I have to reluctantly admit reluctantly that I spend more time than is healthy reading a bunch of websites that really aren’t all that important. It’s become compulsive, honed through years of habit. In itself it’s not destructive, but right now, it’s not where I need to be. I’m not the only one to experience this internet overload situation. In fact, we both came to this conclusion at about the same time, and she started a blog to track her progress in shaking the habit. Sites that I visit daily, many many times: 

- work e-mail account
- another e-mail account (don’t ask, groan)
- old Hotmail account (for poeple who forget I’ve switched)
- Fairfax-Avenue.com (Jon Brion)
- Flickr
- MySpace
- digg
- LastFM
- CBC.ca

There are more than I go to  more sporadically, but a few times a week nonetheless:
- Emusic
- 43 Things
- Lifehacker
- YouTube
- a few Blogs of people I don’t know or rarely talk to
- music critics’ columns

I know that I’m an incredibly efficient worker when I want to be. I just need a reason to work! So for now I will pretend to have that reason, and try to curb my fruitless online activity. First victims: Flickr, MySpace and yankeeracers.  Next up… the blogs.  Stay tuned!