Random Thoughts

[zwanzig]

I dislike people who feel the need to advertise that they're bored. Like, "I'm bored" makes me repel so badly from the person who uttered it.

Maybe that's my ADHD power; even just standing here, not doing anything, feeling the symptoms of boredom, I can still play games and tell stories in my head. Like, fantasizing is part of my list of "shit to do". I always have an internal list of "potential activities" that is already compiled and ready to go. I barely have to think "What do I want to do at this moment?" because I just know the answer and do it. I guess "I'm bored" people don't have that.

[Oldandeasilyconfused]

I dislike people who feel the need to advertise that they're bored. Like, "I'm bored" makes me repel so badly from the person who uttered it.

Maybe that's my ADHD power; even just standing here, not doing anything, feeling the symptoms of boredom, I can still play games and tell stories in my head. Like, fantasizing is part of my list of "shit to do". I always have an internal list of "potential activities" that is already compiled and ready to go. I barely have to think "What do I want to do at this moment?" because I just know the answer and do it. I guess "I'm bored" people don't have that.

 People complaining of being bored irritate me. Intolerant of me I know. I tend to find such people also tend to be boring. It's also insulting for a person  to say when one is sitting right there. At such times I like to leave.

As far as I'm aware bored is not an emotion, but a mixture of at least two; fear and anger. Or not

OF course I get bored. To snap of it I sometimes have a quiet wank. I've found that people at the shopping centre are not very accepting.

[arewethereyet]

I dislike people who feel the need to advertise that they're bored. Like, "I'm bored" makes me repel so badly from the person who uttered it.

Maybe that's my ADHD power; even just standing here, not doing anything, feeling the symptoms of boredom, I can still play games and tell stories in my head. Like, fantasizing is part of my list of "shit to do". I always have an internal list of "potential activities" that is already compiled and ready to go. I barely have to think "What do I want to do at this moment?" because I just know the answer and do it. I guess "I'm bored" people don't have that.

I have always been able to entertain myself. Crafts, sewing, reading, some computer games, etc. As a kid, I was grounded a lot so I learned how to occupy myself. Lately I find there are some days when I am fidgety but I think it may be being essentially trapped at home for the better part of two years.

My girls both have to have something to do and preferably people to be doing it with. They can't seem to come up with ways to spend time alone. My son is more like me and is quite content finding different things to keep himself busy.

[zwanzig]

 People complaining of being bored irritate me. Intolerant of me I know. I tend to find such people also tend to be boring. It's also insulting for a person  to say when one is sitting right there. At such times I like to leave.

As far as I'm aware bored is not an emotion, but a mixture of at least two; fear and anger. Or not

OF course I get bored. To snap of it I sometimes have a quiet wank. I've found that people at the shopping centre are not very accepting.

I sometimes see it as a passive-aggressive poke when it is said to me. Like, "Hey, entertain me!" Which is partly what makes me grumpy about social interactions. The feeling of being sapped of energy, of needing to entertain someone. What I wouldn't give to meet a special someone who we could spend hours together not needing to directly interact every moment, just doing our own thing in our own corners. The closest I've come is my dog.

I have always been able to entertain myself. Crafts, sewing, reading, some computer games, etc. As a kid, I was grounded a lot so I learned how to occupy myself. Lately I find there are some days when I am fidgety but I think it may be being essentially trapped at home for the better part of two years.

My girls both have to have something to do and preferably people to be doing it with. They can't seem to come up with ways to spend time alone. My son is more like me and is quite content finding different things to keep himself busy.

I dunno if you would call it introverted or what, but it definitely seems to require some training or familiarity with spending time alone. I don't think "I'm bored" is something I've ever said to someone else. I usually skip letting them know that I desire to do something other than the current thing occupying us and get right to "hey, wanna do ___" It feels easier and faster.

I am willing to accept that some folks don't have this familiarity with alone activities and prefer to spend time with others(I don't) or that they lack an element of industrious creativity where they can come up with something they feel like doing at any moment rather than telling everyone they need entertaining and waiting to see what happens in response to that. Not everyone is gifted the same. I will fully admit my navigation in social situations is probably not on par with someone who seeks after that energy of groups and friends and craic.

[Silver]

Four nights off, time to catch up on the telly.

[T.J.]

Had a successful record session and otherwise productive day. Found out I'm a tad bit rusty on Armored Core.

[arewethereyet]

Figured out what to get the grandkids for Christmas...ordered and off my worry list. They are all getting jewelry/trinket boxes. The one I ordered for my grandson looks a little like a pirate chest and will be a place for him to keep his sunglasses...kid is 10 and has a thing for sunglasses. The girls are 12, 14, and 16 so I think they will be a good gift. Glad to have that figured out.

I guess the adults are getting quilts...again.

[Fireball]

Figured out what to get the grandkids for Christmas...ordered and off my worry list.  They are all getting jewelry/trinket boxes.  The one I ordered for my grandson looks a little like a pirate chest and will be a place for him to keep his sunglasses...kid is 10 and has a thing for sunglasses.  The girls are 12, 14, and 16 so I think they will be a good gift. Glad to have that figured out.

I guess the adults are getting quilts...again.

Us oldsters need quilts. I had a bad reflux episode the other day and slept sitting up, under a quilt in the recliner in the family room for a few hours. I think that it was bad fish.

[arewethereyet]

Figured out what to get the grandkids for Christmas...ordered and off my worry list.  They are all getting jewelry/trinket boxes.  The one I ordered for my grandson looks a little like a pirate chest and will be a place for him to keep his sunglasses...kid is 10 and has a thing for sunglasses.  The girls are 12, 14, and 16 so I think they will be a good gift. Glad to have that figured out.

I guess the adults are getting quilts...again.

Us oldsters need quilts. I had a bad reflux episode the other day and slept sitting up, under a quilt in the recliner in the family room for a few hours. I think that it was bad fish.

The oldest of the oldsters among my kids will turn 44 this month.

She spent the weekend on a high school band trip with her daughter and said that Sunday morning she felt like she had a hangover without having had anything to drink. She now admits to not being able to keep up with her twenty year old self.

[Fireball]

Us oldsters need quilts. I had a bad reflux episode the other day and slept sitting up, under a quilt in the recliner in the family room for a few hours. I think that it was bad fish.

The oldest of the oldsters among my kids will turn 44 this month.  

She spent the weekend on a high school band trip with her daughter and said that Sunday morning she felt like she had a hangover without having had anything to drink.  She now admits to not being able to keep up with her twenty year old self.  

Mine are 37, 35 (in a few weeks) and 32. No grandkids.   Where did we go wrong? Need more atheists!