Nothing to Write About

I can't think of much to write about these days. I figure that it is the heat - 90 degrees plus, just too much for my brain to think and try to stay cool.

At least that is what I'm going to say. Looked through prompt books, read magazine articles, hoping for some inspiration. Nothing. Bring out the ever faithful word tiles, they always work. However, they must be on vacation. Not one bit of inspiration.

So now I'm trying to come up with some inspirational thing for a blog. Think, think, think. . . . .

Last night I was watching a show I don't normally watch, something actually pretty dumb, but it was more for background noise while I relaxed. Prat falls, and big ouch that has to hurt show. There were ads for other shows that I had missed viewing. Oh darn! LOL.

Not really a darn, but Oh! Thank heaven I missed it. "Dating Naked". Wow. . .

I read somewhere that in the early to mid 1980's there were no more than a dozen "Reality" TV shows. Now, there are more than 800. From junk yard make-overs, to hoarding. Tow your car, to fix it up. Cooking shows, well, there is a whole category just for those - dessert, deep frying, celebrity chef, long time family recipe versus chef extraordinaire. Naked dating, to polygamist families. Little people to how I lost 400 pounds. Addiction to rehab, and "Sex Sent Me To The ER".

John and Kate and their 8 - their TV show probably ruined their marriage, although I really think she was an A-One top notch bitch, and didn't blame him for seeing the light, and getting the heck out of Kate. (I must admit I watched all of 3 minutes of that one)

If a TV camera was in my home 24/7, what would happen? Would I change the way I do things? Put makeup on to cook breakfast at 4:00 a.m.? Put on the cocktail dress to vacuum? Whine about the dust on the floor? Probably not. My "Reality" show would probably be canceled before the second airing. While I do not think my life is boring, it certainly would not keep an audience captive. Sponsors would end up being whiskey companies, with a tag line of "Put some life into your life".

Reality life, is nothing like television, and I am sure today's young folks do not realize it. They compare what they watch for mind-numbing hours to their lives, and they don't measure up. So off to the tattoo parlor, get hooked on something, create drama, for the sake of drama. How can reality life compete with reality TV?

It can't, but I will take my reality life over the reality lives on TV any old day.

Well, it looks like I found something to write about. It may be that my art - writing, took a cue from TV. The reality shows are about nothing, so did I write about nothing, or did reality life trump reality TV?

Have A Good One

More often than not, a sales clerk, or someone who has helped me find something in a store will end our relationship with "Have a good one."

Now, I know they mean have a good day. Both words have just three letters, so it's not a matter of trying to shorten the length of time til departure, so what is it?

I could have a good buying experience, a good time at the check out counter, a good drive home. . .

If you think about it too much, which evidently I have, why stop at one? Why limit myself to a good one? I would rather have lots of good days, good meals, good whatevers.

The next time someone says have a good one, I'm going to ask them have a good what? That can then be fodder for my blog.

Oh, by the way, have a good one!