Yeah, thats french for BORED! Which is what I am this afternoon, I am also convinced that 5:00 will never come. Sure, I have things I could be doing like alphabetizing my files, or more specifically organizing them, then alphabetizing them. Instead I have piles and piles of papers and projects that are just dumped in my file cabinet drawers. I could update staff bios, but that would require more effort than I care to exert and most likely result in me thinking why in the hell does so and so have this job when they have a degree in that. I could clean off my desk, but then I would probably find some unforgotten task that I didn't complete that apparently everyone else has forgotten about too.
What have I done today? I read several blogs and caught up on my favorites. For once my google reader tells me I have no new blogs which sort of depresses me. I harassed a friend with emails while he was in harassment training (how's that for irony) with childish demands like come entertain me and click on the ads in my blog so I can get money. I read all about Boredom on Wikipedia. I played a game to give free rice to hungry people. I attempted to play a virtual rubix cube game, but soon found out I wasn't smart enough. I emailed just about every person on my contact list. I checked the People and TMZ websites no less than 100 times. I learned what my names secret meaning was, what my driving style said about me, what gemstone I should be, and what European city I should live in all based on the highly insightful quizzes from Blogthings. I was also going to attempt another photo survey but became seriously disturbed when a search of photos dealing with my last name returned an ungodly amount of photos involving women breastfeeding complete with nippalage.
What do you do when you're bored?
Thursday, August 28, 2008
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Very similar things. Our afternoons awfully alike. I also threw in the Washington Post's online crossword puzzle.
I also have drawers full of piles of paper. I haevn't gone through all the stuff that was in this desk before I got it. Filing is not worth my time.
Ahhhh, boredom... what is that again... I would kill for a "bored day" right now...I could sing a song for you:
"Oh, MAAAANDY, you came and you gave without taking..."
Mandy, you know I DEEPLY love you. But you also should know I'm a grammar maniac. Especially in French. So, it's not my intention to insult you or aything, but I have a correction to make.
"Ennui" is a noun. It means "boredom" and "problem".
The adjective is "Ennuyé" if you're a guy and "Ennuyée" if you're a girl.
Apparently, when I'm bored, I like to take my grammar-maniac aspect out.
(But hey! You haven't stopped in my blog today!)
When I'm bored? I refresh twitter a billion times. I check my google reader a billion times. I spend too much time on sites like cuteoverload.com and gofugyourself and people.com. If I'm home, I'll put on a Friends DVD or watch random SNL sketches on hulu.com. Sometimes I organize things for no good reason or clean something (today it was the fridge).
:)
I love that you read about boredom on Wikipedia! Heehee!
I usually fill the truck with old or broken equipment we no longer need...then take it down to the trash compactor for a little low-brow destruction fun.
Jess -- I did a crossword too, but I will keep the Washington Post one in mind for tomorrow.
Coconut -- I agree! Filing is stupid. I can never remember where I filed it anyway.
Jill--I LOVE that song!
Andy--Thanks for the lesson...I forgot...LOL.
Wishcake -- I am never bored enough to organize...LOL. Clean sometimes, organize never. Sadly I did read about boredom...
Frank -- destruction is fun!
mmm, typeracer.com, shockwave.com, bigfishgames.com, realarcade.com,(i download the free demo for an hour and then uninstall it), play the Sims for hours, sleep, eat. That's what I do when I'm bored...but if I had stuff to organize (especially files!!) I wouldn't be bored. Hee. Did I just betray my nerdiness?
I burn ungodly amounts of CD's so I know I'll have them just in case I want to listen to that weird song I heard in 1978...
I have not been bored since I quit working!!!!!!! Yea, I am so blessed to not have to work any more and have to play solitaire when I should have been in the basement filing!!! Not bored with two grandkids, ever!!!!!!!!!!
Sarah -- typeracer is fun!
Princess Extraordinaire --thanks for stopping by!
Beya -- Maybe thats what I need to do...quit working. Sounds good! :-)And two of the cutest grandkids ever!
I'm laughing Mandy....I too check my People and TMZ many times a day....try Dlisted.com LOL
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