Day trippin'

One would think I'm on a little vacation with the day trips I take. Huh!

Toolin' through the www or the library I find myself getting off track - aka: a day trip. One cool reference leads to another reference which leads to another and another and eventually to a semi-unrelated topic --- off I go … bags are packed … I drop in … hangin ten on the new wave … totally stoked … in the barrel … it closes out … dumpin … back on the board, pladdlin out for a new wave …

A chunk of time zips by and then I know time management has taken a chunk out of my backside and I struggle for air - it doesn't take long to get off on another day trip though.

My travels add to the complexity of the question and heighten my frustration level. Being counseled to bring it back to the basics, I consider how counter that is to how I work - ironical as that is, as I seem to go off the deep end and make it more than I need to - sup wit dat?

And this is my favorite question (so glad I saved it to the end) and I'm off finding new (and incredibly awesome) resources! What the heck?

Maybe it's the day trips and new resources that make it complicated - duh! - ya think?? As new resources continue to find me I'm thinking: holy schneickies, this would be SO cool to add to my dissertation! Earth to Sheryl! Where are you? You are in comps, schnuckums - once again, you are putting the cart before the horse - whoa Nelly! But … the curiosity is heightened with the new things I find … I can't help myself it's like a freakin drug! Of course it might not be the same feeling if had I not finally found anti-Gen Net/digital native literature - awesome stuff!

Dazed I am and discipline I should muster. (Yoda-speak makes a comeback - must be the time of night.) Tomorrow's a new day and the rucksack is by the door.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Addendum: related to the surfing references above

In case you don't know - a surfer wannabe I am. And considering the fun facts I discovered about surfer snack foods, I think, I mean, I know, it's in my genes - or is it jeans?

The two most popular snacks are real opposites and not really that much of a surprise, although one of them does seem to have a UK / cold water slant. Here is a list of pre- and post-surf foods surfers favor (most of which I've partaken in the last few weeks):
Ø Bananas
Ø Tea (regular, green and Yorkshire tea)
Ø Chocolate / high energy snacks
Ø Burritos
Ø More tea
Ø Pasties (various)
Ø Dried fruit
Ø Crisps (aka: potato chips)
Ø Isotonic drinks
Ø All day breakfast (preferable after a surf!)
Ø Hot dogs (I haven't touched this one though)
Ø Coffee
Ø Sandwiches (homemade, fish finger, tomato sauce)