JBot Mania

I won’t expound upon who asks me this question. Just know that it has been several people over the last few years. They ask, “What do you do for fun” as we begin an investigation of one sort or another. It’s a very basic question, but until faced with it, I don’t realize how difficult the question really is.

I wonder whether the simple phrase “nothing” is acceptable. It’s not necessarily that I don’t have fun, but when I do, I’m not really paying attention. And I don’t seek it out. I don’t say, “I’m going to do THIS today and it’s going to be FUN.” Maybe other people are more purposeful about it.

The other day, the question came again after I was assured that I could lead a team of people to figure out what lies behind the great JBot. I declined the offer, but I did answer the question.

What do I do for fun? When am I having fun? Whenever I am wholly distracted. Movies, elaborately themed amusement parks; those are probably the two easiest sources of my fun. I am outside of time and outside of the mundane that is most days. It’s not that the rest is particularly bad, but it has alot to live up to for me to put it into my arsenal of ready-made answers or one day say, “I’m going to do THIS today and it’s going to be FUN.”