Happy St. Patrick’s Day
Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
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So that’s it. This is the part where I usually reminisce about some St Paddy’s Day memory (like my lucious leprechaun polyester suit or the St Paddy’s Day celebrations in New Orleans), but truth be told, I find myself just staring at the blank screen with an enormous amount of writer’s block. Every morning, it’s the same. Get up, look at the screen, get discouraged, close the screen.
In case you haven’t guessed, I’ve been feeling less inclined towards the personal posts on the blog lately. Interviews, product reviews, random ‘kids say the darndest things’ posts, I feel like they give me something to write about, but I had intended for this blog to be a personal one, and preferably with a sense of humor. Perhaps that’s the problem.
There’s so much going on over in the House of Riley and most/all of it is too personal to broadcast to the world wide web.
There’s also all the work I’ve been doing with my non-blog writing. I’ve been trying to get more paid writing gigs and when you’re writing for work, writing for fun has less fun in it. They warned me this would happen. (They talk a lot, don’t they?)
Then there was the Twilight Saga incident of last week, during which I just HAD to find out what would happen with Edward and his Bella, love. Sigh. I never did read my book club book, but I realized that Husband had invited someone over for dinner the night of book club (tonight), so I won’t be attending anyway.
This past weekend also marked the one year anniversary of the death of my grandmother. It came and went without much ado, but I wonder if it emotionally drained me involuntarily.
I find I just don’t want to think about anything these days. Is that possible? To just turn your brain off for a while – a long while – and stop thinking? I bet there are a number of insults I could throw in at this moment, directed mainly at Mariah Carey and/or fans of Jean Claude Van Damme movies, but even that is too much effort. So you tell me: have any of you ever just wanted to turn your brain off and how did it go? Because I’ve already read the Twilight Saga and watched Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story. I clearly need something stronger. Any suggestions? Reality TV? 90210 marathon? Kant’s Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals? Hmmm. I think I’ll stick with the Monty Python Philosopher’ Song.
