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As many of you know, I live with my girlfriend, who is Taiwanese. During the winter break (which, at our university, is nearly six weeks long) she travels back to Taipei to visit her family. This leaves me alone in a big, old house, with not a lot to do, and also rather lonely and often bored.

So, I ask all of you, what should I do with the next few weeks?

 

I would spend six weeks buried in books but I'm a nerd.

You could always take up guitar.... or some sort of useful hobbie.

Quote from: "curiosityandthecat"As many of you know, I live with my girlfriend, who is Taiwanese. During the winter break (which, at our university, is nearly six weeks long) she travels back to Taipei to visit her family. This leaves me alone in a big, old house, with not a lot to do, and also rather lonely and often bored.

So, I ask all of you, what should I do with the next few weeks?

 ;)

or you could drown your sorrows with a bunch of these  

Quote from: "curiosityandthecat"As many of you know, I live with my girlfriend, who is Taiwanese. During the winter break (which, at our university, is nearly six weeks long) she travels back to Taipei to visit her family. This leaves me alone in a big, old house, with not a lot to do, and also rather lonely and often bored.

So, I ask all of you, what should I do with the next few weeks?

 

There must be something or things which you enjoy doing that she doesn't. Now is the time to do them. Whether it's going to see movies you like that she doesn't, or plays, or symphony, or taking hikes, or driving around. Anything that you enjoy but that she doesn't really care for. Read books, rent videos. When my wife isn't around, I get to watch all the old campy Vincent Price movies I like. Or I get unlimited time with my beloved camera, completely guilt-free.

You know, a little me time never hurt anyone...it's only 6 weeks.

You could post a lot on the forum  

Write a script for a really good film

Take up online gaming.

Get the new GTA IV. I don't even think it's possible to complete in six weeks. (But then again I'm not exactly a hardcore gamer)

You can do some beautifully un-productive time wasting. Get an XBox 360 or a PS3 and do some serious button mashing for instance. OR you can spank the monkey and feel lonely... Works for me  

I don't know you well, Curio, so I can't make good suggestions, most likely. I can tell you that if it were me I'd try to balance some great alone time with books and movies and art time with some quality out and about time doing volunteer work or taking a class (school addict here), or hiking. I hope you find some ideas that sound really good to you.

That's weird. The board just let me know that this thread had already been responded to and suggested that I might wish to review my response before posting it.  

Quote from: "Wraitchel"That's weird. The board just let me know that this thread had already been responded to and suggested that I might wish to review my response before posting it.  

Because you were making your reply while I posted mine.

You get a six week winter break... six weeks... well that just isn't fair.

Why don't you go on a trip as well? That's what I'm doing. And there must be plenty of stuff to see and do around Ohio and beyond.

6 weeks hmm Well you can wage war on religion, or plot your hostile world take over, or waste all the free time on a utterly cool game.

I would go for a mix of partying, games, books and devious plots for world dominance.

Quote from: "Rastelin"6 weeks hmm Well you can wage war on religion, or plot your hostile world take over, or waste all the free time on a utterly cool game.

I would go for a mix of partying, games, books and devious plots for world dominance.

I would have to agree here. A little bit of Medieval II: Kingdoms to hone my world dominance skills, a few (cases of) beers for courage, and then BAM...

...sorry I was dreaming of my perfect world. It looked a lot like Lennon said. Imagine...that.

Do my thesis proposal revisions.

Quote from: "Squid"Do my thesis proposal revisions.

You wild man, you!  

I'd probably paint my loneliness and write poetry.

Curio, your sweetheart is showing.  

If my hubby were gone for six weeks, I'd spend my free time reading, shopping, and hanging out with my girlie friends - three things I don't get to do as much as I'd like these days.

Quote from: "Graham"I'd probably paint my loneliness and write poetry.

EMO!  

oO(Said I who gets by just that way)

If you're any kind of gamer, you know what you must do.

I'm a hardcore gamer, almost to the point of being socially lacking, but with the advent of the save function I get out a lot more.   That's another thing, traveling, I've seen more of my state than most folks twice my age, because I have the this aching need to see where roads go.

But really, just doing whatever you did before you met your girl is what I'd recommend, unless you spent any significant portion of your time hitting on women.  

Quote from: "PipeBox"If you're any kind of gamer, you know what you must do.

I'm a hardcore gamer, almost to the point of being socially lacking, but with the advent of the save function I get out a lot more.   That's another thing, traveling, I've seen more of my state than most folks twice my age, because I have the this aching need to see where roads go.

But really, just doing whatever you did before you met your girl is what I'd recommend, unless you spent any significant portion of your time hitting on women.   :)

I'm currently hooked on an MMO called Eve online. man that is a sweet game. Just got Fallout 3 for the PC too... If you haven't played it, i suggest you get a copy. It is the game for all hardcore gamers

I like to see where roads go too.

Quote from: "karadan"Are you my doppelganger?? :D

I like to see where roads go too.

Beware! EVE is the best game in the world. I quit because I got addicted to flying at warp speed for several hours each evening, getting way too little sleep. One day at work, my mind was occupied all day about when I could get home to play EVE. That made me decide to stop. NEVER felt like that with any other game.

Quote from: "karadan"Eve online

The only thing about Iceland that doesn't look d00md, BTW  

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Quote from: "karadan"Are you my doppelganger?? :D

I like to see where roads go too.

Beware! EVE is the best game in the world. I quit because I got addicted to flying at warp speed for several hours each evening, getting way too little sleep. One day at work, my mind was occupied all day about when I could get home to play EVE. That made me decide to stop. NEVER felt like that with any other game.

Yeah, it is a very well made adult oriented game. The economy is simply stunning. I've been playing for 270 days now and it keeps getting better. I'm already hooked, and yes, i can't wait to get home this evening and plough through some more lvl 4 missions haha!

I felt like that with Star Wars Galaxies too... Until Sony Online Entertainment killed the game.

Quote from: "jcm"Make her a scrapbook, chicks love that kind of crap   :banna:

Thanks, everyone, for the suggestions. It turns out she just told her mother about us (and the fact that we've been together for over two years, and lived together for a year and a half). Her mother was... not pleased. Even threatened to come back to the US with her!  :D Don't worry, Z, I haven't forgotten!)

In addition to that, I'll be posting my annotated bibliography (with a number of sources relevant to this board) whenever I finish writing it up. As for the suggestions about video games, yes, I am an avid gamer, and plan on doing quite a bit of gaming over the next five weeks. I just finished Fallout 3, Resistance 2, Dead Space, and am currently working on Bioshock and writing a couple LittleBigPlanet levels.

The scrapbook isn't a bad idea, though it's not really my style. We'll just have to see.  

Try to stay awake for a week straight. I have done it before, but it required coffee. Let me just say that I felt like crap for the next month, so watch out if you try it.

Quote from: "Akwo"Try to stay awake for a week straight. I have done it before, but it required coffee. Let me just say that I felt like crap for the next month, so watch out if you try it.

After two sleepless nights, I'm as evil as they get. On the third, I'd rather be assisted by pills to stay awake so out of personal experience, I would not recommend THAT...  

Quote from: "curiosityandthecat"Thanks, everyone, for the suggestions. It turns out she just told her mother about us (and the fact that we've been together for over two years, and lived together for a year and a half). Her mother was... not pleased. Even threatened to come back to the US with her!  :D Don't worry, Z, I haven't forgotten!)

In addition to that, I'll be posting my annotated bibliography (with a number of sources relevant to this board) whenever I finish writing it up. As for the suggestions about video games, yes, I am an avid gamer, and plan on doing quite a bit of gaming over the next five weeks. I just finished Fallout 3, Resistance 2, Dead Space, and am currently working on Bioshock and writing a couple LittleBigPlanet levels.

The scrapbook isn't a bad idea, though it's not really my style. We'll just have to see.  :blush:

Quote from: "curiosityandthecat"So, I ask all of you, what should I do with the next few weeks?

There's thing called the internet OK? On the internet there's this other thing called porn .......  

Kyu

why not learn how to cook

This isn't really a suggestion on what to do while your sweetie is gone, it's more of a suggestion on what to do before she comes back.

Since this trip has been traumatic I'd suggest making sure her return home is as pleasant as possible.  Make sure your home is clean, the laundry is all done, and all other such chores are completed.  Re-stock her favorite foods in the refrigerator and perhaps have a meal ready to be warmed up to make her first meal after arriving home as stress free as possible.

Good luck with the Mother-in-Law issues, they can be a real bitch.