Play a game with me.
Apr. 12th, 2008 02:36 pmSo, the way I use this journal is generally pretty narrow, but today I'm stuck inside on a gorgeous Saturday poking at an SPSS database of national travel information that I only sort of understand. Normally, this is the kind of thing that gives me lots of geeky pleasure, but guys: it is beautiful outside, it's the weekend, it's over 75 degrees for the first time since -- jeez, probably October, and I. Am stuck. Inside. (For which I have only myself to blame.)
I've discovered a weird thing about my ability to concentrate: if I give myself a specific off-task thing I can use to break up the work, I actually concentrate better and dick around less than if I try to stay 100% focused. Since more people read this journal than my RL one, I figure I'm more likely to find confederates here.
So, let's play complete the sentence!
Rules are simple: you comment with the start of a sentence, I reply with the rest of it. These can be fannish (i.e. John Sheppard's ugliest pair of boxers are) or personal (i.e. If I could spend the rest of the day doing something totally undignified, it would be), or whatever, really. I'll probably opt out of anything personal enough that it'd otherwise be under lock at my primary journal, and due to current venue I need to avoid anything really NC-17 (though suggestive and innuendo-laden is fine *g*). Other than that, have at!*
*... please? Seriously, I'm going nuts here.
ETA: Game closed! But this was so much fun that I think I'll have to repeat it again soon. Thanks for the great prompts, guys!
I've discovered a weird thing about my ability to concentrate: if I give myself a specific off-task thing I can use to break up the work, I actually concentrate better and dick around less than if I try to stay 100% focused. Since more people read this journal than my RL one, I figure I'm more likely to find confederates here.
So, let's play complete the sentence!
Rules are simple: you comment with the start of a sentence, I reply with the rest of it. These can be fannish (i.e. John Sheppard's ugliest pair of boxers are) or personal (i.e. If I could spend the rest of the day doing something totally undignified, it would be), or whatever, really. I'll probably opt out of anything personal enough that it'd otherwise be under lock at my primary journal, and due to current venue I need to avoid anything really NC-17 (though suggestive and innuendo-laden is fine *g*). Other than that, have at!*
*... please? Seriously, I'm going nuts here.
ETA: Game closed! But this was so much fun that I think I'll have to repeat it again soon. Thanks for the great prompts, guys!