I came across this flowchart on Digg last night (here's the link) and I couldn't help but laugh.  Sadly,  I get caught in this 'procrastination loop' almost on a daily basis.   Do you fare any better?? 

Friends will be flying into Toronto beginning next Wednesday to partake in Grey Cup festivities. I am currently in my pajamas, housecoat and socks (my winter post-work uniform) listless and completely lacking any motivation when there is lots to do.

I could start cleaning my house. I could finish up the Christmas card making mess I have scattered across my kitchen table and card table. I could get to fixing the vent on the bathroom ceiling that is posed to fall off and give me a concussion. I could bring our patio furniture in and put it into storage. I could compile the grocery list of things I'm going to need to stock up on for aforementioned guest arrival. I could go through the stack of mail/bills/receipts sitting on my desk. I could wrap the Christmas presents I have bought (80% of xmas shopping completed) so that I can coerce aforementioned friends into taking things back to Regina for me. I could look for a different outdoor activity for DVPA tomorrow (Daily Vigorous Physical Activity -- 20 minutes everyday) since the class I have been in (multiple day assignment) has played the same game the last 2 days and should be bored of it but I think they are as uninspired as me thus they think they still like our old game....

Seriously, am I going to do any of this?? Nah. I think I'll just go bug N. He seriously screwed up the PVR (it cut off the last 15 minutes of House from Tuesday) and this event has seriously thrown off my entire evening. Does guy with huge head growth get his surgury? Does Plastic Surgeon guy with a cheating problem really get fired? Was House right all along or was Plastic/Cheat guy right? And if Plastic/Cheat guy was right -- did House know and just decide to dick him around in true House fashion? See!! See!! It's N's fault I lack motivation to do anything productive. I needed that last 15 minutes of House.

Yes, I am this lame.

On a TV note, I want to say that tonight I decided Private Practice is not worth my couch sitting time. Worst. Episode. Ever.

It's Friday, I get off work at 3:35. My drive home is 36.7 km according to Google Maps - it will still take me an hour to get home. N is going to meet me at the house around 4:30. We have to pack for our weekend away but vow to be back on the road by 6PM. The plan is to grab something to eat en route. We leave pretty much on time.

Two hours later it is 8PM. We are in Burlington -- a city/suburb between TO and Hamilton (~63.5 km from TO). For the record, Toronto to Hamilton should take at most an hour on a good day. N is disgusted by Friday rush hour traffic. He vows never to leave Toronto again. I just laugh as I experience this everyday to and from work. Welcome to my world, Dr. N, welcome to my world.

Since both Sam and Tim did this... here goes...

A
- Available: Nope, I'm a smug married.
- Age: 30
- Annoyance: stupid people, hippies
- Actor/Actress: Mike Myers - comic genius/Kate Winslet - wonderful in everything she's in
B
- Beer: I don't like beer.
- Birthday/Birthplace: August/Regina
- Best Friend: Neil (aww)
- Body Part on opposite sex: bum
- Best feeling in the world: not having to set an alarm, knowing where you are going to work for the day prior to 6AM that morning
- Big words: are hard for my brother to understand so I try to use them sparingly in his presence (I don't mean Joey)
- Best weather: clear and cool
- Been in Love: yes
- Been bitched out?: yes - many times - once by a 12 year old ESL student
- Been on stage?: isn't life a stage?
- Believe in life on other planets: perhaps?
- Believe in miracles: I want to...
- Believe in Magic: not overly
- Believe in God: not usually
- Believe in Satan: no
- Believe in Santa: Of course.
- Believe in Ghosts/spirits: I try not to think of creepy/freaky things. I'm a big baby. I get scared and have to sleep with a light on.
- Believe in Evolution: Yes

C
- Car: 2006 Ford Escape
- Candy: Big Feet, Jelly Watermelon Slices
- Colour: green
- Cried in school: Not that I recall, but maybe I'm blocking something and really have severe pent up and repressed issues....
- Chocolate/Vanilla: Chocolate.
- Chinese/Mexican: Mmmm both. I miss Ginger and Chile in Vancouver... them were some good eats. Neil and I are always on the hunt for some good Mexican food.
- Cake or pie: both a la mode
- Country to visit: Egypt

D
- Day or Night: Night
- Dream vehicle: Cars are one thing I don't get excited over. Why people waste $$ on fancy ones is beyond me and I have a long commute and spend more time in my car than most...
- Danced: real bad? oh yeah.
- Dance in the rain?: sure
- Do the splits?: whatever for?

E
- Eggs: How can I say no?? They are Neil's favourite food (after chicken)
- Eyes: Hazel (green in the middle, brown on the outside)
- Everyone has a: digital camera
- Ever failed a class? Yes. Damn Calculus.

F
- First crush: a member of NKOTB -- yes, I am that LAME.
- First kiss: from my parents, I was a sweet sweet baby, they loved me best of all their demon spawn
- Full name: The Most Special K
- First thoughts waking up: just 5 more minutes...
- Food: yes please! I am a remorseless eating machine. There are very few things I will not eat... well, except Eggplant, and most seafood....

G
- Greatest Fear: Child birth
- Goals: Survive birthing a child, survive parenthood, live happily ever after with Neil and our demon spawn, one day experience job stability
- Gum: Minty
- Get along with your parents: Most of the time.
- Good luck charm: n/a

H
- Hair Colour: Brown
- Height: 5'10"
- Happy: Most of the time.
- Holiday: Christmas
- How do you want to die: In a blaze of glory.
- Health freak?: Not really. We do try to eat healthier but are not obsessed with it like a lot of people these days...
- Hate: is such a strong word...
- Hockey Team: Vancouver Canucks

I
- Ice cream: Pistachio Gelato, Ben and Jerry's Chocolate Mint Cookie (it's heaven)
- Instrument: my big mouth

J
- Jewelery: I always wear my wedding rings
- Job: Substitute Teacher, think School of Rock but not that glamourous

K
- Kids: I like them, but am terrified of birthing one
- Kickboxing or karate: Seriously, I don't care.
- Keep a journal?: yes - this one.

L
- Longest Car Ride: Let's see... last summer we drove from Vancouver to Toronto?? 5000 km?? Long enough??
- Love: Cartman, my role model
- Laughed so hard you cried: many times - the time that most stands out in my head involved moving Kendra to Saskatoon for Law school. Danielle and I are in one car, Kendra and Andrea(?) in the other. Danielli and I witnessed something that no one should EVER see occuring in a farmer's field. We laughed for at least an hour straight. We laughed so hard our car was visibly shaking. It happened years ago and I still can't think of the story with a straight face.
- Love at first sight: not really. Attracted at first sight, possible, but love?? I don't believe it.
- Long Distance Relationships: are hard but not impossible.

M
- Milk flavour: Milk is disgusting.
- Movie: Under the Tuscan Sun
- Mooned anybody: No.
- Marriage?: I'm Neil's ball and chain.
- Motion sickness? no.

- Number of Siblings:3 2- brothers, 1 sister
- Number of Piercings: 2 one each ear
- Number: 2

O
- Overused Phrases: rrrrrrrrrrrrrrright!
- One wish: A simple and fulfilling life
- One phobia: bugs

P
- Place you'd like to live: Hawaii, one of the Gulf Islands (West Coast of BC)
- Perfect Pizza: Western/Houston/Trifon's Pizza -- one thing from Saskatchewan that Neil and I crave constantly
- Pepsi/Coke: Caffeine-free diet coke. (and Diet Dr. Pepper)

Q
- Question: everything.

R
- Reason to cry: someone ate all the cheesipoofs!
- Reality T.V. - is hilarious. Flava of Love, anyone?
- Radio Station: I miss 99.3 The Fox in Van-city, the Jeff O'Neil show-- hilarity every morning. 102.1 The Edge in TO is ok but pales in comparison to the Fox.
- Roll your tongue in a circle? no.
- Rolling Stones/ Rascal Flatts: The Rolling Stones are Rock Legends. Rascal Flatts is a country music boy band, and a BAD one at that! COME ON!! What kind of question is this?? There is clearly only one answer.

S
- Song: Streets of Fire - The New Pornographers
- Shoe size: 10, sometimes 11 because I have wide feet
- Salad Dressing: Thai Sesame
- Sushi: Yes, please.
- Scent: Coconut or Satsuma Bubble Bath from the Body Shop
- Slept outside: yes, I love to camp!
- Seen a dead body? yes.
- Smoked?: Yes. It was gross.
- Skinny dipped? like I'd ever tell
- Shower Daily?: Doesn't everyone?
- Sing well? Well I think I do... haha
- In the shower? I used to, until I realized that our bathroom wall was directly in front of the elevators on our floor. And yes, you can hear everything.
- Swear?: Too much.
- Stuffed Animals?: I have a few.
- Single/Group dates: both.
- Strawberries/Blueberries: are delicious!
- Scientists need to invent:

T
- Time for bed: Late. I'm a night owl.
- Thunderstorms: are cool.
- TV: Lost, Coupling reruns on BBC Canada, HGTV
- Touch your tongue to your nose?: No.
- Truck: Don't care about cars/trucks...
- Tattoos: nah - what once is cool, usually isn't so cool later on... and last I checked they are permanent.

U
-Unpredictable: not usually
-Unpredictability: About a 2 on a scale of 1-20. 1 being predictable, 20 being unpredictable.

V
- Vegetable you hate: Eggplant
- Vegetable you love: Sweet Potato
- Vacation spot: Hawaii

W
- Weakness: snacking, tv, internet time wastage
- When you grow up: I will finally conquer my fear of birthing a bohemith baby
- Which one of your friends acts the most like you: ? We are all individuals...
- Who makes you laugh the most: Cartman
- Worst feeling: sinus pain
- Wanted to be a model?: no
- Where do we go when we die: have to die to find out...
- Worst weather: -30 with a wind chill OR +40 with the humidex -- both are equally disgusting

X
-X-Rays: I aways gag on them thingies at the dentist

Y
-Year it is now: 2007
-Yellow: snow you should never eat

Z
-Zoo animal: zoos make me sad.. caged, sad animals staring at you
-Zodiac sign: Leo

I don't know if you all know the way Mr. N and I met. You see, I was at a friend's BBQ, N.O.D. (North of Dewdney) and in walks a pompous N, too scared to leave his beer in my friend's beer cooler. Now I may have been slightly intoxicated but this seriously pissed me off and I told him so. I told his pompous ass where to go. Months later, Mr. N told me that my "nerve and spunk" were the qualities that attracted him.

Back to the main point, it was brought to my attention that there were two groups on Facebook: a N.O.D. group and a S.O.D. group. I grew up N.O.D. and lived for a short time S.O.D - so I've experienced both and I've come to this conclusion -- the shadiest, most sketchiest area in my hood, Glenharlem, was the 7-11 on Cavendish and Dewdney. Guess where on Dewdney -- oh that's right, to the south. Enough said, me thinks.

N.O.D. all the way.

PS. I was able to put my N.O.D. pride aside and marry a S.O.D-er -- it is the most glaring deficiency I can find in my husband (his Tartan past) and I try hard not to think about it too much.