The Aerie
Did you know it's election day? Do you know who is running, or for
whom you would vote? I sure don't. For being a democracy, we sure take
little enough interest in the process. I suspect more people know that
David Letterman missed his shift on The Late Show than that it's an
election day.
I'll probably wander over and cast a random ballot, just to do so.
Working is like pulling teeth today. Part of it is that I have so much
stuff to do I can barely think: I start thinking about one task, and I
panic because I'm not thinking about the other thing. So of course I'm
writing a journal entry instead.
What I'm not writing is my [1]National Novel Writing Month entry.
Nanowrimo, as it's called, is an annual project to encourage people to
write a novel in a single month, about 1500 words a day. I'd sure like
to participate, but I haven't been able to so far. Too stressed out to
be creative, too much work to do to focus on plotting a novel.
Next week I take off for [2]U-Con 2003, the annual nerd-fest that I've
attended for the last several years. It's supposed to be
pressure-free, but I made the mistake of signing up to run a game and
now of course I'm getting performance anxiety. If I can get over the
work-hump now in front of me I might even be able to start preparing
my game: to add to the stress, mine was the first one in the Tekumel
track to sell out. No pressure, no pressure -- Joe Piz will simply do
rude aikido things to me if it sucks, that's all. Nothing wrong with
that, I can survive being tossed across the room...
Of course, I have to run the game twice. Not sure if I can survive
being tossed across the room twice. Might have to cry like a girl
again.
Okay, well that's next week. Today I have to do a proposal for Client
X, write a report for Client Y, write a timesheet and a report for
Client Z, update my resume, finish assembling my contact information
for my PI license, write the final report for Client Z2, clean up my
office, work on marketing, and arrange several meetings. And send some
followup e-mails to people I met with last week. Oh, and I have to
contact Client Z's sysadmin who keeps not returning my calls. And
arrange a meeting with my totally brother-in-law and his security
administrator.
Plus whatever else I am forgetting.
To work!
[3]Last
Posted by Albatross at November 4, 2003 12:00 AM