listersgirl: (wash dork)
As part of this "make me a creative person!" program that I'm struggling through right now, I have to write 3 pages (longhand) of whateverness every morning. It doesn't matter what you write about - what you did yesterday, what you have to do today, how you're feeling, what you're going to have for breakfast - the point is just to write.

This week, as part of the weekly exercises, I had to reread my morning pages (a long process, as they're almost completely indecipherable, my writing is so bad). Mostly I seem to have made lists and talked about how sleepy I was, but apparently one day I really had nothing to say, so I randomly wrote this very silly fairy tale.

An unedited story of sloppy grammar, written at 5:30 in the morning )

BWAHAHAHAHA! The things a brain can do on too little sleep.
listersgirl: (r&g confuse - jess79)
2 things:

1. The not reading thing, while not fun, has been interesting, and I think I'm starting to understand the point that's trying be made here, except that,
a. during the week I do most of my reading during work hours or on the transit, and so I can't really replace that reading with anything else creative. I can't start dancing on the subway in rush hour; there's just no room. And I'm already on the internet all day at work for actual work reasons (I work for a media outlet, for pete's sake), so it's not like I'm stopping the flow of information just by not reading my flist, which leads to...
b. not reading LJ is killing me. I feel very out of the loop, and like everyone is going to ignore me in retaliation when I come back. I'm sorry! I'll never go away again! Luckily I still have no computer at home and I'm in training all day tomorrow, and I can start reading again on Saturday, because I kind of suck at staying away - I keep quickly checking various people's journals, because, you know, I'm just sitting here (see point a), all of which brings me to...

2. I'm definitely going to have to start watching Lost at its proper time, rather than taping it, because OMG *flist explosion*. So yeah. It's a good thing I'm not actually reading anything today, mostly for real, because that'd be too many cut tags to resist.
listersgirl: (grr argh - jess79)
Normally I read (books, magazines, papers, online journals, TWoP recaps):
  • over breakfast
  • on the subway on the way to work (about 40 min.)
  • at work, when I really should be doing work
  • during my lunch hour
  • at work again
  • while waiting for my classes to begin, or on the the treadmill at the gym
  • on the subway on the way home again
  • over dinner
  • after dinner, or during commercial breaks if I'm watching TV


So far, the hardest part hasn't been not reading while at home on the couch - on Sunday we were out all day, plus [livejournal.com profile] vestra was around in the evening to distract me, and last night I didn't even get home until 9 - but not reading during the random moments. I mean, I carry a book with me at all times, even if I'm running across the street to the grocery store. On the way home last night I got hit with a 15 min. subway delay, and I stood there getting more and more frustrated. If I'd had a book, I wouldn't have even noticed. It's only been two mornings of commuting, but I can feel my brain atrophying already. Plus I ended up spending money I didn't have yesterday, in an effort to occupy myself for the hour before my dance class started, where normally I would hang out at work and read.

On the plus side, I think I missed an entire snotty argument on one of my work-related listservs which I'm also not reading this week, and I have an excuse not to read Billboard, so that's kind of nice. Plus there's a small possibility I'm getting more done at work. Maybe.
listersgirl: (Default)
So, I'm doing this thing, right? And this week involves reading deprivation.

NOOOOOO!

I have the original edition of the book, which doesn't mention the internet, but I'm extrapolating, and the result is that I won't really be around this week*, unless I cave for lack of civilized human contact during the day. Also, if you miss me terribly, please feel free to email me, because I'm counting email as communication, not reading, and nothing was said about not talking to people. :)

Anyway, if you hear any reports about murderous rampages on the subways of Toronto, that's probably me, since I won't be able to block out the inanities of my fellow commuters with a book.

Play nice while I'm gone!

*I could post, I suppose, since that doesn't require me to read, but that seems unfair somehow, that I'd impose myself on you without seeing what you're up to. Or possibly I know deep down that I wouldn't be able to prevent myself from reading just a little bit.

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