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So I'm In A Hospital Bed...

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Alright, for stupid reasons, I am currently confined to a hospital bed.

My father has brought in a laptop with about 2 hours of battery left on it.

And I can't get up.

What do I do to amuse myself?
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What do you normally do for fun? I could list a dozen things I'd do, but I don't know if you'd like them.

Screw around on YouTube?

Catch up on some webcomic?

Is there anything installed on there that you'd normally use? Any games?
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Rent some ebooks from your local (or not local) library's website, then turn the computer to "super super battery saver". I recommend Harry Dresden.
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when I'm on the internet, it's for D&D.

Other than that, I don't use the internet for anything other than schoolwork. What does one do on the internet?
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Stumbleupon. Sign up, tell it what sort of stuff you're interested in, and it'll vend random stuff to you all day.
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Web games. I suggest Monsters Den 2 or Adventure Quest.
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Tvtropes is an excellent way to suck away a couple of hours of your life, even if a lot of what you find there is total shit.
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Vebyast wrote:Stumbleupon. Sign up, tell it what sort of stuff you're interested in, and it'll vend random stuff to you all day.
Super +1. I'm a stumble addict.
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Blicero wrote:Tvtropes is an excellent way to suck away a couple of hours of your life, even if a lot of what you find there is total shit.
:V

You could always try coming up with a system. Or gaming. Or masturbating.
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You're gonna want either more battery life or some good old pencil and paper.
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Post by For Valor »

Thanks guys. Currently surfing stumbleupon and reading girlgeniusonline.

Boredom will not kill me today!
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Opening a google reader account, subscribing it to a few known good news feeds, and then reading its recommended articles and feeds while liking, disliking, and subscribing like crazy can waste an hour pretty well.
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Post by cthulhu »

Order a power pack online, then do whatever else.

a good comic is schlock mercenary. http://www.schlockmercenary.com/
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Post by Lago PARANOIA »

A really, really good webcomic in my opinion--even better than Schlock Mercenary--is David Gonterman's ongoing series 'Scarlet P.I.' The link is here.
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Lago... That's a serious troll if I ever saw one. Gonterman is legendary for the badness of his stories.

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well, it's kind of entertaining.. in a cheesy sort of way.
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Crissa wrote:Lago... That's a serious troll if I ever saw one. Gonterman is legendary for the badness of his stories.

-Crissa
The real advantage for Schlock for that sort of intensive reading is that he has 3650 days of comics which gives him approximately 1303 pages of comic strip.

Which is a metric buttload and will keep you placated for a couple of days.
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