April 19, 2005

Despair

I'm bored. Bored. Boredom is a form of despair. I am not entertained. I cannot become entertained. I am not at choice in this. There is nothing I can do. I'm BORED!

I feel guilty whenever I get bored too. I have enough brain power. I should have something to think about or entertain myself with all the time. There are people in this world who think TV is entertaining. I sometimes am one of those people but not very often. I write. I read. I play video games. I have conversations. I make up characters. I play pretend. So when I get bored, I'm being lazy. Not can't fix it. But won't fix it.

So now I'm bored and I hate myself. This is going so well. I thought writing was supposed to be cathartic. I think I'm making it worse.

I could start a fight. Quit my job. Break something.

Yep this is constructive. I'm going to stop before I decide to experiment with electricity or something intelligent like that.

Posted by jlp716 at April 19, 2005 04:50 PM
Comments

Good gracious, woman -- you're on the InterWeb and your bored? You're just not looking hard enough.

Posted by: KING COMTE I at April 19, 2005 07:31 PM

Let's not be hasty. Electricity is our friend!

Posted by: flamingbanjo at April 20, 2005 06:15 PM

Comte-- ...never mind.

JLP: Claim illness and leave work. Buy three frivolous books (non-fiction's okay) and take the express bus from the Metro tunel to downtown Tacoma. Take note of when the last bus leaves going back to Seattle. Find a coffee shop or a well-lit bar and read for a while, stopping periodically to write down any thoughts that occur to you as a result of your reading (random thoughts that seem to come out of nowhere are okay). Consume no more than 2 cups of coffee or two drinks of alcohol total. You may have one snack if you're feeling so inclined. When you're done, get back on an express bus and return to Seattle.

Alternatively, go in the bathroom and pee. While you're going, get a little on your left index finger. Then go around your office touching people you dislike.

Posted by: Joshua at April 22, 2005 01:46 PM

I'm going for the second. Tacoma freaks me out. Freaked me out when I lived there as a kid. Freaks me out now that I'm adults, remembering living there as a kid. Plus, urine is free!

Posted by: JtotheP at April 26, 2005 04:50 PM