11-26-2006, 03:05 AM
Boredom.
James pondered the consept.
Bordom is... Boredom is...
...Caused by. What's it caused by?
Explore the polar. Interest. Interest is caused by...
Interest is caused by... amusement? Entertainment? What's the good word?
One can be interested in a feild, like... biology. If one is interested, one holds a fasination.
One can be entertained by a stripper. Watching a person take their clothes off is entertaining. Like chess.
Actions vs. Consepts.
Is there a difference between being amused through action, and being fasinated with a consept?
Is there a similarity?
If one plays football, one holds a fasination in play. Do you? Does a person hold a-
"Wake up, Mr. Stibbons!"
James jerked from his glazed expresson. His head rose from his hands and his elbows leftthe table, quick as a startled mouse.
"Sir!"
"Mr. Stibbons! Are you finished with your PowerPoint?"
"...No, sir."
"Get on with it, then! You do not waste time in lessons. The deadline is Thursday, you know!"
"Yes, sir."
"Good. And I expect it in prompty, Stibbons, else I will be having words with your tutor."
"Yes, sir."
James sighed, and watched as his hands began to work on the question at hand. He'd planned to do it at home. He couldn't engage with Sociology at all. He thought about asking Mr. Arsenal about changing to something like... physics.
He slowly stirred from his career plans as he noticed the little egg on his screen.
He hadn't seen a clipart like that before. He hadn't put it there, either.
Stupid Microsoft auto-formatting. He decided to delete it, and when he clicked he was pulled into another world.
On screen, the egg hatched. The computer turned off, and the class was leftbehind him, shocked and bilwildered.
James woke to the sight of a big, scary beetle looking down at him.
"Hi," it said.
"...Holy bugger, what the hell are you?"
James pondered the consept.
Bordom is... Boredom is...
...Caused by. What's it caused by?
Explore the polar. Interest. Interest is caused by...
Interest is caused by... amusement? Entertainment? What's the good word?
One can be interested in a feild, like... biology. If one is interested, one holds a fasination.
One can be entertained by a stripper. Watching a person take their clothes off is entertaining. Like chess.
Actions vs. Consepts.
Is there a difference between being amused through action, and being fasinated with a consept?
Is there a similarity?
If one plays football, one holds a fasination in play. Do you? Does a person hold a-
"Wake up, Mr. Stibbons!"
James jerked from his glazed expresson. His head rose from his hands and his elbows leftthe table, quick as a startled mouse.
"Sir!"
"Mr. Stibbons! Are you finished with your PowerPoint?"
"...No, sir."
"Get on with it, then! You do not waste time in lessons. The deadline is Thursday, you know!"
"Yes, sir."
"Good. And I expect it in prompty, Stibbons, else I will be having words with your tutor."
"Yes, sir."
James sighed, and watched as his hands began to work on the question at hand. He'd planned to do it at home. He couldn't engage with Sociology at all. He thought about asking Mr. Arsenal about changing to something like... physics.
He slowly stirred from his career plans as he noticed the little egg on his screen.
He hadn't seen a clipart like that before. He hadn't put it there, either.
Stupid Microsoft auto-formatting. He decided to delete it, and when he clicked he was pulled into another world.
On screen, the egg hatched. The computer turned off, and the class was leftbehind him, shocked and bilwildered.
James woke to the sight of a big, scary beetle looking down at him.
"Hi," it said.
"...Holy bugger, what the hell are you?"