Science with Dale

I am conducting a scientific experiment. Things a writer will do in one day to avoid working on a manuscript in progress include but are not limited to:

• watching the washing go round in the machine to ensure that it really does tumble in such a way that all clothes have a turn at being washed;
• scrubbing the shower;
• cleaning the hard to clean bits around the bathroom taps;
• reorganising containers in the pantry;
• reading boring articles in the newspaper;
• watching part of a Batman movie on television;
• washing sheets;
• vacuuming floors;
• making a new toy for the cat;
• tying decorative scarves onto chairs then taking them off again;
• grocery shopping;
• sorting through old literary journals then putting them on the street;
• staring through the curtains at the man taking the literary journals from the street;
• thinking very hard about devising an entirely new look for one's person;
• checking email inbox;
• rechecking email inbox;
• deciding that very large Lois Lane style reading glasses are making a comeback;
• looking up health fund eye centre hours to see if immedate purchase of Lois Lane style reading glasses is a possibility;
• asking The Spatula very nicely to please try and purchase a fake birkin bag whilst in Manila;
• phoning Mother to request a book from the espresso book vending machine in the New York Public Library, a copy of The New Yorker, a scarf, beret, gloves and things not sold in Sydney also possibly a long winter coat if she is confident that she can buy one that will fit me nicely;
• pondering if I would like a hoodie from NYU to replace my old and falling apart UWS one;
• adding NYU hoodie to wishlist of things I would like from New York as instructed to write by Mother;
• driving to office to collect partially broken clothes rack found on the streets of Redfern and stashed in office;
• telephoning brother to arrange dinner at Mother's house next weekend;
• sketching things as practice to draw on Mother's plaster over broken foot next weekend;
  
• moving stool to convenient location in front of washing machine to check that European washing machine scientists design washing machines that wash all clothes put in them.