I'm just going to flat out say this...

[alexandraerin]

Anybody should feel free, when I'm blogging obsessively on a subject in the middle of the day and there are no stories out yet, to leave a comment saying words to the effects of, "Do you realize how much time you're spending on this?" or "Um, shouldn't you be writing?"

Because the answer may very well be no on the first and yes on the second. My reminders-to-self only work if I pay attention to them, and if I get really focused on something I may not notice them, or I may tell myself "I'll spend five more minutes on this", which might work if not for the fact that if I could tell when I'm spending "just five more minutes" I wouldn't need the reminder regimen.

There's no reason to be nasty about it, but you don't have to do a lot of bowing and scraping about it, which is probably going to come off with the opposite effect of what you intended. Just being upfront. I'm trying to be upfront about the issues I have. I won't snap and bite anybody's head off for noticing that I'm distracted and giving me a short and simple reminder.

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[amandathegreat.livejournal.com]

I did almost leave a comment on one of those, to the effect of "I'll be honest; I scroll past all the D&D entries because all I see is 'nerd nerd nerd nerd, nerdnerd dork geek nerd.'"

[alexandraerin.livejournal.com]

I figure that's a given for a lot of people, though. :P