What *could* you be doing instead of browsing the dope?

Unless it’s just me, the SDMB has a power to make you ‘waste’ time clicking through the forums looking for things to read or comment on.

I could be learning CSS from “CSS the missing manual” but what I AM doing is faffing about on the Dope.

What should/could you be doing that you’re not?

I guess Sunday is a bad day to ask this. Imagine it’s a weekday.

I could be out drinking, womanizing, playing three-card monte, smoking grass, walking around downtown with my schlong hanging out, or sneaking copies of Hogg into churches with fake Bible covers over them…but instead, I’m sitting here posting on the Dope.

I could be doing housework. But if my man can play hours of “World of Goo” on the Wii instead of repairing the dryer, I can respond to threads instead of washing dishes.

And “faffing about” is one of my new favorite expressions.

Profit?

Curing cancer, eliminating war and hunger, but there just isn’t enough time to do that and chat with my friends. And my friends come first. And last.

I could be grading a stack of essays.

I could be examining my life, thinking about my character traits, coming up with stratagies to overcome my flaws and develope my strengths, and otherwise prepare for Yom Kippur tonight…

…But hey, I’ve still got four hours to go, so here I am on the Dope.

I could be practising on my chanter, or seasoning my bag, or prepping for a court appearance on Monday, or working on a paper that the conference organizers are hounding me for.

However, PiperCub had a busy morning, and I need a break.

I am giving an hour and a half lecture in 9 days and I could be preparing it. Even if it is on my own research, I still have to think seriously about the presentation. Instead, I am reading TSD.

I could be cleaning anything–absolutely anything–in my house. Every single thing we own needs dusting, vacuuming, or washing. I think instead I’ll hang around here and just get rid of everything else.

I could be putting the laundry away, finishing up today’s gardening chores, writing, going through my big in-box of crap to deal with here at home. But I’m not.

I should be studying. I have a pile of papers to read to my left and a textbook open facedown at the article I need to read to my right.

I could be tidying my bedroom, too. Bah.

On the upside, I did go out and get new kitty litter today, which was, trust me, of very urgent concern.

So, we can rank Kyla’s Order of Priorities:

  1. Buy kitty litter.

  2. Surf Dope.

  3. Everything else.

Oh, man. All of life’s waiting.

I could be working. Or going to school. Instead, I’m sitting in a coffee shop sipping beer and listening to live jazz while on the Dope.

Fark life :smiley:

Studying. Doing homework. Working on getting a job. Working on the Purdue Society of Physics Students website. Working on making a computer game. Developing the back story of said game. Playing a game.

I should be writing a research paper on how TANF might impact impoverished women and children.

I should also be sleeping.

I could be sleeping, or dragging my drunken sleeping husband to bed from the recliner. More fun being here.

Reading further in the book I checked out on Saturday about Spandau Prison.

I’m on tenterhooks to find out if Hess gets out.

trimming weed…have had several job offers. Popular pasttime in my neck of the woods.

Well I could be taking over the world of course, but that gets boring pretty fast.