So, today I came across a list called "474 Things To Do When You're Bored".
I can give you a sample of some of the suggestions:
I can give you a sample of some of the suggestions:
- wax the ceiling (because that sounds like fun)
- Take your sofa for a walk (the doctor recommends 1-2 a day)
- Read the 1962 Des Moines Yellow Pages
- Design a better toilet seat
- See how small you can scrunch your face
Those were great options, huh? There were weirder ones, but I decided to put that last one on there, because I bet you scrunched your face up right then and there. Didn't you? Didn't you? I can just imagine... :)
You see, those were sort of decent. However, the page also suggested you "pretend you're blind" or "sharpen your teeth". It soon became evident that this list of so-called things to do when you're bored would have been more appropriately named "474 Things To Do When You're Looking For Trouble Or You Just Want People To Think You're Crazy".
Yes... We should all demand that they rename their website.
This leads me to how much I love making lists. I super-proper-love making lists. I am an extremely forgetful person, and list-making is such a wonderful way to set a definite list of goals. Also, at the end of a day, you get to look at your list and see how much you got done. One thing that I actually do quite often is write down something I've completed, even if it wasn't on the list, just to give myself credit.
That's a little confusing. What I mean is, say I wanted to make sure to finish writing a story by 12:00 pm, but my mom tells me to do something like sweep. Even though sweeping wasn't one of my goals, I will add it to my list and cross it out, just because at the end of the day, I want to feel accomplished. Hey, crossing things out is fun! They should add that to their list!
Lists are so useful. When I was saving up for my Nook, and the books I was going to buy, I constantly had my list at hand.
"Let's see, if I save $20 here... Do I really need that book?... Let me read the synopsis again... oh yeah, I really want that... hmmm... only $40 left..."
I was constantly negotiating with my self and my little list.
-D.F.T.B.A.-
Mina;)
Random: Do you ever say things and then realize that that set of words flowed really nicely? When I was in Turkey, the cat would always sleep on my suitcase at night, and I woke up one day and said "There's cat hair on my suitcase!", and then I thought of how cool that sounded. Seriously, I drew a picture of my suitcase and the cat hair with the title "There's Cat Hair On My Suitcase". Just say it. Sounds cool, right?
http://www.cs.earlham.edu/~jimg/reading/bored.html
That does sound fun! "THERE'S CAT HAIR ON MY SUITCASE!!!" Sounds like something Tulsi would say whilst galloping around like a horse. Heh heh. I also love making lists. In fact, I have a notebook that have some random lists in it like: "What I Want to Do Once I Turn 12" and "Names of My Imaginary Magical Pet Horses" (from 4th grade) and "Great Titles for Books I will Never Get Around to Writing." I also love Bucket lists. Here's a really awesome list called...
ReplyDelete20 WAYS TO MAINTAIN A HEALTHY LEVEL OF INSANITY
1. At lunch time, sit in your parked car with sunglasses on and
point a hair dryer at passing cars. See if they slow down.
2. Page yourself over the intercom. Don't disguise your voice.
3. Every time someone asks you to do something, ask if they want
fries with that.
4. Put your garbage can on your desk and label it "IN".
5. Put decaf in the coffee maker for 3 weeks. Once everyone has
gotten over their caffeine addictions, switch to espresso.
6. In the memo field of all your checks, write "for smuggling
diamonds".
7. Finish all your sentences with "in accordance with the
prophecy".
8. Don't use any punctuation.
9. As often as possible, skip rather than walk.
10. Order a Diet Water whenever you go out to eat - with a serious
face.
11. Specify that your drive-through order is "to go".
12. Sing along at the opera.
13. Put mosquito netting around your work area and play tropical
sounds all day at work.
14. Go to a poetry recital and ask why the poems don't rhyme.
15. Five days in advance, tell your friends you can't attend their
party because you're not in the mood.
16. Have your coworkers address you by your wrestling name, Rock
Bottom.
17. When the money comes out the ATM, scream "I won! I won!"
18. When leaving the zoo, start running towards the parking lot
yelling, "run for your lives, they're loose!"
19. Tell your children over dinner "due to the economy, we are
going to have to let one of you go."
20. And the final way to keep a healthy level of insanity . . .
share this with someone to make them smile and laugh. Its called therapy.
Fun, right?
~Gracie
Ha!
DeleteI have to use the bathroom, in accordance with the prophecy...