Showing posts with label boredom. Show all posts
Showing posts with label boredom. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Something for a Rainy Day

Congrats everyone, we've beat the heat wave that has been rampant across all of the U.S this week!  I'm sorry I haven't updated in a bit - I blame it on the heat, it was actually too hot to function.

And now... it seems as though the summer might already be starting to end - weird, huh? It's been a cool 75 degrees (sad when that feels cool), shorter days, and orientation week is already starting again at some colleges.  On top of that, it's been raining... ew.


So on this rainy day, the question arises: what to do?  Another perk of having graduated from college, is that there is finally tons of free time.  Now I have a good amount of time to finally sit down and, *gasp*, read a book.  Yeah, I'll admit it, I love reading!  Novels, magazines, newspapers, journals, whatever I can get my hands on.  Didn't someone once say that knowledge is power? Or something?

 
As much as I love a good book to sink my teeth into, sitting in a park on a beautiful day... you know what's even better for rainy days?

YOUTUBE VIDEOS!!!

Another of my new found obsessions as a boomerang baccalaureate - I can entertain myself literally for hours, cracking up hysterically.  While I should probably use that time to continue my job search, the internet tempts my inner procrastinator too much.

Here are some of my faves:

The more times I watch it, the more I laugh

I wish this were me

Because babies are always funny!

Again, babies <3

Sometimes, I feel like this when I'm trying to walk up 
stairs in the metro station. Such a struggle.

As frustrating as it can be at times, to be living back at home, unemployed and poor... don't sweat the small stuff, this is a good time in our lives! So, if you are ever particularly bored and not wanting to face reality, the internet - especially Youtube - can be a best friend.

Go find yourself a funny video! Laughter is always the best medicine to get rid of the blues :) (whether it be from the rain, or from your parents driving you crazy...)

                                                                              Hysterically Laughing,
                                                                                                            BB

Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Big Fish in a Small Pond...

Visiting home is always nice - you sleep in your own room, get home cooked meals, see old friends.  Even going downtown in the suburbs can be - dare I say it - fun.  You can hang out at your local independent bookstore, and grab a meal at your favorite Chinese restaurant (where you've never been able to find a better crab Rangoon).

But this "fun" only lasts for a visit, not an indefinite stay... It wears off quickly.  I've started to realize that I'm stuck in a very small pond.


It wouldn't be so bad if I could get into the city easily, but the public transportation is beyond terrible!  I have to really plan in advance if I want to go out to a bar or club in the city -  I have to coordinate with my other post-grad "boomerang" friends, figure out where I'll crash for the night, and make the journey into the city via train or bus or subway (or some combination of all 3).  So on nights when I don't feel like going through all this effort, I basically have two options:

      1. Stay at home with my parents

 Or

      2. Hangout downtown in the suburbs



Just what every 22-year old wants to do.


I'm genuinely worried that I'm becoming a Townie...  You know, those local people who bum around in their home town forever, doing nothing with their lives.  At least I acknowledge that I have a problem.  The first step to recovery is always admitting the reality of our situation, right?

An apartment would be the best solution! A cute brownstone right in the city, a bakery downstairs and a shoe store across the street... Ahh, but the small problem of having no moolah arises again... even more motivation for finding a job.  What dreams I have! 

I feel like before this happens, it's more likely that I just get a bigger fish bowl.

                                                                           The Token Townie,
                                                                                                       BB