I need a hobby

The glut of eating continued last night with Emily, who brought over another pumpkin pie and a bowl of mashed potatoes, and we watched the Two Towers extras and commentary, completely bored out of our minds in a pumpkin coma. I had the worst short-attention-span-theater thing going, there was nothing that was holding my attention for longer than 20 minutes, and I felt antsy and wanted to go out, but go where? It was 1 am and I felt like I was in this timeless oblivion, wanting to do something, anything but watch TV -- I know, I *know*. We woke up this morning and finished watching the actor commentary, had Mallomars and pumpkin and pecan pie for breakfast, then Emily left. I went to Austin Street and browsed the shops but it's too windy for me to want to be outside. The new Asian merchandise shop that just opened is closed for the week because of the holiday - how stupid is that? They obviously won't be around for long.

I need something to do today, I want to learn something or make something, there are a million things I keep meaning to do, hobbies I meant to start but something stops me. Fear of failure perhaps. And lack of funds, of course.

The All-American Rejects are doing some Z100 concert in the middle of the afternoon on Dec. 11, a weekday of course. The only way to get in is to pick up a wristband in Macy's Monday evening. Grrrr..... Not to mention they're doing a show in Indianapolis with Liz Phair the next day. Much as I'd love to follow AAR around the country like people follow Phish, I doubt it would get me in Nick's pants, so no point. :-(