Call the waaahmbulance; my finishing anxiety has just flared up something chronic

You did know I was going to poke my nose in here, didn't you? Well, it's not really me. It's John Wooden, and you know right well what he is about to say:

"Never mistake activity for achievement."

**shoves the old man out of the way (in a gentle way, of course)**

Well, what do you want? To be busy, or to achieve something?

**taps foot, waiting...**

I'm so with you, SP. I've got a project that is probably the best thing I've ever written and I'd go see a shrink to help me figure out why I haven't gone the distance if I didn't know damn full well that it would just be another way to procrastinate.

I feel like a crazy person.

I know that's neither inspirational, nor helpful, but... well... there you go. I'm useless here, too.

scarletpeaches said:

I was waiting for you.

(The foot tapping rings a bell...Lori does that a lot on MSN. And I mean A LOT. She's probably trying to tell me something...)

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*taps foot*

scarletpeaches said:

IdiotsRUs and I now have a 'thing' arranged by rep points whereby when I'm published, we both lay down a tenner for the one of us who drinks a pint of absinthe the quickest.

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So you want all your royalty checks to be forwarded to the executor of your estate?

scarletpeaches said:

Now, where'd I leave that stomach pump?

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A haggis* pump? Brings to mind the Willie Nelson line in whatever-the-movie-was, where he was looking for a woman who could suck the chrome off a bumper hitch.


*that's a little "h" haggis, not a big "H" Haggis, little-big doggie.

scarletpeaches said:

Oh, tell me to shut up anyway. Then you'd truly be one of us.

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Well, since you asked, and since I am a redhaired American of Scottish/Irish descent, mixed in with a bit of Native American...

SHUT UP AND FINISH THE DAMN THING!!

scarletpeaches said:

I was waiting for you.

(The foot tapping rings a bell...Lori does that a lot on MSN. And I mean A LOT. She's probably trying to tell me something...)

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And it take a post from FizzyMan to get that through your head...

scarletpeaches said:

He makes more sense than you.

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That's not what you said last night.

You two weren't supposed to mention last night...

NeuroFizz said:

You two weren't supposed to mention last night...

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I was talking about the other thing that happened last night. After you left.

Wrap it up and git to the editing. You're ready. My 'breakthrough' MS has been hovering around 40K for the last three years. I WISH I could be in your position right now!

thethinker42 said:

I was talking about the other thing that happened last night. After you left.

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I thought the cigarettes you two were smoking smelled kind of funny...

NeuroFizz said:

I thought the cigarettes you two were smoking smelled kind of funny...

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They're the ones you brought over last time, so...

scarletpeaches said:

Oh, I meant to add. The one good thing to come out of this thread is the fact IdiotsRUs and I now have a 'thing' arranged by rep points whereby when I'm published, we both lay down a tenner for the one of us who drinks a pint of absinthe the quickest.

What? I'm Scottish and therefore genetically programmed to be a pisshead!

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No way you're winning that - I'm part Scot, part Viking - I was born pissed.

Are you done yet?

I'm first generation Canadian, born of Scottish immigrants. I love both poutine and a stiff G&T. But not at the same time (live and learn, eh).