Monday, August 01, 2005
Overstimulated
Remember that little goodie I posted a while back regarding me having ADD vs. me being an asshole? You remember, don't you? Well, all evidence to the contrary, I'm not really an asshole (no noise from the peanut gallery, please). And, while I haven't been diagnosed with Attention Deficit Disorder, I have been having more trouble than usual concentrating. I'm seriously considering taking a nutritional supplement. In the meantime, I'm undertaking a media avoidance approach. I'm not saying that I'm starting today (too late for that now) but tomorrow and for next seven days.
This means and the following is by no means exclusive:
No NPR
No This American Life
No New York Times
No New Yorker
No Salon
No Defamer, Gawker or Page Six
No Go Fug Yourself (sniff)
No How Was Your Day, Dan?
No Television Without Pity (but it's work-related!)
No Being Bobby Brown
No Food Network
No Home & Garden Network (especially not I Want That)
No Vanity Fair
No Essence (This month's issue was a gem!)
No Star Magazine
No Harry Potter (wah!) in any incarnation, permutation or manifestation
And, finally, none of the hundreds of books just waiting for my attention UNLESS research is involved (thank goodness for Google Print).
Maybe if I cut myself off cold turkey, I could actually produce some work of my own instead of being a media sponge. Squeeze me, somebody, quick!
Remember that little goodie I posted a while back regarding me having ADD vs. me being an asshole? You remember, don't you? Well, all evidence to the contrary, I'm not really an asshole (no noise from the peanut gallery, please). And, while I haven't been diagnosed with Attention Deficit Disorder, I have been having more trouble than usual concentrating. I'm seriously considering taking a nutritional supplement. In the meantime, I'm undertaking a media avoidance approach. I'm not saying that I'm starting today (too late for that now) but tomorrow and for next seven days.
This means and the following is by no means exclusive:
No NPR
No This American Life
No New York Times
No New Yorker
No Salon
No Defamer, Gawker or Page Six
No Go Fug Yourself (sniff)
No How Was Your Day, Dan?
No Television Without Pity (but it's work-related!)
No Being Bobby Brown
No Food Network
No Home & Garden Network (especially not I Want That)
No Vanity Fair
No Essence (This month's issue was a gem!)
No Star Magazine
No Harry Potter (wah!) in any incarnation, permutation or manifestation
And, finally, none of the hundreds of books just waiting for my attention UNLESS research is involved (thank goodness for Google Print).
Maybe if I cut myself off cold turkey, I could actually produce some work of my own instead of being a media sponge. Squeeze me, somebody, quick!
