A list of Things to do when you’re bored
- type an essay and make every word a different font
- walk around the street and make dogs bark
- sing a duet with yourself
- take your pillow out to eat
- use a whole eraser
- balance a pencil on your nose
- learn to speak Greek
- draw Goldilocks and the 3 penguins
- water your dog and see if it grows
- rake your carpet
- watch the sun, see if it moves
- mow your lawn with scissors
- count out $5 in pennies
- boil ice cream
- don’t speak for a whole day
- make a bowl of cereal in your bathtub
- chuck marshmallows at people walking by your house
- go to an office building, and stay in the elevator all day dancing to the music
- make a hiding place in a book
- make graffiti under a carpet
- go up to total strangers, keep a straight face and say “I’m excited” in a bored tone
- only talk using the lyrics from your favorite song
- bake cupcakes, cookies, or pies
- draw a family on your toes, then walk around and pretend you’re crushing them
- exercise your thumb
- play piano with your nose
- go fishing with a paperclip on a shoe lace
- find undiscovered tribes using Google earth
- create a new religion
- start chanting to people in a made-up language
- make a nest out of blankets, get an egg from your fridge. Then sit on it and cry when it doesn’t hatch
- call people and try to sell them your dog/cat’s hair
- buy a tiger
- act like you just met a close friend for the first time
- call up a random stranger and start screaming “THE BABY’S COMING”
- count your belly button
- make a deal with the devil, but keep your fingers crossed
- go pee on peoples bushes, then when they yell at you say you marked your territory
- make a collection of air-guitars and show them off to people
- break into a friends house and clean it
- go to Wal-Mart and spend an hour telling the cashier your life story
- try to swallow your tongue
- go to a public library, and walk around normally while buzzing
- create a fake couple, then go out and public. Talk to people while playing both roles
(ex. “Hey, I’m jake. … “Hi, I’m Sally!”)
- watch a movie in a foreign language and make up your own plot
- try to sneeze with your eyes open
- learn 1920’s American slang, then go out in public and talk like that
- order a pizza, then when they deliver it start crying saying “this is the wrong kind! They always do this, is it because I’m not pretty enough? WHYYYY!?!?!”
- read this list
my list, even though not all ideas are original
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