Procrastinators Unite!

me too

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If I feel like it.

Maybe later.

Umm...maybe later

jinx!

well.....I don't know....

Maybe tomorrow. Or tomorrow's tomorrow. Or . . .

...not right now, I'm busy......

I'll do it whenever I get around to it.

certainly a good idea. if someone else would like to organise a meeting to discuss the possabilities of future action? I can probably start thinking about it sometime next week.

Wait how'd you know I was procrastinating . . .

I'll think about it later...

I was going to post something, but I have ... some, uh ... other stuff -- really important -- to get to first. Really, I just can't spare the time right now. I would explain, but I have to go. People are waiting on me. Don't ask, I'll just come back later to explain. I might be gone a while, so don't expect me back soon. There is so much going on right now. I think the cat just caught a fly Karate Kid style. Oh, no, he missed. As you can see, I'm quite busy. I don't know when I'll find the time to be back here. The cat is going in for a second try. All these other things -- I don't have the time to tell you what -- have me going, going, going....

Maybe I can unite later. I'm doing stuff. And it's important. Very important. Of course it is.

(why do I need to do my math and LA hw?)

the Great Procrastinater:

I won't think about it now, I'll think about it tommorrow!

I'll get to it later. Too much is going on. Places to go, other things to do, people to see.

Didn't we already do this?

It's not due until November 10th! I think I'll check and see what's happening on LibraryThing.

(No kidding, that's the thought that just went through my head.)

Gee foggi. That's the same thing I was thinking about report cards. I don't need them until tomorrow morning.

I'm very proud of myself. I'm finished with report cards. *looks around at room* Maybe I can organize the room tomorrow morning.

I'll stop procrastinating tomorrow...

...or at least by next week...

Maybe by the end of the year. I'm not sure yet.

Hey! lets.....nah never mind

It's not that important. There are more important priorities. I think I'm going to read for a little while, but I'll get to it right after that. Or maybe right after this one other thing that has to be done first. Will anyone notice if I read past the time I was going to stop? Maybe I'll read a little longer. Ten more minutes. *an hour passes* I'v already waited this long so I'm just going to read a little longer. I still have time. *goes back to her book*

Time to clean my room. Maybe tomorrow. Or next week.

Sometime later...don't know when, get back to you when I do.

I need to go to the bathroom. Maybe in a little while.

On second thought: Maybe I shouldn't wait on that.

unite?....you mean, like, right now?

Right now, are you crazy? We unite sometime next week ... if we get to it.

I dunno, I might be doing something that week.

Or not.

You know, whatever.

Speaking of procrastinators - I'm having fun watching Mr A fuss about the house instead of getting ready to go to lectures on a Sunday.

He has to go somewhere to get lectured?

Yeah that always surprises me to. I'm sure I could lecture him at home but I'm a bit of a lazy wife in that respect.

I tried lecturing. I find "The Look" is much more effective.

And then I can rest my voice.

I like doing the look, but you need to get the attention of the person first so the effect can be lost if you've used the voice first.

Try sighing heavily.

Throwing things at them also works.

...when you get around to it.
I have a day off tomorrow...I'm making omelets, if I get up in time. Then maybe doing some work...but probably not, then shopping, or maybe not if my ride can't get back in time...them maybe do some running...but probably not...
I'm so busy!

AR I'm exhausted just reading your post! More later

I've been meaning to post on this thread for a while now just never got around to it...but i figured since i'm currently procrastinating on other things i could finally follow through on this one.

ugh...Mandy, the effort on your part is commendable.
I'll get around to checking that spelling sometime later...maybe not though...

I'm sad because I'm procrastinating on putting up my newly aquired bookshelves. I need to call someone to help me lift them over the porch and into the house but I just haven't called anyone yet.

Silly K! You're supposed to put off things like work. ;)

I'd help you K, but I've got stuff to do...but then again...
Seriously though, if I had only a plane ticket...I wish!

But then they would give my promotion to someone else!

;)

Thank you, A_R! It's a nice thought. I have three sisters. I can probably get one to help me. I'm bad at asking people for help is all.

Huh, when it comes to me asking my sisters for some help, it usually sounds something like,
"Hey, doing anything? Great! Help me do this now thanks." The running joke in our family is that the magic word isn't "please", it's "now".

"Get the milk?"
"What's the magic word?"
"NOW!"

We get along great though!

You know, for a bunch of procrastinators we've really set this thread off. I'm not sure if I should be disappointed or proud. I'll decide later.

I think we should be...
I don't know. You're right Kirby, I'm waiting 'till later to decide.

I keep meaning to post on this thread, but then I put it off until later.

Me, too. Its only because I'm procrastinating on *yawns* going to bed that I'm *yawns* here now.

Someone should say something meaningful on this thread...something...important, ya know..........

I had something really profound to say but I forgot what it was... so I might as well wait til I remember it... let me go think about what I was going to say...

I would wave to NarrowPath, but it would mean moving. Maybe later. :o)

Man, it was almost too much work to find this thread. I should be doing lesson plans right now, since this is my break. Instead I'm typing meaningless posts like this one.
*stares blankly at screen*

That's how I felt today too, Kirby. In fact, we put off several activities today in favor of more fun things like puzzles.

Well, I've been teaching all day when the kids have been in here. I just can't seem to concentrate when I'm the only one in the room.

My classroom is much more accommodating to changes in scheduling depending on the atmosphere of the class that day. That's one of the things I love about my job.

b

I have something important to announce, but some other time coz I have to catch up with the other threads...

After months of procrasintating on getting a paid Flickr account, I think I'm finally going to get one this weekend. Or sometimes this week.

8)
I realllllly need to start wrapping presents!

I really need to finish shopping for presents. (I started wrapping last night. ;)

Sorry it took me so long to get around to opening this thread. I'll read and respond later.

I need to prepare a list of what shopping I need to do.

I should finish my cards...

Oh yeah, wrapping presents. Thanks for reminding me, guys! I have the wrapping paper out and everything, and now suddenly I find myself on LT. How did that happen?

You're good lefty. I don't have the wrapping paper yet.

I'm going to start on my halloween costume.

It's funny. I read that and thought of the next Halloween. Alas, you are two months late, not ten months early.

I think i'll post my christmas present now. Oh, i'll do it tomorrow...

Side Note: Kerian-Love my paid Flickr account!

Now, should I get back to procrastinating? Well, I actually am since I'm trying to download to Flickr right now. Instead I'm here.

We got our Christmas tree last weekend. We might put it up tomorrow but one can never be sure.

I'll do it later.

I'll do the thing I have to do right....the moment when i finish what i'm doing....

#71 MsD, It only looks like I'm good. Really, I was wrapping presents that I was giving in about 3 hours. We had early Christmas with my family since we'll be having on time Christmas with husband's family. ;)

I have the nagging feeling I'm supposed to be doing something.. eh, oh well.

I'm supposed to leave in about 30 minutes to meet someone who has some homeschooling resources for me. And what am I doing? Anyone? Anyone? That's right. Nothing! I guess I should at least get my hairbrush...

I've got housecleaning to do before Christmas........or .......after........no rush...

Hmmm . . . I should be cooking Christmas dinner. Oh, well . . . we're not eating until evening anyway. I don't need to worry about it for a while yet, right?

Sure, as long as you didn't specified which evening I think it's ok, but I'll let you know if it's ok later for sure

</I>I should be reading.

I'm pretty sure that's someone's LT username. ;)

I should be starting dinner... maybe if I wait long enough, someone else will do it?

(haha -- I made myself laugh)

I should be doing ...

I'm procrastinating on posting twenty-four posts more for some unknown reason. (A little help?)

(Only kidding, GDers! :)

I'll post something here soon...something poetic and deep...

24 posts? Do we really have the paitence to post that many?

You guys have no IDEA!! I have to pack away all these files from 2007 and move files from 2008 to make room for this year, but I am sooo not feeling that. I'd rather sip my mountain dew and chill with you wonderful people!

#90: I'll answer that in a second...

#91: Then just stay here suge...we won't tell...or we will tell them in the far far future...or some other time....

now i have cup cakes! Every time one of my coworkers has a birthday. I always do a little something for them. a cake, a meal.. this time I got two dozen cup cakes and a ginormo Elmo one! It was adorable! Dig in pe

I have a huge to do list. All of it involving getting my house clean enough for my in laws coming over for the birthday party. mmmmm I really don't feel like getting up and cleaning... at all.

I'll bump this thread right now but I'll tell you why later....

okay....

Yeah, I would have done it. But that would have required me to go search for it.

I'm sure I'll tell you why I bumped the thread but I'm just waiting for the right moment on the right day....

I procrastinated for five days before writing what book I read last on my 50 book challenge thread.

This has been quite the evening of procrastination. I procrastinated about packing. Now I should be getting mapquest directions to the airport, but I am here. And the only reason I haven't gotten directions to the airport yet is -- you guessed it -- I've been procrastinating! Actually, I'm procrastinating on going to bed, because I know I'll have a hard time getting to sleep, and a hard time waking up (an hour and a half earlier than I usually do).

I kept on meaning to post on this thread but...

I was going to post ...but i'll do it later.

I think I'll procrastinate about writing the quarterlies for our school district.
Oh wait! I already am.

I should really go read all the books I have waiting for me, but they'll wait... right?

Some might wait with overdue fees. ;)

Nonsense... Foggi checked most of them out... ;)

KIK! What is family for? :)

I'm going to even provide the link in case you can't see it.

http://graphjam.com/2009/02/03/song-charts-memes-procastinator/

That was terrible grammar. Too bad I don't feel like fixing it right now...

kik!!

Awesome chart, it's like my life in business format.

I was going to post my chart, but that just seems like a lot of work...

Yeah, better to save all the work for later.

I probably should do my math, but then I'd have to walk all the way down stairs..

Yeah, who wants to do Chemistry homework anyway?

There are so many other more productive things you can do.

Like be on Facebook and LT simultaneously, see, I'm so efficient!

Yeah well I have, LT, Facebook, and mypace all at once.

Well I don't have a MySpace so I can't compete

what homework?

#108 jp:
KIK!

I want to read two books at once, catch up on LT, enter notes from DH's chapters 5-9, and blog. What am I doing? LTing without entering chapter notes. I think I'll wait to enter them till tomorrow morning.

Today is going to be a day of procrastinating... I should be getting dressed, getting stuff out for dinner...and cleaning my house so it is fit for his mother (sigh) to come over later.

I need to set up an appointment for new contacts, it's been about, ummm, six months.

Let's see, I have a paper due for English class tomorrow night, and I just re-read my rough draft thesis statement from two weeks ago, today. About an hour ago, I realized that I hadn't seen the slip of paper with the assignment on it in a while... And since a rough draft was due last week, but she canceled and told us to just bring the finished product in tomorrow, I didn't think it would go over well to e-mail her with 25 hours to go and ask her to remind me what it was.

Thankfully, I found it about half an hour ago. Guess what I'm doing now? And no, it doesn't rhyme with smiting thy taper...

kik! I'm guessing you aren't typing your paper laia??

riding your tapir?

no, it doesn't rhyme.

Edited to flight my caper.

Mare just threatened to put parental blocks on LibraryThing if I don't write my paper... Dang, and I thought she might not recognize the layout from the couch... *mutters to self and switches over to Word...*

Parental blocks would only cause you to waste more time, since you would be trying to figure out a way around it.

Ah that reminds me, Mr A starts back at school soon. I'll have to dust off my arsenal of questions:

Are you doing it?
You know you have to do it eventually.
So how many points do you lose for each day it is late?
You're not on LT are you?
For gods sake just do it already.
When is it due?
Why don't you do it now so you're not up all night, the night before it is due?

Just about to start.
There's plenty of time.
Only half a point.
Of course not. *hides screen*
I'm right on it.
Not for a few days i think.
It's getting late, i'll get a fresh start on it tomorrow.

yep, i'm all ready.

LOL that actually sounds like me and my husband as I nag him to do his school work also. 8) The only other thing I have in my nag bag is:
"Well, honey, if you could have swallowed your stupid male pride and went to school full time like I told you too when I was working you wouldn't be working this hard! But noooooooo you couldn't let your wife be the bread winner! Oh no no no".
heheheheh I usually do this when he hadn't done his school work when he was supposed to and then is taking up 'family time' to do it. 8)

MEM! you are cruel!

whatever! He SHOULD have went when I was willing to support us for him to do it. Now that I quit working I wouldn't be able to get a salary that could match what he is making presently. He couldn't handle what his family would have said about it even though it was for the greater good. 8)

Therefore I get a free nagging pass! 8) It's not as if he actually listens to me nagging. He completely zones out once he notes what it is that I want him to do. LOL

MsD and MrA, have you two been listening at the window...???

I'll have you all know that the paper *could* be turned in as-is, but I'll edit it throughout the day until I'm actually happy with it. Of course, I had to play Animal Crossing for a while to reward myself for all of that hard work, so I was up pretty late... But hey, I wrote the paper!

I should be posting something important here to bump this thread but I'll do it later....

Uni (college) starts this week. Yay! At last i'll have something new to not do.

I actually wrote out some goals for the next few weeks. I'll start working on achieving them . . . tomorrow.

I haven't written a blog entry in two weeks and have read three books since then.

i'll start dinner.......soon

I'll wash the dishes . . . eventually.

I need to go run errands, eventually. This is day 4 of putting them off.

I need to go curtain shopping. My window is small in length but very wide. I've no idea how I'm supposed to find something for it. Really I've been thinking if I should just pick out some material and make them myself. If only I'd get to a fabric shop.

K, you could buy something that is wide enough and then hem them to the correct length. At least that way you would save yourself from having to make them completely. And you won't have to make a special trip to find fabric. Of course, then you have to get around to hemming hem. Eventually. ;)

I am seriously procrastinating on a project I need to get done tonight. Today has not been a good day for getting things done.

IM A PROCRASTNATOR!! HEEE HEE ROCK ON!

I'd yell PIANO, but I'm sure someone else will do it, so why bother?

#144 lefty:
Very true! That's my mother's suggestion as well. To pick curtains out even, though! My room is the most horrible shade of pink. It is called queen pink. I'm afraid not much can go with it except white. I grew up with all white furniture and deemed that nothing would be white ever again.

Do you have any color suggestions? Maybe a print would be okay?

And yes, btw, that is the one who basks in my window each day and the whole cause for me to search for curtains. She knocks the blinds, which are broken, off the windowsill daily. In measuring my window just now I have found she knocked the tv's rabbit ears down today.

Something I am procrastinating on: Putting the gold metal strip back on my large bookcase. Tumble knocked it down from the top of it a few days ago.

I would look for a sage green or medium heather blue background (heather = grey added, kind of gives a "smokey" look to the color) that perhaps has small amounts of a similar pink. Of course it's good to have the pink match as closely as possible. And that will pretty much limit you to floral patterns most likely. If you are trying to tone down the pink as much as possible, skip the matching pink and just go with a green or blue. Is painting the room out of the question?

Thank you, lefty! I've just used google to get different tones of each of those shades on a paper to bring with me while looking for curtains. I needed to bring a picture of the room's hideous color with me anyways. I really like the medium heather blue! I hadn't thought I could use any blues. It's one of my two favorite colors, though I don't have a favorite shade of it.

Yes, painting is pretty much out of the question. I would love to paint it a pastel, perhaps a shade of lavender. Someday in another house.

*sigh* I should be cleaning my house right now. I had big plans for today, cleaning the bedroom, bathroom, study, and kitchen. So far, I've done a little laundry.

At least doing little laundry doesn't take long.

not now, I'm busy

Apparently I've been putting off reading this thread.

#150, I'm always happy to help, K! Have you found anything you like yet?

not yet, too tired

Came across this a while ago and meant to get to re-reading enough of this thread to remember to post it. IN a very unthreadlike manner I have actually done so - but only in order to avoid doing some proper 'work'

"Robert Benchley explained this phenomenon very well in about 1930 in an essay called "How to Get Things Done" where he proposes the following key psychological principal: "Anyone can do any amount of work , providing it isn't the work he is supposed to be doing at the time."
"

Great quote, r_f! So very true. :)

That is an excellent quote!

That needs to be the theme in my house. 8)

#154 lefty:
I'm still deciding. I like to look around before buying things and would like to go to more places to browse. It's just difficult because I don't drive and there isn't much in my city. One of my sisters and I may go curtain shopping next weekend after I help her move, though. I think she will be stuck with white curtains since her room is yellow...Though now that I think of it...So is suge's, and she has lovely green drapes that look quite nice. *ponders*

#156 r_f:
I love the quote!

#160 K, I am horrible at making decisions. Yesterday I was out looking for light fixtures and took so long choosing the worker in that section finally asked if I'd just like to take a catalog. I did. Still haven't chosen one.

I was putting off doing alterations yesterday so instead I put in a new kitchen faucet, replaced a leaky water-in line in a toilet, drew up plans for the compost bin I'm going to build, and shortened our bar stools (they were just a little too tall for the height of our counter). And thus I have proved r_f's quote to be true.

hey lefty! come to my house I have plenty of that kinda work!

kik -- I'll put a visit to Polly on my list! ;)

I'm pretty sure everything will be ignored while I spend the day watching Twilight over and over.

#164 mindy:
I preordered my own copy, but my kid sister didn't tell our mother and went out to get her own. After watching her dvd once on Saturday, I wanted to watch it over again, too.

I should be sewing....

Anyone want to try their hand at hemming a bridal gown? I swear it's a particularly easy one.

Hmmm. How about you come kill the invisble spider I'm afriad of by my book case shelves so my books can go up. We'll send the dress to my step-mom. She makes bridal gowns and other clothes. We'll pretend it's for one of my sisters and she'll work even faster because they would love for one of my sisters or me to be married.

...I think I have homework...
but I'm not sure...

#167 K, lol! That's not a bad plan. I did finally get it done though ... at around midnight. I set up shop in the living room and watched Order of the Phoenix to make the time pass more enjoyably.

Mindy, it's better if you don't find out. ;)

Good thinking with Order of the Phoenix. You wouldn't want to quote Batman word for word watching it a second time yesterday. ;)

lol -- yes, plus you'll all think I'm nuts for being obsessed with Batman, while a HP obsession is perfectly normal. ;)

Tonight it's the first Pirates movie to go with dresses. After I'm done on LT. And after I've gotten dinner.

I've been procrastinating on finishing Persuasion. I was helping others all day, though, so that makes it okay, right? I did some flight research for my grandparents, helped a sister with some of her moving, and ran around shopping with my mother who has tennis elbow so she wouldn't lift anything. Persuasion is taking longer and longer to read.

Right now I am procrastinating finishing my classroom. I've been working on rearranging and whatnot.

I'm procrastinating on cleaning the bathroom. And washing the dog (which should be done before cleaning the bathroom, naturally) and doing some sewing and folding the laundry and cooking and . . .

This is the problem with days off -- there's always too much stuff that needs to get done in them!

I washed the dog (Finnegan had a shower) yesterday, and neglected cleaning the bathrooms (except for the shower) afterwards. I had intentions on cleaning the bathrooms top to bottom, but was distracted by a book.

I'm procrastinating a project that is worth 200 points... and I shouldn't be. I'll do it Sunday...maybe

175 > Darn Books! always distracting us!

#177: I know! What's up with that?!

I'm procrastinating on going to go sleep. Normally there's just one other person awake at this time. My sister being here and a night owl in addition to the other person being awake makes it feel like it's still daytime.

*Hums Brahm's lullaby to kerian to help her go to sleep*

Thank you, polly!

Now I'm procrastinating on my list of things to do today. I made the list before I got up since I'd thought I'd have two days to get all of those things done.

To do lists are no good for me. Husband loves them. Over spring break he made himself a 2-page list. Lists don't help me accomplish things. They just depress me until I have to read or make cookies to feel better.

lefty: This is how you make lists. Write one thing on it you know you can get done. Sometime during the day pause, and write down everything else you've gotten done. Then you can check off a bunch of stuff at once.

LOL!

(That's the first post I've made on this thread.)

183: I so do that at work...It makes me feel so good at the end of the day..."well I didn't get the thing I really should have done, done...but look at everything I did do!!"

sometimes to do lists help me and sometimes they don't. I like being able to cross stuff off as completed but if I didn't get it all then oh well!

I should get up but my bed is very comfortable and the kids are happy out in the living room.

get up lazy girl or i'll come drag you out of bed.....later....sometime

*yawn* I am getting kinda hungry. hmmmm Here in a minute I will be forced to either A: get out of bed or B: Yell for my much abused daughter to bring me a Poptart. I don't really like Poptarts though. I don't like moving either. *sigh* decisions, decisions

You know what I should really be doing? I should be out shopping for something to wear to this wedding thing I have to go too. I have nothing but dark things to wear and since Rob and the kids are in the wedding and dressed in pastels I should be in something that isn't black. *grumble* I look dead in light colors because I'm too pale.

You look very nice in light blue dear. And pink brings color to your skin.

mmm I can think of body parts I rather lose than wear pink. Eh, light blue is okay, maybe a medium blue. I was thinking more of a warm tan color. Rob and Cole are wearing light blue and Missie will be in that white and purple dress. I don't want to be too match-y but I don't want to stick out either. *sigh* thinking about it makes me tired.

well if you decide to go today let me know

That conversation was fantastic!

LOL Was that sarcasm? *snicker* Wow my husband just came into the bedroom and laughed at me because I'm still in bed. He's on his way to work. Whatever, I'm so great at directing the house from bed Missie is already doing school work. But I am getting up to go shopping....maybe.... here in a minute.

Nope, no sarcasm at all, I just really enjoyed that conversation.

Well. I ended up finishing my paper at midnight last night (which isn't really that bad compared to other people)

YAY! I'm happy for you mindy.

MEM and I went shopping but not for her.......for Baby! Imagine that! I have my eye on several cutie-pie outfits I'm planning to get on payday!

#182-186:
Lists help me so long as they're made for one day worth of goals. I don't like to write actual lists out for beyond the current day. Those lists don't get crossed off so much.

So procrastinating putting new break pads on the Corolla turned out to be a good decision on my part! The car was written off as totaled so I'd hate to have put on new breaks just to have it smashed a week later. See? Procrastinating is good!

Too bad I didn't put off buying the new break pads or I wouldn't have to return them. They've been sitting in the garage for a couple weeks.

Ohhh that's unfortunate Missy =/

I'm procrastinating reorganizing my closet at school. I need to do it, but don't want to do it. It's cold and I'd rather be home curled up in bed with a book.

To procrastinate a little more I'm going to finish my lesson plans for the next 3 weeks, write my Monday News, get my Word Study words ready for the next 2 weeks, update my bus checklist, work on a school flyer for a new recycling program we are starting, and send my weekly email to my classroom parents. See. Procrastinating can be productive.

Geez, kirby! I wish when I could procrastinate like you. You're my hero! 8)

That's the secret to procrastinating! Procrastinate by doing something else that needs to be done. Of course you can't always do that because your mind would catch on soon enough. ;)

I've been procrastinating on some job-hunt-related chores all day. I have told myself that I can't read or watch a movie until I get those things done . . . but somehow, I seem to still keep finding other stuff to do. So far, I have procrastinated by cleaning out my medicine cabinet (throwing away anything that was past its expiration date), emptying all of the trash cans around the house, and spending a lot of time reading LT, blogs, and email (and checking and re-checking the same for new posts, etc.). It would take me less than half an hour to do the stuff I am procrastinating on, but I am having an unmotivated sort of day.

How is that a bad thing, foggi? Sounds like you accomplished a lot!
Maybe you could trick your procrastinating self. Start working on writing that great novel that is destined to be a best seller. Maybe you'll procrastinate yourself into job hunting. If not, you still have that great novel to fall back on! ;o)

Hah! Maybe that would work, JP!

I did one of the job-hunting tasks, so now I just have one more to finish today. Meanwhile, I'm procrastinating by putting away the last of the Christmas stuff. This includes taking the lights off the very dead Christmas tree (ouch! ouch!) and hauling it out to the curb (owwww!). I have never left this task this late before.