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ups and downs . . .
So Real Life is not going that well at the moment, which means I've been spending more and more time messing around with TV, videos and the internet as a means of escape / avoidance / procrastination. Although I really do not need any further help in procrastination, being already quite good at it.
On the up side, I've been writing fairly steadily lately, and that's also been an excuse to procrastinate on What I Really Should Be Doing Instead, but a good excuse. It's funny how I can spend an hour watching "Wife Swap" reruns and come out of it with nothing except an hour of aging, but if I spend an hour writing instead, I come out of it feeling productive and energized. At the moment I am working on ficlet #3 for![[profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
50ficlets, and this one is crack!fic, which means it really doesn't "go" with my plan for turning the ficlets into one longer story, but that's okay because I'm having too much fun with it to care. It's also 578 words already, and probably almost done except I am still trying to figure out how to end it. But it makes me giggle, which is a good sign. If I still like it once it's actually finished, I think I'll go ahead and post it here as soon as it's done instead of waiting to include it in a later "50ficlets" batch post.
Finally, I've been trying to decide if I should buy the DVD boxset of the specials or not. I'd be getting it mostly for the boxset extras as the only one of the specials that I have any particular desire to own is "Waters of Mars" -- anyone know if the extras are any good? They look good, and I have been in the mood to spend money lately . . .
On the up side, I've been writing fairly steadily lately, and that's also been an excuse to procrastinate on What I Really Should Be Doing Instead, but a good excuse. It's funny how I can spend an hour watching "Wife Swap" reruns and come out of it with nothing except an hour of aging, but if I spend an hour writing instead, I come out of it feeling productive and energized. At the moment I am working on ficlet #3 for
50ficlets, and this one is crack!fic, which means it really doesn't "go" with my plan for turning the ficlets into one longer story, but that's okay because I'm having too much fun with it to care. It's also 578 words already, and probably almost done except I am still trying to figure out how to end it. But it makes me giggle, which is a good sign. If I still like it once it's actually finished, I think I'll go ahead and post it here as soon as it's done instead of waiting to include it in a later "50ficlets" batch post.Finally, I've been trying to decide if I should buy the DVD boxset of the specials or not. I'd be getting it mostly for the boxset extras as the only one of the specials that I have any particular desire to own is "Waters of Mars" -- anyone know if the extras are any good? They look good, and I have been in the mood to spend money lately . . .
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I'm very amsued to hear the next is cracfic and await with anticipation. :-D
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I think the 50 ficlets is a positive outlet, though. One of the nice things about it is the word "ficlet," which makes me feel that I can just toss these off without putting a whole lot of effort and angst into them -- they're for fun! They're writing exercises! I can just play around, and not worry if what comes out isn't any good.
Unfortunately, while that worked well for ficlet #1, I spent more time on ficlet #2 and now #3 is looking like it's in for a major overhaul, because I no longer think it's that funny now that I'm not as sleep-deprived as I was when I wrote it. Rats.
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Sigh. Sound familiar. But yeah, you should fight the "idiot" bit, this has nothing to do with being an idiot and (I think?) everything to do with more stress and more deadlines kill your motivation to deal with them, hence making things worse.
(Sorry if this is not the case, I guess this is exactly where I am at the moment so I assume the rest of the world shares the same problem...)
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(Sorry if this is not the case, I guess this is exactly where I am at the moment so I assume the rest of the world shares the same problem...)
No, actually this is EXACTLY it. That and the fact that when I am feeling extremely stressed and nervous about something, I go into avoidance mode. Sorry that you're sharing that same mental space right now, but at least you know that you are definitely not alone!
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Yes, I was finding that useful in the same way, too, although I've had a little more time this week - and a looming ficathon deadline!
Btw, DWM says that the Specials DVD set has some great extras, but is lacking in commentaries for several of the shows, which seems a fundamental omission to me, although it has non-cut down Confidentials for about the first time.