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[rebeccmeister]

The difficult thing about writing is that there are so many little distractions. When I'm writing a paper, my room must be immaculate and I must be completely up-to-date on all matters of correspondence and have absolutely no distractions or background thoughts clambering--[edit] clamoring, I mean--for attention. Therefore, rather than spending the afternoon being productive, I called annikusrex and had heated discussions about academic snobbery and the New York Times Bestseller List, both subjects that are worthy of their own lengthy, rambling posts. But I must postpone those posts.

I think that for now, rather than working on beating those two horses to death, I'm going to order a chocolate cookbook and the film Buffalo '66.

Okay, I just did. Hooray for Overstock.com

Now, time to focus for at least a little while and get some writing done.

It's so hard to get stuff done on Saturdays.

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background thoughts clambering for attention

[(Anonymous)]

From the Merriam-Webster dictionary (http://www.m-w.com/ ):

Main Entry: clam·ber
Pronunciation: 'klam-b&r, 'kla-m&r
Function: intransitive verb
Inflected Form(s): clam·bered; clam·ber·ing /'klam-b(&-)ri[ng], 'klam-ri[ng], 'kla-m&r-i[ng]/
Etymology: Middle English clambren; akin to Old English climban to climb
: to climb awkwardly (as by scrambling)

"background thoughts climbing awkwardly for attention..." Do I get your drift here?

:-)

Re: background thoughts clambering for attention

[rebeccmeister.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the correction. I meant clamoring. I'm turning into an engineer with a poor vocabulary. However, the word "clambering" does make the phrase more interesting, even if it is somewhat confusing.

I am going to edit the original entry, but will leave the comments in place.