Anyone Still In There?
It’s come to my attention that I haven’t been here much lately. I have a good excuse, though. No, it’s not that I’ve been too busy. It’s not that I haven’t had too much to say (though that’s certainly true to a point). It’s that I’ve been sort of down in the dumps lately and I am trying to get away from writing anything too depressing. I’d rather not be moping all the time.
That said, I have started several post, which for one reason or another, haven’t quite made the cut. For instance, I began writing a detailed analysis of my most recent birthday. I discussed aging, life goals, etc. However, talking about my birthday made me feel old. And unaccomplished. Neither of which I am, I might add. It also made me talk about how I chose to celebrate this birthday, which led to a conversation about my best friend, which led to a conversation about her move, which led to tears and I felt that was best avoided.
Yes, Johanna has moved away. It sucks and I will not be discussing it. At least not for a while. It’s not a good thing.
I also began a really well-thought out post on boycotting The Olive Garden. After the David Letterman/Sarah Palin fiasco of last week, I had heard that The OG was planning on pulling their ads for the rest of the year. My thoughts on this were urbane, funny, and intelligent. Then I found out that the initial story was wrong and that The OG was, in fact, just nearing the end of their contract with the show. If they choose not to renew and site Palin as part of the reason why, then maybe you’ll see the brilliant thoughts I put together. Now, however, it would just be silly.
I am around. I do that thoughts to share. I’ve just been too upset. It felt like the move affected everything else and made it too unpleasant to write anything. I do have some interesting musing floating about. I have some thoughts on cereal, which came to me today while grocery shopping. I have a few notions about the joy of community theater and how you can tell when you’re working with a lovely, if not terribly professional troupe. I also have a short story that was nearly published. Granted, it was rejected, but they still liked it and I have received very positive comments on it.
So all of that is in the works. In the mean time, I’m just trying to shake off my funk so as to not bore you all with my whining. Fun stuff to follow.
Honest.
You know… when you first started writing this blog you promised us a post about peanut butter… I am still eagerly awaiting said post.
June 29th, 2009 at 11:56 pm