Ever since I've begun writing "seriously," (anything other than blogging) life has become one gigantic search for a distraction. The following are my favorites time-wasting distractions:

1) Neflix (.75 hours a day) - The goal is to create a nurturing diversity of order in the infamous "queue." Ideally, my "Netflix" arrivals come in the following order 1) Blockbuster (Live Free or Die Hard, etc.), 2) Old Movie That Any Well Rounded Liberal Artsy Person Should Have Seen, But I For Some Reason Haven't (The Maltese Falcon, Ben Hur...the list is endless), Depressing Documentary About This Hypocritical Country (Sicko), Foreign Film That My American Ignorance Makes Me Resist Watching (The Lives of Others), and 70's/80's Movie That I Haven't Seen For At Least A Decade (9 to 5, Ordinary People, Kramer vs. Kramer...I relate so much to the latter two films that it's almost like watching a home movie).

2) Cleaning (.5 hours)- I think I've covered this territory. In short, I hate dirt.

3) Making coffee (1.5 hours)- Now that I have a grinder this daily ritual has become a full production. Add to that the fact that I have begun inviting my also unemployed (or between gigs) neighbor to get caffeinated with me, and we have a full hour and a half of time alloted to drinking coffee and talking politics (presidential and apartment), beauty products, and the state of the mail delivery (our mailwoman hates us).

4) Cooking (1 hour)- My mother gave me a crockpot for Christmas, and so I've really had no choice but to start using it. After finding a few recipes on the Internet, I put it to work making chicken soup while I went to yoga and spent the entire time fretting over the first ever crockpot cooking explosion (I have some control issues).

5) Social Networking (.5 hours) - This has come down quite a bit thanks to the fact that a whole slew of people migrated to Facebook which I can't for the life of me seem to be able to figure out. I only check MySpace to change my mood status from Jedi to Grateful to Virginal to Voluminous...etc.

6) Writing (????) - Somehow, between all of the above, some writing happens.

Just for today, I can be distracted.