Right now I’m at work in Houston, but I’d rather be enjoying one of the last ‘good’ days at Pensacola Beach. I’m afraid that stretch of shore (from Gulf Shores to the southern tip of east Florida) will never be the same again. 
You obviously haven’t met my mom. Ever seen Carrie? Her mom would be scared of my mom . . . .
Right now I’m pretending to work, but I’d rather be actually working, so shit would get done and I wouldn’t feel bad about it later. Alas, there is no solution to this problem.
fingers in ears la la la la la la la la…
Right now I’m: struggling to write 24pp of term papers that have been overdue for a year
But I’d rather be: almost anyplace else
working/(knitting|sleeping|eating something tastier than baby carrots)
Right now I’m in the library, wearing itchy underwear, working on an overdue short story, but I’d rather be eating watermelon in Mexico
Right now, I’m in the library, recovering from teaching a four hour lab section, preparing to go home to the wife and baby. I’d rather be on vacation. Or asleep. Or preferably both.
Interesting …
Right now, I’m reading the Dope, but I’d rather be sleeping!
Right now I’m getting ready to go work the polls, but I’d rather be asleep. Or undergoing surgery. Something fun like that.
Right now I’m unemployed, but I’d rather be employed.
Right now I’m at work, but I’d rather be super fucking duper rich and riding on my jet-ski in my pool.
(Seeing as I am super fucking duper rich my pool is so super fucking huge that I can ride around in it on a jet-ski.)
working/retired
Right now I’m nursing a sore throat, but I’d rather be …not.
Right now I’m writing a university senior research presentation on 19th century German philosophy, but I’d rather be drinking in celebration of finishing undergrad.
Right now I’m wondering how I’m going to be able to get a halfway decent job in academia without pubs before I graduate, but I’d rather be dead.
Right now I’m in Germany, but I’d rather be in Tampa.
Right now, I’m starting a final paper, due tomorrow, but I’d rather be in bed.
right now, I’m awake because I’m overloaded with work and school anxiety and because my grandmother died tonight- the second death in my family in a week. But I’d rather be sleeping peacefully with the knowledge that all I have to do tomorrow or for the next week is watch Glee, ride my bike, and hang out with my friends.