to buy food for the family. I am, sadly, not very prone to cleaning spells, though.Summer Kinardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13071928555304030141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3221819058568684886.post-25970395117348770452012-07-17T23:39:01.681-04:002012-07-17T23:39:01.681-04:00I; my, friend am a Nerf gun.
:}I; my, friend am a Nerf gun.<br /><br />:}kkrynohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07727264476742817993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3221819058568684886.post-6453339678566732552012-07-17T20:48:15.757-04:002012-07-17T20:48:15.757-04:00I happened to read a whole book in a day (Sunday n...I happened to read a whole book in a day (Sunday night) -- Girl Sleuth: Nancy Drew and the Women Who Created Her, by Melanie Rehak. I did not PLAN to read it in one overnight; it just evolved that way. Think if I planned specifically to read a book in a day, it wouldn't happen...some kind of reverse rule about planning in Free Time...Carson Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11426505356407204408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3221819058568684886.post-67288446800812509332012-07-17T20:35:51.240-04:002012-07-17T20:35:51.240-04:00This is so typical. I do it all of the time. But I...This is so typical. I do it all of the time. But I'm 3/4 of the way through Gone Girl -- it's hard to put down!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15711792521348799922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3221819058568684886.post-63484827831983673482012-07-17T17:24:45.074-04:002012-07-17T17:24:45.074-04:00lol, your day sounds a lot like me. Hectic ain'...lol, your day sounds a lot like me. Hectic ain't the word for it, and I don't get to my reading like I insist I want to either. I'm doing Sinclair's Jungle, which I should have read in high school but never did, don't ask me why. Rifle? yeah, I like to think I am, though I have never once thought to compare myself to a weapon. I'm married to a shotgun. I wonder what that means.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3221819058568684886.post-55468468203453774622012-07-17T16:56:42.990-04:002012-07-17T16:56:42.990-04:00I find it's much easier to focus on stuff I wa...I find it's much easier to focus on stuff I want to do (like take pictures of butterflies, deer, and such as) then to focus on stuff <i>I think</i> I should do.<br /><br />Perhaps this is common to our species?<br />~ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®©https://www.blogger.com/profile/06252371815131259831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3221819058568684886.post-59091749878858434042012-07-17T12:26:42.743-04:002012-07-17T12:26:42.743-04:00This post gave me a vague and generalized sense of...This post gave me a vague and generalized sense of anxiety surrounding the passing of time and how much of said time I waste instead of doing what I really want. All in all, a blog post that prompts quiet desperation in your readers is a successful blog post.<br /><br />The last time I read a book in a day was WILD by Cheryl Strayed. It was a Tuesday and I was home sick from work. I sat in bed with the cats reading and every couple of hours or so I'd think, "Maybe I can try to get up and do something else now" but I never did. It was awesome.Laura Maylenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18058744860709615256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3221819058568684886.post-47485850695950150552012-07-17T11:55:00.487-04:002012-07-17T11:55:00.487-04:00Two shout-outs in one day? Cool! :)
I'm mor...Two shout-outs in one day? Cool! :)<br /><br />I'm more of a room full of ping-pong balls, as you well know. <br /><br />(ping-pong balls who <i>rule</i> in WWF . . . until certain people find a use for their Zs)Sarah Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13265589529909793312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3221819058568684886.post-69245430465088178512012-07-17T11:40:07.444-04:002012-07-17T11:40:07.444-04:00Man, you young people are so scattershot.Man, you young people are so scattershot.Randal Graveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08728992897551848531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3221819058568684886.post-52906831131565520032012-07-17T11:19:08.104-04:002012-07-17T11:19:08.104-04:00I'm glad it's not just me, CDP. It's n...I'm glad it's not just me, CDP. It's nice to see you, BTW! I've been thinking about you.lisahgoldenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11158660223296807317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3221819058568684886.post-26513851069436418602012-07-17T11:18:34.088-04:002012-07-17T11:18:34.088-04:00Hi, Barb! I know what you mean. I read your posts ...Hi, Barb! I know what you mean. I read your posts and start to make a comment and then get pulled away (maybe I shouldn't be sneaking reads at work?) and then bang! The day is gone, I close down my computer and forget which windows I had open.<br /><br />Your blog has had some wonderful posts even if I haven't been there to tell you so.lisahgoldenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11158660223296807317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3221819058568684886.post-59355982271589483702012-07-17T10:58:59.686-04:002012-07-17T10:58:59.686-04:00Your attention span is exactly like mine. I could...Your attention span is exactly like mine. I could have written this, minus the cats.Clairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14956997477396182396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3221819058568684886.post-75139483405058682382012-07-17T10:47:08.217-04:002012-07-17T10:47:08.217-04:00I' ve been a baaaaaad blogger buddy!!!! I have...I' ve been a baaaaaad blogger buddy!!!! I have missed your salient, perverse and hysterical ruminations on all things life-related. But it's been fun "catching up" today. Can't wait to read your own book in a .... well, okay, it'll never be in a day. I'm just not built that way... But you get my drift.Deb and Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04444390852070865517noreply@blogger.com