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Having trouble coming up with something to draw? No worries - while you'll eventually learn how to start from a tiny seed of a thought and gradually nurture it into a complex concept to explore through design and illustration, it's perfectly fine not to be there just yet.
For now though, here's an idea that might interest you.
The Moon Really Was Cheese!
It turns out all the stories were true! Mankind has finally discovered, without a sliver of doubt, that the moon was in fact made of cheese all along. Not only that but it's actually quite tasty. This has created a whole new industry devoted to harvesting, processing, and shipping this cheese back down to earth - from mining through the tough rind around the outside, to drilling deep and bringing to the surface the golden gooey goodness from its core.
Draw a scene, vehicle, tool or uniform for these space faring cheese collectors.
This one isn't doing it for you? How about this one instead: Close your Eyes >>>
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Staedtler Pigment Liners
These are what I use when doing these exercises. They usually run somewhere in the middle of the price/quality range, and are often sold in sets of different line weights - remember that for the Drawabox lessons, we only really use the 0.5s, so try and find sets that sell only one size.
Alternatively, if at all possible, going to an art supply store and buying the pens in person is often better because they'll generally sell them individually and allow you to test them out before you buy (to weed out any duds).