"...he had fallen on the beat and evil days that come to young guys in their middle twenties."

"All kinds are good except the kind that bores you." ---Voltaire.

"Boredom is the root of all evil---the despairing refusal to be oneself." ---Kierkegaard

"I am convinced that boredom is one of the greatest tortures. If I were to imagine Hell, it would be the place where you are continually bored." ---Erich Fromm

"Life is never boring but some people choose to be bored. The concept of boredom entails the inability to use up present moments in a personally fulfilling way. Boredom is a choice; something you visit upon yourself, and it is another of those self-defeating items that you can eliminate from your life." ---Wayne W. Dwyer

"Society is now one polished horde, / Formed by two mighty tribes: the Bores and the Bored." ---Lord Byron

Truth. For me, the funny thing about boredom is the fact that it comes on at times when there actually are other things to do. I am always bored when there is something productive that I could be doing instead. Therefore, I have to admit wholeheartedly with Dwyer when he says that boredom is a choice, at least in my case. I cannot think of a day or a time when I have literally had nothing to do, yet I find myself bored quite often. I think, then, that boredom, for me, is a lack of fun things to do and not just things in general.

For example, this weekend I have a paper to write (that was actually due this past Tuesday), and a book to read. Unfortunately, I do not have anything fun to do. As much as I enjoy reading and writing, they're not exactly exhilarating ways to spend the two nights of the week where I can actually stay up past 10 p.m. (though even that is getting to be difficult). What I really want is a night on the town. Strike that. What I really want is to have friends again.

And so, my plans of migration continue...