Completely useless

You know the feeling when your body is craving something in particular, but you just can't name, in particular, what that is? Consequently, you look in the fridge, the cupboards, your purse...looking, searching,..for that one treat that will put your mind and body at complete ease.

"Do I need chocolate? Ice Cream? Pickles? Smoked Oysters? A piece of bread with LOTS of butter?"

Well, that is how I am feeling today. But not about what to eat. But what to write.

I know I need to write something on my blog. I feel it. My fingers are twitching. My thoughts are running rampant. I am uneasy. I need my "fix."

So, sitting down to my computer. Here I am. Writing.

I am going to go with whatever thought comes to my mind. A stream of sub-conscious thought, if you will. No pre-thought or post-thought to the matter. Just thought.

So here we go.....

I love September. Yes, I love the cool mornings. The gentle breeze that rolls in the afternoons and brings the fragrant smell from the river down below my place. The hint of yellow on the leaves which signals a time of seasonal limbo...it's neither cold nor hot...summer nor really fall...it is somewhere in between. I love hearing the birds sing as I wake and the crickets chirp as I return to my bed. I love eating squash.

I was thinking that I don't appreciate these simple things in life like I should. I mean there are plenty of "important" things to be pre-occupied with...work, housework, homework...but isn't life about more than those things? Shouldn't life be enjoyed, savored, or whatever the current cliche phrase is? "Stop and smell the roses." Yeah, shouldn't it be about that?

How does one appreciate life's simplicity? Is more contemplation the answer? Or perhaps, I shouldn't think about what I love, but DO what I love instead? Is it healthy to over think life?

I think there is a time to think and a time to do. We need both.

I look outside and I want to climb the pine tree in my front yard. Should I? Should I risk slipping or breaking a branch and then falling to my demise? Or should I be content to know I WANT to climb the tree. My heart is adventurous but my mind is practical...that's all that matters right?

So many random thoughts. So little time.

I think I need to balance my overly analytical self with my overly sarcastic self. I once mentioned this as the Yin/Yang theory...where a heavy dose of intellectualism is easily remedied by a heavy does of useless humor.

Useless humor. Yeah, that's what I need today.

Okay, here's a go at it: Top 10 things that make me laugh

#10 America' Funniest Home Videos (especially, the ones involving any combination of food, babies, pets, weddings, and/or bodily functions)

#9 tourists

#8 talent auditions on tv

#7 family feuds

#6 overpriced fashion

#5 teenie-bopper tabloids

#4 "wedgies"

#3 fortune cookies with VAGUE fortunes

#2 texting people within talking distance

#1 sports mascots

My time is up and so I must go. If you have endured to the end of this post, accept my apologies because it was completely useless...much like the picture below.

--A