Friday Five: Offline Time Wasters

I waste less time offline than I do online. Let's see if I can get 5 time wasters offline.

Number puzzles are first. Kakuro, sudoku, and fill-ins. I have books laying all over the house.

Second is whatever the current television show I am following. During the regular television season, I have been watching Glee. I love music and have been with the show since the pilot. The last show I watched every time it was on... well, that was Buffy several years back. This summer, I've been content with The Glee Project but now that is wrapped up, I'm waiting for Glee to come back! I ship Klaine and was Team Matheus for sure.

Third would have to be lying in the tub. I am really bad about filling my bath full of hot water (no cold water) and lying in it until it becomes tepid. I'm all pruned, relaxed, and sleepy. It isn't uncommon for me to fall asleep in the tub. I know, that is an awful idea.

Fourth is playing with the cats. My fur-babies demand constant attention which I generally ignore (because I'm working... I'm really not heartlessly ignoring my cats for no reason) so I try to take time each day to cuddle them, rub their chins, and let them fight over who is sitting in my lap. A friend has been rough housing with my big boy, Sam, so now Sam plays/attacks and I'm working on taming the beast once more. He doesn't have claws but damn his teeth are long/sharp.

Fifth may or may not constitute a time waster but I do it to fill up time, certainly not because it is enjoyable. I get into spurts where I have to clean everything. And by clean I mean throw it away. My mom is a pack rat and tries to make me into one too. She will send me 15 bottles of shampoo, 32 packets of single use laundry detergent, 14 body sprays, bags full of cosmetics, etc. While I don't throw out stuff that I will eventually use, like the shampoo and detergent, the other stuff isn't useful to me. 1 bottle of moisturizer will do me for a year. Why do I need 19 of them sitting under the shelf? I give away what I can and then trash the rest. It is huge task that usually precedes a headache, backache, and general pissiness for the next few days so I try to limit this to once or twice monthly at the most.

Sweet, I actually came up with 5 things. Maybe I waste more time than I thought. o.0


Love is love, no matter the back story. <3 DS

Friday Five: Online Time Wasters

I procrastinate with the best of them. This week's Friday Five is about wasting time. I waste most time online. Social media. Games. News. Blogs. Whatever. Here are my top 5.

• Facebook. I spend a lot less time on here since I blocked all the games, but the website stays open from when I get up until I go to bed.
• Twitter. This is another site that stays open from rise to rest. I don't post much on either, but I read everything that comes through!
• Cracked.com. This website is awful. Awfully wonderful that is! I frequently lose 2 or 3 hours thanks to the hilarious writers. I'll go to the site to read 1 article and before I can finish it, I have 12 more tabs open of other articles linked on that page. It really has become quite the problem.
• NaNoWriMo forums. I can also lose several hours here. I'll go into a forum and before I know it, I have twenty different threads open that I *need* to read.
• Last but not least, Hearts. Granted, I don't play this online, but it is on my computer so I count it anyways. Since my last reset (I do it often), I have played 48 games with a 12% winning streak. Granted, winning one means I came in 1^st place... I don't come in 4^th place very often, but finish in 1^st place even less. It's that damn Queen of Spades. I get it every single hand it seems like. The only time I don't get it is when a computer player shoots the moon.

Love is love, no matter the back story. <3 DS