I’m having a really bad day, and bad days are rare for me. I normally eat sunshine, poop rainbows, and sing love songs about teddy bears. But today, it’s just not happening.
Mostly due to the fact that I find it frustrating when people are unable to differentiate between procrastination and carelessness. Procrastination is putting something off that you actually intend to do. However, carelessness can be putting something off because you never intend to do it.
I’m not knocking procrastination. I am its Queen.
I am,however, knocking procrastination as a form of carelessness.
To me, it is just irritating that a person might act as if they were procrastinating something they never intended to do. For instance, it might be saying you were going to throw a giant brick 20 ft later today, when you have no actual intention of throwing it to begin with.
(I don’t know what the hell a throwing a brick has anything to do with this, but it seemed like a partially tangible example. Roll with it.)
It’s just as simple as saying that you are not interested in doing something. It’s just as simple as saying that you have no intention of doing it. But giving me a 10-fold lame excuse involving doing it later, when that really isn’t going to happen is quite immature. Not only is it immature, it’s fucking exhausting.
I’m tired of hearing excuses for things that aren’t going to happen. It’s either yes or no. There is no “maybe later” for something that isn’t going to happen. Because, hell, it wasn’t going to happen in the first place. So how will it happen later? If it wasn’t ever going to happen, then it happening later is an impossibility.
Saying you’ll do something you don’t actually have true intentions of doing is simply a lie. A lie.
Thankyouverymuch.
I’m just fed up.
I need a nap.
Also, if you came here for a laugh but were let down by this strange combination of melancholy and rage, you should go check out all of the embarassing stories submitted to my contest so far. They are all pee-your-pants funny. Click here for laughs.
See, but if you act like fully intend to do something later (that you actually have zero intention of doing), the person to whom you are explaining lets you off the hook temporarily, thinking you just might actually do it. And later? Well, if you are lucky, the person will totally forget the entire conversation, and then you have totally won because you still don’t have to do it, *and* you’ve also suckered someone at the same time.
I’m mid-rainbow and sunshine right now, but, yah, that’s highly annoying. Highly.
Maggie’s last blog post..The Scotsman Saved the Day!
March 21st, 2008 at 4:44 pm
Is sunshing tasty?
Solomon Broad’s last blog post..Things I’m Grateful For on Friday 21 March
March 21st, 2008 at 4:54 pm
If you poop rainbows, does it smell like Skittles?
I get what you mean about being let down too.
Sue’s last blog post..I Gotta Level With Ya
March 21st, 2008 at 6:45 pm
Sweetie, I hope you’re having a better day! I know exactly what you mean, and it drives me crazy. At least it’s the weekend, right??
Jen’s last blog post..Exercise Your Rites
March 21st, 2008 at 7:12 pm
Hope things turn around real soon.
Laura from the Fringe’s last blog post..The cold snowy facts
March 21st, 2008 at 7:41 pm
I heart you. I hope it gets better for you soon.
We can be skittle poopers together 
I am very frequently accused of being a sunshine eater and rainbow pooper. Nice to make your acquaintance
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March 21st, 2008 at 8:04 pm
Cheer up, buttercup!
You do know that’s sarcasm, right?
That, too.
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March 21st, 2008 at 9:09 pm
We all have crappy days! Hope you get a good dose of sunshine tomorrow!
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March 21st, 2008 at 10:26 pm
If that’s you having a bad day .. well, it’s like where have you been all my life. My God, woman. If SWMBO was half that good in the morning, I’d be in 7th heaven.
BTW, SWMBO = She Who Must Be Obeyed.
lceel’s last blog post..To the Land of Boadicea
March 21st, 2008 at 10:43 pm
i feel ya on this one…i really really really do.
i am waiting for a new floor in my kitchen. we tore out the old one back in AUGUST thinking the new one would go in September. we have CONCRETE floors still. yep. procrastination? not so much me thinks. GRrrr.
(fyi we agreed to move in to one of my inlaws rental homes to allow them to “fix it up” without “disturbing tenants”. it all sounded like such a good deal, save a little money etc. but this princess NEEDS a floor…please)
HolleeAnn’s last blog post..Good Mail…for ME?!
March 22nd, 2008 at 2:14 am
People with your disposition lift my spirits. Sorry your having a bad one. “hugs”
Danni’s last blog post..Creative Minds
March 22nd, 2008 at 3:14 am
It’s like the Skittles commericial where everything the guy touches turns to Skittles! Lol!! Kay, maybe that wasn’t funny!
Cheer up sweetie! Brush those people off! I am not sure what you are talking about [hehe] but it’ll get better. But I do get where you are coming from. A straight answer [even if it is something you don't neccessarily want to hear] is better than beating around the bush and lying and being careless. *hugs*
And just smile [even if secretly you want to slap someone in the face]!
March 22nd, 2008 at 3:32 am
amen. I ripped ABC Pest a new one yesterday for this very reason (and then apologized for becoming all kinds of my MOTHER on them.)
now, Im sure you dont watch this (Im too much about the recorded TRASH TV) but seen the tlc show LA INK?
your description of pooping rainbows made me immediately think of PIXIE.
hope today was/is better.
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March 22nd, 2008 at 5:28 am
I think sometimes people think saying they’ll do something they never intend to do will somehow not hurt your feelings. Like, it’s the thought that counts, or something.
Michelle’s last blog post..The morning wee results
March 22nd, 2008 at 6:24 am
I totally get where you’re coming from with this one. I’m a die hard procrastinator, and I always have every intention of following through. When I get around to it. But, when I see it in others, and KNOW they aren’t going to ever do it I want to scream. And, I might. Someday. If I get a chance. . .
March 22nd, 2008 at 8:08 am
This sounds like a problem I have with myself. Who would have thought it was possible to lie to yourself?
Hoppin’
Jeff’s last blog post..PebiPC
March 22nd, 2008 at 8:55 am
I’m sorry…go find some sunshine…and swallow it!
Noble Pig’s last blog post..It’s A Man’s World…I Guess
March 22nd, 2008 at 10:17 am
Seriously! If you aren’t going to do something, just say it, we’re all big kids here. We can take it.
Tara R.’s last blog post..Scrolling Saturdays
March 22nd, 2008 at 10:27 am
cheer up - things will get better…
Pink Lemonade Liz’s last blog post..Friday Free Stuff
March 22nd, 2008 at 1:43 pm
I hope today is going better than yesterday. I completely understand your frustration. Sometimes the best thing is a nap. And booze. And Peeps.
Hope things are looking up soon.
Dingo’s last blog post..Making It Work
March 22nd, 2008 at 3:39 pm
Oh yes this is a pet peev of mine also.
My hubs is guilty of procrastination by way of carelessness. It makes me so angry because I bitch at him thinking he’s just putting off doing something that he has no intention of doing. If he would just be HONEST with me then I would be able to relax but Noooooooo…
Ok, I’m stopping now. *deep breath*
Lunanik’s last blog post..Success
March 22nd, 2008 at 8:47 pm
If you eat sunshine and poop rainbows, why don’t I know you? I am so adding you to my reader.
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March 22nd, 2008 at 10:32 pm
checking back and letting you know Im hoping your day(s) got better.
when mine do NOT I always head to True Mom Confessions, pee myself laughing and head on my merry way.
M.
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March 23rd, 2008 at 6:21 am
I hope you’re back to making candy out of your ass soon, hun!
I miss those chocolate covered marshmallows.. Okay, I went too far, didn’t I?..oh well!
Hugs!
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March 23rd, 2008 at 8:31 am
If you say you are going to do something but never do it, doesn’t that make you more of a liar than a careless person? Just sayin’.
Burgh Baby’s Mom’s last blog post..The Burghification* of the Toddler, Part 1
March 23rd, 2008 at 10:17 am
you know, i used to be so happy and so cheerful that my co-workers went in together and purchased me a thermos of starbucks decaffinated coffee. it backfired. they were very sad.
i sometimes wonder if procrastination is a religion. people practice it wayyyy to much.
p.s. the comments on the rainbows and skittles were hilarious. seriously. the smelling like skittles comment had me laughing and the marshmallows comment had me spewing mello yello through my nose.
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March 23rd, 2008 at 8:39 pm