How do you amuse yourself?

Point Blanch · 3 Weeks Ago

Let's assume you're sitting in a figurative orchestra, your figurative clarinet resting upon your figurative lap. The figurative piece that the group is rehearsing involves lots of everyone else and little of Mr. or Ms. You. You are bored!

In this situation I tend to watch the crazy conductor's hair. She keeps it like the curling irons never left and it bounces around and gets caught in her mouth sometimes. When the novelty of that wears off I turn to my clarinet brethren, who return sullen stares because they are the most boring people in the universe. After drawing little things eating the last stanza on every line, I sit back and think about what I'll do when I get home, checking the clock to see if it's moved every thirty or so seconds.

How do you amuse yourself in situations where there is practically nothing to do?

ricky · 3 Weeks Ago

Sleep!

Point Blanch · 3 Weeks Ago

THAT DOESN'T COUNT!

Besides sleep!

Lots of tags!

Chillhouse · 3 Weeks Ago

I make up life stories for the people I don't know around me, and act them out in my head from the point of view of various imaginary people in that person's life. If I get introduced to that person later on, I give them a knowing smile as I shake their hand.

charliebonce · 3 Weeks Ago

I tell 'stories' featuring me and my imaginary friends in my head. Yes, I'm an egotist :p.

If I can get up, I run up and down. I'm not into exercise or anything, it just helps me think more creatively I guess.

Failing that...doodle.

NeiNei · 3 Weeks Ago

Fapping: The answer to boredom

eric007 · 3 Weeks Ago

I usually like to study people... try to guess what their life, hobbies, romance, problems are... basically if you're good at observing small details, it's actually quite interesting how much you can find out and often get it confirmed too.
Also I like to let my mind wander... let it roam to places of the past, to places of my own creation... whatever.

tk7432 · 3 Weeks Ago

Try to be Kanye West and come up with new beats in my mind that I will probably forget when I'm done.

Wegs · 3 Weeks Ago

Daydream about crazy stuff, like world domination

**Charlie F** · 3 Weeks Ago

In that situation you should sit there looking professional; looking as you do when playing, expect not playing.

With that said, when I had little to play with massive gaps I'd just sit there and then dramatically raise my instrument to my lips as if I was about to play something epic, every single time I had some little string of notes to play. So yes, I amuse myself by raising an instrument sarcastically.

In other situations I daydream.

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Point Blanch Regular Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Arizona, USA Posts: 1,941 Threads: 34 Gallery Uploads: 4 Wiki Edits: 134 Blog Entries: 12 Reputation: 65	How do you amuse yourself? Let's assume you're sitting in a figurative orchestra, your figurative clarinet resting upon your figurative lap. The figurative piece that the group is rehearsing involves lots of everyone else and little of Mr. or Ms. You. You are bored! In this situation I tend to watch the crazy conductor's hair. She keeps it like the curling irons never left and it bounces around and gets caught in her mouth sometimes. When the novelty of that wears off I turn to my clarinet brethren, who return sullen stares because they are the most boring people in the universe. After drawing little things eating the last stanza on every line, I sit back and think about what I'll do when I get home, checking the clock to see if it's moved every thirty or so seconds. How do you amuse yourself in situations where there is practically nothing to do?

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ricky VIP Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: USA Posts: 471 Threads: 29 Gallery Uploads: 6 Wiki Edits: 2 Blog Entries: 1 Reputation: 16	Sleep!

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Point Blanch Regular Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Arizona, USA Posts: 1,941 Threads: 34 Gallery Uploads: 4 Wiki Edits: 134 Blog Entries: 12 Reputation: 65	THAT DOESN'T COUNT! Besides sleep! Lots of tags!

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Chillhouse العالم العربي والاسلامى Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: gta Age: 18 Posts: 2,121 Threads: 122 Blog Entries: 54 Reputation: 88	I make up life stories for the people I don't know around me, and act them out in my head from the point of view of various imaginary people in that person's life. If I get introduced to that person later on, I give them a knowing smile as I shake their hand.

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charliebonce Regular Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Herts, UK Posts: 34 Threads: 1 Reputation: 2	I tell 'stories' featuring me and my imaginary friends in my head. Yes, I'm an egotist :p. If I can get up, I run up and down. I'm not into exercise or anything, it just helps me think more creatively I guess. Failing that...doodle.

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NeiNei Sparky's Mommy Pup <3 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Florida, USA Posts: 412 Threads: 6 Gallery Uploads: 2 Wiki Edits: 2 Blog Entries: 14 Reputation: 15	Fapping: The answer to boredom

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eric007 Regular Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: switzerland / ireland / other places Posts: 29 Threads: 2 Reputation: 4	I usually like to study people... try to guess what their life, hobbies, romance, problems are... basically if you're good at observing small details, it's actually quite interesting how much you can find out and often get it confirmed too. Also I like to let my mind wander... let it roam to places of the past, to places of my own creation... whatever.

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tk7432 Regular Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: In my hood Age: 17 Posts: 842 Threads: 34 Wiki Edits: 2 Blog Entries: 5 Reputation: 6	Try to be Kanye West and come up with new beats in my mind that I will probably forget when I'm done.

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Wegs Adam's Little Brother Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: NJ, USA Age: 15 Posts: 1,030 Threads: 29 Wiki Edits: 1 Blog Entries: 8 Reputation: 24	Daydream about crazy stuff, like world domination

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Charlie F Free hugs Donor Senior Staff Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: England, UK Age: 19 Posts: 2,903 Threads: 42 Gallery Uploads: 7 Wiki Edits: 49 Blog Entries: 99 Reputation: 98	In that situation you should sit there looking professional; looking as you do when playing, expect not playing. With that said, when I had little to play with massive gaps I'd just sit there and then dramatically raise my instrument to my lips as if I was about to play something epic, every single time I had some little string of notes to play. So yes, I amuse myself by raising an instrument sarcastically. In other situations I daydream.