Things to do when you're bored!

[jlh]

Remember when you were a kid and it would rain during Christmas or summer vacation and you'd get really bored and whine to your mother? And then she'd come up with a list of stuff to do, and you'd better do one of them or she'd get you doing chores?

Well, it seems to me that there are a big bunch of really bored people in fandom at the moment, and they just need some things to do! They pretty obviously lack imagination, so telling them to go be creative I don't think is really to the point. Here's some suggestions I came up with:

--Volunteer locally
--Rearrange your closet
--Get tax documents ready for the new year
--Clean out the bathroom
--See a movie
--Read a book
--Go for a drive
--Download some Black Lace novels
--Have some sex
--Get out the play-doh/fingerpaints
--Memorize the questions in your Trivial Pursuit deck so you can finally beat your damn brother
--Call your friend from high school that you haven't talked to in for ever
--Start writing thank you notes. You know what Aunt Miriam gave you, anyway.
--Origami
--Make some PoA icons
--Read old magazines, especially from the year you were born
--Do the laundry and surprise your mum
--Clean your harddrive and organize your iTunes
--Do that "stories I wrote this year" meme
--Do the yousendit meme
--Make up your own damn meme

Have anything to add to the list? Comment, and I'll put it in the entry!

Comments

[adjudicated.livejournal.com]

Did you have a book called "Richard Scarry's Best Rainy Day Book Ever"? I had one when I was about seven or eight, and I loved it so much. My mom only let me use it when the weather was bad.

[sisterpandora.livejournal.com]

--Have a bubble bath
--Paint your toenails or fingernails
--Take a nap
--Bake cookies
--Write a letter for your Mother/Grandmother/Aunt/Favorite Cousin
--get or give a massage
--brush your teeth (hey it'll get you away from the computer for five minutes?)
--put those old photos into albums
--clean out your car and wash it if the weather is warm enough and you own a car
--learn a new recipe
--watch some of those classic show reruns (or reruns of holiday specials even)

[nmalfoy.livejournal.com]

-Make a big batch of spaghetti sauce from scratch.
-clean out your junk drawer
-Go visit your nearest Veteran's Hospital
-Go to an animal shelter and socialize with the animals. It's good for them and good for you.
-Test drive a car you've always wanted to drive.
-Go through a relative's attic.
-Get all your "summer clothes" cleaned, ironed, etc.
-Go to a bookstore and read the cheesy sex scenes in the romance novels.

[wordplay.livejournal.com]

--Write a list of the things you want to be sure you do before you die. Make significant headway on at least one of them.
--Dream up and plan travel itineraries of the "if it's Monday, this must be Paris" variety.
--Now plan trips you will actually enjoy.
--Rent and watch the '95 BBC "Pride and Prejudice". The new version is out next year and it's never too early to start nitpicking.
--Reorder your Netflix queue. Mine can't be the only one that's half full of things I've since seen on HBO.
--Polish up your Photoshop skills. Then cruise the wishlist memes and make somebody's day.
--Clean out your bookshelves. You really can't keep every book you've ever bought.

[mahoni.livejournal.com]

- kick back with a cup of cocoa or tea and some soft music
- call someone you haven't talked to in forever
- take a walk. Bundle up if it's cold.
- start the project you've been putting off
- bird watch
- indulge in a little peace and quiet
- chat with a neighbor

>:D

[evil-erato.livejournal.com]

As I am half asleep and brain dead, I have nothing constructive to add to the list. I am merely here to express my love of your icon. I know I've seen it many times before, but it still makes me smile. :D