I’m not sure I’ve ever been bored in my whole life, except in situations where I was deprived (usually ‘cause I was caught unawares of how long some waiting or some such might be) of the readily available instruments of intellectual stimulation which our culture provides. You know like books, smart magazines, these days my iPod’s podcasts or perhaps music when out walking or exercising, web info, and so on. These days and for a very, very long time (I dunno, since 4th grade) never go ANYWHERE without something to read, if expected activities fail me or there are gaps. Like never.

Well maybe that isn’t true before I learned to read. Not sure. But since, nope. Unless someone wouldn’t let me read, or I couldn’t figure a way to rig a light that wouldn’t wig out my driving parents on the way up to skiing on winter weekends in grade school, and so on.

Not that reading or listening or film or smart other video watching are the only things I like to do by a very, very, very long shot, but they’re always readily available otherwise bored gap fillers.

It’s a really nice side of an intellectual inclination. You never have to be bored, at least with a modicum of foresight (carry something to read or listen to that you’re interested in – like always).

Now have I been sexually or socially frustrated or hurt or devastated or tied up in knots over these sorts of things or work things and so on and so forth? -- sure. But bored?

Posted by: dougjnn on March 13, 2007 11:18 PM