55 Flash Fiction: Demands
Wow, yay! A 55! And I wrote this hours in advance. Six hours, at least. G-man, I’m thinkin’ of you! But not with this story. I promise. No, really, I mean it. This story is not a reflection on blogging, 55ing, or anything. This place… *gestures around her blog*… this place is my escape. (Which says something about my lack of blogging lately, doesn’t it?) Yikes! More after the show.
She woke, caffeinated, settled down to work.
Her mother called up. “I am in a bind. I need you to do something for me.”
Glancing at the pile of tulle that needed to become a tutu by the end of the day, she sighed inwardly. Her mother wouldn’t wait. The tutu, most obligingly, would.
Story behind the story:
I would love to pretend that I don’t sit around wasting hours and hours of every day in my effort to perfect the art of procrastination, but that would be disingenuous. The truth is I have very few commitments, but those commitments are so important to the people I’m committed to that they can’t not be done. At the same time, though, I’m a diehard foot-dragger, so I wait to see how long I can put them off before they are done. Then I find myself very rapidly approaching my deadline with nothing but a long to-do list to show for all the time that has passed. So when I finally strike the right balance between laziness and panic and I settle down to finish what I said I’d start and something else gets in my way of progress, I get snippy. And my snippiness manifests in the form of a 55. So there! *growl*
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October 29th, 2009 at 8:13 pm
don’t you love it…there is always something getting in the way…i can procrastinate at times…never turns out good. nice 55. hope you finish the tutu!
mine is up!
October 29th, 2009 at 8:29 pm
Thanks, Brian! I did finish the tutu, and in much less time than I anticipated. So my earlier snippiness turned out to be unwarranted. See the finished project here.
October 29th, 2009 at 8:51 pm
First of all – welcome to my blog. I love meeting new bloggers when they comment or become followers. I looked for an “About Me” on your blog, but I didn’t see one. I always like to know a little bit about my fellow bloggers.
Thanks for your 55. I am a terrible procrastinator in certain areas of my life. Glad the tutu got completed.
PG
October 29th, 2009 at 8:56 pm
Oh, hey PG… there’s an About Me: it’s the first link under Links. To speed things along for you, just go here. Thanks for dropping by!
October 29th, 2009 at 9:16 pm
Oh I’d LOVE to see the Tutu!!
You procrastinate? WTF?
Excellent 55 Smoofy…
Thank You so much for helping Rock Friday’s out!
In fact, You Rock EVERYTHING East of Texarkana!!
Have a Fun-Filled Week-End….G
October 29th, 2009 at 9:18 pm
I too am a foot-dragger … I used to think I did my best work when under the gun. I’m learning that isn’t always the case. Congratulations on the tutu ~ it’s TuTu gorgeous ~ what a cute little witch she will be.
You’ll find my 55 ~ Skipping Stones is posted.
~Chef Kar
October 29th, 2009 at 9:34 pm
Any excuse to escape the tulle.
October 29th, 2009 at 9:50 pm
Great job! We all relate to the predicament, the power of procrastination!
October 30th, 2009 at 12:45 am
Oh speaking of demands…Where’s my picture CD? :P
October 30th, 2009 at 12:53 am
Yish! You, too?! *giggle* Yeah, I know… you have said enough tonight to remind me of it. Remind me and I’ll burn it tomorrow. *assure*
October 30th, 2009 at 12:55 am
LMAO
October 30th, 2009 at 5:58 am
Wow….what a colorful Tutu.
You did a fabulous job of it.
Have a terrorific Halloween tomorrow—
My 55 is a two-parter this week…
Trick or Treats HERE
October 30th, 2009 at 6:26 am
AS former President of the Procrastinators Club I loved this 55. I could feel the upset in the air in the 55.
Well done.
I have finished my 55.
You’ll find it
HERE.
.
But it’s a groaner.
October 30th, 2009 at 10:27 am
Procrastination. I don’t know the meaning of the word. Maybe I’ll look it up tomorrow. Nice 55. Did the tu tu get done? My 55 is posted HERE.
October 30th, 2009 at 3:21 pm
I’m exactly the same way. Fantastic 55!
October 30th, 2009 at 4:00 pm
“Between laziness and panic” LOL it’s a way of life!! Mine too!
Loved this 55—
Happy Halloween!
October 30th, 2009 at 5:40 pm
WE dragons are laughing because we tried to imagine one of us in a tutu. WE understand procrastination.This was a veteratorian 55.
November 2nd, 2009 at 8:31 am
i have been there so many times, my sister came over when i was going to carve my pumpkins and the got cleaned but never carved!!!
November 2nd, 2009 at 10:52 am
I really have to stop procrastinating someday. But not today. It’ll keep. There’s important stuff to be put off after all.