The Perks of Being a Hermit

For the past six months I've been living the life of a hermit, not a full blown 'living in the wilderness cut off from civilization' hermit, but a hermit that has no social life and develops tendencies such as inspecting their belly button because no one is around to stop them. I still go to work and see the beau-hunk and spend time with the fam, once in a while I'll go see a gig, but that's the extent of it.

Don't get me wrong, this wasn't voluntary, in an ideal world I would be a social butterfly with my licence, a car, and a job I actually like. In an Ideal World I also wouldn't be watching Meerkat Manor on a Saturday afternoon while playing Mahjong on the Internet. Most of my friends live in Melbourne, or we have fallen out. Make some new friends you say? Well I have, but we're not close and as with most people they already have their own group of friends if not several.

But, there are bonuses to being a hermit:

• you don't have to fight over the remote with anyone, or worry what they think of you while you watch random episodes of Gossip Girl season 3 and try to piece it together


• eating in your room is a nice peace full time with you and your glorious food


• walking around in your underwear is liberating and there's no worry of making someone uncomfortable or hearing the words 'don't you own any pants?' of course I own pants! I just don't feel like wearing them. Douche


• watching bad T.V is acceptable, see above (Meerkat Manor, Gossip Girl...need I say more)


• staying up late is fun, especially if it's a good book and reading until the wee hours of the morning


• there's no pesky costs of taxi's or the trouble of getting home after a night out, not to mention dealing with seedy no-goods who have nothing better to do than to go out and annoy people who are trying to have a good time

I think this is a pretty good list, I could go on. But I won't. I have been scarred by outings in the past where I spend half the night wishing I had stayed home and watched Maid in Brooklyn or whatever other bad J-Lo movie they're showing on free to air. Having said all that I'll admit that going out and being social can be lots of fun, whether you're hitting up some markets with some girlfriends or going to a huge party where you see people you haven't seen in a long time. I would trade being a hermit for a social life any day, because other people make you laugh...ever tried laughing at you own jokes?...It's sad, and also the clothes are better.