Reflections on the puddle of life

Does anyone know it? Oh poop! For the past couple of weeks I’ve been hovering on the edge of being really bored. I know it’s a mental state I could get myself out of, but it’s also one of those that you just kind of slide into, get comfy there, and then wait…for the hand to come in, shake you on the shoulder and drag you forcibly out of it. But I hate not feeling like I can write anything, and that my mind is all heavy and dull despite the early arrival of spring, the sun outside, the freshness in the air.

So I’ve been trying to think of ways to lift the curtains and let the light in. I’ve been musing (the significance of this particular phrase will soon become apparent!) on my problem and in the random way in which the mind wanders, these are the things which have sprung to mind. In no particular order:

1. Not listening to Muse

For the past week or so I’ve been listening to Muse pretty much constantly. I think they’ve hit on a method of slowly draining the life force from a person. Don’t get me wrong, I love their music, it’s got great ‘get up and go-ability’, it’s funky, they’re cool and…well, let’s just say that I’m now at the stage where I’m starting to have impure thoughts. And impure thoughts are great, aren’t they? But after a while perhaps a little unhealthy. Just got to listen to Supermassive Black Hole one more time…I’ll leave you some piccies……






glaciers melting in the dead of night and the superstar's….

OK, got to stop myself right there.

2. Get a pair of silver tights

Now, I think this is definitely a woman thing, the concept that if you change the way you look you’ll actually be a completely different person. At the moment I am definitely focussed on silver tights. Perhaps when I put them on I’ll instantly transform into one of these people:

Alison Goldfrapp


Wonder Woman
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granted neither is wearing silver tights, but you get the general idea. Get the tights and instantly my life will be much more interesting.

3. Talk to a total stranger

This one, whilst a great idea, never really works out for me. The problem is that I always pick a man. Now I like women, I am a woman after all, but as a woman talking to men always seems a little more interesting. Perhaps it’s because we just can never really understand each other, or our interests are never likely to be the same, but whatever it is if I’m going to talk to a total stranger it’s going to be a man. Now, Lit-net men out there, if a woman you’d never met before came over and started having a chat, what would you think? Exactly. Talking to strangers is just too dangerous.

4. Doing anything naked

One way or another my mind seems to linger its way back to this particular subject. Whether you agree with the whole nudity business or not, it seems to me that whatever it is that you’re doing when you’re naked, you’re probably not bored. Scared, excited, shy, embarrassed, perhaps but not bored. Is this the simple solution? But then, there’s the social conventions to be mindful of, and it is kind of cold at this time of year, and then thinking about being naked is pushing my mind back in the direction of 1. Uh oh! Not healthy. Not healthy at all.


5. Go somewhere new

I love going to new places, places I’ve never visited before. And I’m always so excited before going, and the thrill of anticipation is almost sexual (…stop, before we’re back to 1. again!). The sad thing is these trips never quite turn out to be quite as exciting as I would have liked. Places I’ve never been before are still just places, places waiting to become places I’ve been instead of places I haven’t been. And they’re all pretty much the same in the end aren’t they? There are houses, trees, grass, bridges, shops, cars, hills, water. I’ve seen all of these things before. Perhaps they’re in a slightly different configuration. Perhaps I haven’t quite seen that kind of house before, but really one place isn’t so different to another place. Going somewhere new has become kind of old.


Anyway – help me Lit-net! Before I buy my silver tights tell me, what do you do to stop yourself being bored?