Things You Can Do With Absolutely Nothing

I've been doing quite a lot of nothing lately, apart from stressing over D1. That was quite a hellish episode for me. It was really stressful knowing that I would get a lousy grade from it, but now that it's over I suppose I get some peace out of knowing that I would never need to sit for it again. The most harm it would do is aesthetically;on my statement of results that I would probably throw away. Nevertheless, I obsessed over it. It's over now. I can stop.

Year 2009, Heathrow Airport Terminal 5

I really am stuck in some sort of conundrum. There are some circumstances that I would give anything to change and but then again, if I consider the journey to this point I have reached; I would have it no other way. I would want to say it's been a crappy few weeks, but then again it's not because I've had some great successes, not to forget my Cambridge offer to Medicine in Emma which even some people on The Student Room have spoken enviously about. It's just, to say the least, confusing. Like a dull stomach ache.

September 2009: Me in Emmanuel College, Cambridge. Little did I know I would be
1. Applying for Medicine
2. Getting an offer from them

Sometimes I can feel miserable for no particular reason, especially when doing nothing.
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On a whole lighter note, I found this on a website the other day:

THINGS YOU CAN DO WITH ABSOLUTELY NOTHING
(some of the ones I picked out: )
Try to not think about penguins
(Amusement Potential: 1-5 minutes)
This is especially hard, because by trying too much, you remember what you were trying to avoid thinking of. If you try too little, you end up thinking about penguins anyway.
Try to swallow your tongue
(Amusement Potential: 1-2 minutes)
There's not much to say about this one. It is possible, but really stupid.
Repeat the same word over and over until it loses its meaning
(Amusement Potential: 1-3 minutes)
Pick a random word out of a magazine and say it aloud to yourself until it becomes a meaningless set of noises.
Step off a curb with eyes shut, imagine it's a cliff
(Amusement Potential: 2-5 minutes)
To get any benefit out of this one, you have to have a good imagination. Don't step off immediately, build up to the jump. Study the ravine below. Feel the winds at that altitude. Step off and...AHHHHHH!!!!!
Use your secret mind power
(Amusement Potential: 5-10 minutes)
Pick a passing by and try to use your mind power to command them do something, like drop their bag or knock into someone. The law of averages dictates that sooner or later one of your mind commands will come true, so you can convince yourself that you really have super human powers and waste even more time trying them out.
Make a low buzzing noise
(Amusement Potential: 15-30 minutes)
Hours of fun in libraries! Keeping a totally straight face and looking nonchalant, make a low pitch humming/buzzing noise and see who reacts. 
Watch TV, repeat everything said in Italian accent
(Amusement Potential: 5-10 minutes)
Sort of entertaining. Include flamboyant shoulder shrugs for added impact, or go for a Marlon Brando set of grunts. 
Try and sound Welsh
(Amusement Potential: 1-3 minutes)
The key to sounding Welsh is to make sure that your voice goes up at the end of the sentence, so that everything sounds like a question. Throw in a superfluous 'isn't it?' at the end of everything you say and you're halfway there. Isn't it? 
(HAHA... Ms. Sarah should be able to help with this!)
Pick up a dog so it can see things from your point of view
(Amusement Potential: 3-5 minutes)
Think about it: your dog has only seen the house from a viewpoint from 6" to 2' high (15 to 60 cm for all you metric fans). It's never seen the tops of counters, what you keep on your desk, the tops of shelves, etc. Try looking at things from its point of view, too.
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They also had another list for:


THINGS YOU CAN DO WITH ANOTHER PERSON
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Okay, I know. But they had other fun thing's in mind. For example:


Have a "Who is less competitive" competition
(Amusement Potential: 1-3 minutes)
Trying to win at this will make you lose. Trying to lose makes you win which makes you lose. Not trying at all makes you lose which makes you win which makes you lose.
Stare at the back of someone's head until they turn around
(Amusement Potential: 2-5 minutes)
This works on the "I have the feeling I'm being watched" principle. Conduct an experiment-does this really work?
Pull out a hair, stick in someone's ear
(Amusement Potential: 1-5 minutes)
Best done to sleeping people. Added challenge in having no one else around, because then you can't blame it on anyone else. Try to beat your record number of times before the person catches on.
Pour water in hand, make sneeze noise, throw water on back of person's neck
(Amusement Potential: 5-15 minutes)
Always a good gag. For an even bigger reaction out of the person, act like you're not sorry at all for what they think you did. Comment instead on how big that sneeze was or about how there was a lot of mucus in that one.

Source: http://www.urban75.org/useless/bored.html

Well, the article itself was a good source of entertainment anyway. That and some tasty chocolate Tim Tams made me a happy panda. :)

I tried some of them; like trying not to think of penguins(very difficult!) or repeating a word over and over until it loses it's meaning. "Along... along... along... along... along..." It works quite well.  The curb thing is a good idea, except try not to do it along a busy road; you may not die from the fall but you probably would if you get run over.

Another good idea is to watch this movie:

So bad it's good. Absolutely hilarious. Watched this today with Carl and Patrick. Good stuff, but don't watch it if you have a problem with humour that isn't intelligent. Hehe.

Anyhoo, next thing to obsess over is C4. After which I can truly have nothing to do (for a while at least).