Some days the internet isn't big enough

[darkemeralds]

I'm having one of those days where I feel like I've already read the whole internet and now there's nothing to do!

But then my Big Boss, the mayor, Twittered this and I had something to do!

GOOD NEWS: you can OPT OUT of receiving phone books at your door. details here: http://bit.ly/ajyRk7. Spread the word.

If you get Dex directories (which I think may be only from Qwest), give it a try. They bury that opt-out thing in obscurity, and the instructions are on that bit.ly page. Now if I could find the same service for that lame-ass weekly "Living" section from the newspaper...

Comments

[vampirefan]

omg i saw your twitter about this and i so wish i could do this here in chicago! seriously, that phone book is just a giant doorstop.

[darkemeralds]

You probably can. I suspect they have to offer the opt-out. The page I went to with Dex was to order MORE copies. But one of the options was Zero. \o/

And according the Mayor (whom somebody asked this question when he had an open Twitter "ask me questions" thing the other day), that's the official answer from the directory company.

[kis]

Never mind bored, missy. You've got plenty of fic to be working on.

[darkemeralds]

I KNOW! But I can't do that at work. Unfinished novel hanging over me is part of the reason for the work boredom: I have no motivation to find work to do.

[kis]

I know that feeling so well. It's not so much boredom as frustration. You have spare time, you have WRITING to do but circumstance won't let you so you can't settle to anything.

[darkemeralds]

I have such awe and respect for people who manage to find time to write No Matter What, and who can write in small spaces of time--like people who can sleep for 15 minutes. It just amazes me.

[kis]

I might have respect for them if only there was room. Mostly I'm filled with burning envy. My brain doesn't work that way, sadly. I need to feel inspired - or, at least, I think I need to feel inspired. Perhaps there's a degree of romanticizing writing going on in my head? I want it to just burst out of me, rather than having to sit and work at it too much.

Huh. Things for Kis to work on: see above. :D