* scaleback
Posted on March 27th, 2009 by maitreya. Filed under Random.
vacation + avalanche of work = 1000 unread posts on Bloglines
Yeah. That’s too much. Also, the avalanche of work shows no signs of abating for, oh, probably forever. So today I went through them and deleted practically everything. I only kept a feed if I really really liked something in the last few posts. Of course I am dumb and moved over to Bloglines beta without noticing that they are no longer compatible with automatically exporting my reading list over here, so you can’t tell I did anything. (I do like their new system for marking posts “read” as you actually read them, though.) I also might change my mind in a month and want all my subscriptions back, so this way I’ll just leave them here as a backup. :P
wedding quilt for my sister + 4 months behind on One Quilt = crafter’s block
Besides the accessories in the last post, which were literally pulled together in an hour the night before my flight, I haven’t been doing much crafting. Partly due to the aforementioned workload, but also because I feel like I need to work on one of my overdue projects if I do anything. Solution to this is to do some little TV-watching project to get me back into it. I’m thinking a little piece of crochet jewelry from a new Japanese craft book I picked up.
Oh, and I’m back on the Getting Things Done bandwagon after falling off last year around this time. Hopefully that’ll bring down the anxiety a notch. I’m approaching inbox zero!
Ugh, this post is a downer. Here, have a picture of my morbidly obese cat with a potato chip bag stuck on his head.
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March 27th, 2009 at 7:33 pm
The cat photo totally helps! It made me laugh, at least. :) In fact, when things get a little hairy at work, I pull up http://icanhascheezburger.com/ http://failblog.org/ and it cheers me right up.
I recently scaled back on my subscriptions, too. I felt so guilty, but it’s really freed up my craft mind … a lot!
March 27th, 2009 at 7:33 pm
There was supposed to be an “or” between those urls.
March 27th, 2009 at 8:14 pm
I am so with you on the going being tough. And, I am so with Alice on the cats. Perhaps this is where I make the connection of the internets?
March 29th, 2009 at 2:00 pm
Mwaahaahaa. I love the direction this post took. I laughed so hard I had to show my husband. Kitties always help!
March 30th, 2009 at 8:23 am
ha! Sorry about the work load but the cat photo is a scream!
March 30th, 2009 at 7:12 pm
I so sympathize with the first line of this post. My feeds got up to 2,000 the other day, and I took a deep breath and pushed “Mark All as Read.” It was rather liberating :)
March 31st, 2009 at 5:19 pm
Ha, that cat is hilarious! I laughed out loud, thanks.
March 31st, 2009 at 8:43 pm
I almost pissed myself when I saw Chupa with the chip bag on his head. I really needed a good, solid laugh. Thanks (and thanks to Chupa!).
April 13th, 2009 at 9:50 am
OMG… that cat looks like my fiance’s cat except yours is about 5 times as big. It’s so fluffy and cute!!!
April 19th, 2009 at 7:20 pm
best. kitty. ever.
April 30th, 2009 at 11:24 am
HA HA – that’s a hilarious pic.
May 4th, 2009 at 9:47 am
Love the cat…mine is that fat, but extremely picky, so my potato chips are safe!
May 6th, 2009 at 10:03 am
come on over to my house and play. two give-aways involving kittens, cats and crafts. big hug, deborah (love this pic of you sweetie).
May 16th, 2009 at 7:26 pm
Just earlier tonight, we had a discussion about just how the Chup was doing. Chip bag + Chup = Zen harmony in the world! The Chup Xmas ornament is still the best part of my bulletin board.
June 27th, 2009 at 2:49 pm
Did you steal my mother-in-law’s cat! LOL She has a hugely obese cat thats black with white neck/belly too.
September 3rd, 2009 at 7:28 am
The end of this post is hilarious! I am WAY behind on reading blog too. I am just going to have to be strong and face reality that I am just never going to read 200+ entries from one blogger alone. Time to hit the “mark all as read” button and start over!
June 7th, 2010 at 11:25 am
Great blog! I had to laugh out loud when I saw the picture of your cat. They get into the most amazing situations and always manage to blame the nearest human. Very funny!