What Should You Do Tonight? Mar. 23

Suggestions from our contributors to keep yourself busy at home / on the internet / socially distanced outside tonight or any other night. More suggestions on the tag. 

Magazine Collage!!!

If you're watching [whatever] and want to stay off your phone, I've found collaging to be a great way to give my hands and extra brain space something to do. Sifting through a stack of old Us Weekly's cutting out silly nonsense as I watch silly nonsense is the most calming activity I know about right now. I haven't gotten very far but one thing I'm making is a psycho 25 Things You Don't Know About Me (an Us Weekly regular feature) in a composition notebook with a whole range of celeb answers, like "I love changing diapers. I should clarify: baby diapers, not adult diapers!" and "I took a sleep test and discovered I'm narcoleptic." Glue's ordered but not yet arrived. — Meredith Haggerty 

Videos of Tiny Worlds

I cannot stop watching terrarium-building and aquarium maintenance videos. Why stress about the Outside(tm) when you could get overly-invested in the well-being of a micro-ecosystem instead? Oh, to be a shrimplet flitting amongst the duckweed roots... — Kait Sanchez

Construction Project

Here's some food for thought: Lincoln Logs. Named after president Abe "Logs" Lincoln, these logs are a surefire way to keep you busy. It also a great way to test the waters if you want to pivot to a career in urban planning. Build Paris out of logs. A waterpark. This is a great activity if you are alone, or if you have one or two people to play with, such as a brother or a childhood pet. I don't know your life. — Sophie Kemp

Cook Peppers

Consider making "Infinity Green Peppers", a super simple recipe depicted in this super cute video by my old buddies Lullatone in Nagoya, Japan (who are mostly musicians; check out the rest of their Youtube for good tunes and music tutorials/experiments). "You only need: 5 green bell peppers, 1 teaspoon of sesame seed oil, 1 teaspoon of Chinese chicken stock, a pinch of salt, and a sprinkle of white sesame seeds." — Samantha Culp