D'vorahDavida
Yetzirah

What's Your Vote? I Abstain
Wed Dec 12 2007

Maybe it's the time of year.

Maybe it's the weather.

Maybe it's something else I cannot possibly define, but I am spending way too much time on the computer these days.

A huge part of the problem is Ravelry. There are forums on there in the hundreds. I can post to so many threads it is just plain scary. And once you post some comment about some knitting conundrum or other, you of course HAVE to go back every 20 minutes to see if anyone else has posted to that thread. It doesn't help that some of the threads are hilarious. Like one that is going right now about who to cast in an imaginary movie entitled: Wool- The Movie. People are suggesting actors and parts and plot lines.
It's a total hoot. But it doesn't get the knitting done, or the dishes, or the laundry, or a bunch of other things I want to do either...

So after I post this to my diary, I am turning my computer off for the day. I might check in this evening, but I need a break. It's kind of sad to think that I don't have enough self control to just walk by the thing on the way to my next project. It doesn't help of course that I have my computer set up to play various music and other sounds when I get email, someone sends me an instant message, or someone signs into messenger, or yahoo, or, or, or! It's like a Siren's song all day long.

Yoooohoooo! You have eeeeemaaaail!
Yoooohoooo! Someone's on Yahoooooo.
Yoooohoooo! You have an IiiiiiMmmmm!

So in the interest of a little balance and sanity, I am going to abstain from computer input today. I'm not making any promises about tomorrow. But today.... I'm going low tech.

(I give her till noon, and she'll be back on here like a junk food junky on Twinkies.)

We'll see about that.

[Pulls out 'Super Stubborn Suit' from closet]






5 Comments
  • From:
    Dustbunny3 (Legacy)
    On:
    Wed Dec 12 2007
    Good start in taking back your LIFE!! Three Cheers,
  • From:
    Pragmatist (Legacy)
    On:
    Wed Dec 12 2007
    Good luck with that. There is an alternative, though. K N I T T I N G !!!

    Of course, that leaves dishes and laundry to do by themselves, but at least your mind is not being seduced by Yooohoooo....you have eeee maaail.


    Bless
  • From:
    Allimom (Legacy)
    On:
    Thu Dec 13 2007
    E-bay is the clincher for me. If I'm bidding on something, or watching something, when it gets close to the auction being over I have to re-check it sometimes as often as every 30 seconds to be sure I don't get outbid, or to sweep-in at the last minute and snatch it out from another bidder.
    Alli
  • From:
    Welshamethyst (Legacy)
    On:
    Thu Dec 13 2007
    RYC: I had to laugh because my Romeo's litter mate was named Juliette!
  • From:
    ImNotLisa (Legacy)
    On:
    Fri Dec 14 2007
    I can read between the lines. You just don't want me to feel bad to realize all you're going to do is sit and knit. Meanie.