18. Write About a Random Word

A lot of times, when I'm bored, I'll take a word and write as much as I can about it. Usually I just stop when I get bored with the word. Here's an example:

Random Word: Objection

The first thing I think of when I hear objection is when someone says, "I object!" at a wedding. Of course that only happens in movies. I mean, it could happen in real life, I've just never heard of it. I also thing of meetings and if there is something that needs to be decided, like, what color to paint the new school bathroom. I imagine people saying, "Any objections?" Also, relating back to the wedding thing, I always think of the Shrek movie where he runs into the wedding and screams, "I OBJECT!"

That was a piece of raw writing you just read right there. No editing or anything.

Here are some random word generators:
Random Word Generator (Plus) - You can choose what type of word (noun, adjective, verb, etc.) and the complexity of the word (Common, Average, etc.)
Creative Random Word Generator - You can choose how many words you want (1-8 words).
Random Word Generator - Choose the length of the word, what letter it begins with, and how many words you would like to generate.
Random Word Generator With Definitions - You click on a button and it comes up with a random word and a definition.

Also, oneword.com gives you a new random word each day and you have a minute to write as much as you can about it. Then it gets posted into the community where everyone can read it. I liked it for about a day, but I always have a lot going on so I didn't have time to do it.

Have a random word rant? Post it in the comments!

14. Read the Latest Headlines

There's always something going on in the world. By knowing what's going on around the globe, you can impress your friends later. Well, maybe it wouldn't impress your friends unless you found something weird and unusual, but the news is interesting! It is our job to stay informed! I mean you don't even have to read the article! You can just look at the headline and the pictures. Reading the first paragraph is also good, since that paragraph usually summarizes the whole article. Some good news websites are:
CNN
USA Today

I can't think of anymore... Well if you have any news websites, or any interesting articles, comment!

12. Watch Cute Animal Videos

This is one of my favorite things to do in my free time. The little faces of those kitties and puppies just make your heart want to melt!

Now I know it's not Christmas anymore, but this 12 Days of Christmas video is adorable! Cute animals singing? What could be better?

So I was looking through my YouTube feed the other day and I found a video that TheEllenShow had liked. I clicked on it and I find myself looking at a video of a kitten trying to steal a dog's tongue. So cute!

This one is one of my all time favorites. The Ultimate Dog Tease. It's a pretty famous video, so you may have heard of it. Also, it's not so much a cute video as it is a funny one.

Alright, one last one. This one is sure to make your heart melt. I mean, what's cuter than a sleeping puppy?

What's your favorite cute animal video?

10. Listen to Music

We all listen to music all the time. We all have music on our computers, our iPods, or our phones; we bring it with us wherever we go. But spending all that money on music on iTunes can make you go broke. So I have a few tips on how to listen to music without going broke.
My first tip is Pandora. Pandora is one of my favorite websites to go to to listen to music. When you create an account on it, it asks you to put in a song. (I would put in my favorite song, but that's just me.) After that, Pandora will automatically start playing a song. You can like and dislike songs and Pandora will adjust accordingly. You can also create different stations using different songs. And if you want to listen to Pandora on the go, they have an app!
Be on the lookout for free downloads. I know Seventeen! recently had free song downloads available (sadly there was only 1,000 downloads available per song and I didn't manage to get to it in time). YouTube! Artists usually have their songs up on it and it's not hard to make an account and a playlist of your favorite songs. The only things is that if you have slow internet, your songs will take forever to load and/or they'll be really choppy. On the upside though it's free and you can choose exactly what songs you want to listen to unlike Pandora.
 Hope this was helpful! :)

8. Go to Stumble Upon

This website is the ultimate web-browsing tool. When you sign up for an account, you tell Stumble Upon some of your interests, choosing from the interests that they list there. After that, Stumble Upon takes one of your interests and brings you to a webpage relating to that interest. There will also be a toolbar at the top of your webpage. The toolbar lets you like or dislike a page, search another interest, or change what interest you want to Stumble Upon. Well, that's it! And sorry for not getting a post out for a while.

7. Research Your Astrological Sign

What sign are you? Capricorn? Pisces? Virgo? If you don't know, go look it up! Even if you don't believe in all that astrology stuff, it's kind of fun to look at. Yahoo! is good place to look at horoscopes. Here is the link. Also Horoscope.com has detailed information on it. I didn't get to look at it much though because a giant popup came out and it wouldn't let me close it. Very frustrating.

6. African Capitals

Do you know all the African capitals? If the answer is yes, then I dare you to go to this link and all the capitals correct first try. Then comment below saying DONE! with the number of seconds it took you. Remember to do ALL of Africa.

If you don't know the African capitals, no problem, just practice until you get it and then comment below with the number of tries and number of seconds it took you to get that one hundred percent. I'm going to be working on this too and I'll update this post when I get all of them right. The best I've gotten so far is 98% because I got one wrong. ONE! Oh, well. Next time.


Have fun, don't cheat, and remember to do ALL of Africa!

Update: WOOT, WOOT! I got all of Africa! Now beat my time: 112 secs

5. Make Your Own Blog

That is, if you don't already have one. Don't know what to write about? Well what's the first thing that comes to your mind? The first thing that comes to my mind is bananas. I don't really know why, I don't even particularly like bananas that much and I definitely can't spell it, but it's the first thing that comes to my mind. Usually pickles come to my mind first though...

Anyways the great thing about the internet is that nobody has to know you were the one to write the post and the chances that someone you know will come across your blog, are not very likely unless your blog suddenly became extremely popular.

Recommendation though: use paragraphs and good grammar. It is very tiring on the eyes to have to read a post that is one long sentence with uncapitalized is (by the way, that is not the word "is"). Also, don't use chat/text speak. It looks so unprofessional.

I was thinking about making a blog solely devoted to the top ten Yahoo! searches. Tell me what you think about that, this post, and also what posts you'd like to see in the future.

3. Go on Stupid, Pointless Game Websites

I quite enjoy these. There's nothing better than spending your life on pointless game websites. The one I go on all the time is Shockwave. Another one is Addicting Games. You can also just look up online games.

What are some of your favorite online games/game websites? Comment!