What do you do when you're alone

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I'll either do things on my computer, or pace around explaining long, elaborate concepts to a person that isn't there. Someone walked in on me doing it once and thought I looked weird.

When I'm alone...

- I daydream most of the time.
- I listen to the same song or a particular part of a song about a million times in a row.
- I may pace around or stim more than usually.
- While I'm daydreaming I usually either lie in bed and listen to music or pace around.
- I do my special interests.
- I go on the internet and usually use the chance to write messages/forum posts/e-mails while I'm alone, because I hate being interrupted while writing or someone reading what I'm writing before I'm done.

I hardly ever seem to have alone time, which is my own damn fault.
But when I do:
- I play instruments and listen to music.
- I talk to myself out loud, often replaying conversations I've had that day, or things I've heard, or thoughts or feelings I've been working through.
- I randomly work on different tasks for a little bit at a time.
- I do some stimming behavior.
- I may fall into a trance-like state and stare out the window for an unspecified period of time.
- I cook... I love the smells and textures and pseudo-chemistry of my own cooking.
- I dive into internet-land (these forums, wikipedia-loops, blogs, special interest research)
- I garden. I would spend all my waking hours in the garden if I could. That is where I am happiest

I also do that a lot, but not usually when I'm alone at home. I'll do it if I'm out on a walk or around people but in my own world. I don't know whether it's normal or not, I asked my mother at a point whether she did it and she seemed to equate it to "rehearsing future conversations" which isn't what I do.

Hmm, the thing with this topic is - how do you define 'alone'? I defined it as being alone with no one else is home. If there's someone else in the apartment but in another room doing something completely separate, I don't define it as 'alone'.
And following this definition, I have very little alone-time. There's always someone at home. It is something that bothers me, but can't do anything about.

When i am alone i usually talk to myself(a lot),dream about planned conversations,sing while listen to the music,watch movies and comment. When i see in the movie really stupid moment i even stop it ant them discuss it with myself. I like reading and watching some funny stuff in the web. I am playing with my cat.