i read an article ten years ago called how to be interesting the article had recommendations to achieve this attractive goal visually represented in a very interesting manner i was interested in becoming interesting quit a dull job moved and traveled to new places quit more jobs took a few pictures tried, in effect, to become (and sometimes to be) interesting. interestingly, interesting is a subjective notion asking the arbiters of interesting to vote on my plea has always seen a hung jury. the moral of the story is that time is best passed (objectively) interested and following the interest rather than trying to be a gerund of the type with only the judge and attention.