Grinding it out

No goody you pervert, I'm not talking about rubbing one out with sandpaper. (Although, hey, worked for Pinocchio!)

No, I'm talking about those days at work when you just don't have your A game, but just have to get shit done anyways. It could be due to hangover, lack of sleep, stupidity, anything. (In my case today, I seem to be working on a combination of all three.) Still, due to deadlines, procrastination, or upcoming leaves from work, you really have no choice but to be productive. I can't speak for other jobs, like say Liz's, where lives are actually at stake when work isn't completed, or the gf's, where there is a classroom of little ones staring at her all day, but in my job it can be very easy not to get a damn thing done on certain days. The reality of it is, I'm the only that would know if I've legitimately been slacking off, or if things are just going slow on a certain phase of a project with good cause.

So days like today can be tough. I'm basically working only through my own motivation, on a long-term project, on a day where all I really want to do is clock-watch. Yet, somehow, I've gotten quite a bit done today so far. (At least, until I started writing this...) These next two hours are the the worst of the day though, no matter what. Either the clock is frozen at the 2:30 point for an eternity, or I'm working on something that needs to get done by the end of the day, it's 2:30, I've got time, and then BAM! it's 5. Right now, I can't decide which day it is yet, but I'm leaning towards the first.

Book I'm reading right now that probably interests only me:

The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell
Interesting book about all the factors that go into social fads. Also about the correlation between viruses and social fads, or the doubling effect. If you like this sort of thing it's easy reading and not to long. No pictures though Goody, sorry.