Multi-tasking mishaps

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I visited my parents at their summer home on the Fourth of July. Before dinner my step mom gave me a short summer haircut. She has cut my hair a number of times before, and it always came out okay. This time she was multi-tasking. While cutting my hair she was also making the dinner, talking to a couple of neighbors who had come over to share in the dinner and to watch the fireworks with us. She was also talking to my father, trying to watch "Yankee Doodle Dandy" on TV, and sometimes watching the birds outside. They have several feeders outside. All this multi-tasking had a negative effect on the hair cutting. IT'S THE WORST HAIRCUT I'VE EVER HAD!! ! Fortunately, my hair grows fast, and I don't go out often. Unfortunately, I need to go to Walmart soon for a big grocery order. I am planning on buying a hat while there.

In the interests of family harmony, I didn't make a fuss after I saw what my step mom had done. She meant well, and cuts my hair for free. Also, the dinner was free, and fortunately, that came out great! I got to watch the birds at the feeder, and the great view of the lake near them, and the fireworks. I also got to watch some TV.

I had a TV, but no reception when I moved here about 9 years ago. I watched DVDs and videos on my TV, until the TV died about 2 or 3 years ago. Less than a year ago I switched from dial-up to DSL, so now I watch online, but I only pay for I-net, not cable service. It's cheaper that way, and I still have a lot of TVs and movies to choose from, plus use of the I-net. I don't really miss regular TV, but still, it's nice to be able to watch it once in a while.

I think next time I want a haircut, I will do it myself. I've done it before, but I'm not that great at it, but I never cut it as bad as my step mom did this time.

A lot of people are proud of what they refer to as "multi-tasking skill" but I don't think it is right. When someone is multi-tasking, nothing they are doing gets their complete attention. No matter how good people think they are, when you are doing more than one thing at a time, something is always going to suffer, or be incomplete in some way. Just my take on the subject.

all too often, my multitasking efforts on the organ end up as a mishap.

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I have witnessed with my own eyes, the fact that there are indeed true multitaskers [NOT mere multithreaders] such as professional athletes and musicians who in the course of their activities MUST have a different brainpart controlling each limb simultaneously as well as a different brainpart supervising each limb-controlling brainpart. take one look at the Wurlitzer theatrical organist [using the bass pedals with one foot, expression pedals with the other, both hands occupied with totally different tasks on the manuals and the stoptabs/pistons/et al, and on top of all that also using the "second touches" {unique Wurlitzer feature that allows the organist to selectively press down harder on certain keys/pedals to get different voices or effects}], and one is forced to conclude that they are really multitasking. same thing for the musician sitting at the drumset. Karen carpenter, levon helm and ringo starr [among many others] also would sing at the same time they played the drums, which is yet another layer of multitasking.