Is it just me?

[blamebrampton]

At work, I am a one-woman accomplishment machine, who can build a story in a few hours, creates systems out of thin air and makes things work.[Poll #1669623]

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[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

You'll still have the embroidery ;-)

[azurelunatic]

It is not quite the scheduling web application of my dreams, but it almost approximates it! synecdochic was instrumental in my discovering it.

[auntpurl.livejournal.com]

Where's the "read H/D porn on LJ" option?? *is confused*

[hollyxu.livejournal.com]

I put 'decide that you immediately need to clean the house' because 'bake 2 cakes, 1 pie and make enough potato pancakes to feed an army' was not an option... :P

My brain generally hops around until it finds something interesting to nibble on, at which stage I am generally cooking and letting my brain do its thing. Unfortunately, when it comes to actually writing the damn thing, it starts to procrastinate. And fall asleep.

... If you figure out a way to circumvent this, please tell us.

[eanelinea77.livejournal.com]

Mine were: Start with the most interesting, work through to the end and continue systematically, Start with the easiest, work through to the end and continue systematically, Start somewhere, work a bit there, a bit somewhere else, a bit all over the place, finish eventually, Come up with a BRILLIANT plan for something entirely different, Fall asleep

Sometimes I get motivated to do one and won't stop until the Heavens and the Earth quake with my awesomeness. Other times, it'll be years, not months before I go back to something and actually get it out of the way.

[treacle-tartlet.livejournal.com]

Excuse me, it was goat porn last time! Wait, that's actually not a step up so much as it's a step sideways...

And yes, cricket! Perhaps next time there's a suitable match on the telly we could schedule a g-chat?

[arcanetrivia]

Judging by the results of this poll, 30/55 people have EXTREMELY CLEAN houses.

[pingrid.livejournal.com]

If my life were fic, the category would be BWB.

[enchanted-jae.livejournal.com]

Er, none of the above. I start with what's due first and work in that order. I actually have a Word document titled "Date order", which is how I keep track of things.

I is in your lj poll, screwing up your percentages

[kestrelsparhawk.livejournal.com]

Which is to say, several things were true so I picked those.

The truest is the "start somewhere, work a bit there" one. It beautifully describes my writing process. also my housecleaning process, which is why while the apt functions as an excellent excuse, it's never clean.

I'd add "start something legit on the web, then follow links to useless info that will change my life." for example, I now know a heckuva lot more about tailoring for men on Savile Row, and that "bespoke" is the British term for "custom-made." Forced myself NOT to then start exploring what American tailors say about "custom-made because yes, 4 in the a.m.

[bryoneybrynn.livejournal.com]

Everything makes me fall asleep right now. *sigh*

[jad.livejournal.com]

Yes, but we write best at 4am. It's the curse of the creative process. WE MUST LIVE LIKE VAMPIRES, ALL OF US!

[clovis-t.livejournal.com]

The first sentence of that comment was the first thing I read from this little exchange. I must say that it was rather not what I was expecting to read.

[treacle-tartlet.livejournal.com]

*looks shifty*

[dysonrules.livejournal.com]

HAHAHA I think you're right. I do like waking up with an "OMG THAT'S IT!" and immediately plunking it down on the laptop.

(We'll ignore the fact that I wouldn't have to sleep with my laptop if I had a social life.)

[jad.livejournal.com]

I have a social life, and I still sleep with my laptop :P

Now if I had a regular sex life... TMI, MUCH?

I also work in Customer Service, though, so my JOB is interacting with people--I mean, that's not so much a social life as a forced social obligation, but it actually means I'm quite sick of IRL at the end of the day and fandom is the only thing keeping me sane. And up until 6am on a daily basis XD

ETA: ON THAT TMI NOTE, I totally blame Seattle in general. I never thought I'd say this, BUT LESS GAY MEN PLEASE. I hate the extra competition here -_-

[jad.livejournal.com]

^

*also, Merlin/Arthur porn

[dysonrules.livejournal.com]

Good thing I don't have a sex life.

"Hang on, I'm just gonna set my laptop over here for a minute, try not to jostle it."

*snorfles*
So many hotties here!!!! Not all of them are gay!

Re: I is in your lj poll, screwing up your percentages

[jad.livejournal.com]

*unrelated

Your icon, I must nit-pick: "blondes" is TECHNICALLY grammatically correct for both male and female in English (British or American or whatever version you want to use). I know this for a fact, because I myself use "blonde" for both gender pronouns, and have had years of people telling me it's incorrect, so I've done an insane amount of research on it and asked about 30 different literature professors with Masters and such and every reliable source I've encountered has said that, while it may be unusual in some cases, it's a preference thing--blonde is correct for balls or no balls!

Not trying to start an argument, just thought I'd mention it. Otherwise I much adore your icon, but in reading that I had to get out and defend my great pledge to non-conformity XD

[jad.livejournal.com]

I apologise to blamebrampton in advance for high-jacking her comment thread.

@dyson - THEY ARE ALL GAY. OR MARRIED. OR TOTAL DOUCHES WHO DON'T KNOW WHAT SIZE PANTS THEY WEAR OR HOW TO OPERATE A BELT.

If you are of an opinion otherwise, I WANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE HIDING ALL THESE SUPPOSED HOTTIES.

[dysonrules.livejournal.com]

Um... I found one hanging on a ledge outside the building washing the windows. He came inside and asked if he could charge his iPod at my desk. HAHAHAHA NOT OBVIOUS AT ALL, BOY, THANK YOU.

*happy sigh*

And I met one in the elevator and one on the train. THAT MAKES THREE. Okay, not the best odds, I know.

[uminohikari.livejournal.com]

Sleep is always the answer *g*

[jad.livejournal.com]

THREE? THREE? THREE DOES NOT SO MANY EQUAL. WHAT PLANET ARE YOU FROM?

I'm going to PM you my mobile. Give it to them. ALL THREE.

[dysonrules.livejournal.com]

*dies laughing*

I'm done with them, so I will pass them along. :D

[mabonwitch.livejournal.com]

I'm generally OK once I start writing. It's getting to that point that's a problem. Let's clean the closet! Let's re-organize how the books are shelved (and considering we practically own a small library...). Let's play 15 games of computer solitaire!
*sigh* Oh, brain.