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Boredom is what you make it. Luckily for me, I can manage to find interest in just about anything that is going on. Hey, I even managed to get interested in government accounting standards, but that was a stretch.
When I'm in a situation with nothing to interact with, I usually do one of the following:
* Watch other people and log them into my mental "possible character" database for later use
* Examine my surroundings and log the details into my mental "possible locale" database for later use
* Seek out patterns in the ceiling tiles (not too thrilling, but at least it's something to do) eye candy=good
* Plot the otherthrow of the monarchy with the aid of a little lab mouse named Pinky
* Take a nap (the most common choice when situations are desperate)
Unfortunately, these are also the same things I do when someone is talking at me.
I wonder what other people do to battle boredom (in the office to make this relevent to TW)?
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