To the surprise of many, mostly rude nasty people, I have had nothing to say for a while. Two reasons for this. One was a touch of that awful bug that had me worried something worse was affecting me. I even considered visiting one of those 'doctor' creatures,but decided it would make me look foolish.
"I've just come for a check up, to see what is wrong with me Doc."
"Your a lazy, fat, slob, anything else?"
"No thanks. Bye."
Just a touch of man flu leaving me with sluggish symptoms and no sympathy from anyone - again! This bug meant I just could not be bothered. The energy levels were not conducive to writing. (Conducive eh? Wonder what that means?) Also I have been having a spiritual struggle. One of those ongoing things between me and Jesus. This was wearing my little mind out. And meant I was really not interested in much else to be honest.
I have however, still got nothing to say! Reading other blogs, and there are masses of good ones out there amongst the porn, make money, and advertising blogs which appear to dominate, and some excellent writing to be found. However I note almost all suffer from silence at times. This must be devastating for the woman who finds nothing to say. How do women cope in those situations I wonder? Bet it drives them mad! Mind you,I rarely meet such women in the real world, they always have something to say, even when there is nothing to say! Which brings me to the 'Mail on Sunday!'
For reasons difficult to explain I bought this, 'newspaper,' on Sunday, and wonder why? Aimed mostly at women, it presents page after page of trauma! Every story concerns some woman's struggle against adversity, from family problems to near death experiences. Some meaningless 'B' celebrity is shown on many pages doing what they do - nothing! Even the supplements, and there are many, are filled with suffering girls. Why? Who cares? We all have,or know of others who have, hard times. Some awful situations confront folk on a daily basis. But to make them the reason to buy a paper? What does it tell us of the female who reads this day by day, and they do because the 'Daily Mail' gives us just the same thing, and yet they lap it up? Apart from holiday adverts there is little else to be found in this rag bar pages of the 'Mail' readers other love - money! No surprise there eh? It will take more than a free CD, even one I want this time,to make me buy this again.There is of course little to read in most papers these days. News is broadcast on telly and radio twenty four hours a day so there is no need for urgent paper news. The choice for them comes down to 'in depth' reporting or sensational headlines. The headlines have it of course because people do not really want facts,they are satisfied with 'bread and circuses.' Shock headlines,exaggerated or not,sell! For reasons that pass way over the gray hairs that appear on the side of my head stories about Britney Spears and the like are popular! Why? What is the draw in a broken mediocre star, whether singer/actor/nobody anyway? It is not as if you can help them, and having their life in the press helps no-one.
Hmmm, see, I had nothing to say anyway. You missed nowt!
3 comments:
I like the irony of you having nothing to say about vacuous stories in general, and getting a few hundred words out of it:)
There's an awful lot of hot air about nothing in the papers and on TV though, too much txt lnguge and dumbing down in general. Depressing.
I've often wondered...where do we draw the line between "reporting" on some hardship (constantly) and gossip?
Anywho, I rarely watch the news and I while I feel bad for women who have gone through bad things, it just doesn't seem fruitful to dwell on them. We've all gone through tough times - get over it already! That may sound harsh but I don't like listening to sob stories for the 100th time from people seeking attention and pity. My life was hell - it could be the movie of the week but I don't dwell.
And you're right - for the most part women are chatterboxes but I, and my husband, doesn't think I fit that category. In fact I hate being in a social situation with a lot of ladies listening to them cackle like hens for hours! Talk about an energy sucker! (not to mention the boredome!)
So you enjoy the silence (after your last post of course). Sometimes it's music to our ears.
Blessings
We humans just have a fascination with misfortune. You just have to see the effect that a motorway accident has on BOTH lanes (due to rubbernecking by motorists hoping to see something shocking.)
Perhaps seeing other people's suffering makes us feel more fortunate? and good news makes us feel envious?
Anyway, you did a fine job of not writing a post, so I thought I'd emulate by not writing a comment. ;-)
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