Top Ten Things to Do

This list serves an interesting purpose, if not a useless one. In a world dominated by internet and online video games and television, one seems to be lost in the destruction of variety. What happened to the old days when going outside meant not being inside? The inside of a house was like a prison with its walls covered in ugly beige bars that dumbfounded the mind with boredom. Now, the inside is a preferable consistency, wow, to be inside is like being soaked in luxury. The terms "with nothing to do" refer to all these aspects of being inside which we all see as common (i.e. playing video games, watching television, being inside).

Here's the top one thing to do, go outside of your house and see if you can fix something. Although, this may seem like a crazy suggestion, the outside of a home seems to always lack a fundamental purpose. Sometimes, the yard is too clean and it needs proper messing up, just in case guests arrive. You don't want them to think you're a snob, after all. Sometimes, the outside of a home needs a little cleaning, because although you don't want to look like a snob, you also don't want to look like a slob. Here, people will be able to predict your tendency toward being a lazy bum or being a productive neighbor of society. Both are dormant in the society in which people pay others to clean or mess up their yards. For those of you who do this, disregard. You pay the rent, after all.

Second is seeing to this business of work. The work meaning that one can achieve something purposeful while sitting at home. My mother sews but this could not solve everyone's problems. Some people look toward the better part of six or seven hours on recognizing that there is really nothing to do. What some do is gather people together to play cards. The ultimate goal being that after the poker session one would be richer in quarters than the others but this often results in a loss. Also, recommended as the second thing because it pulls the eye away from that deathly tube, the television. In any case, this idea smoothens the path for the third.

Collectors are the best for passing time at home when they have other things to do. Yet there are two types of collectors. Those who collect obsessively and those who collect moderately. One of the most distracting things to do is to admire what you have collected thus far. You are, after all, at home and spending time on something fruitless which you enjoy.....its the same thing as playing video games but your parents won't get mad at you for doing it. For the obsessive collector, any of this is not recommended. The obsession is already promoting not doing things at home and, also, empty pockets. Please, do something else. Play video games.

The fourth thing to do while having nothing else to do, is make an experimental milkshake. This is often my favorite of all the assignments mentioned here. The recipes that one comes up with can be truly inspiring but stay away from anything flammable or with the little skull sign. Chocolate syrup and vanilla extract make those tomato-milkshakes taste a bit less refined. For those of the proper age, not recommended, but adding tequila adds a nice punch to the day and may even smoothen things over when finding something to do at home.

Another thing is to spend time exercising. Often while at home, we tend to forget that we're human and there's certain things we need to upgrade like our appearance. This, like the computer upgrades that one must perform in order to get rid of future viruses, is something that must be done. We can not forget to "do something" while doing nothing. Tape together a bunch of pillows on a wall and use it as a punching bag. This of course is not recommended for those under a condition which may put their fists through said pillows and into the walls. For those people, they're already in shape. See suggestion number two.

Next, clean your bathroom. Enough said.

Number seven is tricky because herein forms a sort-of contradiction. Another distraction that we suffer from is the phone. However, if we find ourselves at home, we often tend to forget about others as we play some game or watch some program or associate with an empty jar of coffee using vulgar language. The seventh suggestion is that you call any of your associates to set up a meeting or a date with those of the opposite sex or sex of preference. In other words, find someone to pass the time with, even if it is just a friend. It can't be no worse than sitting at home promoting that notion of doing nothing.

The eight thing to do is make a list of things which you would wish to have. Making lists is the most entertaining thing to do while at home. Here are examples of lists to make:

-A wish list for your personal shopping cart

-A list of things to do to improve your life.

-A wish list of classes you may want to take in the future.

-A list of cars you would never drive.

-A list of cars you wish you could drive.

It goes on and on but lists are at least a productive use of time, moreso than most of the previous, other than the exercising bits.

Next to last, stands the obvious. One has to have a pencil and a white sheet of paper for this. Drawing is the best, almost most entertaining thing to do, other than watch television or play video games because you can take a picture of your favorite thing and try to mimic it on paper. Most of the entertainment comes from trying to be creative and making your own versions of pictures you like. Like vampire-like flowers which were pretty at one point. Or flower-like vampires than you were afraid of. Its like giving or taking away power from the weak or the strong.

The final thing to do is, of course, read and especially read my list of top ten things to do while sitting at home with nothing to do.