Does "omg fandom deadline" count as a religious holiday?

[tzikeh]

[Poll #891179]

Comments

[jfc013.livejournal.com]

This is why I never write ANYTHING with a deadline imposed by anyone except me.

[musesfool.livejournal.com]

I usually plan at least one day out during the final few days before the Remix archive goes live.

[nestra.livejournal.com]

No, but I've written stories at work. As well as term papers. Yes, I am a bad worker.

[corinna-5.livejournal.com]

I have taken over the smallest meeting room to write slash over a long lunch break. I'm only a little ashamed.

[tv-elf.livejournal.com]

That's what I do. Heck, I've had coworkers do rush beta jobs.

[diluvian.livejournal.com]

I would *never* do that.

::hurriedly minimizes Word::

::shifty eyes::

[barkley.livejournal.com]

Heee. No, but back in XF days, when I had more vacation days than I knew what to do with, I used to take the day off after finales in order to read 5000 new newsgroup posts.

[fatale.livejournal.com]

Yes, and did I actually get it done? NO.

[http://users.livejournal.com/__marcelo/]

I go to work and write fic in there. And then I go home and do work-related stuff.

Like, *most days*.

Doesn't everybody?

[jackiekjono.livejournal.com]

My vid for last Vividcon was like that. I missed the deadline because I was having ear problems that gave me dizzy spells. These are not the sort of problems that keep me from working. If I keep my head steady and don't look at anything spinny I am okay. But, vidding requires a little bit of the spinny.

So - instead of going in to work to do the stuff I could have actually been doing with not much more aggravation than usual, I stayed home and tried to vid with my eyes closed.

I'm starting to think that it works better that way.

I feel less guilty about it since I was legitimately sick, though.

[way2busymom.livejournal.com]

An abundance of stress will make me sick, threfore legitimately giving me a reason to call in.

Handy.

I have been known to load up on drugs & write like mad to make a challenge deadline.

[zoerayne]

Since I work from home and on my own schedule, I don't have to. But if I were in an office? I'd totally schedule my vacation time to make sure I got challenges finished. *g*

[lydiabell.livejournal.com]

Hmm, sort of. I have a lot of homework due tonight and Yuletide tomorrow. If it had just been the homework, I probably wouldn't have taken Friday off and would have counted on finishing it over the weekend. But since I had to work on my story over the weekend too, I did homework Friday.

[lapillus]

No, but I have asked for an extension (well before the deadline and in an exchange that explicitly permitted them.)

[kirbyfest.livejournal.com]

I've left work early. But I did make it there, at least.

[apathocles.livejournal.com]

If I had a job? Yes. Yes, I would.

As it is, I'm kicking myself for having an appoinment scheduled for right before deadline (I booked it weeks ago). If the clinic I had the appointment with weren't actually closing for good, oh, tomorrow, I would totally cancel. Sigh.