I have this feeling that I get bored much quicker than a lot of people. You know how when you're a little kid, everything seems like fun? Riding a bike with your friends around the neighborhood was fun. Playing board games was fun. Running around the playground at the park was fun. Going to the mall to look at all the stuff you can't afford was fun. And you always wish you had more time to play instead of going to school and doing homework and stuff like that.
Fast forward to now. I'm out of school and unemployed. And I have no clue what I feel like doing. Okay, I want to go snowboarding, but it's pathetic going by yourself so I gotta find some people to come with me. (damn you all for going while I'm going to Indiana) And it's not like money is that big of an issue either since I have a fair amount saved up from my past jobs. I can't go visit friends out of state/country since I'm still waiting to hear back from potential employers. And I can't visit my friends who are still in the local area because they're usually at work. And while I guess I could drive up or down to visit people at college, they're usually busy with school work.
If and when I do end up finding people who want to hang out, we don't have any sort of clue as to what we feel like doing. (or we're short a few people.) There's only so many times you can go out to eat before somebody feel like they're spending too much money. For cards, it usually requires a certain minimum number of people. There's only so many good movies out. And there's only so many time you'd want to go visit some museum.
Shopping seems to satisfy most girls, but I'm a guy. I go to the mall when I have some idea what I want to buy for myself or somebody else. Otherwise, what am I there for? With the magic of the internet, anything that could possibly interest me will be made known at my desk without the need to windowshop. And even when I see a great deal or something that looks cool, I don't feel like I really need to buy it because I already have so much shit.
I have a nice car. I have the typical techie toys. (laptop, iPod, LCD monitor wireless mouse, Playstation 2, digicam, cell phone) I have stacks of obsolete hardware too. My snowboard works pretty well already, especially with the new boots and pants. I have nice clothes. I also have some crappy clothes. My mom and I went to buy a Donna Karan suit which I like but have no place to wear it to. I have more dress shoes than the average guy, and a couple of pairs of sports shoes which are kinda old but still comfy. And I've come to realized that just because some stuff is old doesn't mean it needs to be replaced.
For the past few weeks, I've been waking up at 10am or later and sitting around at home. Sure, I have started working on some of the project ideas I didn't have time for before, but you can only do one task for so long before your mind wanders. Getting more exercise would be beneficial, I don't have any motivation going alone so I just do a few exercises at home or walk to the grocery store. There's badminton on friday, but of course it's not that fun going by myself to get schooled by high schoolers. I'd like somebody to share the shame with me.
Hmm, I could cook. And while I can cook, I don't know what I feel like eating. What about baking? Yeah, I can bake. But I'm not going to be able to eat it all by myself either.
Go play pool? Don't know of anybody in the area who's interested. Go paintballing? Don't know of anybody else who's interested. Go play video games? There arn't that many games that interest me anymore.
I need to find something fun to do.
Posted by hachu at December 14, 2004 11:35 PMyou can go clubbing
Posted by: rog at December 15, 2004 10:06 AM