So......yeah........okay already!!!

It has been a week since I started this blogging thing. I gave the first week some time. I tried to really observe things around me and use them as fodder for a really spectacular rambling that I would put together yesterday; with the idea being one shout from the soapbox a week would be plenty for me.

Then it hit me. There is too much to write about but at the same time there is nothing NEW to talk about! I mentioned to me wife that I had what amounted to writer's block and she told me the reason she didn't bother to blog was that nobody would see it therefore what does it matter. "Write about nothing & it will be fine." she tells me.

That's a problem for me, writing about nothing.

I live in a fairly large city. A destination city for the world if you will. You would think I would be able to go on for days about the excitement & the "vibe" & everything that makes TMZ & ET constantly tout this place as the it thing to do or place to be. Truth is, I DON'T live in THAT town. I VISIT once in awhile but I don't LIVE there. Nobody does. The town I live in is probably a lot like the one you live in. Hospitals, Dr's offices, malls, schools, parks, little league, etc. However there is a major difference between my town and yours.

We all shop for food. We all buy gas. Most of you probably go into the store, pay for your milk or gas and leave. It's a little different here. Strategically placed one armed bandits lurk in a dark corner of nearly ALL stores. The trappings of greed by the store owners to make up for double coupon days or buy on get one slurpees for sure. It took me a long time to get used to this. I am packing up my grocery cart while watching somebodies Grandma pump her retirement into a poker machine at a Albertsons for hells sake. Or better yet, someone with a cart packed with food (perishable even) sitting behind their chair while they dump the money they "saved" using coupons on 12 hands of Keno.

You want to know what I REALLY want to see? I want to see some of these entertainment shows roll up into my local Smith's or Texaco and do a "expose" on the "wild" antics of the local Octogenarians who frequent these places. Maybe take some fashion tips. Oh wouldn't that be funny. Who cares about Timberlake's Golf tourny? I want to see Grandma with her walker sporting her Blue Blockers hitting a Royal!

What do you know? I ended up writing about nothing anyways!

Is this thing on?!?!?!?

Okay so I used to do quite a bit of writing. When I was a kid. When I had a brain full of ideas bursting to come out. Sometimes I would do it by assignment. Sometimes I would do it in an attempt to win something (which I did, often) Sometimes I would do it in an attempt to shock(which it did, often) Sometimes it made me shine. Sometimes it got me in a lot of trouble. But one thing it always did was make me relax. I was always amazed that when I actually took the time to sit down and put pen to paper how fast & easy the words spewed out of my twisted little skull.

I think i will try this again; at least this Blog for starters. About 15 years ago my mother told me I should try writing a children s book as there was a big market expected to open up for them. I laughed heartily at that. I still cry about that every time I hear about another Harry Potter coming out! So for now I will pollute the world with the tings I think about until the time comes where an idea hits me and I am actually able to do something meaningful. And if that does not work out, this will be a great place for my psychiatrist to start!