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26 July 2011

What would you rather be doing?

post by: ethylene at: 09:15 | 38 comments

Painting something or making a craft. I miss doing that.

posted by rmless2 26 July | 09:20

Reading a book on my Kindle.

posted by leesh 26 July | 09:22

Playing in the ocean.

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 26 July | 09:32

Smooching.

posted by JanetLand 26 July | 09:34

My husband and I finally took our honeymoon last March, 3 years late, and 12 years after we started being together. I want it to be the first week again of March 2011 hanging out on the resort's beach, chilling out to weird reggae cover songs of American oldies. Short of that, I want to be home, trying to learn how to use my new knitting loom while watching "Upstairs, Downstairs" while my husband video games it up.... actually, this is a sort of "can do anything" musing right? Well then I want to be chilling out at the cafe just across the Prague Astronomical Clock waiting for it to chime.

posted by eatdonuts 26 July | 09:45

Being in New England.

posted by brujita 26 July | 09:51

Oh, god, anything. It's too quiet here.

Probably lying in bed reading. Our new apartment is just so danged cozy!

posted by Madamina 26 July | 09:59

Reading. Always reading.

posted by gaspode 26 July | 10:03

Deciding what I want to do. I'm on vacation, dangit, and I'm fluffing the day away trying to decide what I want to do. Silly, silly me. Beach? Hobby? I can't make up my mind! Lol

posted by redvixen 26 July | 10:03

I'd rather be out roaming around with my camera, but it's so damn humid and muggy out, I've decided to make it a movies & laundry kind of day.

posted by BoringPostcards 26 July | 10:08

Sleeping for about 20 years straight.

posted by Thorzdad 26 July | 10:26

Sleeping for about 20 years straight, and reading, always reading between naps.

posted by Melismata 26 July | 10:43

Lying in bed and reading.

posted by sperose 26 July | 11:07

Living in San Francisco, for the moment.

posted by Ardiril 26 July | 11:43

Finishing my recreation of the Milwaukee County War Memorial in Minecraft on the MeFight Club server.

posted by octothorpe 26 July | 11:49

I'd rather be somewhere I could see the ocean -- stretched out on a comfy chaise on a nice deck attached to a lovely beach house and reading a great book with a never-ending glass of iced tea (with lemon, no sugar) next to me.

posted by deborah 26 July | 11:53

Sitting in Fort Bragg, selecting a new Goodall to buy, with money that I do not have.

posted by danf 26 July | 11:56

Swimming in the lake with my dog.

posted by workerant 26 July | 12:20

Having flyball practice!

posted by Wolfdog 26 July | 12:37

Flyball doesn't work how I thought it did. Nifty!

posted by deborah 26 July | 13:20

Yeah. I thought there were brooms.

posted by Splunge 26 July | 14:00

That's quidditch, it's different in a lot of ways.

posted by Wolfdog 26 July | 14:01

I would rather be on a hike outdoors wearing a sweater and long pants. I am tired of being so hot.

posted by msali 26 July | 14:22

At home, finishing up my marathon of "Avatar: The Last Airbender." Say what you want about Netflix, but it is my savior right now while the boyfriend is on vacation, at a conference.

posted by TrishaLynn 26 July | 14:41

1. Reading with a tall glass of iced water next to me and a view of water, in a very comfortable chair.

2. Riding my bike somewhere gorgeous.

3. Running or walking with my dog.

4. Watching the next episode of Columbo on Netflix. You are so right bout Netflix, TrishaLynn.

posted by bearwife 26 July | 15:22

workerant, I would rather be swimming in a lake with your dog, too! :)

I'd rather be skiing right now. But there isn't enough snow.

posted by crush-onastick 26 July | 15:29

Getting my feet rubbed. Or a hot stone massage.

posted by monkeys with typewriters 26 July | 16:03

Being in Alaska and not having to work.

posted by Stewriffic 26 July | 16:10

Yes, certain people need an Alaskan holiday.

posted by D.C. 26 July | 16:11

Almost anything. The auditors are coming today and there's nothing worse for an auditor than being audited. Kind of like how doctors make the worst patients ;-)

posted by dg 26 July | 17:55

"... the proctologists' proctologist."

posted by Ardiril 26 July | 18:02

Right now I'm reading "The Name of the Wind," eating a taco, and drinking some sort of alcoholic lemonade. So, I'm good right now. I wish it wasn't conference-eve, but hey, I guess that means air-conditioning.

posted by punchtothehead 26 July | 19:07

I just finished 'The Name of the Wind' the other day! Not quite up for book 2 yet.
What I would rather be doing is looking forward to weather that's about 20 degrees cooler than it really will be here.

posted by wens 26 July | 19:11

READING METACHAT Oh, right.

posted by hangashore 26 July | 20:42

I can't think of a single thing I'd rather be doing than what I have been actually doing!

Our road trip has been fantastic and right now, I'm checking in online while waiting on some food to be delivered to our BEAUTIFUL room. Tomorrow, we drive to Carmel, California for a couple days.

Life is GRAND at present!

posted by richat 26 July | 20:49

I'd rather be ON my road trip than getting ready for it.

Also, I'd like for my stuff to magically move from one house to another when we do find a place - go to sleep in one house, wake up in the new one.

posted by lysdexic 26 July | 21:06

Living a life without compromise.

(Isn't that basically what everyone else answered?)

posted by Eideteker 27 July | 07:40

Just what I'm doing, only with certain chores already done.

posted by Obscure Reference 27 July | 08:41

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