I’m not an addict (maybe that’s a lie)

We each have something to which we are addicted.

For Jennifer Connelly, it was whoring herself for heroin. For Robert Palmer, it was love. And for Fiona Apple, it was writing really pathetic poetic songs that made college girls want to kill themselves.

For me, among many other things (see Dodgers, photography, and coin-flipping) it’s blogging:

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Thanks to Not So Little Woman for this one.

Janet at Love is Blonde wrote a pithy comment last week that resonated with me when she asked whether she should avoid fantasy football this season: “…am I already overbooked on life?”

Lately, I’ve been feeling like I’ve been spreading myself too thin, signing up for this and that on the web, wanting to see friends and hang out with The Princess, watching movies, listening to music, reading all the books I want, talking to my family, planning trips abroad, kicking ass at my new job, playing softball, taking weekends in NYC, improving my blog, etc. In short, becoming overbooked on life.

No? Everyone’s like this? I should stop whining? Ok, good.

Here are some things I’ve been overbooking on addicted to recently:

GoodReads

Imagine if Facebook, Netflix, and Amazon had a dirty threeway only no one’s feelings were hurt for feeling left out of the proverbial orgy. If you can imagine that, you’re sick.

43 Things

What do you want to do with your life? Well, don’t tell me, tell this Web site and maybe you’ll figure out how to turn your sad life into an interesting one. One of my 43 things is “Bang Natalie Portman”.

Ohad’s amazing photos and photoblog

If I could create the ideal photoblog without having to try too hard, this would be it. Ohad’s photos are vivid and creative and his presentation is as close to perfect as I have seen. Check out, in particular, his “miniature effect” of scenes, like this one taken at a baseball game.

Travel Buddy

Imagine if MySpace and “travel blogging” got it on because they weren’t invited to the dirty threeway with GoodReads. Plan your trips and get great advice and reviews from people who live in places you want to visit or have traveled there and not had their wallet stolen.

Paintball: The Game

I dare you to click on this, play one round, and quit. If you can do it, I’ll pretend you’re my friend the next time we hang out.

Pole to Pole

It’s not what it sounds like. I mean, it might be, but not as far as I can tell. If you ever wondered what it would be like to travel from the North Pole to the South Pole using only natural power and blog about it, this is the site for you. The Web design and customizations alone are worth the click.

Online cartoons

The first one has been cracking me up all week and has even inspired an idea for me and Chosang to create our own comic strip. It would be called Tyrone Goldstein and would be about a black Jew studying for his Bar Mitzvah. The second cartoon is pretty self-explanatory: left-handed ‘toons drawn by right-handed people.

In case you were feeling underbooked on life, click on some of these links and get busier. Or share what you’re addicted to these days.

Just don’t say Fiona Apple.

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