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I remember being a child and finding a book called "How To Do Nothing With No One All alone By Yourself."
I enjoyed the book, but wondered about the people who would need that book.
https://bookshop.org/p/books/how-to-do-nothing-with-nobody-all-alone-by-yourself-a-timeless-activity-guide-to-self-reliant-play-and-joyful-solitude-robert-paul-smith/fdef205eb5d3a604?ean=9781941040652&next=t
Shit I am an ad now. You might find corridors crews recent book ‘Top Ten Scary Games You Can Play In Your Head, By Yourself’ entertaining, and if you get stuck they also made a cheat book.
My pass time game is to pick two random movie stars from different eras and put them in a movie together.
Rose McGowan and Jimmy Cagney, for example.
that sounds like a delightful book. i wish i had it... uh...30 years ago? i had a month where disease gave me essentially solitary confinement. i ate, pooped, slept, and stared out the window until i went insane. i have not yet ventured back through that red barrier.
Feel better.
nah it's more fun being insane
If you're insane, then feel much, much better.
noooooooooooo