My how time flies when you are procrastinating

I have just discovered my new favourite form of procrastination, searching for a quote for my blog post.  I actually spent a half hour trying to find this one:

I agreed that what really matters is what you like, not what you are like… Books, records, films — these things matter. Call me shallow but it’s the f**kin’ truth
Rob Gordon, High Fidelity

And by the time I found it – I couldn’t remember anything about the actual quote except for “what you like” which is hard to google for – I couldn’t remember how it tied into the blog.  I wasn’t even actually supposed to be blogging, I was supposed to be writing my methodology chapter which is/has been due for ages now, but thought if I could just write another post, I’d get back into writing.  It is amazing how easily I fall out of the habit of writing and need to constantly be reminded how to do it.

In the spirit of High Fidelity, my top 5 favourite blog-related procrastination techniques are:

1. Quote searching
2. Reading other people’s blogs (not technically goofing-off, but not exactly work either)
3. Blog stats – nuff said on that subject (see http://famartinniemi.wordpress.com/2008/10/06/blog-stats-cyber-navel-gazing/)
4. Making lists of future blog topics (again, not really a bad habit, but not really helping my chapter get written either)
5. Talking, chatting, emailing, Facebook status commenting, and generally annoying/boring my friends with endless talk about blogging, my blog, blog research, etc…