The Xboxless Experiment; Proposal

After another long, summer escape I am back at university - in England now, rather than the U.S. My summer was full of fun, drink and debauchery which all occurred on a budget, seeing as how the world decided to laugh at my attempts to get a job. I'm back at uni now, however, and my government has seen fit to supply me with monies so I am enjoying it.

There are some days during the week where, due to holes in my timetable a drunk lorry driver could get through, I have nothing to do. Yes, reading, studying, working etc could all take up these days but since my timetable is pretty sparse anyway I get all those done pretty quickly. I still have no job - thanks, world - so that can't do it either. I tried sleeping through the day, but I hate the idea of a six day week because I'd only be shortchanging myself.

All in all, this means I'm spending an undue amount of time trying to find things to do or, failing that, playing Xbox. While not necessarily a bad thing, I want to make sure I'm not addicted. So I'm giving it up.

For a week. I know that sounds half arsed and a cop out, but there's very little to do where I live during the day - so little to do it may well be called nothing as the council have just about achieved their dream of removing all day time recreational activities for students from the city.

I hope to, in this Xboxless week, learn to cook, tidy my room, solve world hunger and cure cancer. I believe my goals are feasible enough to counteract the seriousness of my abstinence from console gaming. If, after a week, I think I can go longer I will start taking sponsorship money.

As a warning, this blog is going to become a bit of a diary detailing my success/failure and retelling my attempts to find alternate entertainment in my city. Since I don't think many people read this, no one should mind. If you do, get in touch and I'll make it a little more interesting. Probably by robbing a bank. Or marrying Elisha Cuthbert.