crowd-sourcing the top ten signs of deadlineitis

[lagilman]

Picking up a discussion started elsewhere on Facebook, the top ten (or twenty) signs of deadlineitis, as compiled by the group mind (from experience and/or observation).

(in no particular order)

1. heavier-than-usual reliance on takeaway or pre-made meals.


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2. lack of cleaning impulse (household)
3. lack of cleaning impulse (personal)
4. interpersonal communication failures (terminal user distraction)

Comments

[ex-fashioni.livejournal.com]

Hair brushing goes by the wayside

Bills/housecleaning are neglected

Pajamas/sweats in lieu of "real" clothing.

Any interruptions are met with a snarl

[mevennen.livejournal.com]

"Make your own dinner."

"Dust? What dust?"

"I'll come to bed in a minute." [six hours later]

"What?" [in answer to any basic question, usually several minutes after the Q has been asked.]

[mtlawson.livejournal.com]

2. Thinking that you could get more work done if you used an IV as a "coffee delivery system".

[svilleficrecs.livejournal.com]

Pets become unusually fascinated with your armpits.

[rolanni.livejournal.com]

The dirty dishes achieve sentience and start unification negotiations with the feral dust-bunnies.

[martianmooncrab.livejournal.com]

Friends who drive for 4 hours to visit end up doing things by themselves, and sitting on the couch reading and playing with your cats for you. They also bring you food and water. Oh, and they are still your friend after that.

[dancinghorse.livejournal.com]

Walking around blindly and bumping into things. Not realizing you've done it until you bump-go-ow. (Oh HAI, large stompy herbivore! Did I feed you? Would I remember if I had?)

[katatomic.livejournal.com]

Paying someone else to do your laundry, then "forgetting" to put it away so the bed is buried in a mass of clothes.
Not knowing what time it is, no matter how many times you look at a clock, watch, or cell-phone.
Inability to speak without long pauses while you try to bring THAT word back up from the back of your brain where it has gone to hide.
Unwashed hair and you don't give a damn.
Bunny slippers.
Responding to every query from your spouse/significant other with "Huh?"

[camille-is-here.livejournal.com]

Leaving the pre-made meals in the microwave and forgetting to eat them? And, "huh?" definitely, as an answer to everything.