I know the Frye closes a bit early on the weekends but there are lots of things downtown and on the hill to do. When its dark and cold out I especially like strolling through City Center and looking at the amazing glass art, getting a coffee and sitting on their comfy couches and read/browse the web.

I have another one - write letters, postcards. People really appreciate them and you'd be surprised how many you'll get in return.

Hah, I think my problem is that most of my friends are still in party mode. It is rare for me to be able to hunt down someone else on the weekends who isn't drunk/drinking. Kind of a downer. I still drink sometimes, but not like I used to. I need some old lady friends.

I think I need to get AWAY from Questionland!

l don't know why you got a downvote on this, but l thought it was good. l like to take myself out to eat, as well as doing the solo movie thing someone else mentioned. Social activities don't necessary exclude or discourage solo participation, and l don't think that's crazy. l thought it was a good answer, anyway.

Very Helpful and Very Sweet. Lucky Girlfriend.

F'ed up.

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Rode my bike last night!

Bike, as in bicycle haha

Bicyclists carry around all that unhealthy anger that they can't work out except by breaking car antennas and blocking intersections. I suppose the exercise compensates for some of the stress hormones but apparently not enough. Bicyclists are pissed whenever you talk to them, and bitter about a long list of slights and injustices, great and small, which they will recite with little prompting.

Motorcycling makes you feel free and at one with the landscape. Drivers rile you, but that's washed away by the pity you can't help but feel for them. And, motorcycle fashions give you a nice silhouette; not that embarrassing marble bag or camel toe business I see bicyclists pretending they don't have. But they do. And Lance Armstrong caught cancer from riding so much.

I thought Lance caught cancer by injecting gorilla hormones into his sack.

Oh look. Angry bicyclists are after me now. Who'd have guessed that would happen?

elenchos -- are you joking?

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Well, that was rude, Kristin. Most people past the age of four know how to entertain themselves; does that mean new or previously unexplored suggestions aren't helpful? lt's a valid question. l don't think you've deserved all of the downvotes you've gotten in your time here, but you kind of asked for them on this one.

She sounded like a whiney baby to me. Oh, poor thing, who suddenly finds that she is GASP *alone* on a weekend evening! Bite me! I'm ALWAYS alone. If you can't figure out what to do with your time, then you are dumb.

Oh, please, projecting much? She said she's looking for things that are "enjoyable on her own". This implies that she has things she enjoys doing by herself, which would indicate she isn't worried about being alone. For that matter, nothing she said implies she doesn't have her own hobbies, she's just looking for more variety. l may be wrong, but there is nothing whiny about the original question, and on that, l'm quite solidly correct, if only because it lacks facts or statements to that very effect. That was your interpretation, and yours alone.

And when did this become about you and how alone you are? Neither her question nor the thread are about you. The fact that you're making it about you is telling. Amusingly, hers is not the one that sounds whiny.

I said she sounded like a whiney baby "TO ME!" You are not in my head and you don't know how it sounded. The implication was clearly there when she said "now that I don't party and my boyfriend works nights..." The implication being that she is so used to partying and/or being around other people and/or her boyfriend that she can't figure out what in the world to do with herself. I don't really care if you think I'm whining. I LIKE to be alone...I'm actually not always alone. I was trying to make a point that there are people in the world who irritate the hell out of me, because they have been bathed in so much attention throughout their lives that they can't be alone with themselves for five minutes. I didn't see any rules that said I couldn't be as much of a bitch as everyone else on this site, so whatever.

Was my response jerky? Yes. I admit it was. And I am being jerky now. It probably has more to do with people around me dying than the question. I know it is not about me, but it just irritated me and I lashed out. BLARGGGHHH!

Holy shit Kristin. Chill.

I spend almost every night of the week at home by myself. I have for years. I have a ton of hobbies and love spending time alone. What I'm looking for are things to go out and do during the weekend when more people are out and about- that I will feel comfortable doing on my own. I like going to movies alone- but I wouldn't go sit at a bar or go to a show alone most likely, because that's just me.

OH the horror!!!

And thank you, Freikja!!!

I don't care! Fuck you! Fuck you all! Fuck everyone! Everyone FUCK!

Sorry. I need to up my medication. ;)

Kristin, l'm sorry that people around you are dying (is this literal?). l've lost two very good friends this year, and have had some projection issues of my own. My sincerest condolences. l like it that despite your frustration here, you were able to apologize and make light jokes at your own expense; this is often a real challenge for those without valid diagnoses to do.

l didn't mean to start a shitstorm, l just don't see you get snippy very often, so it seemed out of character. lt makes sense that maybe there's more going on with you right now that might prompt such a response, and that's one l certainly identify with as well. l think any other discussion on the matter is moot at this point, but thank you for clarifying your current position. Again, my condolences. Seems like this year has been rough for quite a few of us that way.

heh, yah, sorry to all. last monday was a funeral for a friend who committed suicide the week before. we were friends from high school and hadn't gotten together much, but were getting back in touch via facebook. I think when I initially replied to this question was right after the paramedics came and took my dad to the ER on Tuesday. I guess I didn't really realize how much I was not actually paying attention to the actual question. When I get stressed out I think I bite onto things that seem to piss me off at the time and I hold on to them like a pitbull! Woof!