My procrastination skills have been on full display as I attempt to write a Machine of Death story before April 30.

Yesterday I sat down at my laptop with a beer and a completely free day’s schedule… and I immediately spent the next two hours in iTunes creating the perfect writing mix.

Eventually, I got 500 words down (of a planned 3-4,000), but the whole week has been like that: wait, first I gotta do my taxes… oops, this Netflix DVD has been out for a while, better watch it… hmm, better clean the place up a bit… ooh, here’s a demo of Puzzle Quest… hey, the Cardinals are playing on ESPN2 Opening Night… hold on, I should read this Prime Time Adventures game book Ron loaned to me…

And now I’m blogging about procrastinating. Heh.

Next week doesn’t look promising, either. Guitar Hero II comes out for the 360 on Tuesday, and Kristie comes back to town next weekend. Curse my ADD!

All right. Back to work. For real. Er, after I check my RSS reader…