Boredom

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#1

This could pose for an

interesting topic of discussion:

What do you do when you are bored?

Me? Well, here is just a little taste of my ideas for handling boredom:

[i]- Clean the

House -[/i] Yesterday, I finally cracked. Not a few weeks ago, I announced to my entire family that I

would attempt to clean our entire house in one day: December 1st. Oddly enough, I came quite close to achieving

that goal. The day before today, I cleaned the entire house (except for the living room, which is the biggest

room) and put up almost all of the Christmas decorations. So now…I’m happy that the house is actually

clean, which is a rare occasion…what with five people and a cat running around the

place all day. :unamused: (And, due to the fact that I almost passed out from all the cleaning, I am extremely cranky

this evening. Heh…)

- Read the Dictionary - There came a time when I

became so bored that I read a third of the ‘A’ section of the dictionary in an hour. The good thing is that I

learned something; the bad thing is that my eyes were screwed up for an extra two hours. :stuck_out_tongue:

[i]

  • Read an Anonymous Book - [/i] Usually, when I have nothing to do, I will read a book…or a series

of books. I will grab a novel (usually one of the Harry Potter books), go into the

hall bathroom, lock the door, sit on the toilet, and read. I only do this when I have to go to the bathroom –

that way, I can accomplish two tasks at once. :laughing:

- Hike - If I get

extremely bored to the point of exhaustion, I will either walk around and around the

house with my sister…quoting dialogue from various films at the same time, or I will hike in the local park.

What about you guys? Do you have any emergency activities for when you suffer from a lack of

entertainment?

#2

hmm , what do i do when

i’m bored … interesting question .

think of ides for my fanfic - when i

get bored , usually at night because i can’t go to sleep , i think of ides for my cars fanfic . some funny , and

somewhat sad , since i get in touch with most of my touchy-feely emotions , that won’t make it into my fanfic

and i thought of when i was bored :

  • lightning lets angie win every time , only because she’s a girl

  • ramone gets sick , and flo tries to get him to drink this disgusting fuel that was her mother’s recipe ,

and he tries to tell her without hurting her feelings .

  • doc has a problem with his engine , and he

unfortunately needs a new one , which is practically impossible to find ( this didn’t make it thanks to that

community service deleted scene )
-sally’s family has some problem with her dating lightning

  • angie gets

a job at flo’s as a traywasher for extra money ( this is obvious why it didn’t make it - she’s a racecar ! she

has plenty of money !)

I doodle - this is what i do when i habve no idea what

to do . i usually find an interesting picture of my favorite character from pixar or something else animated .

this is usually how i got most of those nice doodles on my fan art post . this is why i call them doodles .

i complain about how bored i am to my friends - usually i call them and tell

them how bored i am . just ask countrygirl93 , a majority if the times i’ve called her is to tell her how bored

i am .

that’s pretty much it . except i also sit in the bathroom and rad like you mitch . that is until

my family thinks i have an upset stomach . then i flush so they know i’m done .

#3

gottalovepixar - Haha – interesting answers. I like your

“doodling” option. :wink:

Actually, I really wish that you had (or could)

include that in your Cars story somewhere. I also love the idea of Doc starting to

break down…but him being too humble to announce the fact to anyone (if you put that in). Heh – poor

Doc…

#4

I spend most of my spare time

drawing while listening to music or watching TV. I tend to watch The Simpsons or

Seinfeld.

When I’m not drawing, I’m either cleaning up around the house or

playing video games. I love playing NES and SNES games. Those are some of the best

ever.

~~=oP

#5

Sounds like we have something in common. I would

play my video games as well…if the tv wasn’t broken. :laughing:

Do you play PlayStation 2 games at all?

Because that is the platform I currently own (and probably the only platform I plan to own). Just curious…

:wink:

#6

I have a PS2, but the only game I have for it is

Kingdom Hearts. I gave up on it towards the end of the

Tarzan level. It’s not that I don’t love the game. I just got

stumped.

~~=oP

#7

PixarVixen - Mmm…I see. I hear you on the “stumped” issue – I

completely gave up on my Lord of the Rings: The Third Age PlayStation 2 game after I

couldn’t win a certain level to save my life…

I suppose I should get back on topic now, though. Thank

you for your answers and post, in any case. :wink:

#8

hi

peoples .

apparently mitch , my cousin gets bored listening to your fanfic . I gave her a ’ whatever ’

. She was more interested into a post about falling off a 50,000 story building . Yeech . :-\

And i

read her my favorite chapter . You know , when you introduced gueniviere . But that’s her problem if she

doesn’t like your fanfic . i like it . it doesn’t make me bored !

#9

gottalovepixar - Haha –

well, that’s perfectly alright. I think that one thing a story-writer must expect when creating his or her

fanfiction/novel is that he/she will have some tough critics out there. Either that,

or perhaps your friends just doesn’t have any taste for “informative” tales? Heheh – my stories are

very historical and detailed in nature, so I predicted that they would appear boring to some people. However,

that is one of the barriers that writers must face; heck, even Ms. J.K. Rowling herself has earned a few

“Harry Potter-haters”. :stuck_out_tongue:

I thank you, though, gottalovepixar, for

taking a liking to my stories. I appreciate it greatly. :wink:

And now, to get back on-topic – heheh. Any

other people out there who know some ways to relieve boredom?

#10

When I’m bored, I listen to music, browse

ebsites, do homework, work on fanfics and music videos.

#11

I remember being bored once, and

not having anything to do…The good ole’ days. :laughing: I guess tidying, playing on the computer, revising a bit

of Latin vocab., drawing sometimes, and hugging my cat.

#12

Where I live, it is pretty easy to keep myself bored and ocupied. What about all of you guys?

Do you get bored easily? Or do you find stuff to do easily?

#13

I live in a rather remote spot, so it’s easy to get

bored…

When i’m bored I usually start doodling while listening to music until my little sketch becomes

a huge picture. Or I think of ideas for a fanfic I wish to start pretty soon. If that all fails I either take my

dog on a long walk or go out to work with my horses.

#14

I don’t think I’ve

been bored for a very, very long time, but that’s more due to work than anything else. Though, where I live,

there’s not really that much to do anyway.

#15

Well, me, I can’t

get bored. Not with all the stuff I have to do. But it does happen.

I sometimes

…

Write my novel … which I plan to finish next year- which is

doubtful

Work on my sculpture though clay has been my enemy as of

late.

Doodle … sometimes good things come out of doodling. With the stress

I’ve been having lately- the only good stuff is cartoons, which I can’t use for portfolio until I’ve gone

through my basics bleh. =P

Play Haunting Ground which hasn’t been too

productive but I’m determined to finish the game- I’ve been limiting my time since my novel and schoolwork

deserve that time. I’m self-disciplining myself.

If I’m really bored I’ll [i]work on music

videos[/i] but I’m quite sick of using the same clips over and over so I’ve got to record

s’more.

I used to do a lot more meaningless stuff like giggle stupidly while playing with the A and B

buttons on the DVD player and watching people say something over and over … but I think I’m actually maturing.

:open_mouth: A bit. But that is still fun to do.

Oh yeah, and I

work on my fanfictions when I have time to spare. But I’ve realized I waste time on

things that could never be published, and so I’m devoting most of my time to getting to know my original

characters of my novel. :smiley:

#16

To me, it all depends on the day. Some days, I am really bored, and somedays,

I’m not. Same thing with finding stuff to do around my house.

#17

I seldom get bored.

But

if I have free time on my hands:

  • Surf the internet, usualy forums like this one.
  • Watch CARS

Clean house

  • Wash Car.
#18

Hmm, I used to get bored really easily but now it seems

there is no time to be bored. Normally, bored is the same as time off. But I usually find ways to entertain

myself…

  1. Go on internet. And do whatever I please…
  2. Watch my season dvds of Gilmore Girls. I have

5 seasons and I never get bored of it. :slight_smile:
3. Go on my iTunes and listen to music or look through new music at

the stores. I’m so frugal though… I barely every actually buy the music.
4. Doodle… it usually doesn’t get

to this point though. I love to draw but drawing is like an ambrosia for me. :smiley: