It’s been a while since I’ve put ink to screen, so I
apologize to my faithful readers (both of you) for the delay. The thing is, I’ve been waiting for something
BIG to happen so I could write about it.
I’ve been poised at the edge of my keyboard hoping for some monumental “event”
to occur, so I could wax sarcastically about it for your enjoyment. The trouble is… not much has “gone down” in
the last month. In fact, things have
been somewhat lacking in the “hey, I can make fun of that” department.
What to do. What to
do.
Yep. It’s growing
Realizing that I was at a creative impasse, I went back and
reread my earlier blog posts. Maybe
there was a tangent of an idea I could expand upon. Maybe I could extract an ounce of inspiration
towards something new. Hey, anything’s
worth a shot. Right?
It only took about 3 minutes of re-reading my own drivel for
it to hit me… I could be looking at animated GIFs of Kate Upton on the
interwebs. Fast forward 90 minutes… and
I was back to the task at hand (stop
it. you know what I mean). After enduring another 3 minutes of blog
review, I realized most of my previous posts were NOT about the big idea. They’re more about my reaction to everyday “stuff”. And from what I can tell, it’s the “little
stuff” that seems to be the most fun… the most ripe for commentary.
Kate Hepburn GIFs are
not nearly as interesting
Armed with my newfound knowledge, I wondered… “hey, has
enough little stuff happened to me recently?
Can I bundle a few of my recent ‘almost events’ into something readable?”. Not really, but here are a couple of things…
Family Vacation: Two
weeks ago, I traveled to Virginia and North Carolina with my family. To be more precise, my parents, my wife, my
two sons and I shoehorned into our minivan for about 30 hours of quality
road-trip time. At the onset, I was sure
this was going to lead to some fantastic blog fodder. All of the ingredients were there. All we needed was the spark. The problem was, that spark never came. We all got along extremely well. It was a very enjoyable, albeit uneventful,
trip. There was only one noteworthy
moment… in hour 29 of our 30 hour round trip, we stopped at a gas station on
the Indiana/Illinois border. My sons,
who had been stuffed in the back of the van for the entire journey climbed out
to stretch their legs. As they exited
the vehicle, my mother (their grandmother) asked my boys if they wanted to take
a moment to “work out their stiffies” (stop
it. we all knew what she meant). Nuff, said.
In fact, let’s never mention it again.
More Soccer: I’ve
continued to play indoor soccer. In
fact, I’m the only dummy on our team to have played every game. So far, that’s 15 games in a row (and 7
goals, thank you very much). I’m not
sure if they’ve ordered my “Iron Man” trophy yet (think Cal Ripkin Jr, not Tony
Stark), but if they do… I’d like it to somehow show a player with a hemorrhoid
and a slight concussion (or maybe that’s the other way around) so it can truly
represent my recent experiences. Again…
let’s move on.
I hope someone gets
this reference
I wish I had more, but this summer has been pretty slow so
far. Hopefully things will pick up
soon. Thanks for reading. It’s been about 3 minutes. Kate GIFs are waiting.
