I Plead the Fifth

So recently I became what a lot of people would consider the confidant in a messy relationship feud. The big problem is that I am stuck in the middle. Both parties confide in me and both are wrong. It reminds me of a tug-of-war where both sides were oddly evenly balanced and you had to wait for the rope to tear before anyone got to stop pulling... So does that make me the rope?

I don't want to be the rope. In fact I have decided to be the kid who has a really bad bone disease, and his mother doesn't let him play the game, or even get anywhere near it. Yep, I am going to be the girl in the plastic bubble... nah nah nah nah I can't hear you. :-D

So now I have to do something to avoid getting caught, and like I do best, I make a list:

1- Spend time on the internet "researching" and reading news. I am looking up odd and interesting things to eat up my time, and failblog and xkcd only go so far to help. Any suggestions? I also need help with ideas on what news sources are clear and concise so as to tell me the news without me having to read. (I would rather read a good book then get caught up in news that it just going to depress me)

2- Read my books. I have three, or four, possibly five laying around. I am starting with Twilight, but there is only so much I can read of that at one time without thinking that I am wasting time. So 2 chapters at a time, I am taking it easy.

3- Finding my "letter recipients" for lent. Yeah so far I have only thought of one or two people, and none of the people are apology letter. I would have liked to send one of those out this week, but decided that the two that I REALLY want to send should not be sent till later. So I have one letter for this week that is just going to keep me in touch with someone, and now I need more.

4- Doing my gamer thing, (I will say for the record I am not a REAL gamer) and making achievements happen. There are a few that I am looking into and I think they might take a while, but I am going to get them done.

5- Putting my organizational skills to work, and making the basement seem more like a bedroom. I have things all over the place and really need to make things seem a little more livable.

6- Pull a fast one over at least 50 people in one shot. I don't know how or why, but I am going to do it because it is spontaneous and possibly fun, dangerous, or at the least, very scary!!

They are small things and nothing like major achievements in life, but they work for now to keep me busy when I can't leave the house all the time.