I'm tempted by Twitter. I'd seen it around, read about it in some technical blogs, and sort of liked the Twitter-like updates on Plain Jane Mom's blog, the only blog I read that uses anything like it. Now TypePad has a Twitter widget and I'm really thinking it might be fun...
Do you really want to know what I'm doing at any given moment of the day? Would you like to have known, for instance, that I snuck out of the house at 10pm last night and took myself to the late showing of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix? Would you have found it interesting that I spent the fifteen minutes before my show started, yawning through the last fifteen minutes of License to Wed? Little did I know, but I could have sent my Twitter widget a text message and updated my blog with that information.
Would I feel more on-task, as though I'd like to have something interesting to Tweet? What's the verb for Twitter, by the way? I haven't read enough about it. Or would it just be one more distraction?
Today, for instance, right this minute, I'm supposed to be packing an eBay shipment, paying bills, and launching some new auctions. First, though, I need to clean up my office so I can even find my paperwork. Of course, I can't do that in silence (the boys are at the park with our sitter and her 4 year old niece, which spells huge fun for Pants), so I decided to listen to an online stream of This American Life. Who else adores Ira Glass? Can I hear an "amen!" out there?
I'm such a geek, but I seriously love that show. The Showtime version is almost as good as the NPR version.
Somewhere in here, I also need to do a little cake research for the boys' birthday party next week. Yesterday was Goose's birthday and next Friday is Pants's birthday, so we're having a joint party next Thursday to celebrate. Probably the only year I'll be able to get away with the joint party thing, too, so I've got to make it worth it.
We're doing a carnival theme, which I'm sure will come as no surprise to you given my carnival and circus obsession this year. I wanted something that both boys would enjoy, but also good for a group of kids and parents, as we are having a real party this year with more guests than just the immediate family. I'm so excited!
Naturally, we are already bordering on over-the-top on this shindig, but I love it. Love it! I'll share more details later, as I brainstorm and pull it all together a bit more. The cake is giving me the real trouble, as we design and make one ourselves every year (even if I don't bake the actual cake part myself), and my ideas so far would give even the Ace of Cakes a headache. We wanted to do a Super Slide cake, but my brain won't make it work. I can't figure out how I could keep the actual cake from sliding away itself once we reach a certain height. Ugh. Hey, Cakehead, you are the cake wiz-- any carnival themed cake ideas?
For now, back to work. Back to This American Life. Back to pondering the myriad ways I can distract myself from work...
Twitter, anyone?