Beating Boredom by Bypassing Business Burdens

I once saw a comedy bit by someone---I'm pretty sure it was Jim Gaffigan---about how you have those days where you have only one, small, menial task, but one thing leads to another and you wind up running out of time to get it done. The example I saw used was going to the post office. My personal example today is close: mail some stuff. 

Things keep coming up and getting in the way. I took a nap. That's okay, I don't feel too badly about that one. I couldn't get to sleep last night, got up at 3:20 this morning, and will likely be up well past midnight tonight due to a baseball game that starts at 8:30, then do it all again tomorrow. So, I took a nap.

Then, I downloaded the first six episodes of the Danny McBride show on HBO, Eastbound and Down. I watched one. It was hilarious. This came after I downloaded the first season of Curb Your Enthusiasm, and gave up on it. I just couldn't get into it. Some funny stuff, but it wasn't for me. Now that I've finished the series of Arrested Development, I've been needing a new comedy fix. This one has a promising start. 

After that, I read for a bit. I decided a while back to re-read The Great Gatsby, assuming that much of its meaning was lost on me when I read it as a junior in high school. I was probably right, but my evaluation of it hasn't changed much. It's a great book, no doubt. It's beautifully and masterfully written. That said, I just don't like it all that much. I guess my problem with it is that I find Nick the more interesting character than Gatsby for some reason. He's the one I want to know about, but I'm not getting much from him. I guess I just like it better when the narrator is telling his own story rather than regurgitating someone else's. But, I'm sure that's all part of the plan. Regardless, it's not my favorite. 

 Now, I'm here writing this. It has no point. I've just recounted my day. Why? Because it's a way to avoid the tiny and trivial amount of "work" I have to get done today before 5 o'clock. Will I get it done? I don't know. Probably not. Even if I get bored (which is highly likely to occur within the next hour) I probably won't give in and just get it done. I don't know why. It's just one of those days. 

Another thing, what the hell does one include on a resume meant for admission to graduate school? "I know my grades don't look all that impressive, but I swear I was a really hard worker. No, I don't have any academic honors to point out, but I did play a lot of baseball and drink a lot of beer. Oh yeah, I also changed majors five times and have twice changed my mind since graduating because I never had a damn clue what the hell I was going to do with the rest of my life. Oh, you're not impressed? hmmm well, I could mention that my GPA, while not that impressive, was accrued with the absolute minimum amount of work possible. That was pretty impressive to me, anyway. No? Not doing it for you? How about all those bible classes? Oh, those don't count for shit? They were really hard, I swear."

I guess that's probably why I'm putting the whole thing off to start with. I don't know what/how to write that resume. I didn't think I even needed it but then, wham! I get a letter from the school saying they need this and this and this and this and they're all things that I wasn't even aware I needed. I'm pretty worthless at having a clue as to what needs to get done and how things work. Someone seriously needs to lead me around like a little puppy and show me where to stand and what forms to fill out and what time to be at what place. It's pretty embarrassing.

And on that note, I'm going to list a bunch of reasons why I like words that start with the letter 'B':
Balloons
Bazookas
Boobs
Breasts
Bread
Brett
Beer
Beans
Baby
Blue
Boom
BACON
Badass
Badger
Bad news
Baggy
Bagpipes
Baths
Bail
Baked goods
Bakeries
Bald people
Balls
Baseball
Ball game
Ball
Balm "Who told you to put he balm on?! I didn't tell you to put the balm on!!!"
Bands
Bananas "BA-NA-NA-S"
Bands
Bandits
Bulbous
Bump
Bum
Boner
Bones
Blueberries
Bret Michaels
Brett Favre
Bluth family
Bottles
Birds
Bald Eagles
Brothers
Bachman Turner Overdrive (and the countless other amazing bands that begin with 'B')
Beaches (not the movie)
Bars
Black People
"Black" by Pearl Jam
BEARS
Blake Lively
Bar Rafaeli
BIKINIS
Blackbelts
Blackbeard
Bluebeard
Buster Bluth
Barry Zuckerkorn
Barry Manilow
Barry White
Bar Mitzvahs
Bobby Bonilla
Brant Brown
Barry Sanders
Breath
and... that's enough for now. But you get the idea. Oh yeah, one more---Butts.