Ohmystinkinheck

There are times when male logic truly gets in the way of creative pursuits and even, productivity. For instance, if I was regularly forced to find a suitable place to write down all my momentary brain spews, brilliant scribbles, and/or super-important passwords, there is no way I would get as much done as I can get done in a day.

No seriously, there IS NO WAY.
I am, after all, the maniacal multi-tasker.

And that is why, when Mr. OMSH walked by yesterday and scoffed at my napkin notes, I didn’t make excuses. I didn’t try to cover’em up with the paper below it (though I have to admit I might have tried if it wasn’t a past-due book/bill notice from our school library).

I simply answered back, “Hey, it was here…so I used it.”

To which he replied, “Well, that might explain the first note, but what about the 25 others?”

Right. Well…um……yea, well…this is…just one of those things where…if um…I have to explain it, you just won’t get it. So there!

HELLO!?!

He expects me to rise from my chair, open the wardrobe across the room, and find a piece of looseleaf notebook paper or laser paper each time I have a need to record a henscratch?

Honestly, this is why men can’t multi-task.

I use every possible surface - palms and arms included. And often, at the end of the day it’ll all be neatly recorded in a singular place.

But for my daytime hours? All I truly need is one of those pens you can hang around your neck on a string and then, maybe one of these napkin notebooks. Yep, then I’d be set.

It is obvious he is trying to stifle the never-ending cess pool of creativity oozing pouring forth.

Come tomorrow and win something

Could I be more vague? What? You want a hint. Gah, such impatience.

Fine, I’ll give you a hint. It has to do with jewelry and a gift certificate you can spend to get that jewelry. Custom-made jewelry. Of your choice. And it won’t be hard to participate, but participate you must if you want to win.

And THAT was more than a hint.
I’m feeling generous.

20 Responses to “Logic is just so…stifling.”

1. Anne

   Oh yes. I am so tickled with your blog. I laugh every time I read it. Thanks a million.

   The cumpulsive note scribbler is me, too. Only my husband doesn’t complain because he is the same. Envelopes, postcards, receipts, sticky notes, etc. are often covered with random notes. We ran out of napkins a long time ago. We also have three chalkboards and two dry erase boards in strategic locations for notes. sticky notes, message pads that don’t necessarily carry phone messages. When I go to conventions, I snatch up those itty bitty memo pads with advertising on them and put them all over, including each vehicle and my purse. What can I say? Ha. Every precious thought gets written down somewhere. Our writing instrument of choice is actually pencils, so we have lots of those, too. They don’t freeze in the winter or explode in the summer and a pocketknife keeps them sharp.

   Scribble On!

2. Angella

   I don’t get it…is it weird to write on every available surface?

   Because if so?

   Weird is my middle name.

   :)

3. MMM

   My husband and I BOTH write on whatever is available. Makes for lots of annoying loose pieces of paper floating around.

4. witchypoo

   I have a six drawer thingie next to my desk. It keeps all sorts of supplies I may need, but my fave is some neon coloured flyer paper that I can’t use for anything else. This is where I jot my ideas for posts, and cross them off. I like the colour because I can always find it on the very busy desk surface.
   A giveaway? Well, I’m here every day anyway. Why would I not be for a giveaway?

5. ashpags

   Oh, I take notes on napkins too. You tell Mr. OMSH that he’s the weird one. ;)

6. Linda

   Hmmm … Guilty!!
   I take notes on anything I find handy. I also prepare lists … doesn’t matter what the event is … I have to ‘list’ it. Going on vacation gets a packing list and a shopping list. Holiday events gets a shopping list and a to-do list. Heck … housecleaning gets a detailed list for every room … starting in the furtherest back corner and working my way to the front door. While I’m making these lists I scribble ’stuff’ on them to remember to make a list for something later.
   UGH … does that mean I have issues?? LOL

7. DaisyCake

   my favorite part is “Tell her to suck an egg”.

   (what does it say about ME that I tried to read all your napkin brain spew?)

8. Steph

   As someone married to a compulsive scribbler, I have to side with Mr. OMSH. I cannot throw any piece of paper with writing on it away as it might be “important”. However, unlike Mr. OMSH, I don’t have a spouse who gets all of these notes put in one place with any consistency. :grin:

9. BOSSY

   Bossy uses the same kind of pen used by OMSH which now makes Bossy feel all kinds of legitimate.

10. Jenn

    I really didnt know i wasnt suppose to write on things other than paper. Like hmmm this envelope sitting on my desk witha billion things jotted down. we have to use paper? really? reeeeeeeeally? dang.

11. Just Beachy

    Gah… you.you. note scribblers….My husband will write on anything in front of him…like, say, the envelope to the card I was going to send…. or, a bill receipt… ugh, it insanes me…..

12. mamalang

    And that is why my desk is littered with notepads. And I read over every sheet of paper before I throw it away. Just in case.

    And as others have said, I’m already here every day, but a give away means I’ll be here more quickly :)

13. kerflop

    Your blog hates me, it never remembers me. Hello, sound familiar? FIX IT FOR ME NOW.

    Wait, is that “tell her to suck an egg” part for me?

14. Serene and Not Herd

    I make Nicolas-Jacque Conte and Ladislas Biro roll over in their grave, and drive my wife nuts.

    Because since I learned that I can touch-type as fast as I think, but my penmanship was a form of cryptography, I’ve typed nearly everything I need to write down.

    which led to my blogging…

15. Kristen

    my father has spent his entire life calculating how he will make his millions–all on a napkin. Still no millions.

16. Mrs. Wilson

    Hm. My palm pilot is always full. I just hate it when I wash my hands and all my information goes down the drain with the soap.

17. Tanya

    While I am a compulsive note/list writer - I have to use a notebook. My boyfriend, on the other hand, will use absolutely whatever is at hand and the easiest to write notes/ideas/phone messages, etc. I have learned to be very careful with what papers I leave lying around our desk for fear that they will have some song chords written on them and I will never be allowed to have my paper back!

18. Rain

    What does it say about me that I have to have just the right paper and pen to write my lists? Please don’t answer…it’s a rhetorical question.

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20. mamalang

    I had a thought. A while back, another blogger (and I can’t remember who for sure) wrote about her FLY pen…it lets you write on this special paper, and then it sends it all to your computer. I know Target sells them in the kids toy dept. I think I might ask for one of those for Christmas.