Slacker Blogger

Being a somewhat prolific (or is it obsessive?) blogger has its disadvantages. I get really annoyed when the blogs I like to read aren't updated constantly. I guess maybe those bloggers have a life! So this is one of those "Etc." posts just so anyone out there who reads this knows I am alive and posting.

In honor of the determined bacteria which have been assaulting my sinuses and giving new meaning to the word "phlegmatic" (which now that I have looked it up does not mean anything close to what I thought it meant...fortunately I do not use the word in daily conversation), I am reading The Demon Under the Microscope which explores the history and development of Sulfa, the original precursor to the $50 no generic available 10 pills that are finally giving me some relief. This is the kind of non-fiction book I love...filled with lots of facts about things I know nothing about. I consider it in the same genre as The Cruelest Miles, The Great Influenza, The Children's Blizzard and The Perfect Mile, some non-fiction books I really enjoyed. The downside is that reading non-fiction takes me longer, so it will be a few days before I can post on it.

The good news is that I have two Thursday Thirteens prepared and ready to post. I might just stay up until midnight on Wednesday so I can be among the first to post. (I swear I do have a life and friends and everything....although my husband MIGHT have implied that I have neglected him for my blog and I'm mainly mentioning this here to see if he says anything about it...because I don't think he reads my blog, EVER. I'll bet Dooce's husband reads her blog. OK, I'll save you the trouble and say it for you, "You're no Dooce!")

But I also have this week's Holiday Movie Preview issue of Entertainmet Weekly staring at me. If the Dreamgirls movie is as awesome as the cover picture, I'll have to see it! I need to start studying the movies being released at Thanksgiving for our annual day-before-Thanksgiving movie outing in Merritt Island. We did it last year, so if we do it again this year, it will officially be an annual event.

And while I am struggling under the pressure to read and blog and blog and read, I'm working with Stacy to put together a Thanksgiving semi-educational event (NOT a party) for our kids' 5th grade class. Two women who didn't choose teaching as a career for the good reason that we aren't really sure we want to be around more than 3 or 4 kids at a time are going to try to provide two hours of entertaining, Thanksgiving-related activity for 24 ten- and eleven-year olds. Did I mention that Stacy studied at the Sorbonne? I'm really depending on her to carry me on this...after all, she studied at the Sorbonne!

So keep in comment (the blog version of "keep in touch") and don't give up, I'll get back on one of those book-a-day reading streaks soon!

Di

Comments

[Shirley]

I'm glad you wrote something today Di- I am disappointed on the days you don't.
We had a fun time on our Quail Ridge Books BW book club outing last night- wish you could have been there.

[Susan Helene Gottfried]

Feel better, lady! And good luck with the Thanksgiving thing, too. When Spike's kindergarten teacher wanted me to do a Hanukkah presentation, I passed it off to the Tour Manager. *grin*

But to be fair, The Tour Manager WANTED to do it more than I did.

[Haley]

10. You check your blog stats a LOT. You occasionally get up in the middle of the night and sneak a peak.

9. Your significant other suspects you are having an affair with your blog. Even when you’re alone with your special person, you do find yourself thinking what your blog might be doing right then…

8. You “mental blog” while driving or on the train, and sometimes even when you are alone in the shower.

7. You filter everything through your post-writing. You can’t watch a movie, see a play, read an article, or share a sweet moment with your child without thinking of whether it’s blog-worthy.

6. You suffer from “blog envy” when another blogger posts something juicy before you do. You suffer “comment envy” when said post gets 40-something comments – the jerk!

5. You “binge blog” 3 or 4 posts at once—only to feel guilty and empty afterward.

4. You ditched all your real friends for blog friends, because, well, “they understand.” You bypass Bowling Alone at the bookstore (who really cares?) while you reach for Naked Conversations.

3. You think, “I can stop at any time.”

2. Your lunch hour has become your “blog hour.” You keep a few posts tucked in your desk in case you need them during the day.

1. After 5 minutes of meeting someone really interesting you ask, “So - do you blog?”

[Haley]

OH the title of that was "Ten Signs You Might Be Addicted To Blogging"

[Di]

I would like to thank MY DAUGHTER for stating the obvious! I won't respond with 10 signs you might be being disrespectful to your mother or 10 reasons I really shouldn't have let you have a cell phone or 10 more chores my daughter can do around the house! :)

Love you!