The importance of being idle

First of all my apologies, updates have been a little lacking of recent, in frequency at least, and this would imply by the way of earlier posts that I've not had as much free time or been as bored as usual, but sadly, this is not the case! Instead of posting blog updates and bothering the Internet with my own unique brand of entertainment I have been procrastinating, even from my procrastination! And I hear you ask 'how?' Well its quite simple, five little wonders that are so ridiculously addictive and distracting that its near impossible to pull yourself away

'Lasciate ogni speranza voi ch'entrate'

1. Mindjolt.com and Zynga: We've all done it, regretted it, vowed to never do it again and then started a new game or clicked on another link. These games are addictive, literally, they use subliminal mind control to hook you and then you never leave! Minjolt is the worst culprit of all, it doesn't actually trick you into thinking you've achieved anything, it just takes your time and dignity, at least with farmville you get to comb bulls, which we all know is clearly the most productive and enterprising thing you do with a bull!

2. Stumbleupon: Ok so I know I'm on record as saying this is one of the greatest things ever and, it is, but download the tool bar and you'll never be able concentrate on anything ever again so long as your computer is anywhere near you. Pushing that little button is more addictive than heroin, bad kebabs and cyanide and happiness comics (beware the blog listings, actually more addictive than stumbleupon, but easier to avoid!)

3. Chess: The game of kings, and well queens, rooks, pawns and other thingies is frustratingly addictive! If you can play, which most people can't you'll know once you play a game, and lose, you need to avenge yourself, your honour, your dignity, your pride and will not be able stop until breaking point has been reached!

I do love demotivational!

4. iTunes: This bastarding thing hates me, I swear it wipes itself clear off my laptop, duplicates every song, loses files and just pisses me off. So, I spend my evenings trying to fix it, deleting duplicates, changing everything that's some how all in upper case and putting songs that are clearly marked as a particular artist and album as that particular artist and album. Not so much a way of procrastinating enjoyed by all but let's face it the Apple Cooperation are evil, Steve Jobs is a tyrant and at some point or another the software used to run iTunes will fail on you before pissing on your grave!

How could you possibly say this isn't one of the most evil things ever!?

5. Being a Child: What more can I say but I'm easily amused and happy to do anything other than what I really should be, including playing in the leaves, dressing up and not wanting to do my work. Isn't that the way things are supposed to be?!

Can you spot the ten examples of procrastination?

And now for a little confession, I've been trying to write this update the entire day but shockingly I was distracted during the creative process and have only just finished! Its a great sense of accomplishment, and not something I'm really use to, Yay, Go Me!