He finishes the calculus homework deftly and looks in his assignment notebook. **Test on the Dickens novel in a week.** He lies on his back and holds a recent edition of "Great Expectations" above his head. **This has got to be one of the most boring novels ever created.** Soon his attention drifts again, and he finds himself staring out the window with the phone number in his hand. He hears his mother saying that Seinfeld is coming on. **For some reason, I just don't feel like watching anything tonight.**