Experimenting With Tea, Tumblr Trash, And Taking Your Pants For Walks

Hey World!

As you may know from my last blogpost, I have been on crutches for the better part of last week, until theyn were too hard and I gave up. We are going to ignore this fact, because I tried so hard that I actually smelled horrible and had sweat stains under my arms and glowed like a tomato. It was not a good time for me. Despite this, I am feeling a lot better than last week, and thanks to everyone who was sending me kind wishes. It is very nice of you.

Anyway, while I was busy doing absolutely nothing, I came across a problem.

BEING CRIPPLED IS THE MOST HORRIFICALLY BORING THINGS THAT HAS EVER HAPPENED TO ANYONE IN THE HISTORY OF BORING THINGS. My mum also asked if I 'wanted to go on a walk' which I didnt appreciate. So I have compiled a list of things to do when you literally have nothing better to do than sit and do nothing for six hours. Here we go

1. Watch movies. Obvious, but helful.
2. Experiment with different types of tea. Earl Grey. English Breakfast. Red Bush. Chammomile. Lemon and Honey. Do you like herbal teas or fruit teas? Do you like them with sugar or two spoons of sugar? Do you like weird teas? Do you like milk or no milk? I had great fun with this, and discovered that my personal favourite is Earl Grey Tea With One Spoon Of Sugar No Milk. This may sound boring, but I assure you it is not. The more you get into it, the less weird it gets, I assure you.
3. Learn a new skill- knitting, drawing, crocheting, etc are all good options. I suggest not a sport like rugby, or a game like twister. For the immobile, these are not reccommended.
4. Find a friend. Either ring one up and force them to come over, or go make one on the internet. Find a support group for something. I joined one for a thing that I have (carpophobia, which is the fear of wrists. Yes, I dont like wrists. Accept it, and move on. But dont show me your wrists seriously it creeps me out) and made a friend through that! Obviously go for the non creepy, pervy weirdos and dont give away your address or anything. I am not advising you to cause your boredom to become abduction.
5. Troll through the internet. I got really into pinterest, and if you type in 'Tumblr Humor' you find a whole lot of unneccesary humor that you will love. I swear. You just cant hate it.
6. Celebrate weird holidays. Last year, my friend and I celebrated 'Take Your Pants For A Walk Day' (July 27th) and took (OUR SPARE PAIR OF) pants for a walk. Obviously walking is currently out of the equation, but I highly reccommend looking and seeing what other holidays you could celebrate.
7. Take a bath. Put in a bath bomb AND bubble bath (rebellion). Sit in it and measure how long it takes until you look like a massive prune. You could also read, or just ponder life. Technically, you could still be just as bored, but this way you will be able to say that you are doing something so you know it is slightly more interesting.
8. Use/make pinterest, and by this I mean properly. Find all the craft projects that you will never attempt, and put together a wardrobe of things you will never buy. You really need to trust me on this, it is greater than I am making it sound right now.
9. Go through memory books/photos. Dwell on the past, and remember the days when you did cross country and came embarrissingly close to the end, or the photos from your 6th birthday and how you were in kindergarten. I have 3 or 4 containers under my bed just filled with crap that I have collected over the years. It is actually really funny to go through and look at all your memories.

10. Play with your pet, no matter what it is. I EVEN CUDDLED MY CAT, which if you dont know, is a really big deal because my cat is kind of evil. If all you have is fish, make the most of it. Some goldfish are even able to learn tricks. You just gotta be open. GOOGLE IT!

11. Singstar. Learn that one song that you dont even know why it is on the disc that no one even knows, so next time you do it you will thrash your friends. I am aware that singstar is no longer cool, but I know that it gets broken out of the cuboard every once in a while for you to sing those 2010 pop hits.
12. Go to the movies. This may not be ideal for the immobile, but trust me. I went on a bus with my crutches, and then most movie theatres have lifts anyway, and it is good to break the mold and leave the house every once in a while. My friend and I did this, and went and saw the newest star wars movie. Trouble is, neither of us had seen any of the previous movies, and I was busy sorting out the snacks when the titles of what had happened in the previous movies was on, so I was a bit confused for the two hours. Nevertheless, I still got out of the house and had a good time. It does have to be a good movie for you to enjoy yourself.
13. Paint your nails. No one ever has the time to do this in real life, so when you get the chance, take advantage of it. Even if you are male, screw the gender roles and go for it. Dont let them hate you because they aint you.
14. Write something nice to your friends. No one ever writes mail to me except ocassionally my nana, and getting mail is far more exciting than it should be. Write your friends a letter, and then they will all imessage or dm you telling you that it was nice hearing from you, and you will have completely forgotten that you sent it because it you sent it three weeks ago.
15. Play a board game. If you are reading up to here, you must be really bored. This is quite desparate.
16. Chinnanians. This one needs explaining. What you do, is draw two eyeballs on your chin, then take a video of your face from your mouth down saying something in a funny accent, and then watch the video upside down. It kind of looks like a rotund person and it is one of the funniest things one could ever watch.

So that was what I did this past week! I hope you enjoyed these ideas, and you will one day get to use them. You can thank me later. Sorry this blogpost is late, I had another one that I was going to post but then realised that is is exactly the same as one of my other posts, so this is just my rambly ideas on a Friday night. YOU ARE WELCOME.

The Socially Awkward, AKA Melissa xxxx