My Head Hurts

At the moment (the moment being this current month, not right this minute), I'm attempting to do the following, all at the same time:

• Get certified as an Apple Technician
• Complete my latest screenplay for the Nicholl Fellowship deadline
• Learn CSS
• Plan a wedding

No, I'm not an overachiever. I just never know when to quit, and I've got an annoying tendency to want to learn as much as possible, so that whenever something piques my interest (Movable Type being one recent example, Lomography another), I dive right in and add the subject to the ongoing list in my head of Shit To Learn. Makes for an interesting individual, I like to think, but it can be awfully hard at times to get stuff done. I've got notebooks full of script and story ideas, books to read, albums to hear; the number of sites-to-check-out in my bookmarks folder is pushing two hundred, at least. And time spent online is just fuel for the fire, since it seems like every third click has me spinning off in another direction.

I don't care how focused you are: six billion web pages will blow up your head, no problem. If the sheer volume of information out there doesn't threaten to overwhelm you at times, then sorry, but you're either not looking hard enough or you're one of the plotzes stuck on AOL.

Yes, I know, we live in a grand and glorious age with this world-at-your-fingertips thing we've got going, but sometimes I just want to grab a book and find myself a cabin on a mountain somewhere; thankfully, the feeling quickly passes as I remember just how painfully dull that would be. The Internet may melt your brain, but it'll never leave you bored.

I'm off to bed.