I occasionally find myself bored in this city. It seems impossible, I know, but without an infinite cash flow, you eventually have a day where the desire to go out and have fun meets the realities of needing to pay rent at the end of the month. Last night I went out with some guys from work for nachos and margaritas; this was fun and expensive, so today necessitated a boredom day. As such, I woke up this morning, realized I had no reason to get up, and promptly went back to bed.

I’m not always content to sit around and be bored the whole day on a boredom day so when I woke up again, I decided to finish The Two Towers (book two of Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings trilogy). And then it was finished. Then I got a shower. Then I checked email, espn, facebook, blah blah blah blah blah looking for any excuse not to be bored. I discovered nothing profound and I’d finished all my library books and they were due today so I decided to walk to the library and return them.

It’s actually really nice out today, brisk enough that you can wear long-sleeves and a jacket and feel comfortable, but not so cold as to require a hat. Good fall weather. But despite the weather, I think I’ve somehow missed out on the autumn leaves. All the trees I walked by were passed their prime. Which is really too bad as I’d hoped to spend a day in the parks when the leaves were in full color.

I’m rambling, which is usually the way days like this go. Anyways, I got to the library, returned my three books, and picked up three more on a whim. Books on a whim are the best kind. It gets away from the idea of books as work. I can just pick up what I’m feeling in the moment and read it, or not. Anyways, I picked up The Return of the King, Eat Pray Love, and Kafka’s Metamorphosis. An eclectic mix, but with books on a whim, that’s what you get.

I need motivation to do something more productive.