{"id":1344,"date":"2015-01-12T17:34:35","date_gmt":"2015-01-12T22:04:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grfxbox.com\/thb\/?p=1344"},"modified":"2015-01-12T17:34:35","modified_gmt":"2015-01-12T22:04:35","slug":"stiff-as-a-bored","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grfxbox.com\/thb\/01-12-2015\/stiff-as-a-bored\/","title":{"rendered":"Stiff as a bored"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I don&#8217;t think I have ever been accused of being normal. Square maybe, but not normal. I have taken great strides to keep from having that label attached to me.<\/p>\n<p>For many, watching TV and movies, or playing video games are good ways to relieve boredom. I actually find these boring. These &#8220;mindless&#8221; activities only hold my attention for a little while, then I&#8217;m off to find something else to do. There are a few exceptions to that, but not too many. So, what am I going to do to relieve boredom? That depends on how severe it is.<\/p>\n<p>Minor cases can be addressed by reading something exciting, or working on graphic design projects. Since both of these are things that I do on a daily basis, they have their limits on how much they help. I might go outside and look for something to work on. That depends on my energy level and the weather, so it, too , has its limits. So, what comes next? Well, the answer is something that sets me aside from &#8220;normal.&#8221; When I get severely bored, I think.<\/p>\n<p>Games, movies, shows, books, mainstream entertainment cannot hold my attention when severe boredom strikes. Pondering is how I entertain myself at these times. The subjects are varied (many of the posts here are results, though) and may be simple or complex. I might even throw some problem solving. One time, I figured out how many miles the 10,000 steps we are supposed to take a day would cover if one step covered 3 feet (5.368 miles). I can tell you are tickled pink to know that.<\/p>\n<p>There are a few people that think I am weird for not liking movies and such. I just don&#8217;t think spending an hour and a half watching something holds a candle to solving a problem no one cares to figure out. If that makes me weird, so be it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I don&#8217;t think I have ever been accused of being normal. Square maybe, but not normal. I have taken great strides to keep from having that label attached to me. For many, watching TV and movies, or playing video games are good ways to relieve boredom. I actually find these boring. These &#8220;mindless&#8221; activities only [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-random"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grfxbox.com\/thb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grfxbox.com\/thb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grfxbox.com\/thb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grfxbox.com\/thb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grfxbox.com\/thb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1344"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/grfxbox.com\/thb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1344\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1345,"href":"https:\/\/grfxbox.com\/thb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1344\/revisions\/1345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grfxbox.com\/thb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grfxbox.com\/thb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grfxbox.com\/thb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}