That sounds like good news!
Sir? I'd like you to take the helm, please. I need this man to tear all my clothes off.
Zoe ,'Serenity'
Spike's Bitches 44: It's about the rules having changed.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Gudanov - Sep 24, 2009 5:39:54 am PDT #24199 of 30000
Coding and Sleeping
smonster - Sep 24, 2009 5:40:52 am PDT #24200 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Have you ever tried using a timer? *All* my productivity is thanks to using timers. There's a free app called Instant Boss that's really easy to use and it helps keep me focused at work (unless I circumvent it). You can also use a kitchen timer.
Giving myself permission to take breaks and practicing stopping breaks and returning to work is key for me personally. Also helps enormously with housework (yes, I'm kind of a Flybaby, for those of you who know what that is).
...and there goes my timer! Back to work.
(I've already done my allotted 1 hr of Most Dreaded Task today, and of course I'm so into it I don't want to stop)
(My other productivity aid is listening to dharma talks while I work, but I suspect that's less universally applicable)
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Sep 24, 2009 5:48:26 am PDT #24201 of 30000
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
There's a free app called Instant Boss that's really easy to use and it helps keep me focused at work (unless I circumvent it).
That's an interesting idea. My preferred work style is to get entirely lost in it for several hours, but that's not great for my energy levels. I should try shorter bursts of work. I'll look up this Instant Boss thing. Thanks!
Listening to music (or very familiar TV shows) in the background while I work usually helps, but at the moment it's just making me more distracted. I might have to find something else to have in the background.
billytea - Sep 24, 2009 6:04:37 am PDT #24202 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
I'd be quite concerned if I started sounding Australian.
It's easy to sound Australian, just practise this simple phrase: "Nice weather we're having."
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Sep 24, 2009 6:06:25 am PDT #24203 of 30000
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
"Nice weather we're having."
Yeah, we wouldn't say that here.
Tom Scola - Sep 24, 2009 6:07:06 am PDT #24204 of 30000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Steph L. - Sep 24, 2009 6:11:22 am PDT #24205 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
You wouldn't think that this image could get any creepier, but the red dust does in fact make it creepier: [link] Well done, Mother Nature.
Gudanov - Sep 24, 2009 6:13:55 am PDT #24206 of 30000
Coding and Sleeping
You wouldn't think that this image could get any creepier, but the red dust does in fact make it creepier: [link].
Burn it! burn it! send it back to hell! That must be what's turning the sky red with the blood of the innocent.
billytea - Sep 24, 2009 6:14:25 am PDT #24207 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
You wouldn't think that this image could get any creepier, but the red dust does in fact make it creepier: [link]. Well done, Mother Nature.
We have a Luna Park in Melbourne too! Less dusty though.
smonster - Sep 24, 2009 6:15:05 am PDT #24208 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
My preferred work style is to get entirely lost in it for several hours,
Yeah, I like to do this sometimes too. I personally have a lot of resistance to actually getting started, so it's easier for me if I know I only have to do it for 10-15 min before I get a break. But once I start, I sometimes get so into it that I end up skipping the breaks.
Anyway, hope the app helps. It's very simple and easily modified to suit your needs.