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Aug. 21st, 2012 02:51 pmLast night, for various reasons, I did not finally pass out and sleep until close to 3am. And so, on waking at 6, I said "sod that" and went back to sleep until 8. Which meant that my plan to be at the DMV at 8:30 came to naught. So, fine, sez I, I'll go on Thursday, and off to work I go...
Only to discover that I had no connectivity. None. Not an erg.
40 minutes on hold later, I am informed that there is a borough-wide "service interruption" and no, they have no idea when service will be restored. Thanks for nothing, Cablevision.
I am not a multitasker - I like to do one thing and then do another thing serially - but having the steady buzz of the Internet is like listening to the office around me, it takes up enough of my brainpower so that I can focus on the thing-being-done.
No email? No search engines? No war room? I find myself MORE distracted than if those things were around.
And so off to Starbucks I hie, to join every other freelancer in town (and there are a lot - the Bronx may not be as trendy as Brooklyn, but for the fiscally aware NYC freelancer, it's a great deal) in sucking down coffee and sucking down the flickering connectivity.
And in all that chaos of sorting and resettling, I almost forgot - SHIFTER'S DESTINY is out (in paperback) today! .
So, y'know, if you're looking for a fun little read about a shapeshifting unicorn, and grotesque monsters, and a young girl who can speak to animals, and a Terribly Nasty Villain, and a woman who can dream true.... this would be just your cuppa. :-)
Only to discover that I had no connectivity. None. Not an erg.
40 minutes on hold later, I am informed that there is a borough-wide "service interruption" and no, they have no idea when service will be restored. Thanks for nothing, Cablevision.
I am not a multitasker - I like to do one thing and then do another thing serially - but having the steady buzz of the Internet is like listening to the office around me, it takes up enough of my brainpower so that I can focus on the thing-being-done.
No email? No search engines? No war room? I find myself MORE distracted than if those things were around.
And so off to Starbucks I hie, to join every other freelancer in town (and there are a lot - the Bronx may not be as trendy as Brooklyn, but for the fiscally aware NYC freelancer, it's a great deal) in sucking down coffee and sucking down the flickering connectivity.
And in all that chaos of sorting and resettling, I almost forgot - SHIFTER'S DESTINY is out (in paperback) today! .
So, y'know, if you're looking for a fun little read about a shapeshifting unicorn, and grotesque monsters, and a young girl who can speak to animals, and a Terribly Nasty Villain, and a woman who can dream true.... this would be just your cuppa. :-)
