Novel Ideas [22]: A Good Place to Sit
The semester is definitely in full-swing, and I’m about drowning in Marxist theory and dialectics this week. I’ve been reading this forty-page xeroxed copy of a book chapter for five straight days now, working my highlighter and my brain to death. I’ve created a word wall by my desk with sticky notes of vocabulary words from the reading, and I think I’ve finally made sense of it all.
Thus my late-night posting. Whoopsie.
See, this resolution I made to sit my butt IN MY DESK CHAIR every night from 6-9pm is working quite well. I’m getting a lot done, and even getting ahead on some things. And some nights, like tonight, I build up my working steam and just keep on keepin’ on well past 9:00. Tonight it’s out of necessity (must. finish. reading.), but some nights it’s out of passion and excitement for what I’m doing.
There’s definitely something to this “work at my desk” thing.
However, not matter how many nights I work, and no matter how many times I try to discourage such behavior, this happens at least once every five minutes:
So while I have found a good place to sit and get my work done, so have the cats. What could be more comfortable than sitting on my fingers?
It’s why I end up writing sentences like this:
Marx describes seven levels of generality for abstractions, though only the first fiveonoiqng]jv]0ipnvq]0iv0ireq0i……………………………….lspgin
Apparently I need to start setting up cat barriers around my computer. I love the little goobers, but this is not acceptable behavior. Maybe they just don’t agree with Marxism and want to shut the whole thing down?
What little distractions make writing difficult for you? Does your cat have similar annoying (but also kind of cute) behaviors?
Posted on January 30, 2013, in books, grad school, librarian, teacher and tagged cats, novel ideas. Bookmark the permalink. 8 Comments.
And here I thought my cat bothered me when i try to write. Lol. He sits right in front of the monitor to get my attention. .. but never has he sat on my fingers.
My biggest distraction is other websites, such as Facebook and Reddit. One day I’ll have the will power…one day…ps love your blog! fellow student here, good luck with those long nights.
Cats are cute like that. I used to try and hand write at my desk (school work) and my cat would nibble on the end of pen.
Love your dedication and drive.
Haha – mine does this as well! He even managed to print a page out the other day when I wasn’t looking.
When Bast was tiny she used to find the warm spots on the laptop, now she just rubs her head against your toes and hopes for the best. I’ve just slowly have run out of things to say. It’ll get better I’m sure.
Sounds just like Milo. He has adopted me. Barn kitty turned house kitty. If he feels ignored, he meows (gradually louder and louder) until he gets my attention.
Whenever I try to write, I’m greeted to the door immediately flying open and my mom barging in to see what I’m doing. Needless to say, this only happens when I’m trying to write in peace and quiet.
Sorry for the late input, I just found you blog today! The Internet, loving as it does, both keyboards and cats, has discovered a solution to your problem: put a box on your desk next to your keyboard! If there is anything cats love more than keyboards, it’s an empty box
The following link is a picture, but if you don’t trust it (I know I’m new here) just Google “computer cat trap.” http://imgur.com/pAYnR
P.S. As a YA librarian your blog is my new favorite!