What to do with all this extra time? (Really? No one needs potholders? They’re FREE!)
I am boooored.
Voice of my mother in 1996- “You’re bored? You’re 10 years old! How are you bored? If you tell me you’re bored one more time you are going to your room.”
10 year old Allison- “But Moooommm, this house is so bo– … stupid!”
M- “Make a list of things you like to do RIGHT NOW, and then when you’re bored pick something off your list.”
A- “That sounds boring.”
M- “Go to your room.”
I bet you wouldn’t believe that this actually happened. Last night I went through my old desk and FOUND my list of things to do when I was a bored 10-year-old. Here are some highlights…
THINGS TO DO WHEN THE 1996 ME IS BORED:
1. Make friendship bracelets. (Seriously, NO ONE needs potholders?) Check out my anklet in the photo above. My 10-year-old self made it.
3. Rollerblade
4. Watch a Disney movie
5. Play basketball
9. Play the piano
10. Call Grandma
11. Paint my nails
12. Go to Russell’s (my neighbors)
18. Color
… and the LAST and BEST thing to do when the 1996 me was bored…
25. Make mixed tapes
2008 me really needs to step up in order to live up to such high standards. Now, let me ask you, what would YOUR ‘bored list’ from 1996 say?
Oh, lists of things to do when bored … wow. Mine in 1996 would have been like this if I were being honest:
1. Read a chapter book.
2. Make a useless crafty thing out of paper, clay or wood.
3. Play Oregon Trail in the yard.
4. Play Oregon Trail on the computer.
5. Invent an elaborate new snack with ice cream, cereal and sugar cubes.
6. Attempt to teach younger siblings how to do math.
7. Write a book and illustrate it.
8. Brainstorm elaborate projects and write a to-do list.
9. Ride my bike around the cul de sac, starting at the very edges and making smaller and smaller circles until my bike falls over.
10. Go to the library and find a new series so you stop running out of books.
I guess not that much has changed.
OMG Lisa, I used to do #9 too! That is so funny! I also used to sing “Miss Mary Mac, Mac, Mac, all dressed in black, black, black,” the whole time I rode my bike.
Weird.
I have a possible logo design challenge for you if you’re up to it (i.e. bored enough).
P.S. I miss your face.
I miss your face Kaci!!! Bring it on, what’s the challenge for?
Pete and a friend of his are working on starting a small business building sand rails and vw baja bugs for off-roading. They want to do T-shirts and a Web site and all that (for which they have connections) but I insist they get some sort of professional-looking logo. So of course I thought of you.
They want to call it Cascade Customs but need to do some research to make sure nothing like that is taken… copyright issues, etc. I think they’d want a baja in the logo somehow, something somewhat cartoony but not REALLY cartoony.
Anyway, I didn’t know if you’d be interested or if you’re too busy… but it sounds like you’re not too busy (I’m jealous), and you were the first and best person that came to mind so I wanted to bring it up and see what you thought!