Well, I spent this holiday weekend getting behind. Thanks to all of you who left such kind and encouraging comments here, and everyone who's off reading my first post at The Krazy Kitchen. I'm really looking forward to getting more into cooking and blogging - first, though, I really have to tackle my procrastination issue.

Not that I haven't been trying to tackle it since second grade or anything. It's just frustrating to want to get something done, then get overwhelmed when I look at the mess left from holiday stuff I haven't cleaned up yet, from cooking my Monday Munchies recipes, and from being silly enough to think my overzealous kitten who drinks twice her weight in water daily could go two days without a litter change.

And, of course, I haven't kept up with JulNoWriMo. After last November's success with 50,000 words in 15 days, I thought I'd be able to get back into the swing of things easily, but no such luck.

They say that some of the world's greatest artists are also the world's greatest procrastinators. The key to productive procrastination is supposed to be acknowledging that you know you're going to procrastinate, so you do something useful. Usually, when I don't feel like doing homework, I'll poke around online instead of starting another project. Apparently, instead I should realize that instead of spending hours online, I can get cleaning or writing done since I know I won't focus on my work either way.

I guess that means I'm going to get in the shower (at noon like a lazy college kid) and then focus hard all day on avoiding my homework?

I've joined a new blog, The Krazy Kitchen, as a contributor. On Mondays, I'll be posting my Monday Munchies meme, which will include a weekly recipe for a healthy, cheap, and quick snack perfect for college kids like me and busy people of all ages. Come visit me over there for something a little different from my posts here.

Also, JulNoWriMo started today. I'm behind on my word count, but at least I'm writing something. I've worked on both my novel and my short sci-fi story today, and I fully intend to spend the hour and a half between now and midnight working. I feel productive for now, though I imagine I won't come August when I realize I haven't packed anything for the big move and have missed the application deadline for my new semester of classes. Oh well.

Ugh, I have been doing everything I can the past few days to avoid writing anything. This mostly means I have spent the week sleeping, eating, talking to everyone I know on the phone for hours, surfing online, playing with my cat, watching trashy talk shows, and God forbid, cleaning.

Unfortunately, I really need to be writing. I want to submit to Every Day Fiction as soon as possible, and I want to get something out for M-BRANE's new anthology before the deadline. Then there's my promise to myself to finish my first viable novel this summer and get it out of here before the end of the year, which will prove nearly impossible unless I get it done during JulNoWriMo. Which means, basically, that I have to have all my short story submissions done before then, a.k.a. now.

Writers write. Bloggers blog. Why do I find myself so incapable of doing either?

Oh, right. Because I'm a procrastinator.